personal statement

Here's a list of the most common mistakes we see students make on their personal statement: Rewriting your “Experience List” Exaggerating adversity Save the diversity for the diverse candidates Leave high school in the past (i.e. don’t focus on it) You’re not a doctor yet – don’t act like you...

Your medical school essays should demonstrate that you are genuinely passionate about and interested in medicine. This can be done in a number of ways: you might give specific examples of personal events which kindled your passion for medicine, experiences in the medical field that furthered...

Hello all, So td;lr I am a non-trad trying to pull her GPA up and apply to any med school, however with the new GPA policy for DO schools, my uGPA will not budge. I'm currently scrambling to get into an SMP. I'm trying to write my personal statement, but I don't know what to write. I...

Hey everybody! I'm planning to apply MD/DO this next cycle and just finished the first draft of my personal statement. Can some of you take a look at it and give me some criticism/things I can change or improve. Thanks for the help.

I am currently thinking about what to write for my personal statement. I am a practicing family law attorney and wanted to write about the "comorbidity" of legal issues and medical problems that my clients face. I represent a large number of indigent clients in a rural part of NC. My clients...

Hey would someone be willing to look over and help me condense my personal statement? I'm a nontraditional student and I really want to make my personal statement as convincing as possible. I considered hiring a consultant but was told SDN forums are more helpful. I have a very first draft...

Hi everybody! We are recent MD grads who served as interviewers and adcom members offering affordable help with all parts of the application process from general advising to personal statement editing and interview prep. To help you get ready for the upcoming application cycle we’re now...

READ THE WHOLE OP BEFORE YOU POST. PLEASE. PLEASE? PLEASE. THANKS. :):):) === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === This thread is for this year's applicants (for the class of 2021) who are beginning to work on their personal statements. If you're...

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I've been looking at this thing too long and need some fresh perspectives.

Hello friends. During the course of college I have recieved the federal pel grant. Additionally, I have recieved the Fee Assistance program for applying to MD schools. I guess the trend has been that higher socioeconomic students get into school, whereas lower class do not make it as much. If I...

Hi everyone! Long time lurker on SDN but have never posted until today. I am planning to apply MD/DO this next app cycle and have just finished up my first draft of my personal statement. I was hoping some of you would be willing to take a look at it and give me some criticism/things I can...

Hello All, Have been a lurker for a bit. I have just completed my personal statement and was wondering if anyone would offer to read and provide feedback? I am having a hard time writing a really great ending. Thank You!

Hey lovely people, I'm in the process of crafting my personal statement and was wondering if some of you would be willing to read and provide constructive feedback on what I have so far. I jotted down everything I wanted to address and the time has come to cut back and summarize content in a...

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Hi, Everyone The diversity committee in my department would like to give future doctoral applicants the opportunity to comment on their contributions to diversity. We would like to update next year's grad app to include a. an optional, supplemental diversity statement; OR b. an option to...

I feel pretty good about what I have but could use some pointers. Anyone up for a quick read?

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I got accepted to OT school under the provision I'd pass a pre-req class with a "B". Long story short, I got a C, and got kicked. I was struggling with the class because a loved one had gotten critically ill, then passed away shortly after. Should I submit the same Personal Statement? Should I...

When you write an application essay or statement of purpose, you’re trying to accomplish several goals at once: (a) You need to prove your worthiness to be accepted to your target school, while (b) also showing the adcom that you have desirable character traits that your program values. But how...

Would anyone on here be interested in reviewing my personal statement?

Ok so there are a lot of things I feel like I want to mention in my personal statement about my journey in wanting to pursue medicine, but I don't know how much of them would be considered "red flags." all of these potential red flags kind of build on one another, so just read through everything...

I posted a couple days ago (maybe even a week ago) with Google Doc links to my three personal statements. (Link here: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/personal-statement-help.1236825/#post-18489665 to read what people said before I edited them). Anyway, I've revised them and would like...

So I know that it is not advisable to include high school experiences on the AMCAS application, but what about talking about one of them as a minor focus of a personal statement? The reason being, I worked as a certified nurse assistant in a nursing home for about 1 year, and was responsible for...

Hey All, I'm a second-year undergraduate. I'm looking into doing MD/PhD, so research is a big part of my life right now (and hopefully will continue to be). Anyways, I've been writing much more than I used to. Lots of personal statements/questions for scholarship apps and internships and even...

I am still not done with my PharmCAS application. The reason is because I have been dragging on my PCAT. I did terrible on the one in September and I missed the test on November. -Bachelor's of Science (chemistry) -A year of hospital volunteer experience -Cumulative 3.2 gpa -LOR: from a...

When applicants write about their accomplishments, whether in personal statements for graduate school or in b-school essays that ask for greatest accomplishments, challenges, and the like, they almost always come up with real accomplishments: driving innovations that led to revenue boosts for...

I was wondering if anyone out there would be willing to offer second opinions on a personal statement I wrote up. I don't necessarily need it to be too in-depth of an analysis, I mostly want to see if I approached it the right way. Thanks in advance

You can argue about the devil, but certainly the substance, distinctiveness, and success of your essays depends on the details. Bringing Out Your Uniqueness in the Details Many applicants tend to bury their uniqueness and success under vague assertions. You don’t want to hide your...

I watched a candle burn a few nights ago. It happened to have a particularly nice flame that conjured up many different images: • The flame stood erect. • The flame danced. • The flame cavorted. • The flame pranced. • The flame swayed. • The flame flickered. • The flame fluttered • The flame...

Hi, I have been teaching high school science for 3 years. I had always planned to apply for dental school but was not courageous enough to take the DAT. I am seriously thinking of embracing my fear. Also, I can only apply within Texas because of family reasons. I am looking to see if anyone...

Please be as critical as you can. The prompt did not give a word limit either.. This is my first draft and I have not gone through it for grammatical errors yet. But any criticism on organization, thought process, etc. is greatly appreciated. This essay is for LMU-DCOM: Prompt: Medical school...

Strategy will necessarily guide your selection of essay topics, anecdotes/examples, and structure. Yet an essay built on calculation alone, even if the strategy is spot on, will often disappoint. Logically it all makes sense. But it doesn’t take flight. Poetry can be the secret ingredient to...

You’ve done it – you studied, worked, or volunteered abroad and now you want to include part of this in your personal statement. Maybe you want to show that you’ve experienced a different culture or that you’ve managed to go outside of your comfort zone. Maybe you’ve had interesting experiences...

I'm not sure if this has been addressed directly yet about specifically UTK, but I'm wondering about their MPH program and their admissions rigor. I know that places like UGA would pretty much demand quite a bit of experience and a pretty high GRE score to get in. But what about UTK? Do they...

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Hello, I am a senior currently writing my personal statement for medical school (I will not be applying until next summer), and have read time and time again that you should not include controversial topics in your personal statement. I am curious if wanting to go into Direct Primary Care...

THE SHORT STORY: Amanda here. I'm a med student's wife with a near-awkward love for storytelling and editing. I've helped people get into MD, DO, master's, and undergraduate programs because of my personal statement writing and editing. I graduated with a writing degree, have a day job in...

Hi Everyone, This is my first post on SDN! I was wondering if someone is available to read my personal statement? I'm applying to Appalachian State University and East Tennessee State for their Experimental Psychology programs and this is my first time applying to grad school, so I want to...

Teamwork, and its close cousin, leadership, are highly prized by graduate programs and universities. Haven’t worked in teams on any regular basis? Don’t worry! There are more ways than you may realize to prove your chops in this area. Consider the following 4 options: 1. Remember: No Man is an...