Is it worth specifically talking about research I proposed and executed myself? It's still a bit early in the project and it's a super ambitious. I really proud of it, even if it doesn't produce anything. Would I come off as arrogant if I talked about this in a PS? For context, it's a non-retrospective clinical project, involving patients and patient samples.
PS about research I proposed and executed?
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If it's still early in the project, you didn't really "execute" it yet, right?
Sounds interesting, and if you're really passionate about it then it might be worth including, but research isn't a particularly moving or enthralling topic to write about in my opinion.
Sounds interesting, and if you're really passionate about it then it might be worth including, but research isn't a particularly moving or enthralling topic to write about in my opinion.
I maybe was a bit overzealous about the title. I realized that just after I posted.
Gotcha. For what it's worth, I included a sentence or two about my research in my PS and I'm glad that I did, but most of my PS was about patient interactions which I think tend to be the experiences that typically play more significant roles in people's paths to medicine. Maybe you could write more extensively about your research if you're applying MD/PhD
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Your PS should answer 1. Why are you special and 2. Why medicine. I proposed and executed research also and it was a line in my ps, that's it
How narrative was your PS?
Very
Your personal statement is meant to convey a story. Good ones do that. Bad ones look like a potpourri of experiences that you've already hashed out in your experiences section. Like any good essay, the personal statement should give the reader the exact impression you want him or her to have about you after reading it. That's why it's so important to have others read it. If research is a crucial part of that story, then include it. But if it sticks out and looks like you're straining to make it flow together, then don't.
My story is mainly switching tracts from PhD to MD. I think you're all right that this particular project shouldn't be the subject, but it could be the culmination.
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It would be reasonable to make your PS about your curiosity and how that drew you to science but then whatever happened to draw you to clinical care but that you continue to be curious hence your latest project which involves answering a clinical question.
