Residency Application Mailbag: The Personal Statement

It’s been a while since my last Mailbag… but recently I received a few questions about residency applications in general and the personal statement in particular, and it felt like a good opportunity to publicly clean out the old inbox.

PERSONAL STATEMENT FAQs:

1:34 - Should I write a creative personal statement?

6:32 - Should I share sensitive personal information in my personal statement?

8:42 - Do I have to include a patient encounter in my personal statement?

12:15 - Should I discuss my USMLE failure in my personal statement?

19:39 - Should I write program-specific personal statements?

22:36 - Is it okay to use a two-page personal statement?

24:16 - How do I make my personal statement better?

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MUSIC:

“Clutch,” by Nicolas Major.