Personal Statement Q&A - May 4, 2025 @ 9 PM Eastern

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In this session, we’ll be diving into the personal statement and its companion essay, Other Impactful Experiences. Learn how to share your unique story.

 

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No one has time to read all of your lovely experiences up till now so, the first paragraph must be impactful and eye catching.

 

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SDN's Essay Writing Workshop 101

Personal Essay Workshop: Tips and Strategies for AAMCAS and ACOMAS Applications | SDN

Boost your medical school application with expert-guided essays; explore our free workshop to craft compelling personal statements and secondary essays.

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Some suggested SDN articles (do a search for "personal statement").

Fighting the Blank Page: Tips for Starting Your Personal Statement | SDN

Writing a personal statement is challenging, but these tips can get you headed in the right direction.

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Five Simple Tips for a Better Personal Statement | SDN

The personal statement is, for many, one of the most dreaded aspects of the medical school application. It can be quite intimidating to be given a blank

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Tips for Writing a Convincing Personal Statement | SDN

The personal statement is the centerpiece of a medical school application. The space given, which varies from 5300 (AMCAS) to 5000 (TMDSAS) to 4500

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How to Skillfully—and Successfully—Revise Your AMCAS Personal Statement | SDN

Nowhere else on your medical school application will you have the chance to represent your personality and goals as strongly as you do in your AMCAS

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Mind Mapping Workshop: Write Your Unique Personal Statement | SDN

Mind mapping is a brainstorming technique that facilitates visualizing a comprehensive overview of one’s life narrative, highlighting key personal

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Writing That Personal Statement | SDN

Writing about yourself can be intimidating. Luckily, I’ve got this venue here for practice, but it really can be difficult, especially when it comes to

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Advisor Corner: Crafting Your Personal Statement

Three prehealth advisors explain how they advise their students on how to craft their personal statements to answer the question "Why medicine?"

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Also

Other Impactful Experiences Essay: Exploring Your Unique Story | SDN

Beginning with the 2024 cycle, the AAMC allowed AMCAS and ERAS applicants an opportunity to describe Other Impactful Experiences (OIE) that have helped

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