I hate personal statements!

[Tazmaniac]

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AARGH! It just never ends...

-Todd MS IV

 

[ckent]

I hate writing personal statements. I'm working on mine too. It's basically a rehash of my med school personal statement, plus how much I enjoyed my rotation in internal medicine (the specialty that I'm applying for). I'm horrible at writing personal statements. So far, all I have is (in summarized form):
"I'm a hard worker. I've done research (which you can read in my CV, but that I've rehashed for you here in my personal statement). I like internal medicine. My internal medicine rotation was fun. In summary, I'm a hard worker who likes internal medicine."
I'm thinking about adding a "please accept me" at the end to sum it all up. The only reason that I am working on it now is because my mentor has been bugging me about it, which I guess is good because otherwise I would be starting it the day before ERAS is due.

 

[Tazmaniac]

ckent: I think I should put a "please please accept me" clause in there too.

Since I'm applying to Pediatrics, I thought I'd go heavy on the schmaltz, though I'm not too good at producing weeping prose of emotional significance per se.

How are everyone else's personal statements coming?

-Todd MSIV USC

 

[mamadoc]

so far I have thought a lot about this damnable PS but have not actually committed any words to paper (well, keyboard). The whole thing is so intimidatingly free-form that I don't quite know where to start or what to say.

There were lots of resources and examples for writing the PS when I applied to medical school. Anyone know of similar examples for this one? I do soooooo much better with a template.

 

[kenfused]

There are a few sample ones available for your browsing pleasure @ http://www.medfools.com

 

[Tazmaniac]

Just wanted to repost this now that it's after Sept. 2. That ERAS thing just ate up a bunch of my money!!

-Todd MSIV.

 

[ckent]

Yup, I just wasted a ton of money on ERAS too ($230! applied to 26 programs). I don't know why I applied to so many programs, I spoke with my program director the day before I applied and I guess that she kind of freaked me out by telling me that I need safety schools even though I am thinking about my school my top choice.

Anyways, regarding the personal statement, I came up with the best personal statement possible. If you connect the first letter of each sentence of the first paragraph, you will read "A C C E P T M E O R E L S E". Then, if you connect the go straight down starting from the second paragraph, reading the first letter of each line, you will see "i a m g r e a t , y o u l o v e m e". Of course, some of my sentences came out to be nonsensical while trying to conform them to my subliminal patterns, but I figure that the subliminal patterns are actually more important then the actual content of the personal statement.

 

[ApacheIndian]

HA! And I thought I was the only one who begged & pled! HA!

So y'all think you you spent a lot on ERAS huh? Check out my sob story...

140 Rads programs = 3 large
40 Gas programs = $300
50 PGY-1s = $250
Interview expenditures = 2 large
Outcome = matched Rads at my #4

Total cost to have the opportunity to train in the best field on earth... PRICELESS.

😉

(IMHO... don't sweat the money right now... it's your life on the line -- good luck 🙂).

 

[Tazmaniac]

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