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Personal Statement Help (Dental)
Started by famousiam
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I think you need to be yourself. Tell them everything you want them to know in a way that explains who you are and why you want to be a dentist. I started off with a story as a child and went almost in a timeline through my life and the different experiences I had and tied everything together. I also explained academic difficulties I had in a very positive way. It did take me a while to complete it, something like 40+ hours but that's just me.
-Matthew
-Matthew
Once you actually have a draft of some form done, I suggest submitting it for reading by any or all of the personal statement reviewers here:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=922242
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=922242
If you need help starting. Or just to get an idea of what to put in it. I highly recommend that you visit your schools career services and they will help you with it. just take an appointment and talk over your concerns they will guide you towards the right direction. plus they have plenty of experience and are well rounded.
I recently read a book called "What I learned in Medical School". It contains stories of several medical students, and although they are longer than what an AADSAS essay should be, I think they are good examples of writing. You don't need to download the book unless you want to - just scroll down the page. Read part I (from page 34 to 78 as numbered in the toolbar).
Here's the link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/242752/What-I-Learned-in-Medical-School-Personal-Stories-of-Young-Doctors
Here's the link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/242752/What-I-Learned-in-Medical-School-Personal-Stories-of-Young-Doctors
To me, writing the PS requires some soul searching.
If you haven't started already, then I suggest you:
1. Brainstorm(soul searching)
2. Create a concept/mind map from 1.
3. Figure out what you want from that map to be in the PS.
4. Start writing as much as you can w/o worrying too much about the character limit.
5. Then start cutting out what you don't need to meet the character limit
6. Have family, friends, professors, dentists, college writing workshop, and/or SDN edit your PS.
Be sure to make yourself stand out. Adcoms read thousands of essay and they read them really fast.
Not to sound cynical here but be aware of who you send your PS to on SDN. It will be really unfortunate to find out your rejection(if this occurs) was due to an unoriginal PS.
