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Why Most Medical School Essays Fail (And How To Fix Yours)

Most medical school essays don't fail because of poor writing. They fail because they blend in. After reviewing hundreds of applications, I've seen the same costly mistakes over and over again. In this focused session, I'll break down exactly why most medical school essays miss the mark—and how to start fixing yours. You'll leave knowing: • The most common traps applicants fall into with personal statements and secondaries • How to transform your experiences into a stronger, more cohesive narrative • Practical strategies you can apply to your essays right away Don't miss this opportunity to gain expert guidance from an admissions coach whose clients have earned admission to top medical schools like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Duke, and Vanderbilt. Reserve your spot today!

How to Write a Standout Medical School Personal Statement

Think you need a dramatic backstory to write a compelling medical school personal statement? You don't. In this session, expert admissions coach Dr. Erica shares the proven approaches she's used to help students craft essays that have led to acceptances at medical schools like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, and Duke. You'll leave with a clear, step-by-step framework for building a personal statement that stands out—even if you feel you're missing a "wow" factor. You'll also see before-and-after examples that show the difference between blending in and breaking through. If you've been staring at a blank page, unsure where to begin, this session will give you the direction and confidence to move forward. Take the first step toward a standout personal statement and reserve your spot now!

Analyzing Your Robinhood Investments with AI [6/2/2026] (Recording)

In this session, you will learn how to use AI tools to interpret your Robinhood portfolio data, identify patterns in your trading behavior, and surface insights that are difficult to spot through manual review. We will walk through how to prompt AI models to analyze your holdings, evaluate risk concentration, and translate raw transaction history into actionable observations about your investment habits. This coach works with data and investment analysis daily, and this session reflects how they actually approach using AI as a practical tool, not a theoretical one.

How to Network (Without Feeling Sleazy)

How to network by targeting the right people, keeping outreach simple, and building genuine connections

Product Design Challenges

Use these challenges to sharpen your product execution skills.

Live Review of a Master's Personal Statement by an Expert Coach

Get an inside look at what makes a master’s personal statement stand out in a live, real-time review led by Ash C, one of Leland’s expert graduate admissions coaches. You’ll see how an experienced reader evaluates structure, clarity, storytelling, and fit—and learn exactly what elevates a draft from “good” to “admit-worthy.” Whether you're early in your writing or polishing your final version, you’ll walk away with concrete strategies to strengthen your own statement before deadlines hit.

Claude in PowerPoint Prompt Library - Build Beautiful Presentations

A curated library of Claude prompts for designing beautiful PowerPoint decks—from outlining and slide structure to copy, image curation, layout, and polish. Built for anyone using Claude to build pitch decks, board decks, and event presentations faster, at much higher quality (and without burning through all your usage).

GRE Overview

This is an overview of the GRE and what to know for the exam. It includes time management strategies and a high level look at some of the sections.

Your AI Resume Framework - 5 Tools to Stand out in an AI World

This guide walks you through 5 AI-powered tools designed for professionals who feel like their experience is strong but their resume isn't landing. If you've used AI to polish your resume and still aren't hearing back, this is for you. Each tool combines a thinking exercise you complete first with a precision AI prompt that executes on that thinking -- covering how to read a job description like a hiring manager, find where you disappeared from your own document, recover the specific details that make you irreplaceable, make your career trajectory feel intentional, and protect your voice after every AI pass.

Persona Defintion Drills

To design a great product, you need to know your users intimately. This requires creating specific, vivid personas that truly come to life and guide your design decisions. To practice the skill of constructing these archetypes, this exercise uses your favorite TV show characters as inspiration.

Finding Your Fit: Behavioral Interview Overview

In this definitive guide to Bain's Behavioral Interview, we will break down the four types of questions you can expect to get in your interview, from the classic "Tell me about yourself" to the behavioral situations designed to test your resilience. We will thoroughly map out what the interviewer is looking for in each category so you are never caught off guard.

Creating a Standout PM Candidacy

Breaking into product management or leveling up as a PM requires more than checking boxes. In this panel, experienced product leaders will share what actually differentiates strong PM candidates in today’s competitive hiring market. You’ll hear practical insights on how to position your background, demonstrate product thinking, and stand out across resumes, interviews, and networking. Whether you’re pivoting into PM or refining your approach, this session will help you understand where to focus your effort and how to build a compelling, end-to-end PM candidacy.

Session 2 Recording

Session 2 from Mar26 Software Engineering bootcamp

5 AI productivity tips that save me hours each week [4/2/2026] (Recording)

This session walks through five specific AI tips that reduce repetitive, time-consuming work across writing, research, and task management, with enough detail that you can adapt them to your own role that week. You'll see the thinking and logic behind each one, where most people set them up incorrectly, and how to sequence them so they compound rather than add friction. Join like to ask about how a specific workflow might apply to your job function or tool stack. I use these systems in my own work every day and am sharing the versions that actually stuck, not a curated highlight reel.

How to Crush Estimation Questions in PM Interviews

This guide outlines the steps to successfully navigate and answer estimation questions in PM interviews