| If you are considering entering medical school, you | | | | consider all the many aspects of the application that |
| are undoubtedly facing an expensive and | | | | you have to master in order to attract the eye of |
| time-consuming time ahead of you. Not only is the | | | | the admissions committee. |
| actual act of entering and studying for medical school | | | | Importantly, the medical personal statement itself is |
| intense, but so is the preparation of it. The most | | | | one of the most difficult and important aspects of |
| important - and difficult - hurdle is getting accepted. | | | | the journey, and you need to be as prepared as |
| Sadly, acceptance rates for medical schools are | | | | possible for writing an excellent essay that will really |
| incredibly low, and applicants must spend incredible | | | | attract the eye of the committee reading your essay |
| amounts of time and money preparing applications, | | | | and evaluating it for its strengths and weaknesses. |
| paying for applications, and then interviewing at | | | | How can you work to create a solid medical personal |
| schools. Throughout it all, every applicant is simply | | | | statement to really wows the medical admissions |
| trying to maximize his or her chance of being | | | | committed? Most importantly, you have to convey |
| accepted in the medical school of his or her choosing. | | | | your passion to your audience. Without a passion for |
| If you are thinking about applying to medical school, | | | | the medicine you hope to practice, and for the |
| you have undoubtedly started to think about the | | | | patients you hope to work with, you will have |
| application process. If you are like most applicants, it | | | | nothing. |
| has caused you some worry as you begin to | | | | |