ideas for personal statement

[mycoplasma]

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Hello,
I am composing my personal statement and am trying to articulate ways in which pathology is right for me and how I know I will be good at it. What are some characteristics that make a good pathologist and what about it appeals to you? (Aside from lifestyle aspects because we are discouraged from discussing those reasons in the personal statement) And I know about everything that bugs people in the field so no need to try to shatter my naivete.

Thanks!

 

[KeratinPearls]

Hello,
I am composing my personal statement and am trying to articulate ways in which pathology is right for me and how I know I will be good at it. What are some characteristics that make a good pathologist and what about it appeals to you? (Aside from lifestyle aspects because we are discouraged from discussing those reasons in the personal statement) And I know about everything that bugs people in the field so no need to try to shatter my naivete.

Thanks!

A good pathologist is someone who puts a lot of work into learning their craft (just like any other field). That means looking at thousands of slides. Also reading a lot to have a strong knowledge base. Then, being able to communicate effectively to clinicians.

Hint: You have to write a personal statement from your own thoughts and feelings about the field...not from others.

 

[mycoplasma]

A good pathologist is someone who puts a lot of work into learning their craft (just like any other field). That means looking at thousands of slides. Also reading a lot to have a strong knowledge base. Then, being able to communicate effectively to clinicians.

Hint: You have to write a personal statement from your own thoughts and feelings about the field...not from others.

If you want to give advice then give advice. No need to moralize.

 

[medicomel]

Why don't you say what you want to say rather than what you think they want to hear? That way it will sound more sincere.

 

[Patho2009]

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[Sulfinator]

If you want to give advice then give advice. No need to moralize.

I don't think KeratinPearls was "moralizing," just passing on another bit of good advice, which is: try to avoid sounding as if you are just re-hashing someone else's thoughts/opinions/feelings. I think this is important because I think it is probably easy to detect when a candidate is just saying what the readers "are looking for."

I recently (within the last month) started a thread asking for advice on the ERAS personal statement for pathology applications (which you can find here). In that thread BU Pathology gave some pretty good guidelines. You might give it a look.