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Personal Statement Question (advise please!)

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I compared one of my work experiences with one of the four tenets of osteopathic philosophy. Do I need to cite this or is it considered as general knowledge? It might be a stupid question but I haven't written formally in a while. Also, I am aiming for D.O schools only so would it be beneficial to gear towards relationships between experiences and osteopathic philosophy?
 
Sounds like it's OK. Might be more appropriate for secondaries too.


I compared one of my work experiences with one of the four tenets of osteopathic philosophy. Do I need to cite this or is it considered as general knowledge? It might be a stupid question but I haven't written formally in a while. Also, I am aiming for D.O schools only so would it be beneficial to gear towards relationships between experiences and osteopathic philosophy?
 
When I wrote my PS, I focused on why medicine? and why physician? specifically with a sentence or two about osteopathic philosophy. I talked about why DO in my secondary because most secondary's will have this prompt.