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Personal statement for 4000 words

How do I extend my personal statement to 4000 words for a work experience program related to medicine? I'm not sure how it works and am quite clueless on how to start and what to start with...

Kind help will be appreciated

Reply 1

What program is it?

Reply 2

It's in a local hospital here

Reply 3

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by hksc6
It's in a local hospital here


I would say to describe what your role was as well as how the experience further ensured that you pursue medicine. Perhaps discuss a specific action by a doctor (whilst maintaining patient confidentiality) that you thought was ideal for a medical professional

Reply 4

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by AwesomeSid156
I would say to describe what your role was as well as how the experience further ensured that you pursue medicine. Perhaps discuss a specific action by a doctor (whilst maintaining patient confidentiality) that you thought was ideal for a medical professional


That sounds good, I'll try that

Reply 5

Original post
by AwesomeSid156
I would say to describe what your role was as well as how the experience further ensured that you pursue medicine. Perhaps discuss a specific action by a doctor (whilst maintaining patient confidentiality) that you thought was ideal for a medical professional


Do you have a rough estimate of how long it could take to complete the personal statement including the thought process involved?

Reply 6

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by hksc6
Do you have a rough estimate of how long it could take to complete the personal statement including the thought process involved?


It took me a 1-2 weeks at max. I did a basic draft before summer and the rest around a week or so before the deadline. I mainly spent the summer for ucat prep

Reply 7

Since this is a work experience program, I need to submit it in less than a week now 😭

Reply 8

Wait, the key thing to check is its 4000 characters, not words…as i doubt they asked for 4k words. Please check and dont worry. I misread your question and stated the timeline for my UCAS personal statement. Apologies, a work experiemce one should not take more than a few days.

Reply 9

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by AwesomeSid156
Wait, the key thing to check is its 4000 characters, not words…as i doubt they asked for 4k words. Please check and dont worry. I misread your question and stated the timeline for my UCAS personal statement. Apologies, a work experiemce one should not take more than a few days.


Sorry, yeah it's 4000 characters
That's alright, now I just need to hurry up and finish it

Reply 10

Original post
by hksc6
How do I extend my personal statement to 4000 words for a work experience program related to medicine? I'm not sure how it works and am quite clueless on how to start and what to start with...
Kind help will be appreciated

Ps structure I used was
P1 Initial interest started from…
P2 Developed that interest by
P3 an experience that confirmed this degree is for me
P4 extra things outside of school that relate
Conclusion with a mention on what you’d do in the future with this degree

Reply 11

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by thrush
Ps structure I used was
P1 Initial interest started from…
P2 Developed that interest by
P3 an experience that confirmed this degree is for me
P4 extra things outside of school that relate
Conclusion with a mention on what you’d do in the future with this degree


It's always the last part that I get stuck at... What I'd do with the degree, I can't say "I want to help people" But I honestly don't know WHAT to say in the most practical and logical way possible

Reply 12

it's ok to say u want to help people but maybe specify what group of people maybe u mentioned earlier on a personal experience or loop it back to what got u initially interested and what exactly you want to help with is it (in healthcare example) driving new treatment/change with the use of AI, working in communities with reduced access, giving back to your own community that doesn't have that specific thing and mention a skill like u are somebody that aims to continuously learn and develop themselves so are highly adaptable to the challenges this degree can bring to show u understand the challenges and want to work through them.

Reply 13

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by thrush
it's ok to say u want to help people but maybe specify what group of people maybe u mentioned earlier on a personal experience or loop it back to what got u initially interested and what exactly you want to help with is it (in healthcare example) driving new treatment/change with the use of AI, working in communities with reduced access, giving back to your own community that doesn't have that specific thing and mention a skill like u are somebody that aims to continuously learn and develop themselves so are highly adaptable to the challenges this degree can bring to show u understand the challenges and want to work through them.

just realised you said medicine so maybe help out where there are gaps in the nhs currently e.g. xyz or help advance a specific section of medicine

Reply 14

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by thrush
just realised you said medicine so maybe help out where there are gaps in the nhs currently e.g. xyz or help advance a specific section of medicine


That was an awful lot of information, thank you for taking your time and helping out

Reply 15

Wait wait all,
Can I write about a specific type of community in my personal statement for healthcare? Like women and/or kids?

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