Matched at my First Choice
I'm a fourth-year medical student, and I worked with Razi on my residency personal statement. Urology is one of the most competitive specialties — only about 76% of applicants match in any given year — so I knew my statement had to be perfect.
My problem was that I'm a clinical thinker. I could list my strengths, but I couldn't synthesize them into a story that actually reflected who I am. Razi didn't just edit my writing — he sat with me and asked the right questions to pull out things I never would have thought to include. The experience of my daughter's birth, my grandfather's illness, how Jewish ethics shaped my medical philosophy. He prompted me to go deeper into emotions and experiences I would've glossed over, and then helped me integrate my accomplishments in a way that felt natural instead of braggy.
The biggest shift was reframing the whole statement from "why I fit into urology" to "why urology fits into my life." I wouldn't have gotten there on my own. Razi has this ability to see the narrative you can't see yourself, and then walk you through building it piece by piece until it actually sounds like you — just the best version of you.
I matched at my first choice.
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