So as you know I am a mature student. I've written personal statements before, in fact I used to help my friends write them when we were in 6th form, yet I can't seem to write mine for my medicine application. I don't understand what is wrong with me, I have written everything out in bullet points, I know what I want to say but it just doesn't feel strong enough! I have no idea what is missing from it, but I know I need to get it finished by next week to send to my tutor who is going to be writing my reference. I don't know what is wrong with me, this is the most important thing I'm ever going to write and I can't seem to get it sorted.
I have work experience all next week and then the GAMSAT next Friday so I really have to get it sorted this weekend, why does this seem so impossible? I think it is because I've been planning it for over 2 years now that I just want it to be perfect, when truthfully nothing ever is. I want to study medicine, I'd love to study next year, but I know it is unlikely. I'll be happy to do my MSc, but I don't want to not get an interview because I've not produced a strong enough Personal Statement!!!
I can write blog posts with ease, I talk comfortably, I can even write essays with very little difficulty, yet a statement telling admissions tutor why I'm a good candidate to study medicine is really scary! I'm positive I'm not the only one who feels this way, I just know that the competition for places will just be so intense and I want to make my application stand out more than anything!
Anyway, I'm going to go and sit and make some more notes and hope a draft magically appears!
I'm writing my personal statement this month too.. It's really difficult but I think one thing that helps is deciding on a "theme", something that connects all the paragraphs together instead of them being read as stand-alone. I think that's be good.. It adds fluidity and a little sense of writing better. Like a motif.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! Wish me luck too. :)