Using abbreviations in personal statements

[BunchesOfCells]

A quick question that I bet someone asked before (but I couldn't find it with search): Is it safe to assume that everybody reading my personal statements (for MD and MD/PhD) will know what ER refers to? I also assumed that they should know what DNA, RNA, and PCR are.

I'm doing my final revisions and struggling to fit everything into the character limit.

 

[leahmaria]

I think it is safe to assume they know

 

[63768]

instead of ER, use ED. the ER doesn't exist in real life, only on TV.

 

[Mr. McDuck]

Maybe he means endoplasmic reticulum?

 

[63768]

Maybe he means endoplasmic reticulum?

oooooohhhhhh shoot. hahahaha i forgot about that. but if so, he/she should specify smooth or rough ER.

 

[Mr. McDuck]

Yes, of course. No one wants to mistake smooth ER for rough ER.

 

[str8flexed]

Yes, of course. No one wants to mistake smooth ER for rough ER.

"Some of my best experiences have come from volunteering in the RER."

ROFL...

 

[Mr. McDuck]

"Some of my best experiences have come from volunteering in the RER."

Yuk yuk yuk.