personal statement help!

[Colorado1989]

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So I am writing my personal statement and I am having "trouble" laying out all my thoughts. There are SO many reasons why I want to be a doctor, but more or less, they all deal with independence, leadership and wanting to be in charge. Is the latter an OK reason? It's the truth. I love being in charge and I love people coming to me with questions, but I don't want to come off as selfish.

What do you guys think?

 

[Yogurt4All]

So I am writing my personal statement and I am having "trouble" laying out all my thoughts. There are SO many reasons why I want to be a doctor, but more or less, they all deal with independence, leadership and wanting to be in charge. Is the latter an OK reason? It's the truth. I love being in charge and I love people coming to me with questions, but I don't want to come off as selfish.

What do you guys think?

Sometimes it's better not to include everything... like wanting to be in charge. Leadership is a nicer way to put that, though.

 

[Colorado1989]

Yes, I think I will stick with leadership. I like that. But then, another good question to ask is why not become a nurse or a PA? I like that physicians integrate all their knowledge in diagnosing a patient. Do you think that is a sufficient reason why I want to be a doctor as well?

 

[Yogurt4All]

Yes, I think I will stick with leadership. I like that. But then, another good question to ask is why not become a nurse or a PA? I like that physicians integrate all their knowledge in diagnosing a patient. Do you think that is a sufficient reason why I want to be a doctor as well?

Yeah, and you'd be leading a team of nurses, PAs and most importantly, your patients.

 

[Colorado1989]

That's a wonderful point! Thank you!

 

[BloodCaduceus]

This method helped when I was working on my personal statement:

Make a list, like brainstorming, of ANYTHING that comes to mind when you think about medicine. How does it make you feel? What experiences make you so passionate about the field? What life lessons or qualities do you have that make you connect with the role of a physician?

Also, my second best advice, have people you trust proofread it before you put it on a medical school application. Having a different set of eyes review what you have written will help you fine tune / polish the final product.

 

[Dr.TurkandJD]

If you want someone to read it, I would be glad to look over it!

 

[jrince]

If you want someone to read it, I would be glad to look over it!

Horribly irrelevant but I'm watching scrubs right now..

I am working on my PS as well and the hardest part is how are you unique opposed to the thousands read every cycle. The truth and I honestly believe this is that you can't because it has been done before. I read a book recently about medical terminology etc etc and I think writing your personal statement is no different than dissecting a scary, complicated sounding medical word (symbolic for the statement) a previous post said make a list okay perfect so that is where you start.. And obviously the end is when you are well done. But how do you get from the start to the finish without sounding tediously boring and as though you are presenting a grocery list of "pick me pick me" and let me finish with what I think is how to go about this. You make your list and make it as long and creative as it can get and than start looking at the words, descriptions, emotions and start drawing lines to connect them together..

Leadership ----> inspiration ----> teamwork ----> brave ----> hardworking

And than once they are connected and intertwined you can pick the 3 or 4 points that relays the message you want presented for yourself. You have to organize your words and feelings and find the root of it all.. What makes you want to be a leader, what drives you, and most of all what makes you the leader you know you can be.

I also feel and I have no proof to back it up but wording a personal statement is also important such as.. I want to be a doctor.. I will be a doctor.. I believe I am strong.. I am strong



P.s I am hungover.. Rough night.. So grain of salt my fellow SDN brethren