Personal Statement Question

[ilovemed1]

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Should I tailor my rads personal statement for TRI/prelim programs? If so, what is the best way of doing so since they know I will be going into something else?

Should I stay away from "personal stories" that drew me to radiology? my school seems to be anti "my earliest memory" type stuff...i did it anyway lol

 

[DeucesHigh3]

Should I tailor my rads personal statement for TRI/prelim programs? If so, what is the best way of doing so since they know I will be going into something else?

Should I stay away from "personal stories" that drew me to radiology? my school seems to be anti "my earliest memory" type stuff...i did it anyway lol

You can use your same radiology PS for intern year programs -- they know that all their applicants are going into other fields. Just tack on a sentence or two at the end, saying that the great clinical training you'll receive at their program will help you in your radiology career or something.

 

[Darwinism]

I used the exact same personal statement verbatim. I was told it doesn't matter.

 

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I've heard that some people add paragraphs to the end, but if that will put your PS over 1 page then is that a detriment?

 

[preDoGuy24]

Yes that's a detriment. PS should be one page at max. Why add paragraphs when two sentences will get the same point across?


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[DeucesHigh3]

Yes that's a detriment. PS should be one page at max. Why add paragraphs when two sentences will get the same point across?


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Yeah don't overthink it. Even a few sentences is optional. Plenty of people simply use their radiology (or derm, or neuro, or rad/onc) PS unaltered, and it's perfectly fine.

 

[ilovemed1]

thank you for your responses!

-ilm

 

[fun8stuff]

Don't overthink it. If you had to read 100s year after year, how long do you think you'd make it until you just started quickly skimming or not reading them at all? I know after I looked at 15-20, I'd be done.