Grammatical Error in Personal Statement

[elevenses]

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I read my personal statement three times before I submitted it, but of course after submission I noticed a grammatical error. My question is this: do you think that it is obvious?

I wrote, "Finding it on my own, without any early role models, has only strengthened my commitment to become a physician."

I should have written, "Finding it on my own, without any early role models, has only strengthened my commitment to becoming a physician."

Help an obsessed premed out and tell me what you think.

 

[Ismet]

1. no, it's not blatantly obvious. most adcoms won't go through with a fine-toothed grammar comb

2. even if it was obvious, you can't do anything about it, so relax

 

[Ironmandoc]

Adcoms aren't grammar Nazis

 

[An MD Hopeful]

I think both ways are grammatically correct.

 

[elevenses]

Thanks. That helps.

 

[NeuroLAX]

It's not obvious at all. It's not like it reads poorly, either. I would just forget about it.

 

[BigBlueBear]

I read through it the first time and didn't even noticing it. I highly doubt adcoms are go to scour it more than a brief readthrough.

 

[AestheticGod]

Ok maybe i'm just bad at grammar, but is the "become" suppose to be "becoming"? Or is it something else?

 

[Ismet]

Ok maybe i'm just bad at grammar, but is the "become" suppose to be "becoming"? Or is it something else?

Yes. The OP wrote both the incorrect sentence and what it should have been ("becoming"). It's not an egregious error.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Trivial mistake.

 

[obgyny]

I read my personal statement three times before I submitted it, but of course after submission I noticed a grammatical error. My question is this: do you think that it is obvious?

I wrote, "Finding it on my own, without any early role models, has only strengthened my commitment to become a physician."

I should have written, "Finding it on my own, without any early role models, has only strengthened my commitment to becoming a physician."

Help an obsessed premed out and tell me what you think.

It wasn't obvious to me either. And I made a dumber mistake on one of my secondary essays... and I'm currently a medical student at that same school. You'll be fine! 🙂

 

[kpcrew]

they'll probably be too busy jaw dropping at your mcat score to notice that

 

[cartoondoc]

I think a trivial grammar mistake is far less important than a typo.

 

[protonate]

I wrote "never theless" instead of "nevertheless" and wrote "county" instead of "country"-you'll be fine. Just relax.

Edit: saw your mcat score-they definitely won't notice that typo! I'm sure you could write "ass" instead of "pass" and get away with it given your score lol

 

[JCTWP46]

1. no, it's not blatantly obvious. most adcoms won't go through with a fine-toothed grammar comb

2. even if it was obvious, you can't do anything about it, so relax

This. Chill out OP. I'm sure adcoms are not going to deny you a secondary or interview because you made one small mistake in your PS.

Good luck!

EDIT: I can't believe you could make such an elementary mistake with an MCAT score like that. 😉

 

[theseeker4]

This is why you never look at your application after you submit it until you have to check facts for secondaries or interviews, lol.