perosnal statement

[simoin]

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anyone have any suggestions on good guides for writting a personal statement or how to start one. writting aint my fortay and im a little nervous about how to begin

 

[AF_PedsBoy]

The problem is most of the time you don't want to write anything down unless it's really good, because this is the MOST IMPORTENT STATEMENT YOU'LL EVER WRITE!!!! Of course what happens is you don't write anything down until three days before you want to turn it in. Instead, take a sheet of paper, and start throwing everything you can think of onto it, ESPECIALLY if it's ******ed. Regurgitate why you wanted to be in med school/in medicine, what makes you different from every other applicant, big events in your life, etc. etc. If you have to, write "This is ******ed I can't think of anything," a couple times. You'll find it's a lot easier going back and editing out, and then as you try to smooth what's left, you'll find yourself digging up memories and fillling in spaces until you have a nice nifty personal statement that'll only take three or four more revisions.

 

[trishias]

Write what in your heart about the subject matter and it should be sincere. If you need more help, use www.essayedge.com. It worked for me.

 

[kcrd]

don't forget to spell check your statement. looks like spelling "aint your fortay (sic)", either.

I found a good book to help me write my medical school personal statements which gave you a very nice methodical way to approach writing. I *think* this was the book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...102-9896044-6088156?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

It was several years ago, though, so I can't be certain.

Good luck!

 

[DOtobe]

Personal statements are awful to write, but you honestly just have to make yourself sit down, focus, and once you get started the rest of it will come more easily. What you write about will depend on what specialty you go into, of course, but in general you should write about why you were attracted to your specialty of choice, what you plan to do with your future, and why you would make a great FP doc/surgeon/ob-gyn/whatever.

Iserson's has a good section on how to write a good personal statement. I borrowed it from my roommate on one of my rotations, read their recommendations once, and was good to go...