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I'm applying to intern prelim/transitional year programs (aiming probably around 20 to make sure I match). Anyway, I'm applying dermatology and have my personal statement draft completed. Just wondering if you need to (1) write a separate intern personal statement and (2) get all new rec letters for your intern application.
My current personal statement is obviously geared towards a dermatology audience so it's very specific to that specialty. I was thinking of just adding a sentence at the end along the lines "An internal year in internal medicine is a vital part to achieving these goals and will prepare me to recognize and treat complex....blah blah blah". Is that good enough? Or do I need to write a whole separate personal statement.
For rec letters, I have 3 derm + 2 medicine.
For derm, I was gonna do 3 derm + 1 medicine. And for intern year, I was gonna do 2 derm + 2 medicine.
Is 2 derm letters OK for intern year? Or do I need to ask around for other recs?
Thanks all. Realize there are other threads about this in the past, but they're all from 2004.
My current personal statement is obviously geared towards a dermatology audience so it's very specific to that specialty. I was thinking of just adding a sentence at the end along the lines "An internal year in internal medicine is a vital part to achieving these goals and will prepare me to recognize and treat complex....blah blah blah". Is that good enough? Or do I need to write a whole separate personal statement.
For rec letters, I have 3 derm + 2 medicine.
For derm, I was gonna do 3 derm + 1 medicine. And for intern year, I was gonna do 2 derm + 2 medicine.
Is 2 derm letters OK for intern year? Or do I need to ask around for other recs?
Thanks all. Realize there are other threads about this in the past, but they're all from 2004.
