hi, i just started writing my ps and was wondering how long should it be. people have told me that it should be about a page long, but i have read some samples that seem more than a page.
anyone ever use the same personal statement as the one they used the year before? do schools keep a file of your past applications?
It's best not to use the same personal statement. As far as I know, the schools do keep your past application on file.
Even if you don't know whether they do or not, I would not risk it because it would not be good if the admissions committee were to find out that you have used the same personal statement as your past applications.
Why wouldn't it be a good idea to have the same PS? Wouldn't your purpsose and goal to be a pharmacist the same throughout your career? Maybe a little change here and there, but shouldn't it be basically the same?
What I meant was that I wouldn't recommend submitting the same exact personal statement that you've written last year. Yes, it's fine to change it up a bit. However, I think that you can still write a new personal statement with the same purposes and goals to be a pharmacist.