Doctor Personal Statements Samples For Students

I am a second-generation Cuban American and the first generation in my immediate family to attend and graduate from college as well as to pursue studies in Law School. I received my Bachelors degree in Marketing from the University of Florida with a minor in Mass Communications. In college I was a member of the Pre-legal Honor Society and held the position of advertising chair.

Whilst my degree was in marketing, law has always been a powerful interest of mine. The specific areas of law that interest me as of now are trial advocacy and litigation, I have witnessed many court proceedings, ...

Since I have been a youngster, one of my lifelong goals was to study medicine purposefully to aiding and healing the sick in the best way. As I am committed to the utmost public health, I am enthusiastic to share my personal skills and compassion and patient relational communication. I have chosen medicine as my primary profession due the importance to the interests’ societal norm but because I enjoy and understand the purpose of medical delivery. In many instances, I feel obliged to aid municipal and universal people whom of which endure ailments such ...

My ultimate goal since I started my academic career in biology was to count myself among the foremost professionals in the field; much of that relates closely to receiving as complete an education as possible and taking a challenging, full-time position as a college professor. After having completed two years of MCB combined with a dissertation at XX

University, four years of Biology courses concentration and one year of Chemistry at XX University, there is nothing more exciting than being able to continue pursuing my objectives and utilizing my knowledge to continue my career in MCB and earn my doctorate at XX ...

My younger brother’s doctor kept on apologizing for not able to save him. Alas! My ten year brother lost his life. It was that phase of my life when I did not know enough about health and life-death transition. He did not have any major disease. He was just suffering from flu and fever. On the other hand, his doctor diagnosed him with malaria meningitis. He was not able to identify my brother’s disease. However, he was sure that malaria took away the life of my brother as the disease was a common cause of death among children ...

My desire to become a physician began in childhood. I was the seventh of twelve children. When I was a child I witnessed the great admiration that my grandfather had for his doctor. It was this doctor who had diagnosed my grandfather’s heart condition and then treated and cared for him after his heart attack. My grandfather’s doctor was a compassionate man. This doctor was the man who first ignited in me the spark that would drive me to become a doctor, too. My five years in medical school were years filled with discovery. As I progressed in my program, I ...

Microbiology helps us understand microbes and how they interact with humans, plants animals as well as the environment. Microbiology is an important part of who I am. My years as a Masters’ student in the Biology department at the Laurentian University has cemented my love for microbiology and grounded my feet in research. This is what I wish to continue doing in future by making biomolecular science my mainstay. To be the best in biomolecular science research, it is imperative that my choice institution for my PhD studies be at the forefront in this field of research. Based on what ...

I was born and raised in what is nowadays referred to as the traditional family set up. This is a set up where family values were strongly emphasized. Among other things, I was taught, right from my formative years, that the family is a central unit in the development of any person. I was also taught that my behaviour, whether actions or inaction, bear a reflection on my entire family. These are values which I have held dear in my entire life. I have further extended them in all my interactions. I regard whichever group I associate or work with as part ...

Medicine is a life long commitment to learning. The learning process that the physician goes through is for humanistic purposes and our calling is to tend to the ill and the most vulnerable around us. I began learning about people’s vulnerabilities at a young age. As a volunteer in a care home and having worked at clinics abroad, I saw first hand the effects of disease on an individual. Furthermore, I saw the consequences that poverty had on the health of an individual. I have tried to learn how to help people in need of assistance throughout my life and from a wide ...

My name is .. I am applying for the (program name) at your esteemed medical institution. I am writing this personal statement as a part of my application and hope that, by the end of this essay, I will have conveyed a better understanding of myself as a person as well as a student. As a student who has previously studied international business, and would now like to pursue a career in the field of medicine, I believe an explanation of my choices and motivators is in order. Hence, in addition to providing an overview of my background, I also seek to explain why I ...

On the threshold of completing my Master’s degree in Chemical Sciences, I seek to take my research in organic chemistry to the next level. Having a PhD in organic chemistry would work on a positive note for me because it will help me in joining my efforts together along with the knowledge that I have gained until now. To build a heritage for the learning of chemistry, I would like to join McGill University. It is an institution that I have aspired to become a part of for as long as I have determined chemistry to be my field of choice.
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I am writing in regards to my application for the PhD Chemistry program at McGill University. Having a major interest in Organic Chemistry I hereby wish to pursue my further studies at McGill University due to its global recognition as one of the TOP-ranked universities with a solid laboratory setting and extensive opportunities for the development of my research skills.
I believe that my previous achievements in the stated field of study can stoutly buttress my willingness to enroll in the program. Gaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry at King Faisal University gave me a thorough basic knowledge and understanding ...

