what should i include in my personal statement for med school in the UK? How long should it be?
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not long at all. i did it. it was easy.
2 :
no not long nothing special to include in
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You'll have a word limit imposed on you by the UCAS form (or at least I did). It's usually not too long, like 3/4 page. Start off with a short paragraph about why you want to do medicine and then go on to talk about your extra curricular activities. I think I just talked about playing in various orchestras for most of mine, and I know a girl who got into Cambridge medical school by talking about her flute (in her personal statement and pretty much all the way through her interview!). If you have the grades they can see you're smart, your personal statement is a chance for you to show them how you have lots of interests and are well versed in things other than studying. If you think about it, most of the applicants for medical school are going to have 3 A's at A level so there's not much to tell between them, so you need to stand out and show you have other things to offer them than just your brain. You need to be a well rounded human being. Good luck
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