Personal Statement
As part your medical school or AMCAS application, you must submit a personal
statement. Traditionally, this is a one-page, single-spaced essay. The personal statement is your chance to
communicate something unique about yourself to the admissions committee, and is an extremely important component
of your application. It must be well written with respect to issues of style and grammar. Its content should be
geared toward developing the strengths of your personality and experience which might not come through in the data
you otherwise provide on your application.
Here are some resources that you might find useful:
Tips for Writing a Personal Statement
This document will walk you through one approach to writing a good personal statment, and talk about some of the
common pitfalls. It also gives advice on how to get started if you suffer from writer's block!
Some Sample Personal Statements
Here are two sample personal statements. Both are well written and unique, while demonstrating two quite different
approaches. They will give you a good idea of how to effectively communicate your personality and goals while
sticking to the one-page restriction on length.
Grammer and Style Issues
This site lists a host of links to help you become a better writer. If you feel overwhelmed and just need a basic
grammar reference that is easy to navigate, try Grammar Slammer.
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