Life is a series of opportunities for adventure. Those that we take dictate where we were meant to be. I have been extremely fortunate to have had a wide variety of experiences in my life so far, on numerous occasions finding myself at a crossroads. I know now that the decisions that I have made have serendipitously led to me becoming an emergency medicine physician. Not only was this desire ingrained in me some years prior to attending medical school, it was in all probability the single most important reason why I became a physician.
I have always been an open person ...

Personal statement for PHD application

Manchester of Metropolitan University
Manchester, the United Kingdom
Respected Sir:
It is stated that I want to apply for the admission in the PHD class of Computer that comes under the umbrella of Information System Department. I am fully aware with the terms and conditions that deem prerequisites in taking admission in Manchester of Metropolitan University, and ready to comply with the rules and regulations prescribed in your prospectus.
I am cognizant with the fact that ample amount of education and practical experience is necessary before applying for the PHD degree in your university. I ...

Through my friends enrolled in medical programs, and my parent’s friends, I have learned that medicine is a lifelong commitment to learning. Instead of going out to the party, evenings are spent revising material in order to benefit the future patients. Thus, in order to succeed at medical training there are several qualities that students must possess, namely: devotion, determination, and endurance. However, learning from books is not all it takes to be a good practitioner, and many years of experience are necessary until one actually becomes a master healer. The maladies of the patient have many nuances, and only a skillful ...

I could have led content and fulfilling long life, if not an accident Still, I regard myself as lucky since I received all the kindheartedness and financial support from people, whom I have never met in my life.
2005 started out as a very promising year but then it abruptly turned into blackness. As the water turns into ice during winter, so my precious life turned into barely satisfying days and years after the dreadful ATV accident. Since that time onwards, nothing was the same ever.
Physicians were fighting to save my life because I had damaged both ...

Personal Statement (PhD)

Career advancement is a crucial element in any professional field. It leads to both personal and professional growth with multiple benefits to the society. Higher education provides an avenue for achievement of such goals. In view of this I am seeking to attain higher education (PhD) in my area of expertise in order to boost my professional career and increase my opportunities in this field of microbiology and molecular biology.
I am interested in joining Laurentian University in a bid to achieve both scholarly and personal short term goals. The pursuit for a PhD at this prestigious university will be especially ...

Medical education requires individual commitment and endurance towards the career. The learning process involved in the medicine world demands not only a carrier choice but also a personal attitude towards the profession with the sole motive of offering humanitarian aid to those who need the help around us, far and beyond. Having worked in a clinic run by neurosurgeons in Iran’s Tehran, I am positive that this is the best calling for me. I am sure that this faculty is the best for me given my desire and love for the profession.
In addition to my experience in a medical clinic, ...

Healthcare is in a constant state of evolution. The education and training of Physician Assistants began in earnest with the shortage of trained medical staff during the Second World War. Traditionally, a Physician oversaw this work, and teamwork was an essential quality of a Physician’s Assistant. The job of the Physician Assistant entails conducting physical exams, making diagnoses, treating the ill, conducting tests and interpreting the results, prescribing medications, and otherwise counseling the patient or even assisting in surgeries. The modern era has seen a shortage of physicians; a problem that is particularly acute in primary care, and the Physician Assistant will be ...

Having obtained in 2008 a CPR/First Aid Licence, one day I encountered an unconscious elderly lady on the street. Using the knowledge I had gained in my training, I first asked another passerby to call 911. Meanwhile I checked the person’s breathing and pulse, finding that both were present. Then I gently and carefully rolled her towards me onto her side, bending her top leg accordingly as I had been taught, so that she was now in the recovery position. I also tilted her head back slightly to keep her airways clear, and checked she had not swallowed her ...

