Should the personal statement have all volunteer work I did?

[Golden-Future]

Should the personal statement have all volunteer work I did? I'm planning on only mentioning the one volunteer program I did that made me want to be a doctor.

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[wholeheartedly]

moving to pre-allo

 

[Lannister]

No. The personal statement is not a resume. It's supposed to answer the question, "why do you want to be a doctor?".

 

[begoood95]

No. The personal statement is not a resume. It's supposed to answer the question, "why do you want to be a doctor?".

And indirectly, "who are you?"

 

[Goro]

And indirectly, "who are who?"

Typo! begood meant "Who are you?"

Screeners will see ECs in the ECs section of the app.

 

[MDhopeful324]

Go with your original plan and mention that one volunteer experience. Please don't use your PS as a regurgitation of your resume. You'll be shooting yourself in the foot.

 

[el_duderino]

Absolutely not. That's in the activities section of your application.

The personal statement should be..... a personal statement. Use it to talk about who you are, what motivates you, why you want to do medicine, etc.