Personal Statement

[stoleyerscrubz]

for those who have baeen accepted to DO schools:

For your PS in AACOMAS did you write about why you wanted to go to a DO school?

Also:
#2 - if made general comments about the DO philosophy.
#3 or #4 - if you used any specific experiences or anecdotes.

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[Nate]

No, I knocked out a paragraph plus a few words here and there from my AMCAS statement and voila! Almost every secondary asked "Why DO" and if not every interviewer asked so save that essay for later.

 

[stoleyerscrubz]

thanks. I'm looking to see if this is the general consensus as I read a post of another member making the same comments as yourself. This is just another poll of a stressed-out premed

No, I knocked out a paragraph plus a few words here and there from my AMCAS statement and voila! Almost every secondary asked "Why DO" and if not every interviewer asked so save that essay for later.

 

[docbill]

No, I knocked out a paragraph plus a few words here and there from my AMCAS statement and voila! Almost every secondary asked "Why DO" and if not every interviewer asked so save that essay for later.

OMG Nate, I did the same thing!

Yeah I would leave the "why you want to be a DO out" if you can.

Let them do some leg work and figure it out. Also during interview, get them to guess.

By the way, not refering to DO school application in your statement, makes it easier to copy paste into AAMCAS application. Imagine how faux pas it would be if you put the world Osteopathic medicine in that application.

 

[dr.z]

I added why DO to my AMCAS essay, and I shortened it.