The personal statement is a very important part of your professional school application. You will address important issues about yourself, usually related to why you want to enter a particular career.

Read about each program and related faculty members online. Find personal statement guidelines for each school/program you’re applying to and print out any prompts for quick reference. Using the ...

The personal statement is often required in standard graduate, medical, and law school as well as most fellowship or scholarship application forms. Some schools allow you maximum freedom in what you ...

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Provides the reader with a sense of your priorities and judgement, allowing them to know you more personally. The personal statement is just one, but very important, part of an application. Each ...

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Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia Prospective students will no longer be asked to write personal ...

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Refer to the application service instructions for specific guidelines for completing the Personal Comments section. This is a critical component of your application to any health professions program.