kingsofke
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"Most selection committees tend to underanalyze (or ignore) personal
statements during the high-volume screening process, and to over-scrutinize
them during the knock-down, drag-out ranking sessions that follow the
screening. It is common to see otherwise well-qualified applicants slide 20 to
40 positions on a rank list at the last minute because the selection committee
suddenly perceived something in their personal statements as negative." First Aid Match
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| priyagrove
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after inviting for an iv, a PD told me
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| prueba
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a chief resident at a medium tier University program told me that he reads the PS and gives them a lot of importance... Though, it seems logic that it may be read after.... as the number applications is huge.... Nevertheless I guess it is very important....and mostly if it is a bad one.
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| azygous
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it depends on the program and the speciality you are applying..
i.e if you are applying for psy, pathology, or dermat...SOP is a major...may be eqvi to score.
but where there is a huge application volume
1) during your interview ( yes it may be the first time your SOP may be read.
2) during ranking...most common..
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