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Hello,
I am a first year resident in Family Practice. I have some personal statement tips for the 4th years applying. They are specialty non-specific. I am also up for reviewing your personal statements if you are in need. my email is [email protected], put ESSAY REVIEW in the subject line. Good luck everyone.
Residency essays must answer three questions:
1. Why are you interested in the field of your choice?
2. What are you looking for in a residency program?
3. How the field aligns with your professional goals?
Most of the content of your statement should address your clinical development during clerkships. This essay is intended to convey concrete, useful information
in a concise and memorable manner. The creativity so valued in the MSPS is secondary to providing substantive answers to the above questions.
It is always better to show rather than to tell. A specific relevant incident is far more effective than a catalog of assertions.
An essay must begin with a strong and memorable statement or incident. If it does not, the reader may quickly lose interest.
A residency essay should not be a prose version of your resume. The person reading the essay will have your academic record and other materials available, so it is important not to repeat information that exists elsewhere, unless you are using it to make a very specific point not evident from the record itself.
Moreover, the essay should not include information that you could not talk about at length in an interview nor should it include anything that is exaggerated or that may be contradicted by other materials in your application, including letters of reference.
Other tips:
Use active writing tense rather than past.
Use Buzzwords that catch readers eye, but don't overuse.
A paragraph should never begin with I.
I am a first year resident in Family Practice. I have some personal statement tips for the 4th years applying. They are specialty non-specific. I am also up for reviewing your personal statements if you are in need. my email is [email protected], put ESSAY REVIEW in the subject line. Good luck everyone.
Residency essays must answer three questions:
1. Why are you interested in the field of your choice?
2. What are you looking for in a residency program?
3. How the field aligns with your professional goals?
Most of the content of your statement should address your clinical development during clerkships. This essay is intended to convey concrete, useful information
in a concise and memorable manner. The creativity so valued in the MSPS is secondary to providing substantive answers to the above questions.
It is always better to show rather than to tell. A specific relevant incident is far more effective than a catalog of assertions.
An essay must begin with a strong and memorable statement or incident. If it does not, the reader may quickly lose interest.
A residency essay should not be a prose version of your resume. The person reading the essay will have your academic record and other materials available, so it is important not to repeat information that exists elsewhere, unless you are using it to make a very specific point not evident from the record itself.
Moreover, the essay should not include information that you could not talk about at length in an interview nor should it include anything that is exaggerated or that may be contradicted by other materials in your application, including letters of reference.
Other tips:
Use active writing tense rather than past.
Use Buzzwords that catch readers eye, but don't overuse.
A paragraph should never begin with I.
