Pre-Medical AMCAS Personal Statement Please Help!

[ndmehta]

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Hello SDN!

I hope everyone is having a great summer and for those of you applying to medical school for next year good luck! I was wondering if some of you could by any chance take a look at my personal statement, I have emailed an English professor to edit it but he is taking a little bit longer than anticipated and I was looking to submit my application in the next week hopefully .

Anyway a little about myself as an applicant: my GPA is a little low (3.3), MCAT score pending until the end of this month, and loads of work experience and clinical experience (Treasurer for a martial arts club, one year of undergrad research, work as an IT consultant on campus, volunteer in the Emergency Dept, and I am currently shadowing 3 docs). I know the odds are against me as far as GPA goes so I was just concerned on how I should address that in my PS 😕. I will attach my personal statement (which is a first draft btw) as well as another document with work/activities information to help all of you get to know me better. Any help will be greatly appreciated and I am open to any suggestions. Thanks everyone!

 

[ShenanigansMD]

I haven't read anything yet, but do not be self-effacing. Do not throw a pity party for your GPA, just be confident in your essay, and if you have all this cool experience then you'll get in somewhere.

 

[Praefectus]

There's a list of volunteer readers that will read your essay. Protip: use the search function.

 

[ndmehta]

I haven't read anything yet, but do not be self-effacing. Do not throw a pity party for your GPA, just be confident in your essay, and if you have all this cool experience then you'll get in somewhere.

Hey, thanks for the reply! I addressed in 1-2 sentences but followed up with a positive statement so I don't think I dwell on it too much. I was just looking for some constructive criticism on my theme, grammar, if it flows, etc.

 

[ndmehta]

Oh ok, as you can probably tell I'm new to SDN...thanks! I'll submit it to that thread