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important to address "why DO" in PS?
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Nope... don't have to include why DO in PS. Save it for the secondary.
I wouldn't and didn't ;b
I'd be interested in seeing it also 😀
A lot of secondaries ask this question, sooo there is no need to be redundant since you only have little space. I answered the question "Why Physician?" on my PS, and then "Why DO?" on the secondaries.
I didn't mention osteopathic medicine in my PS, just mentioned primary care. I used my secondaries to address "why do?" and why I choose a specific program.
It worked out for me.
Good luck!
bc you couldn't get into md
Not in my case...but thanks for your commentary.
I think it would be more of a secondary thing. A lot of the prompts for secondaries that I filled out asked that question specifically.
well i guess public opinion has spoken
i did add it, because i wasn't positive of what the secondary questions would be, and also because i wanted those schools to know i didn't merely apply to osteopathic schools without a thought as to what it is. it is obviously convenient to copy and paste the same essay, but i figured i should add a paragraph on why osteopathic medicine specifically suits or interests me. in my opinion, the argument of why duplicate it is similar to asking why have a cover letter, a resume, and an interview, i believe reinforcement of specific, relevant details is important.
furthermore, now that i think of it, the secondaries i got asked "why ___ ___ College of Osteopathic Medicine as opposed to other schools" and thus I focused more on the school itself.
anyway, its the op's call, but obviously its not mandatory or even signifcantly different in outcome potential.
i did add it, because i wasn't positive of what the secondary questions would be, and also because i wanted those schools to know i didn't merely apply to osteopathic schools without a thought as to what it is. it is obviously convenient to copy and paste the same essay, but i figured i should add a paragraph on why osteopathic medicine specifically suits or interests me. in my opinion, the argument of why duplicate it is similar to asking why have a cover letter, a resume, and an interview, i believe reinforcement of specific, relevant details is important.
furthermore, now that i think of it, the secondaries i got asked "why ___ ___ College of Osteopathic Medicine as opposed to other schools" and thus I focused more on the school itself.
anyway, its the op's call, but obviously its not mandatory or even signifcantly different in outcome potential.
There's a list of secondary prompts around here somewhere. Last year, I looked at the prompts for all the schools I was applying to and saw that most had some form of the why DO question, so I left it out of my AACOMAS personal statement.
Edit: Here's the link to the secondary prompts from a few years back, many are the same, but it could use some updates and additions.
Edit: Here's the link to the secondary prompts from a few years back, many are the same, but it could use some updates and additions.
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