Curious.umm.how many revisions/how long did it take to write your personal statmenent

[tissy]

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Curious.umm.how many revisions/how long did it take to write your personal statmenent

 

[daughe29]

The best advice I got when writing mine was to just sit down and start writing. I put it off for a long time but finally just sat down and wrote something and it turned out to be pretty good. I sent it to a couple friends and they all read over it and gave me some feedback, I found that it worked out really well. Make sure you have people read it that will be honest to you about it. I think four other people ended up reading mine. My best advice would be to just sit down and start writing and don't put it off till spring time cuz the personal statement is the reason why so many people end up putting off their apps. till later in the summer.

 

[drdmddds]

give yourself a couple of months, and also find some good people to edit it. I went through LOTS of revisions...

 

[ems5184]

I started mine sometime in February last year. I think it's a good idea to write a draft then come back to it every 10-12 days at first. After a couple drafts start showing it to people you know and some you don't know well and ask for their edits and opinions. Then go back and do a couple more revisions yourself and it should be fairly good. This worked out well for me and while it takes a lot of time...that is what it takes to write an excellent personal statement. Also, I would recommend having a boss or someone you work for look at it, the PIs I work for gave me the best feedback for my personal statement.

 

[howui3]

Curious.umm.how many revisions/how long did it take to write your personal statmenent

I agree with the other post, just sit down and write. When I was writing my personal statement, I started to write about my first memorable exposure to dentistry, when and why i got ineterested, and about my research/volunteer activities.

I ended up having 9 revisions (some small, some major). One of the sentences from my first brainstorm ended up being the major part and theme of the essay.

Once you have your thoughts on paper it is easy to rewrite it, change, add or delete from it to make it better. Make sure you have an pre-dent or pre-med advisor read it as well as an english teacher (if you have health related writing, have that teacher read it)

Good luck.

 

[ninjajustin]

I wrote mine in a couple of days and gave it to my English teacher for revision.

 

[LadyxJC]

It took me about 2 months to write it/revise it. I went through at least a dozen drafts and had friends/professors critique it~

 

[maisuree]

It took me about 4-5 months for the final draft....
Sometimes after a week or two, I went back to the essay I feel like I have more to write about. I kept changing, adding, deleting stuffs.... But all for good...
Good luck! 🙂

 

[1992Corolla]

Curious.umm.how many revisions/how long did it take to write your personal statmenent

I had two professors look at it and three co-students of mine. (one was a hard core english major also going to dental school.)

Make it shine.

 

[Mayo123]

I spent a day or two on my first draft, which ended up being more of a resume than a personal statement. It gave me a chance to just get everything on paper, and then I could eliminate some things and flesh out the more important stuff. I also had a friend read it over to me, and she gave me some great suggestions. It's definitely good to get a fresh pair of eyes to look it over. Overall, it took less than a week. As long as you don't have other things to do and are focused on it, it shouldn't take too long.

 

[KTDMD]

One good week will work for me. It will be good if you can get few other ppl to help proof-read this section. However, I will think it's important not to get it heavily edited by others to the extent of losing its originality. The admission committee will probably dwell a lot of what you have earlier written during your interview(s)... and its crucial that you be able to further elaborate and reaffirm your dental mission from there...

 

[Sk8aBull]

One night in April it was 1 am and I wasn't tired, so I just started writing it. A week later I started to add to it and then that was it. I had my English major boyfirned read it, along with a couple other people including someone who was applying to dschool last year. Minor revisions were made and it was done. However, I was under the impression that the limit was stil 6000 characters, so in May when the application came out, lots of time was spent down-sizing it.