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An applicant expressed interest in seeking out others to read over their personal statements/VMCAS essays, and this thread hadn't been started for the current cycle yet, so I figured that I would go ahead and get the ball rolling.
To applicants: You can send a PM regarding your essays to any of the members on the Current Readers list! Just the click the mail icon next to your username on the top right navigation bar/menu, and select "Start a new conversation". Then, type the username(s) of the reader(s) who you'd like to utilize in the Recipients box.
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To readers:
DO NOT ERASE THESE INSTRUCTIONS!
1) Quote the most recent post.
2) Add your SDN username, your credentials, and specific things you are willing to edit for (content only, grammar only, etc) under the "current readers" section. DO NOT post your email address or any other identifying and/or public information.
3) Remove the quote tags.
4) If you are unable to read any more personal statements, please come back and remove your name from the list.
Example:
Username | Vet student/Pre-vet/Veterinarian/whatever | Focus on grammar/readability/content, etc. | Any other pertinent info
CURRENT READERS
Elkhart | Former vet student, c/o 2020 | I can help out with pretty much anything, but am particularly proficient and interested in the nitty-gritty mechanics of writing: spelling, grammar, basic flow, sentence structure, etc. I'm probably best utilized as a final proofreader, though I'm also willing to provide pointers on how to trim the fat in your statement so that it doesn't exceed the VMCAS character limits (considerably more difficult than it sounds!).
To applicants: You can send a PM regarding your essays to any of the members on the Current Readers list! Just the click the mail icon next to your username on the top right navigation bar/menu, and select "Start a new conversation". Then, type the username(s) of the reader(s) who you'd like to utilize in the Recipients box.
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To readers:
DO NOT ERASE THESE INSTRUCTIONS!
1) Quote the most recent post.
2) Add your SDN username, your credentials, and specific things you are willing to edit for (content only, grammar only, etc) under the "current readers" section. DO NOT post your email address or any other identifying and/or public information.
3) Remove the quote tags.
4) If you are unable to read any more personal statements, please come back and remove your name from the list.
Example:
Username | Vet student/Pre-vet/Veterinarian/whatever | Focus on grammar/readability/content, etc. | Any other pertinent info
CURRENT READERS
Elkhart | Former vet student, c/o 2020 | I can help out with pretty much anything, but am particularly proficient and interested in the nitty-gritty mechanics of writing: spelling, grammar, basic flow, sentence structure, etc. I'm probably best utilized as a final proofreader, though I'm also willing to provide pointers on how to trim the fat in your statement so that it doesn't exceed the VMCAS character limits (considerably more difficult than it sounds!).
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