Medical
Personal statements for MD, DO, and PA programs. 22 rubrics available, each scoring your essay across multiple dimensions with specific feedback.
Medical school essay reviewPrimary applications · 12
AMCAS Personal Statement — MD
Use the space provided to explain why you want to go to medical school.
CASPA Personal Statement — PA
In your own words, write a brief statement expressing your motivation or desire to become a physician assistant.
AMCAS Other Impactful Experiences — MD
This could include lived experiences related to your family background, financial background, community setting, educational experiences, and/or other life circumstances.
CASPA Life Experiences Essay — PA
Explain how your life experiences could help advance the goal of having healthcare providers who can empathize with the patient communities they serve.
TMDSAS Personal Statement — Texas MD
Explain your motivation to seek a career in medicine. You are asked to include the value of your experiences that prepare you to be a physician.
AACOMAS Personal Statement — DO
Why do you want to pursue osteopathic medicine, and what has prepared you?
CASPA AI and Technology Essay — PA
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and wearable health devices are changing how clinicians deliver care. How should future PAs learn to use these tools thoughtfully while maintaining strong, human-centered relationships with patients, even in settings where access to technology may be limited?
AADSAS Personal Statement — Dental
What motivated you to pursue a career in oral health? In your response, you may wish to describe and highlight your strengths, experiences, background, and uniqueness that will contribute to your success in this career.
Secondary essays · 10
Medical School Secondary — Adversity / Challenge
Works for any school's adversity, challenge, setback, or failure secondary — a compact review of constraints, decisions, adaptation, and credible learning.
Medical School Secondary — Diversity / Perspective
Works for any school's diversity, perspective, or lived-experience secondary — a compact review of lived-experience evidence, real consequence, and what your perspective concretely gives your class.
Medical School Secondary — Community / Service / Mission
Works for any school's community, service, or mission secondary — reviewing your community relationship, accountable service, reciprocal learning, and mission alignment.
Medical School Secondary — Reapplicant Growth
Works for any school's reapplicant secondary — a compact review of diagnosed gaps, changed actions, evidence of improvement, and present readiness.
Dental School Secondary — Short Answer
Works for any U.S. predoctoral DDS/DMD program's supplemental short answer — reviewing exact-question fit, role-accurate evidence, interpretation, and selection.
Medical School Secondary — Optional "Anything Else" Essay
Works for any school's optional or anything-else secondary — a compact review of whether your essay earns its slot: new information, factual context, and what it changes for the reader.
PA Program Secondary — Adversity / Challenge
Works for any PA program's adversity, challenge, setback, or resilience supplemental — reviewing the situation, your decisions, what changed, and the exact question asked.
PA Program Secondary — Optional / Anything Else
Works for any PA program's optional or additional-information supplemental — reviewing whether one bounded addition belongs, what it clarifies, and whether the response stays proportionate.