Accidental Post - Ignore

[randomuser17]

deleted for privacy

 

[MonkeyArrow]

That sounds against AMCAS/AAMC rules.

 

[randomuser17]

Shoot, I edited my post. Was I not supposed to use a personal statement editor? I see so many posts on here about it

 

[MonkeyArrow]

Shoot, I edited my post. Was I not supposed to use a personal statement editor? I see so many posts on here about it

Editing vs. (re)writing. Sounds like your guy did more of the latter.

 

[blackroses]

This is the exact kind of thing that makes adcoms put no stock in PS's.

 

[randomuser17]

Sorry, I didn't mean to phrase it that way! He definitely edited it; writing it for me would be unethical.

For example, if I wrote about dolphins and I discussed their ideologies, he could send a message saying, "When you meant ideologies, were you referencing religion or the culture?"

That's fine, right?

 

[randomuser17]

This is the exact kind of thing that makes adcoms put no stock in PS's.

I thought everyone gets their statements edited by friends, professors, etc. I had many people look over mine

 

[blackroses]

I thought everyone gets their statements edited by friends, professors, etc. I had many people look over mine

Your original post made it quite clear he wrote at least parts of it for you. It really doesn't matter. A lot of people do that. It just means that PS's have very little (if any) weight to most adcom members, which is annoying for people who don't pay someone else to write it, but not exactly the end of the world for anyone involved.

 

[randomuser17]

Well I feel like a bum. I edited the title...I'll go mope in a corner now :'(

 

[Catalystik]

Go over it again and change it to reflect your own voice.

 

[Mad Jack]

Curious what this post was about. It's funny, I have done a lot of editing for medical student personal statements over the years that had good personal statement cores but just godawful abilities to write in a manner that was interesting or had flow. Keeping the original author's voice intact is key to proper editing- you don't write the thing for them, you help them say what they meant to say to begin with.