A personal statement is arguably one of the most important essays you will write over the course of your career. It provides admission committees with insight into who you are as a person and is the first opportunity you have to let your personality shine through.
I used my PS to tell the story of how I landed on the PA profession and the events that solidified my decision throughout my journey. Here's a small excerpt:
"𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘙 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘙. 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵, 𝘐 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, "𝘕𝘰, 𝘯𝘰, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳." 𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘙, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘈 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦."
What's one thing you included (or plan to include) in your PS?
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