title: Self-descriptions of applicants to medical school.
abstract: An analysis of self-descriptive essays by applicants who successfully gained entry to medical school shows that five sub-types of entrant can be differentiated. Medical schools have not yet deliberated on the sort, or sorts, of person most needed in the medical profession, but doubtless individual selectors exercise personal if undeclared preferences.
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009042:Motivation; D010551:Personality; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012577:Schools, Medical; D012586:Science; D012606:Scotland; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment