Personal statement for prelim IM?

[BrainSight]

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how do you guys approach that essay? write as if you were applying to IM, or make known you wanna do Neuro?

 

[GopherBrain]

I was lazy. I didn't change one damn word of my neurology statement.

 

[scm]

actually ive heard from my dean(former PD) and others that programs really dislike it if you don't mention/they don't what you are going into in your personal letter, also it just looks fishy. i wouldnt write the whole thing as if you were going into IM, i think that's a mistake regardless. i think most people just take their neuro PS and tack on a paragraph at the end regarding how important IM training is for neuro etc etc. and submit that, at least that's what I did(and i know many others who did that), some people just submit their neuro letter as is...

scm

 

[drgirl]

I added a sentence in the last paragraph along the line of ".....with the experience gained in a prelim year i hope to achieve my goals,etc etc etc...." I left the rest as it was.My brother did this for radiology too and it was fine, no need to write a whole new one--they already know IM isn't out field of choice. good luck!