Question about using your personal statement

[PayingMyDues]

Is it "ok" to use most of your personal statement in the secondary?

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[XCanadianRagwee]

only if you reword it. If you can't think of anythign else to write. Talk about your favorite hobby. but don't use your personal statment for a seconday.

 

[drlexygoat]

I don't think it's the best idea. I would try to write something completely new. After all, you're being given a 2nd chance to tell them more about you. I'm sure there's stuff you had to edit out of your personal statement. Now's your chance to show it all off!

 

[PublicHealth]

Work your "boneyard" (text not used in personal statement) into coherent paragraphs, and you should be good.

 

[WillowRose]

I found that most of my secondaries addressed different questions than the original personal statement. I tried to elaborate some on the original theme of my personal statement, but I didn't use it all over again.

The exception is that a couple of the allopathic schools I applied to actually requested a cut/paste of my original personal statement for the secondary. I can only assume that they use it as a way of getting some idea about you before your entire file is complete from AMCAS.

Though I was tired of writing essays, I did appreciate that VCOM asked some specific questions that allowed me to address things that I never considered putting in my personal statement, but I believe showed more depth and thought than most other secondary essays.

Good luck.

Will~

 

[PakFistInYoMouf]

in lots of secondaries where they asked the variously reworded question, "so..is there anything else not listed in your amcas application we should know about you?" I answered with why I want to go to their particular school.

 

[PayingMyDues]

thanks for the replys.......