Is acknowledging a no-no for personal statement?

[camd2b]

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As title states... Is acknowledging that you are writing a personal statement for medical school or the admissions commitee a "no-no"?

e.g. Here I am writing my personal statment for medical school, I blah blah..
or What makes me a unique applicant? etc

Thanks

 

[146233]

Not really a no-no. It's a bit cliché, though.

 

[diosa428]

It's not really a no-no... but honestly, that would be a really terrible way to start your personal statement. It's quite reminiscent of the way we all answered homework questions in middle school

 

[camd2b]

ha ha thanks for your thoughts and excuse my lame-o examples

 

[riceman04]

It's not really a no-no... but honestly, that would be a really terrible way to start your personal statement. It's quite reminiscent of the way we all answered homework questions in middle school

I second this opinion!👍

 

[8744]

As title states... Is acknowledging that you are writing a personal statement for medical school or the admissions commitee a "no-no"?

e.g. Here I am writing my personal statment for medical school, I blah blah..
or What makes me a unique applicant? etc

Thanks

Definitely something you don't want to do. I would throw such a personal statement into the trash after reading the first line.

Don't start it with a quote either, especially not from that urine-drinking idiot Ghandi.

Here's a few ideas to get you started:

http://pandabearmd.com/blog/2007/02/10/how-to-write-your-amcas-personal-statement/

 

[ryandote]

Definitely something you don't want to do. I would throw such a personal statement into the trash after reading the first line.

Don't start it with a quote either, especially not from that urine-drinking idiot Ghandi.

Here's a few ideas to get you started:

http://pandabearmd.com/blog/2007/02/10/how-to-write-your-amcas-personal-statement/

Shameless plug above!

Seriously, that's a sleeper. If you apply to a school that receives more than 4,000 applications per year, yours won't make it past the first paragraph.

Less shameless plug below.

 

[ADeadLois]

As title states... Is acknowledging that you are writing a personal statement for medical school or the admissions commitee a "no-no"?

e.g. Here I am writing my personal statment for medical school, I blah blah..
or What makes me a unique applicant? etc

Thanks

Consider your audience. They know what you're trying to get across. Also, having to write those statements is simply poor composition technique.

 

[notdeadyet]

Not really a no-no. It's a bit cliché, though.

Agreed. It's like starting out a cover letter writing, "Here I sit writing my cover letter..." Very bad.

 

[The Doctor]

Agreed, that opening would just be a poor choice stylistically... perhaps you could try to hook your reader with your opening by providing a unique vignette or thought... go through your statement describing why you and medicine are a great fit ... and then perhaps revisit the opening thought to tie it down with thematic unity.