Personal statement

[philistine]

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What are some strong guidelines for writing the personal statement? What should you be sure to include, what should you avoid? Would anyone post an example?

 

[cycloketocaine]

What are some strong guidelines for writing the personal statement? What should you be sure to include, what should you avoid? Would anyone post an example?

Be sure to answer the question asked, and don't go on tangents. That's my best advice 😉

 

[philistine]

Thank you for the advice. The topics are usually extremely broad. I assume that there are unofficial guidelines as to what to include in the personal statement, though. Just like you don't technically have to have pharmacy experience to apply, but everyone knows you damn well better. So are there any such guidelines for the personal statement?

 

[philistine]

here is the pharmcas prompt if anyone is interested:

Your Personal Essay should address why you selected pharmacy as a career and how the Doctor of Pharmacy degree relates to your immediate and long-term professional goals.
necessar

 

[cycloketocaine]

here is the pharmcas prompt if anyone is interested:

Your Personal Essay should address why you selected pharmacy as a career and how the Doctor of Pharmacy degree relates to your immediate and long-term professional goals.
necessar

Here's what I did. I told a short story about how I learned about the pharmacy profession and what lead me down the pharmacy path. Then I told how my experience with a severe illness deepened my desire to become a pharmacist...blah blah blah. Then I answered the how a PharmD will help with your goals question by talking about which area of pharmacy I wanted to pursue. Hope this helps a little

 

[117382]

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[cycloketocaine]

hey wat really made u to choose pharmacy??

What made you choose pharmacy??????

 

[117382]

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[student212]

hey guys how long should it be? mine is alittle over 2 pages double spaced font 12... and also i talked about my extracurricular activities a little bit also is that ok? or should it all be pharmacy based. i mean i link it but still

 

[oakland_raiders]

hey guys how long should it be? mine is alittle over 2 pages double spaced font 12... and also i talked about my extracurricular activities a little bit also is that ok? or should it all be pharmacy based. i mean i link it but still

PharmCas only allows 4500 characters with spaces. Thats about 1.33 pages, single spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font.