Osteopathic Personal Statement GuideWhile it’s possible to present samples of my osteopathic personal statement for osteopathic medical schools, I will shed light on the things I’ve learned from my own experiences.
First, it’s important to start with a prompt. The following prompts are useful to help you get started :
• What motivates you to learn more about osteopathic medicine? • What do you want medical schools to know about you that has not been disclosed in another section of the application? If you’re applying to allopathic schools, then you probably have already written a personal statement to allopathic schools. My suggestion is that you use that personal statement and tailor it to osteopathic medical schools. Make sure you talk about why you want to attend a DO medical school in your osteopathic personal statement.
I hear the following question all the time: “Can I use the same essay for allopathic schools for my osteopathic medical school application?” In my opinion, you shouldn’t. Osteopathic schools are aware that students apply to both MD and DO schools, but they want to see that students who do apply to osteopathic schools are sincerely interested in osteopathy. So, make sure you have some experience with osteopathic medicine. A good way to gain experience is to shadow a DO doctor. Another one, if you’re lucky, is to attend an osteopathic seminar that is offered at schools. The last resort is to read literature about osteopathic medicine. In general, it’s better to talk from experiences, rather than from what you’ve read. If you’re short on time though, you have the make the best of your situation talk about what you know. Return to Previous Page
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