Does anyone feel like their PS is corny?

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I've submitted primaries looong ago and am now finishing the last of my secondaries and waiting anxiously for that first II.

In waiting, I have reflected back on my PS and am cringing at how cheesy it sounds. It follows the typical "These are my experiences and they all relate to this theme and that is what I love about medicine" structure.

Did you feel like your PS was a little cheesy? I'm envisioning an adcom read it and go "eh... next."

 

[HomeSkool]

1. Most PSs are corny. (Not mine, mine kicked ass, I'm just talking about the rest of you.)
2. Many PSs are cringe-worthy.
3. 1 + 2 = you're in good company.
4. @Med Ed said 1% of PSs are memorable for good reasons, 7% for bad ones, and the rest are unremarkable. So you're just trying to not be in the bottom 7%.
5. Stop worrying, there's nothing you can change at this point.

 

[Catalystik]

I've submitted primaries looong ago and am now finishing the last of my secondaries and waiting anxiously for that first II.

In waiting, I have reflected back on my PS and am cringing at how cheesy it sounds. It follows the typical "These are my experiences and they all relate to this theme and that is what I love about medicine" structure.

Did you feel like your PS was a little cheesy? I'm envisioning an adcom read it and go "eh... next."

Your essay would not be alone in eliciting an, "Eh." But adcomms are numb to the "Eh"-type essay, and will do their job and thoroughly assess your entire application.

 

[Catalystik]

Yeah, lots of applicants write these "lofty" themes of Seeing Grandma Sick, of wanting to help people, of wanting to serve the underserved, to the treat needy, to boldly go where most applicants have gone before, this is "Star Drek" (not a typo).

They just haven't got a wower, Captain?