Should I include disadvantage in personal statement (when I already mentioned it in the disadvantage section)?

[RipSpamilton]

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Hi all,

I'm currently on, what it seems like, my 1000th revision of my personal statement and was wondering if it is worth including my disadvantages (when I already mentioned it in the adversity section of amcas)?

 

[deleted804295]

If it's relevant to your why medicine journey then yes.

 

[Goro]

Hi all,

I'm currently on, what it seems like, my 1000th revision of my personal statement and was wondering if it is worth including my disadvantages (when I already mentioned it in the adversity section of amcas)?

The PS is for Who am I? and Why Medicine?

 

[xDNA]

Personally, I chose to minimize mentioning my disadvantaged status in my PS (only mentioning it briefly in one of my anecdotes).
I think the disadvantaged section is enough. I would only mention it if it was a legitimate part of your path to medicine.

 

[deleted1044561]

I had a PS based on my background but it didn't properly address medicine so I scratched it. I feel like you're only given one really long essay about why medicine whereas you can mention adversity in multiple places