Looking back, that team of doctors who saved the lives of our mother and new brother provided the trigger that embarked me on my future medical career. They showed me that there is no more noble nor rewarding profession than to practice as a physician. By virtue of diligent studies and overcoming obstacles along the way, my earlier dreams of becoming a physician subsequently became a reality.
In my homeland I completed medical school and a residency, then worked for four years in community health as an attending physician, caring for patients who lacked the means to obtain treatment in private clinics – a ...

Personal Statement

I grew up in a Muslim household which taught me the importance of moral values. Having high moral standards are clearly imperative in a good physician and this is one of the many factors about which I feel passionate, both as a result of my upbringing and because of the person I have become over the course of my life.
My father is a pharmacist and therefore I have been around medicine all of my life. I currently work sporadically in my father’s pharmacy, as a technician. Working as a pharmacy technician has been one of the factors in my professional life that ...

My passion for medicine was developed through the hope of a young girl. “Put on the scrubs,” the Psychiatrist told me as we entered the sterile hospital room of a sixteen-year old girl. I stood next to the doctor as she talked to the girl, a girl whose face and body were so completely wrapped in gauze it would have been difficult for her to cry. “Will my skin go back to normal?” she asked. The physician answered honestly, “I do not know for sure, even though the flesh-eating bacteria that deprived you of your skin is gone, it could leave scarring--but ...

Personal Statement

Degree objective:
Being a physician has always been my dream since childhood. In high school, because of the determination I had with regards to pursuing medicine as a career, I took subjects that were related to medicine. I would later get admission into St John’s University for a Bachelors of Science degree. However, because of several financial challenges, I had to take up a part time job; I worked throughout my undergraduate years which affected my GPA. My undergraduate GPA could not secure me a place in a U.S. medical school. But that could not stop me from continuing with the pursuit of ...

Personal Statement

Having the power to aid people in their suffering, to alleviate pain and put a smile on a terminal patient’s face are powers granted to the special, select few, who have devoted themselves and their lives altruistically to putting the needs of others before their own. It is a vocation of inestimable and time-consuming challenges, and simultaneously, one of empathy and selfless aid. I must admit that before tragedy struck my life and in his dying moments, my father proved he would always be my guiding star, I was not certain if I possessed all the necessary traits one requires to ...

Personal statement

I have developed an interest in family medicine as a result of my personal as well as professional experiences in the past few years. I am currently a 4th year medical student at the Medical University of the Americas. I believe that the field of family medicine requires genuine interest, commitment, and the capability to communicate and associate with patients of diverse age groups. These qualities perfectly describe me; I am passionate about becoming a family physician, I have empathy and strong interpersonal and communication skills. Having a very supportive family, I want my patients to feel like extended members of my family as ...

APPLICATION FOR FELLOWSHIP

I am applying for a fellowship in endocrinology in your centre. My decision to become a Physician was borne out of desire and not by chance. Happenings in my childhood days was the driving force behind my choice. I craved more knowledge about the human body and how to reach the optimal state of health. My Grandfather was a hypertensive and diabetic who died due to non-availability of skilled medical personnel at a hospital in Tripoli after suffering an acute stroke. He was my hero and my mentor. His death created a huge void in my life, which left me devastated. I made up ...

From childhood, it has been my dream to be a doctor and it has been a great source of pride in me to have been able to realise this dream in the last few years. Furthermore, my professional medical experience has enabled me to realise that I am fascinated by the human heart and its inner-mechanics. As a result, it is my honour to request that I be accepted on to the Cardiology Fellowship and I wish to do so in Canada as it is my understanding that its cardiology training is amongst the best in the world.

Following my graduation from ...

What is the meaning of life? Throughout history, people have asked themselves this question, coming to answers that vary greatly. In my case, I have seen that helping others is my true calling. In my personal history, there have been many significant events that have led me towards one path; particularly, some have had to do with my African ancestors, including my grandfather’s very impacting death. From my volunteer experiences, I have learnt the value and personal satisfaction that come with lending a helping hand to those in need. Then, after working at a hospital, I saw that ...

For a brave traveler through the desert, the ultimate goal is to arrive at his destination safely and in one piece. He has to endure the scorching sun that dehydrates him through and through with limited supply of food and water that can only sustain him for a certain period of time. He has to grapple with the extreme temperatures, both hot and cold, through the day and night respectively having to dress lightly during the day and then dressing warmly during the night to fight the cold. Desert animals like scorpions and snakes pose an imminent danger upon an encounter ...

