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[helpingtiger]

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[Rvting]

I don't suggest wasting money on services such as that. If you have a pre-health/dental advisor at your college, I highly recommend asking them for help. Just jump onto your school's email and contact him/her, shouldn't be that big of a deal.

If not start your essay in a chronological order from the first point in your life you decided to be a dentist. Also, I believe the AADSAS program will inform colleges if English is not your first language so admissions would most likely give you some mercy.

Bootcamp isn't half bad either, they offer plenty of studying resources.

 

[macsak]

I have been working on my personal statement but it’s been hard. Even though I work on my PS all day, I end up writing only 5-6sentences a day. It’s really hard to think of things to write and make it flow well. I’m writing my PS in addition to studying for the DAT right now, so pretty stressed.


I’m not a native English speaker so my word choices and sentences structure seems really weak on my draft..I also don’t have friends and family members to reach out to. My family members don’t really speak English so I can’t ask them for help. I graduated from my college last year, so I don’t have access to the writing center either. I basically have no one to reach out to.

Has anyone used a PS editing service that edits grammars and optimizes sentence structure for you? The latter is more important to me since it seems like the sentences in my PS are ineffectively lengthy and all over the place. I’m thinking of purchasing bootcamp’s service that’s $597, but it’s really expensive. Has anyone use this service before?

your DAT is MUCH MUCH MUCH more important than your personal statement...

 

[helpingtiger]

I don't suggest wasting money on services such as that. If you have a pre-health/dental advisor at your college, I highly recommend asking them for help. Just jump onto your school's email and contact him/her, shouldn't be that big of a deal.

If not start your essay in a chronological order from the first point in your life you decided to be a dentist. Also, I believe the AADSAS program will inform colleges if English is not your first language so admissions would most likely give you some mercy.

Bootcamp isn't half bad either, they offer plenty of studying resources.

Thank you. Unfortunately, my school is one of those schools that doesn’t have a pre-health advisor 🥲

 

[socat_predent]

I got into 6 dental schools this past cycle, here are the notes I give to people on PS advice:

• To start, read over these notes I have, but then begin with planning out your essay by topic (like paragraph 1 will be a short story about how you became interested in the field, paragraph 2 will be about a meaningful volunteering experience that affirmed your love of teaching and how you will use those skills as a dentist, etc). Your goal is to convince your readers that you are academically capable of success in dental school, that you are emotionally mature and compassionate via your leadership and community/dental service experiences, and that you are passionate about specifically pursuing dentistry, not just any career that can help people.
• Good things to mention can be why you became interested in dentistry (or healthcare if you were pre-med or invested into another career before), a patient experience you've had (preferably dental), goals as a dentist (I said I wanted to do dental research and possibly academia, some people may they want to be their own boss in private practice etc.), why you want to be a teacher/surgeon/community leader as a dentist (this depends on your personal extracurriculars and cultural background), and your academic interests or how you demonstrate the scholastic aptitude to succeed in dental school.
• Make sure that you answer "Why dentistry" and not any other healthcare field. Do not harshly criticize other fields or spend too much time explaining why you didn't pick another field.
• Don't just restate your AADSAS experiences section in chronological order, instead explain the personal beliefs that inspired you to do the things that you did and what you took away from your experiences that led you to pursue dentistry. The personal statement is about humanizing the statistics and claims you make in the rest of the application.
• Do not claim to solve a huge issue i.e. "I will make Dentistry free for all and I will never make a mistake" unless you really have the experience to solve them.
• Do not state personal opinions or assumptions when it comes to dentistry i.e. "Patients want..."
• This is a cover letter to the rest of your application, so tell a story that fits your application type (community based, research work, etc).
• End with a powerful statement of 1-3 sentences.
• Pay attention to character count, it's only about a page of content. Don't waste characters explaining specifics of extracurriculars and use abbreviations like so: "I then joined the Michigan University Pre-Dental Society (PDS). As a PDS member I... "
• Have someone read over your PS for grammar and content. For the PS review, check the ASDA Instagram bios of schools you are interested in. UCLA's predental ASDA has a mentorship program where you can get one review of your PS and one mock interview with a current dental student, all of their offers being under $50.

 

[helpingtiger]

I got into 6 dental schools this past cycle, here are the notes I give to people on PS advice:

• To start, read over these notes I have, but then begin with planning out your essay by topic (like paragraph 1 will be a short story about how you became interested in the field, paragraph 2 will be about a meaningful volunteering experience that affirmed your love of teaching and how you will use those skills as a dentist, etc). Your goal is to convince your readers that you are academically capable of success in dental school, that you are emotionally mature and compassionate via your leadership and community/dental service experiences, and that you are passionate about specifically pursuing dentistry, not just any career that can help people.
• Good things to mention can be why you became interested in dentistry (or healthcare if you were pre-med or invested into another career before), a patient experience you've had (preferably dental), goals as a dentist (I said I wanted to do dental research and possibly academia, some people may they want to be their own boss in private practice etc.), why you want to be a teacher/surgeon/community leader as a dentist (this depends on your personal extracurriculars and cultural background), and your academic interests or how you demonstrate the scholastic aptitude to succeed in dental school.
• Make sure that you answer "Why dentistry" and not any other healthcare field. Do not harshly criticize other fields or spend too much time explaining why you didn't pick another field.
• Don't just restate your AADSAS experiences section in chronological order, instead explain the personal beliefs that inspired you to do the things that you did and what you took away from your experiences that led you to pursue dentistry. The personal statement is about humanizing the statistics and claims you make in the rest of the application.
• Do not claim to solve a huge issue i.e. "I will make Dentistry free for all and I will never make a mistake" unless you really have the experience to solve them.
• Do not state personal opinions or assumptions when it comes to dentistry i.e. "Patients want..."
• This is a cover letter to the rest of your application, so tell a story that fits your application type (community based, research work, etc).
• End with a powerful statement of 1-3 sentences.
• Pay attention to character count, it's only about a page of content. Don't waste characters explaining specifics of extracurriculars and use abbreviations like so: "I then joined the Michigan University Pre-Dental Society (PDS). As a PDS member I... "
• Have someone read over your PS for grammar and content. For the PS review, check the ASDA Instagram bios of schools you are interested in. UCLA's predental ASDA has a mentorship program where you can get one review of your PS and one mock interview with a current dental student, all of their offers being under $50.

Wow, thank you so much for taking time to write all these amazing tips! This is really helpful and amazing. I will definitely try to write my PS based on your guideline. Congrats on your acceptances! [emoji4]