sam123
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I'm a bit confused about what to put in my personal statement... i graduated in 2001 and havent been in the medical profession since then as have been raising a family. My confusion is that should i base my personal statement on my medical school days and keep it in the past, or make it more present as to what i have been doing since i graduated?Would really appreciate some feedback on this ..
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| bbb
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http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/comments.php?id=1...
Personal Statements
You'll need to create your personal statement(s) in MyERAS later in the process. We recommend that you create your personal statement(s) off-line in your word processor, perform a spell check and then copy it into MyERAS later.
You can create one or more personal statements; however, only one personal statement can be assigned and sent to an individual program. You can create and send different personal statements to different programs. If a program requires information that is not included in your transcript or CAF, you can create a personal statement including these details and assign it to that specific program.
Length and Content of Personal Statement
Programs have a wide range of requirements for personal statement length and content. You will need to obtain program specific information, such as this, directly from each program. Also, programs print applicant documents, and review the hard copy of the application. Since the number of characters that will fit on a printed page, varies with the printer settings of every program's printer, it is not possible to predetermine the exact length of the document that the program will review. All personal statements should be formatted using standard ASCII characters. Do not use bold, italic or special characters. MyEras only allows a maximum of 32000 characters. Please go to Using MyERAS - Documents - Personal Statements for more details.
Personal Statements
On the Personal Statements page you can view/edit and print existing personal statements or create personal statements that you will submit to programs when you apply to them.
If you have existing personal statements you can view/edit them by clicking on its name. You can also print personal statements by clicking on the "print" button or view the list of programs that you have assigned them to by clicking on the "assignments" button.
If you do not have any existing personal statements and wish to create new ones you can do so by clicking on the "Create a Personal Statement" button.
For each Personal Statement you create you must enter the "personal statement title" and the "personal statement content." The title should help you identify your personal statement. Programs that you apply to WILL NOT be able to see this title.
The "personal statement content" will include the actual text of the personal statement. You can either type the text for the personal statement here or you can cut and paste from a TEXT file (.txt file using Notepad for PCs or SimpleText for Macs) that you have created previously. Please be careful to cut and paste from a TEXT (.txt) document. If you copy and paste your Personal Statement from Microsoft Word, or a similar text editor, there may be invisible Word characters included in your document. These may display as strange code and text in the Personal Statement that the residency programs receive. The content of your personal statement is limited to 28,000 characters (including white spaces). You can create as many Personal Statements as you wish but only one can be assigned to each program.
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| sam123
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thank you BBB for your prompt reply,i'm going through the link u sent me right now..
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