Could anyone revise my personal statement draft please???

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I'm having a bit of a writers block and to be honest I'm horrible at writing so I'm not sure what to include/not include in my PS. Id really appreciate help on this! Thank you!!!!!
 
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its not a good idea to post your ps here.............
 
It's not a good idea to keep your name on the PS.....

With that said, you would get a lot of good critiques on what to write. However, be aware that someone people might steal your material as their own...

With that said... there is one essential part you are missing. In paragraph 2, you mentioned you decided to shadow a dentist. What made you decide to shadow a dentist? What was the realization? It's this realization that ADCOMs want to know and that will make you stand out. Your PS is too generic.

Also, cut out all the unnecessary fluff about your interest in art/sculpting etc. Talk about what you learned from doing them, not that you like them. Also, the patient is too much of a cookie cutter patient. If you are going to include a patient, make sure it stands out/really different from others.

Lastly, the last statement is too cliche, and serves no purpose in my opinion. You need a better ending
 
I would open the essay with a more attention grabbing statement to distinguish yourself from other applicants. Focus on the how you wanted to be a dentist instead of a time progression. I believe you should elaborate more on your ceramic experience instead of concentrating so much space on your shadowing. Also, the ceramic experience can help you bring out your personalities that fit you being a dentist.

You write:
When I was exposed to the dental experience, I quickly realized that dentistry was simply a compilation of everything I had passion for, both academically and personally

I do not see the academically part of you addressed in your essay. Perhaps you will have a better essay describing your specific academic and personal qualities? Or just leave the academic part out.
 
I would open the essay with a more attention grabbing statement to distinguish yourself from other applicants. Focus on the how you wanted to be a dentist instead of a time progression. I believe you should elaborate more on your ceramic experience instead of concentrating so much space on your shadowing. Also, the ceramic experience can help you bring out your personalities that fit you being a dentist.

You write:


I do not see the academically part of you addressed in your essay. Perhaps you will have a better essay describing your specific academic and personal qualities? Or just leave the academic part out.

The key is this : Specifics, specifics, specifics. Give specific examples of what you did, and what separates you from the other 5,000 applicants.

Your PS is too cookie-cutter. You want to be "cookie-cutter" in format so to be safe, but you must include specifics to show that you are unique and didn't just the PS off a website (like SDN)
 
If you want to keep that many details of your shadowing, you might want to mention how the dentist got rid of the patient's sensitivity. Furthermore, you have an opportunity to use more action words and/or short quotes to express the action of getting rid of sensitivity to get more space for other topics in your essay. Great first draft.
 
Yes, I agree with what CedarZ highlighted in bold.
 
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