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Medical personal statement

Should I include some sort of science related stuff in my personal statement if I’m applying to medicine? Currently I only have like people and emotional sort of stuff and 2 of my teachers told me to add something sciencey but that means cutting out one of my paragraph- but another teacher (head of year) just cut that paragraph out when I did it? They did say different teachers have different views but should I still add some science into it? Bio/chem lessons maybe to include analytical skills

Reply 1

Interrobang

Academic content should be secondary to the work experience and volunteering side of things. There is no point mentioning A Levels though

Reply 2

Yazomi

Original post by Interrobang

Academic content should be secondary to the work experience and volunteering side of things. There is no point mentioning A Levels though

What sort of academic content would be acceptable? Keeping up to date with the news?

Reply 3

Interrobang

Original post by Yazomi

What sort of academic content would be acceptable? Keeping up to date with the news?

Something medicine related, so e.g. genetics study/recent treatment development, new understanding of a particular illness... Realistically, you won't have space though

Reply 4

Yazomi

Original post by Interrobang

Something medicine related, so e.g. genetics study/recent treatment development, new understanding of a particular illness... Realistically, you won't have space though

Yeah true thanks still! I remember when lock down happened and I was panicking so much Coz I had no work experience and now I couldn’t even mention all of my experience so panicked for nothing

Reply 5

AzureCeleste

In terms of science, only add something out with A-levels. I personally added something on some medical lectures I attended- but it was literally 2 sentences. If you've read a relevant book then you could include that