Help with Personal Statement

[busyvet]

---

Members don't see this ad.

Hello all!

I'm new to SDN, so I haven't contributed to forums yet, but I was hoping I could receive some tips on writing PS's. I'm having trouble figuring out how to add what I've learned from my experience.

I have interned at three small animal clinics hanging out with techs and occasionally shadowing vets.

I have also shadowed a large animal vet and learned a lot about cattle, pigs, goats, and horses. Should the information be specific?

 

[nyanko]

There's a prompt. Follow the prompt. And if you don't know what you learned from your experiences, you probably didn't learn much from them. Your personal statement is personal, that's sort of the point. So only you really know what to write.

Here is a link to the thread where people are offering to read/exchange PS's once you actually have one written. Good luck!

 

[Psychiatrypd]

What are you passionnate about? What was really moving to you? What would you like to accomplish in life? why do you love animals? Why do you want to help them?

 

[busyvet]

The thing is so much of the medicine has interested me that I cannot talk about a specific thing. Something that does have me interested in is the different diagnostic techniques between doctors? Is that something valid enough to prove my interest in Veterinary medicine and my interest in a rigorous scientific curriculum?

 

[busyvet]

There's a prompt. Follow the prompt. And if you don't know what you learned from your experiences, you probably didn't learn much from them. Your personal statement is personal, that's sort of the point. So only you really know what to write.

Here is a link to the thread where people are offering to read/exchange PS's once you actually have one written. Good luck!

Thanks for the link BTW!

 

[nyanko]

This is a good book to start with, but the only example essay they have in it for vet school is kind of crap IMO. It's all "blurf blurf I lurv animals here's some weepy drivel about my family's farm" or something IIRC - that person must have had good grades 😀. However, the advice and exercises throughout the rest of it are good for making you really think about your experiences, motivation and drive.

 

[busyvet]

Thnx!