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It's always best to make a list or a table of all your extracurricular activities, as well as writing what skills you've developed or learnt through each activity or experience. E.g. Being a captain of hocke...

It's important to think outside the box when writing a good personal statement and to mention accomplishments and experiences that are unique to you. For example, you have already declared your academic grad...

Your personal statement is your way of showing the medical school that you're applying to your achievements, your thoughts and your motivation to become a doctor. Most medical schools receive a lot of applic...

A small paragraph of your personal statement should include any extra-curricular activities you would like to mention. This might amount to about 10% of your overall statement. However it's important that mo...

It doesn't matter. The important thing is that it 'flows' - that it reads naturally. The reader should hear your voice while they read through it. You achieve this through clarity, honesty and simplicity. Th...