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I got positive feedback on my last personal statement, and the experience is one that I think truly played a very large role in my pursuit of medicine, beyond anything new I have done in my gap year. Instead of scrapping the whole thing and rewriting a new (potentially weaker) one, could I...

Time to brush up on your basic writing skills! Want to show the adcom that you are a master of the written word, someone who knows how to convey their thoughtful experiences and insightful ideas eloquently? Then it's time you brush up on your basic writing skills with the following 10 tips: 1...

FOR ANYONE WHO HAS APPLIED OR ARE PLANNING TO APPLY FOR SAN ANTONIO'S UIW DPT PROGRAM: I was wondering -- given the PTCAS questions given, are each of these a separate one or two page essay, or are the admissions representatives only looking for a short-answer paragraph? I would really like to...

This question has not been asked since 2010, according to my search. So I am asking again. What exactly is the Personal Statement prompt and length limit? I am afraid to ask my Premed Advisor because I am already late on submitting my first full draft. I am applying for entry in Fall of 2017.

Don't just copy and paste (no matter how similar the questions are)! You’re applying to six different schools and each one requires 2-7 essays/personal statements which equals…a whole lot of writing. PROBLEM: How can you draft so many essays and still maintain a fresh and original voice in...

'Twas the night before deadlines, and all through the world, Our consultants sat cramming, coffee brewing, brows furled; Though the essays were written with effort and care, There were still a few things that were cause for despair! The clichés! Oh, forsake! Terrible, were they – That all our...

Want to let your funny side show in your application essays? Here is what Linda Abraham has to say about humor in admissions: Related Resources: • Linda Abraham’s Admissions Assortment [podcast] • So These Two Grad School Applicants Walk Into A Bar . . . • First Drafts Of Personal...

Please let me know ASAP. I am a long time lurker and I know members of this forum will be able to critique my essay.

[I am new to posting on forums.] I finished my final draft of my PharmCAS personal essay and would like some peer review. How this work? :)

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How can I address this question without coming off as fake or insincere?

Caution: Don't bury your qualifications under prepositions! From my base in the Middle East, I work with many applicants throughout Asia who have excellent English but use a few phrases in ways that depart from the strictly correct. Here are some tips to help applicants improve their use of two...

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eoSurgical essay competition 2016: now open to Medical Students globally. Title: "How immersive will surgical simulation become in the 21st century?" Prizes: 1st: eoStudent Sim take-home minimally invasive surgical simulator (worth £249), PLUS the opportunity to present your essay at the...

When you write an application essay or statement of purpose, you’re trying to accomplish several goals at once: You are trying to prove your worthiness to be accepted to your target school, while also trying to impress upon the adcom that you have desirable character traits that your program...

Of the list below, can you tell me what stands out most? socio-econoimic disadvantage due to my single mother becoming permanently disabled when I was 9. how we were treated because of this, how it has made me want to help disadvantaged and disabled I've been her caretaker since 2013 when she...

I was planning on applying to medical school in between my junior and senior year of college. But I realized I wasn't going to finish my pre requirements on time. So I'm waiting till senior year to apply. I know I may need to stay one more semester after my senior year bc I started my major...

Hey, I'm taking the PCAT in a couple days and I was just worried about the essay question. Are there any general solutions to a broad range of problems that anyone has come up with? I know there's advertising that can work for most, but that seems so cliche. I tried reading the Kaplan essay...