I know were supposed to explain why we want to go to dental school, but are there any topics I should avoid? Do I need to explain any low grades in the essay? Any help would be appreciated since I absolutely hate writing about myself!
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Dear Blumnday,
I think you should try to use the essay to explain why you are a good character for dentistry. In any way, direct or abstract. Don't waste valuable essay words explaining bad grades when you could use it to give adcoms a feeling of who you are. There are other sections of the application for those essays. If you are having a lot of trouble figuring out a topic, I would suggest buying a book of how to write essays. Good luck and don't stress out too much!
Jessica
I think you should try to use the essay to explain why you are a good character for dentistry. In any way, direct or abstract. Don't waste valuable essay words explaining bad grades when you could use it to give adcoms a feeling of who you are. There are other sections of the application for those essays. If you are having a lot of trouble figuring out a topic, I would suggest buying a book of how to write essays. Good luck and don't stress out too much!
Jessica
Well, i'm not sure if this is true across the board for all dental schools, but I had a friend (who I think was helping with the admissions process while as a student) who told me that I definitely should not write about "I love teeth. I had braces as a child, etc." Maybe he was being specific to his school, I'm not sure. He also said not to write about your own dental problems and how that led you to wanting to be a dentist. (I had wanted to do these topics and he steered me away from them.) He said that the adcoms see essays about these topics all the time and get bored of them. However, that being said, I also want to add that I do think that it is possible to write a really compelling essay with the topic -- it's just probably harder to do so.
Oh! and another friend of mine (who was also a student on the med school's adcom) said to "show, not tell" and try to put in as many anecdotes as possible to describe your character (rather than saying "I am compassionate" or "I am studious," etc.).
Hope that helps!
Oh! and another friend of mine (who was also a student on the med school's adcom) said to "show, not tell" and try to put in as many anecdotes as possible to describe your character (rather than saying "I am compassionate" or "I am studious," etc.).
Hope that helps!
