What % of your PS is about your previous career?

[onb2014]

As I write my PS, I'm curious how much space my fellow non-trads devote to their previous career. As this is a medical school PS, it can't be too much, but adcomms probably want to hear your rationale for making the career switch.

Since presumably the longer you've been out of college, the more you talk about your previous career in your PS, please include how long you've been out of school.

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[Klemptor]

In my previous career I worked for a medical college, working both with patients and with medical students. It was because of that career that I chose to quit working, return to college, and pursue admission to medical school, so my PS is centered around my experiences there and the reasons for my decision.

 

[Salacious Crumb]

As I write my PS, I'm curious how much space my fellow non-trads devote to their previous career. As this is a medical school PS, it can't be too much, but adcomms probably want to hear your rationale for making the career switch.

Since presumably the longer you've been out of college, the more you talk about your previous career in your PS, please include how long you've been out of school.

9%. 74/831 words. I got accepted.

 

[Nevadanteater]

About 40% or so I'd guess.

::looks up actual PS::

6 of 12 Paragraphs.

Though several of them are about why what I used to do led me towards medicine (albeit indirectly).

 

[Lacheln]

9 years in software warranted all of 4 sentences. Sad!

 

[student1799]

I'm much older than even most nontrads, so I had a 20-year career in another field. This took up 1,037 characters out of 5,300 in my PS, or 20%. (1% per year? )

But even then, most of the career-related material was about why I always wanted to do medicine instead of that career.

 

[Krisss17]

As I start formulating my PS in my head, I'll probably have a 10-20% inclusion of my previous career as I have been working in the medical field for sometime.

 

[student1799]

Looking to your preferences, I think a job on the golf course is ideal for you.

I wonder if this is a comment on my career prospects.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

9 years in software warranted all of 4 sentences. Sad!

me, too

 

[pianola]

4 sentences. So most of one fairly short paragraph.

Less than 25% but more than 10% I think.