Is including your dedication for osteopathy in personal statement a disadvantage?

[PotGoblinsales10]

I talked about how I know osteopathic medicine would allow me to make a greater impact with its biopsychosocial model and I’m dedicated to it.

or will that come up as dishonest and presumptuous.

Should I just not talk about osteopathic medicine in my personal statement?

@Goro

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[Goro]

I talked about how I know osteopathic medicine would allow me to make a greater impact with its biopsychosocial model and I’m dedicated to it.

or will that come up as dishonest and presumptuous.

Should I just not talk about osteopathic medicine in my personal statement?

@Goro

Save it for secondaries

 

[PotGoblinsales10]

Save it for secondaries

Thanks! Can you give a reason why? Do all secondaries ask that question? Is a personal statement with osteopathic specific discussion not considered appropriate?

 

[Goro]

Thanks! Can you give a reason why? Do all secondaries ask that question? Is a personal statement with osteopathic specific discussion not considered appropriate?

PS is for "Who am I ?" and "Why Medicine?" If you want to add something about osteopathy, I suppose it will be OK, but I think that you'll be better off provided something factual from experience, rather than merely what you read or hear.

 

[tammyp]

Most DO secondaries have a prompt asking why this school/why osteopathic medicine. If you make that the focus of your PS, you run the risk of writing essentially the same essay for both your PS and secondary and I don't think adcoms would appreciate that.

 

[John1513]

I think you can work it into your persona statement.

It would be refreshing for admin committee to add a member to a matriculating class who isn’t a self hating ‘wannabe MD’

Remember, in building a class, committees look for/hope for some key players such as leaders, researchers, a few class clowns to lighten the mood, a few older students, and core of future DO “true believers”

 

[Dagrimsta1]

Keep it vague unless asked specifically about it.

 

[deleted480308]

What can you actually know about it as a premed?