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I am, unfortunately, a third time reapplicant. Does anyone know if my personal statement should be new or can the same be submitted?

 

[preOMFS]

Definitely new. If you are asking this question then that tells me you are not doing enough in your year off to NEED to add something to your personal statement. Do something crazy. Go to Africa for 6 months. Travel around the US working odd jobs. Do something.

 

[Resonance]

I am, unfortunately, a third time reapplicant. Does anyone know if my personal statement should be new or can the same be submitted?

If you feel your essay needs to be rewritten than do so, if not then don't. It took me three tries to get in each year I made minor changes, but only minor changes. My PS was solid from the start so I never had any need to rewrite it. As the ADEA states "Your Personal Statement should address why you desire to pursue a dental education and how a dental degree contributes to your personal and professional goals" rather than what you did in the last year to improve your application that information goes elsewhere. Not getting into dental school is not likely to change your reasons for wanting to become a dentist.

 

[MonchichiMan]

I agree only partially with the previous post. I was a three year applicant who finally got accepted this last year. Your personal statement should be new and not contain parts of the old. It should contain why you want to be a dentist and how it fits in with your professional goals. More so the committees are looking to see what you have done over the last year to improve your application and demonstrate how even though you haven't been accepted, you continue to serve the community, dedicate your time to a dental pursuit, and increasing your educational experience. The last of which is probably most important. I went back to school and worked on an MBA to add to my microbiology degree. While I knew I wouldn't complete it, any business background I could get would benefit me as a practitioner. They like that. Best of luck, it can happen, take it from some one who knows!!

 

[jaypea65]

I agree only partially with the previous post. I was a three year applicant who finally got accepted this last year. Your personal statement should be new and not contain parts of the old. It should contain why you want to be a dentist and how it fits in with your professional goals. More so the committees are looking to see what you have done over the last year to improve your application and demonstrate how even though you haven't been accepted, you continue to serve the community, dedicate your time to a dental pursuit, and increasing your educational experience. The last of which is probably most important. I went back to school and worked on an MBA to add to my microbiology degree. While I knew I wouldn't complete it, any business background I could get would benefit me as a practitioner. They like that. Best of luck, it can happen, take it from some one who knows!!

Just out of curiosity, how much debt does one accumulate applying three times while trying to improve your application year after year?

 

[S40]

Not much compared to the overall cost of DS. You can improve with graduate courses and I would expect it to be normal to still have a full time job.

 

[Flossy13]

im in the same boat and struggling with a rewrite... my ps was pretty genuine and as someone previously said, why i wanna be a dentist hasnt changed.. and it almost seems contradictory to change my reasoning as if they would read it as, "oh she just saying what she thinks we want to hear". I def want to make some modifications but I don't know how to hit the key points without repeating a lot of ideas.

 

[preOMFS]

I should clarify. When I said new, I didn't mean rewrite the entire thing. I just meant you shouldn't copy and paste last years onto AADSAS. Make some adjustments. Of course you're reasons for applying will still be the same, but the way in which you convey them could (and should) change for the better.

 

[Danny289]

I am, unfortunately, a third time reapplicant. Does anyone know if my personal statement should be new or can the same be submitted?

the question is : have you accepted with your old stuff? if answer is No for this question, you must do something new for your application including your PS. goodluck 👍

 

[Jia7]

For the third time applicants that were accepted - what else did you add to your applications that you think got you an acceptance/interview the third time? thanks for all your help! 🙂

 

[LNinlove]

Very good question jia...I hope someone has some good information on this too...

I too am struggling with a re-write...don't know how much I should re-do, etc.

 

[BaylorDDS]

What do reapplicants put for what they have done to improve their application?

 

[bennijai]

The trick is to integrate what you did with your life to improve your candidacy for dental school as well as why you want to pursue it. Just take a day to just sit down and write your PS, make it concise yet informative. And keep in mind quality over quantity.