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Here's a list of the most common mistakes we see students make on their personal statement:
- Rewriting your “Experience List”
- Exaggerating adversity
- Save the diversity for the diverse candidates
- Leave high school in the past (i.e. don’t focus on it)
- You’re not a doctor yet – don’t act like you are
- You’re also not a philosopher
- Don’t criticize other professions
- Injured athlete
- International sojourn or tropical vacation (Think: 1 week trip to Honduras… probably didn’t change your life)
- Mental illness
- Not proofreading your essay in AMCAS