I believe medical school will give me the well-rounded education to fulfill my dream to become a Psychiatrist or Gynecologist. With the variety of programs, flexible schedules and affordable payments I will be able to pursue many options, but medical school is my dream and I believe medical school can make that dream a reality. To start experiencing the fun, yet academic, college experience, gaining knowledge and skills, and enhancing my career and professional life overall would mean the world to me. There are several things that shaped my decision to pursue my life long goal of practicing medicine; situations that ...

I come from a family that lays great emphasis on the attainment of quality education and this has been a driving force in my journey through school, college, and now, university. I firmly believe that learning is a continuous process and that a person needs to grow and develop throughout his life in order to be intellectually satisfied. I have had a lifelong interest in the field of science. For most of my childhood, chemistry was a great passion, to be able to create new products from scratch. I participated in several science fairs at the school level and found success. However, science itself is a ...

Admission Essay

As Phillip Pullman once mentioned, “If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.” This quotation reflects my way to my dream in full. Since my early years I have known that I want to pursue a career that would be related to medicine. I was excited about heroes who help people get through their diseases and ease their pain.
Unfortunately, in my country hardly everyone could expect proper medical treatment. I grew up ...

A multi cultural and vivid personality, who is proficient in English and Korean, and has completed a full comprehensive 3-year training course in School of Pharmacy, I am applying to the Doctor of Pharmacy program. Internationally astute, with a great aptitude for details, and excellent time management, communication and interpersonal skills, I am especially gifted at problem solving and providing the first-class health care services and practice management. Growing up in a family of health care professionals in Korea, among which my grandfather was a pharmacist and other family members were nurses and a doctor, I spent my childhood in the surroundings of pharmacy. ...

Statement of Purpose

I am (FULL NAME) from (exact location like CITYNAME, COUNTRY NAME).My area of specialization in graduate as well as PhD program in University of Florida will be Construction Management.
After finishing my school life I gained admission in Kuwait University to pursue my bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. In that university I got opportunity to interact with great faculties whose remarkable instruction in Construction Engineering motivated me to pursue my professional career in planning, scheduling and construction management. During my professional life I have discovered that my skills and knowledge totally commensurate with the field of ...

Medicine is a life long commitment to learning. The learning process that the physician goes through is for humanistic purposes and our calling is to tend to the ill and the most vulnerable around us. I began learning about peoples vulnerabilities at a young age. Growing up in India, I saw first hand the effects of dire poverty on an individual. Furthermore, I saw the consequences that poverty had on the health of an individual. I have tried to learn how to help people in need of assistance throughout my life and from a wide array of teachers.
My first inspiration ...

Howard University

My name is Abdulfattah Yahya M Alhazmi. I am applying for your Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences because I am interested in specializing in Pharmacokinetics. I am impressed with the vision of your Department especially the recognition that as clinical therapeutic problems change, new research efforts need to be creative and flexible in order to successfully meet these new challenges. In fact, I have written a systematic review titled "Inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors" in order to highlight my abilities in performing high quality research to improve clinical therapy. I agree with your department’s statement that innovation and ...

I was born in 1983 and was raised in Saudi Arabia, which is my country of origin.I also graduated from high school there, earning as high as 87% in my overall grades. I really wanted to prove to my family that their efforts were not in vain. My family values a decent education; they are always supportive and they encouraged me and my two elder sisters to strive to fulfill our educational goals. From 2001 to 2005, soon after graduation, I successfully enrolled in the college of Arts and Education in Taif, Saudi Arabia. I finished a four-year undergraduate program in ...

Using the science and knowledge of physics in order to advance human health has a long provenance. Wilhelm Röntgen ushered-in the modern age of Medical Physics at the end of the 19th century and the breadth of the science has steadily widened since. The early advances in medical radiation revolutionized diagnostic medicine as imaging replaced fallible ears and diverse interpretations of tactile impressions as the chief method of diagnosis. Today, medical physics has progressed to therapeutic medicine with lasers replacing the scalpel and brachytherapy revolutionizing cancer treatment. The Medical Physics program at the University of Toledo is well equipped ...

