Show you occupy the attributes to execute a fine doctor – and go easy on the personal tragedy,tutors say
Read more: applying for medicine? glean alert for the recent-style interview"Shock tactics don't work in personal statements," Dr Kevin Murphy, and admissions tutor for medicine at Imperial College London,says. "Sometimes candidates describe a scene from their work experience where someone gets their leg sawn off in the jungle – or something similar. But that's not the most effective way to start."Some medical schools take personal statements more seriously than others – while Cardiff, Leeds and Keele formally assess non-academic aspects of a student's application, and other universities,including Oxford and Imperial, use them more informally to glean an impression of a candidate's suitability.
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Source: theguardian.com