Pun on Personal Statement

[cm7b5]

Would anyone here consider using a pun to close their personal statement? For example, I am talking about a cymbal being symbolic.......do you think it would be cheesy to say "cymbalic?"
I am leaning toward not doing it, but it would be something different. Feel free to call me cheezy.

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[brhill]

Originally posted by cm7b5:
•Would anyone here consider using a pun to close their personal statement? For example, I am talking about a cymbal being symbolic.......do you think it would be cheesy to say "cymbalic?"
I am leaning toward not doing it, but it would be something different. Feel free to call me cheezy. •

I'm kinda thinkin' no on that idea. But I'm wrong about 87% of the time so who knows.

 

[cm7b5]

brhill.....is it possible you are wrong about being wrong?

 

[Stinky T]

No!

 

[6-8 Weeks]

Originally posted by cm7b5:
•Would anyone here consider using a pun to close their personal statement? For example, I am talking about a cymbal being symbolic.......do you think it would be cheesy to say "cymbalic?"
I am leaning toward not doing it, but it would be something different. Feel free to call me cheezy. •

Could you give me the full sentence and maybe some context behind it? Anything that is normally considered "cheezy", if done right, can be quite powerful.

 

[rxfudd]

Originally posted by cm7b5:
•Would anyone here consider using a pun to close their personal statement? For example, I am talking about a cymbal being symbolic.......do you think it would be cheesy to say "cymbalic?"
I am leaning toward not doing it, but it would be something different. Feel free to call me cheezy. •

Don't do it - it doesn't look cheesy - it looks like a typo. Unless you put it in quotes, but then it looks cheesy.

 

[cm7b5]

Scenario: I am talking about a job that was influential in my decision to become a Dr....... My coworkers would strike the cymbal when they had a good day in sales. But, I was a bad saleman....and it took me forever to ring the cymbal. I finally rang it one day, when I began thinking about my job differently and not making generalization about people, treating them like individuals, etc. So I was going to end by saying something like: The day I struck the cymbal, not only represented my success at work, but also the beginning of my journey into the world of medicine. It was truly ?cymbalic.?

It's weird the more I read it the cheezier it gets.

 

[cm7b5]

I am tired............I decided....no pun for me....... and no soup for you!

 

[BlackPuma]

NO SERIOUSLY

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT DOING IT!!

the pple would think u didn't know how to spell symbolic, and that ain't funny at all.....could be misinterpreted the opposite way and get smack at ur face

 

[BlackPuma]

hey

wait

i just read it in the context...and it really sounds cute

i say go for it...any idiot should figure that out

 

[synite]

why rely on idiots? don't take a chance. when in doubt, ALWAYS do the conservative thing.

 

[SicVic]

DON'T BOTHER...some PS readers will accept it with open arms others will frown.
AND YOU NEED NO FROWNING on your PS!!.

CHEESY BUT FUNNY

 

[SMW]

I agree with Vic.

 

[Smoke This]

I quoted the sagacious Yogi Berra to end my vision statement: "There's no stopping the future."

I wrote my vision statement so that I could work this in. I'm all about being original, and I think the OP should go for it. Why not? It'll stand out. It would be something different. If adcoms have a problem with it, then just invite us for an interview and we'll clear up any misunderstanding.

 

[labrynth79]

Originally posted by cm7b5:
•I am tired............I decided....no pun for me....... and no soup for you! •

pun nazi!

 

[Daredevil]

I like it.. I think med schools like to see some semblance of creativity in their students.. it might land you an extra interview or two.

 

[cm7b5]

Well, it seems like a good mix of responses. I decided to do it, but not to end my PS. Thanks guys.