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Personal Statement

Dive into your life journey through five pivotal moments, from childhood to college, that shaped you. Identify attributes and themes, tie them to dentistry, and make a compelling appeal to the school. Follow do's and don'ts for impactful writing. This guidance helps you reveal your story authentically and persuasively.

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Personal Statement

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  1. Personal Statement Finding Your Story

  2. Who Are You? 4500 Characters WITH SPACES

  3. Goals: • Reveal Attributes • Tie to the field (motivation) • Share tidbits of your background • Highlight your experiences

  4. Essay Activity • Think of 5 points in your life, starting from childhood through college, when: • something happened to you • you realized something • you were impacted in some way

  5. Write five 3 sentence blurbs identifying those moments. What happened? What did you do? What did you learn?

  6. For each experience you described, think about what you did. Action items. • Write 1-3 attributes per experience

  7. Can you find a theme?

  8. Questions to ask yourself: • What does this story show about me? • Who is this story about? • What does this story have to do with you being a future dentist.

  9. Conclusion • Tie to intro if possible • Summarize your attributes/theme • Make an appeal to the school: • I am made up of the good “stuff”. Now I need an opportunity to learn science and be trained.

  10. Example

  11. Do’s & Don’ts

  12. Do: • Write honestly, with your voice • Reveal as much about yourself as possible • Tell stories. Show instead of tell. • Illustrate your strong attributes. • Tie to the field.

  13. Don’t: • Criticize the field or dentists • Use hyperbolic language “Patients want..” • List your experiences without tying together. • Use second person “You”. • Tell me why you did not choose another field. • List out your “journey”

  14. Writing Tips • Read Outloud • Ask Multiple Readers • Scrutinize • Eliminate hyperbole and assumptions. • Avoid passive writing. • EDIT.

  15. Questions?

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