Your U.S. Medical Residency/Medical Fellowship Personal Statement

Good Morning My Dear IMG's and FMG's, DO's, MD's & Medical Fellowship Applicants! 

I hope this finds you well.  Please contact us if you need help with covering what you perceive to be problem area with your personal statement.  As I mentioned yesterday, we can help you express in your essay what you THINK may be a major weakness in your application.  

The thing is, is that no one is perfect, including the program directors who are going to be reading your PS.  In most all cases, we have all built upon our weaknesses and turned them to strengths. 

Again, here are a few more examples of areas where we can help:

• Poor USMLE scores
• A gap in your resume
• Lack of medical experience
• Low grades in med. school
• Demanding family issues
• Advancing age of the applicant
• A change in specialty choice
• Not completing an earlier residency program 
• Over qualification
• Illness
• A PS that is too long  (We like to keep them at about 650-750 words.)
• A PS that is too short
• A disorganized CV 
• No research 

The only thing I can think of that is difficult for us to edit and justify is if you have a TOTAL lack of passion for the medical specialty or subspecialty to which you are applying.  That being said, it is still a good idea to cover your bases with a couple of specialty applications in somewhat related fields.  I mean, OBGYN/Surgery/Family Medicine, etc. is not for everyone.  Do not waste your effort on a "Plan D," but do consider applying for a second or third choice in case your first specialty choice doesn't work out. 

By the way, here are some links to a great site where you might converse anonymously with others about a variety of subjects related to you USMLE tests and residency application:

 

General - https://www.usmle-forums.com/

FMG's/IMG's - https://www.usmle-forums.com/forums/img-fmg-forum.67/

Elizabeth

Personal Statement Polishing for MD's, DO's, IMG's, FMG's and Medical Fellowship Program Applicants

My Dear Medical Residency Applicants, 

May 2021 is here!  Now is the time to start working on your personal statement for your 2022 ERAS application.  Here are a few of the sticky areas you might be facing as you write your PS:

• A specialty change
• Older applicants
• Obstacles you have overcome
• Gaps from practice
• Experience outside the medical field
• Dropping out of a previous medical residency program
• Lack of research
• Lack of experience
• Lack of extracurricular medical activities
• A disorganized CV
• Cutting down the wordage in your current PS! (This one is really important.) 

For experienced help, shoot us an email today through our website's contact form:  www.CVPersonalstatement.com

We have also worked extensively with editing a wide array of medical subspecialty/fellowship personal statements. 

Thanks!

Elizabeth

www.CVPersonalstatement.com 

(618) 207-3277

 

Spring Has Sprung!

Good morning my dear medical residency and medical fellowship applicants!

I hope you have all survived the pandemic!  As it seems the end may be in sight, many of us may be experiencing what an author from the Atlantic last week referred to as "SENIORITIS."  With senioritis, in the last year of high school and all of the exciting promises of a bright future, the student becomes a little lazy, distracted and forgetful.  We all may have a bit of PTSD from the trauma of the pandemic, so let's not be too hard on ourselves.  It's the time for patience and perseverance. 

It's also time to start thinking about your personal statement for your specialty of choice.  We can help! 

Shoot us an email at cvpersonalstatement@gmail.com 

Kind regards,

Elizabeth

Medical Residency Applicants 2021

Dear Medical Residency Applicants,

I hope that soon you will receive offers for interviews from some great programs in your target specialty.  

It is an exciting time!  Be sure to have an outstanding and printable CV, because you may have a few new items to include since your ERAS upload.  

Your personal statement is probably a "done deal," but be sure you can elaborate on any information from your PS and CV during the interview.  Listening is key.  Have some good questions ready and don't OVER practice to where you sound like a robot. 

God willing, you will have a few interviews, but if you don't, you might look in to and investigate medical residency programs outside of the match. 

Wishing you all the best!

Elizabeth 

https://www.usmle-forums.com/

Good morning Medical Residency Applicants!

As you notice, https://www.usmle-forums.com/  -  is today's title.  This fantastic site consists of a variety of forums with subjects of great concern to the US medical residency applicants: observations and advice from other doctors about the application process.  

The forum had a poll of personal statement editing services which you may see at http://www.usmle-forums.com/residency-match-forum/1662-residency-personal-statement-services.html  Right below the poll, there are comments about our service and other editing services which you may read for yourself, as you look for a service to help you with your CV, personal statement or letter. 

By the way, https://www.CVPersonalstatement.com does not spend much on advertising, and we have reached most of our clients by word of mouth.  Many of our treasured clients are return after completing their medical residency programs, requesting help  with a personal statement for a sub-specialty fellowship program. 

Contact us today by email, CVPersonalstatement@gmail.com, or fill in our contact form on the https://www.cvpersonalstatement.com , for editing help.  

We wish you all the best with your application!

Elizabeth

 

Do Not Brag in Your Personal Statement

Dear Medical Residency Applicants or Medical Fellowship Applicants, 

Over the years of editing personal statements at CVPersonalstatement.com, I advise the physicians to be humble.  When the program directors and resident selection team choose candidates, they can see on your CV what your accomplishments are.  Bragging about a high USMLE score, a "prestigious" institution you attended, etc., gives off the signal that you might be a difficult person to work around on a daily basis.  In your statement of purpose, strive to make yourself likable.  Along with other improvements, we can identify and edit the areas of your PS that may need some toning down in the arrogance department.  We want to help you convey through your statement of purpose that while you are accomplished and confident, you are also humble and teachable.  It's a tricky balance sometimes.  

Please contact us if you need help with your SOP, CV or letter.

https://www.cvpersonalstatement.com 

CVPersonalstatement@gmail.com 

We wish you the best with your ERAS application. 

Elizabeth  

Keep Your Statement Original

 Hello Medical Residency and Medical Fellowship Applicants,

    As you move forward in the residency or fellowship application process, you have most likely put much of your valuable time in to composing a statement of purpose.  

    While it may be considered as helpful to look at other applicants' statements for your same target specialty, I don't advise it.  God forbid, you may inadvertently pick up a sentence or two and insert it in your own essay.  The general characteristics that make you suited for a specialty may be common among the applicants for that specialty, but the combination of your skills, clinical experiences, talents, learning styles, hobbies and personal values are unique.  Our goal is to help you state your suitability for your target specialty by supporting your claims of suitability with specific examples to illustrate the desired characteristics.  But back to my main message for today:  Do NOT lift sentences from others' personal statements off the web or from anywhere!  This practice could automatically disqualify you from consideration should the selection committee decide to do a plagiarism check.  AND, it may be that since everything is done online these days, the reviewers have embedded plagiarism check software!  More so, it is not ethical to steal someone else's words and pretend they are your own.  You are great as you are, and do not need it!  

    We can help you polish your statement.  That's it. 

    Whether you decide on using the CVPersonalstatement.com service to help you with your statement or not, we wish you the very best with your application process, and that you will find your fit in a great program! 

Elizabeth