Personal Statement

[jacksonchan85]

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Can you guys recommend any good books/novels you used as "inspiration" when writing your personal statements?

Thanks a million🙂

 

[essbe]

The whole point of a personal statement is to make it about your own inspirations/experiences. It can't, and shouldn't, come from what someone else has read. What do you want to highlight about your app?

 

[jlee9531]

i second essbe.

that is all.

 

[donnyfire]

I'll jump on the bandwagon and agree with everyone else.

I used as my inspiration the story of my "journey" towards medical school. A here to there sort of thing.

It's your chance to shine, highlite why you want to be a doc, and what you've done to get there.

Just my opinion.

Oh yeah, I also had like 50 drafts, so it was kinda a work in progress. The final draft was nothing like the original.

 

[mosfet]

Just my 0.02 cents. The hardest part of writing a personal statement is figuring out the scope of your essay. You should try to think about where to start and where to end. I spent about a week brainstorming just that. After that, everything fell in place.

 

[EvoDevo]

My best advice is to start here:

http://www.studentdoctor.net/essays/index.asp

It gives some exercises and ideas for brainstorming. It helped me a lot.