My desire to become a physician began during my teenage years while watching my father be treated for rheumatic heart disease. The dedication and caring that the physicians exhibited created a lasting impression on me. As my father recovered, my passion for medicine steadily increased. I soon realized that medicine was not just a career, but rather a way of life. Medicine requires dedication, perseverance, patience, and empathy, and I had set myself to master these traits and become a caring physician in the vein of my father’s doctors.
Medicine in my native Libya was a very hard track to enter. I dedicated ...

Before I started running my own company, providing massage therapy and other alternative medicine treatment, I had to face different challenges and take major risks. Moreover, I had to overcome my own problems with health and become courageous enough to look into the depth of my heart to see what I really wanted to do in my life.
One of the first such challenging periods of my life started in the late September of 2004, when I got a work contract in the UK for an Industrial Project Management Company. I was very proud about working there, because it ...

Over the past few years, I have attained a blend of diverse scientific knowledge, time management and analytical skills. Being born in a period where science thrives and is persistently employed as a foundation to resolve all individual’s problems, I yearn for the knowledge it bestows. Life as a student at University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, brought rewards and challenges that I think promoted and contributed volumes of positive effort into my temperament.

I was introduced to the concept of Public Health and Community Medicine since the beginning of medical school. I liked many aspects of it. I believe the Public Health ...

Reflecting on my personal experiences, I appreciate the extensive impact of science in my life. I was born and brought up in Mekele in Ethiopia. The region was plagued by drought and civil war. As a result, people endured a lot of suffering and they strived to survive. Staying healthy was akin to a violent brawl. There was a shortage of doctors and medical supplies. A lot of people lost their lives, a fact that bothered me. Similarly, access to education in such an environment was almost impossible.

My parents were lucky to have secured an education. My worked as a teacher while my mother ...

One of the worst and clearest memories of my life is the time when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago. I will never forget my mother’s tears, her falling hair, my sister’s worries and my father’s fear. Still, we are happy to live in the time when breast cancer is considered a preventable disease by the intervention of different screening tools. So, I also remember the smiles and the clear relief my family members felt once everything was over. Now, every time I see a cancer case, I remember our story, which contributed greatly ...

Personal Statement

In my first year in university, I chose to pursue Measurement Control and Instrumentation. This was because I enjoyed studying circuits and geometry. However, this course turned out to be largely about measurement instruments. It was not exactly what I had expected. Nevertheless, during the first half of my maiden year in university, I was able to find the proper course which suited my interests. I find Automation system and Engineering so appealing to me. I thought Automatic System and Engineering was a good option because of its interdisciplinary approach as it sought to provide a seamless fusion between engineering and ...

Medicine Personal Statement

As I grew up in Saudi Arabia, my home country, I saw the need for competent, knowledgeable professionals in research everywhere, especially emergency medical care, as the health care system is rapidly developing. As a full-time medical student, my dream is to become an advanced researcher, specializing in Emergency Research. When I was a child, my father was involved in a car accident. Because of his cardiac situation and the lack of trained staff, my father died from his injuries despite the physicians' best efforts. Sadly, accidents like my father's are shockingly common. According to the General Directorate of Traffic in Saudi ...

Financial mathematics uses applied mathematical concepts in the field of finance. Whereas an economist may attempt to understand the reasons that a stock is at a given price, in mathematical finances one is more interested in calculating values based on a given price. The basic work involves valuing derivatives as well as risk and portfolio management. This is a fascinating field that while technically challenging is very mentally stimulating. The recent financial crisis has cast doubts on the credibility of the derivatives pricing. It is certain that mathematics was never the problem that lead to the market disaster, rather it was a result of ...

Personal Statement

Personal Statement
Indeed, every single endeavour has its own timing. On the other hand, I have faith that quality is better than quantity. With these as the main driving factors in my life, I have no doubt that this is the best season to realize my long term dream of pursuing degree program in dentistry. Since I was a child, I keenly observed how most people took less or no time in observing oral hygiene. Moreover, the desire to give back to my community has always crossed my mind time and again. The knowledge that most people do not ...

I graduated from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 2009 and have been working as a doctor since then. I have thoroughly enjoyed this time and I am now keen to complete a fellowship in Cardiology. This field of medicine in the reason I decided to train as a doctor; I have a huge interest in cardiology and, in particular, cardiovascular diseases, and am keen to pursue a lifelong career in the field.

I wish to undertake the Cardiology Fellowship Program as I am enthusiastic to learn from experts in the field as well as to positively contribute to the ...