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Hi all, I wrote a personal statement that goes "Coupla years ago I dropped out of school because I didn't have ability to deal with ****, but here's who I became when I returned:" and that's it.
I've written other personal statements that dwell more on it was a combination of things: broke, kind of sick, afraid to ask for help, some family issues, overloading coursework to maintain financial help but then losing all the money at ones, and being fresh to real life and a generally incompetent person unable to manage things. Also failed classes, Cs at that time, but really all tying to the same period.
Honestly, the low times were like seven years ago and I've been a pretty competent grownup holding my **** together. I really don't want to dwell on something that happened nearly a decade ago, I want to explain why I want to go into med now and I have a lot to say... is this one half a sentence okay? At the same time I'm worried that my PS will be glib and won't have anything negative to balance things out. How do you strike the right balance?
I've written other personal statements that dwell more on it was a combination of things: broke, kind of sick, afraid to ask for help, some family issues, overloading coursework to maintain financial help but then losing all the money at ones, and being fresh to real life and a generally incompetent person unable to manage things. Also failed classes, Cs at that time, but really all tying to the same period.
Honestly, the low times were like seven years ago and I've been a pretty competent grownup holding my **** together. I really don't want to dwell on something that happened nearly a decade ago, I want to explain why I want to go into med now and I have a lot to say... is this one half a sentence okay? At the same time I'm worried that my PS will be glib and won't have anything negative to balance things out. How do you strike the right balance?