Personal Statement Tips + Reading MY Personal Statement // LauraSmiles

Sharing personal statement tips and tricks that I found the most useful when I was writing mine!
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[@tehanicarter2742]

This was so helpful! Being Native Hawaiian and growing up in Hawaiʻi, my culture (beyond the stereotypes) is super important to me and I knew that I wanted to somehow incorporate it into my application, but I didnʻt know how. Thank you for taking the time to make all of these videos, as a predent itʻs very inspiring and a nice reminder to keep working hard :)

[@LauraSmiles]

Absolutely!! Glad you found this helpful! :)

[@skatementalskater]

i swear every video comes in at the best times!!

[@LauraSmiles]

YAY! I'm glad to hear that LOL! :)

[@jackhansmiles]

This video is actually so detailed and helpful, well done! Also, some parts of our personal statements are worded really similar!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thanks Jack!!

[@limarymorales-morales6961]

That was a great, great personal statement! It truly shows your dedication into putting a great piece of writing. Thank you for sharing! Slowly, but surely I’ll be getting a good grasp on what should be my focus for writing mine 🙌🏼Thank you!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you so much for watching!!! It definitely takes a lot of thought but you got this!

[@hilarydental4372]

Loved this video!! 😃 My favorite tip was to "be yourself." It takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable and share your own personal story; amazing job Laura!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thanks Hilary!!!

[@heatherwilkinson6222]

Laura, thank you so much for sharing! I have been following your videos for about a year now, and am so grateful for all of your advice! I'm a former elementary school teacher going back to school to become a dentist, and your tips have been very helpful along this unfamiliar road. I love how your personal statement cohesively connected all of your experiences and related them to dentistry. Great job!

[@LauraSmiles]

Hi Heather! WOW! You'll be a great dentist with all of that education background! The most important aspect of dentistry is educating your patients. Good luck on your journey!

[@heatherwilkinson6222]

@@LauraSmiles Thank you!

[@saeleedistrict]

Love that you're Cambodian-American! You're representing the community right!

[@Joycethedentist]

super super helpful! and so brave of you to read your own personal statement! great examples and well written. I don't think mine was that great..i can't even remember mine at this point!

[@LauraSmiles]

I debated whether or not to share my personal statement for a longggg while!

[@Hanntsai01]

This was super helpful, thank you! I’m planning on applying next year, and because I have a lot of time on my hands, I’ve been starting to brainstorm for my personal statement (I know, super early but its bc of quarantine lol). Thanks for also sharing your personal statement- it was really nice learning a bit more about why you chose dentistry!

[@LauraSmiles]

THAT'S GREAT!! So smart to get a head start during this time!

[@thalblankson4002]

I wrote my personal/Academic statements two years early and am applying to master's and PHD program for next year.

[@mairainam3085]

I like the way you're honest and open about your experiences. it will help countless people who are striving with dental admissions. Thumbs up!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you!!!

[@AlleEsor28]

THIS PERSONAL STATEMENT IS *CHEF'S KISS*

[@TheDentistryDiary]

I remember doing my personal statements it took like 17 drafts and I started early, I could cringe at some of the things I was going to put in but oh well it was worth it🙌🙌 just finishing off my 1st year.

[@LauraSmiles]

I definitely had at least 10 different drafts at first HAHA! Woooo 1 year down!

[@harmeetsandhu5726]

This was honestly super helpful so thank you for making this

[@LauraSmiles]

That's what I like to hear!!! Thanks so much for watching! :)

[@ernieyt7942]

Thank you so much! That was a really good personal statement.

[@LauraSmiles]

Thanks for watching!! :)

[@intannadzirah5593]

yeayyy!!! next video of Laura!!! thanks laura for always makes video!!!! inspiring others

[@LauraSmiles]

Thanks so much for watching!! :)

[@keiki09]

Hey Laura the video was very helpful and I wake up seeing the notification that Laura smiles uploaded a new video and it made my day by seeing your video and I am sure my day will go nice🖤❤️ looking forward for your new video to be uploaded ... Love you Soo much ❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️

[@LauraSmiles]

YAYYYY! Thanks so much for supporting my channel!!!

[@keiki09]

@@LauraSmiles Always , you are my idol , my supporter everything ( God's gift ) 🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤😘😘thank you

[@jeyrigavilanez7643]

this video was so incredibly helpful thank you Laura!

[@LauraSmiles]

Yay! Thanks for watching!!

[@toddseng5665]

Awesome video as always..! It’s really hard and time consuming to write a personal statement of this magnitude. Perfect flow and chronological order. Really helpful

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you so much - that truly means a lot!

[@toddseng5665]

Hi Laura, Pou wanted to ask you a question about a minor in business. Do you think it’s helpful when applying to dental school? Did you have a minor in undergraduate?

[@LauraSmiles]

​@@toddseng5665 Hi Pou! I think it's very helpful to have a business background if your son plans to be a practice owner in the future. Minor in business is great if you can do it! I personally did not take any business classes or minor in undergrad, but I recommend taking some intro to business classes.

[@toddseng5665]

Thank you very much.

[@jamesp.406]

Oh wow thank you Laura. I’ll definitely take in mind every suggestions that you gave in this video when I write my personal statements for all the universities and colleges that I’m going to be applying too!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thanks for watching! Good luck! :)

[@andyland27]

Good advice and excellent essay!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you!!

[@nhupham972]

hey Laura just wanna tap in to say thank you for making these videos! your videos help me a lot, and I’m sure for many other people as well

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you so much!!

[@skiilercheesman3187]

The video was helpful! I’m applying this cycle and have rewritten my PS 4 times w 4 different stories 😂 it’s so hard to chose which one is best

[@thalblankson4002]

I wrote all my personal and academic statements sophomore year of college. I will be a Senior Fall 2020. Thanks for this.

[@LauraSmiles]

Nice! Ahead of the game!

[@thinkmedschool785]

Thanks for the awesome video! I completely agree with your point regarding self reflection and taking the time to figure out why you want to pursue a professional school. Its important to get a good sense of this to convey to admissions comittees and make for a stronger personal statement in general. I also think its important to add in your own personal experiences to give them more of an idea of who you are as a person and bring extra depth to the personal statement. This was a very good video and thanks for giving back to the community! Hey guys, I know this is a stressful process but its completely possible to write an awesome personal statement. I know I had issues too way back when I was a premed. As a 4th year med student looking back on this I know there were mistakes I made that I hope I can prevent you from making. I recently put a video up on my channel going into a few tips to write a stronger personal statement for medical school. I hope this helps provide some of you guys with more direction. Feel free to check it out. Remember y'all, you can do this just take a breath and keep moving one foot in front of the other!! 6 tips for personal statement: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXrInqyobtlqedU Also here is a link to the med school application series! Thanks all! kzbin.info/aero/PLyyZ-CQDD50A5N9RMIky8k-eYVg07OVE0

[@MelloneeKecia]

Great video as always and Really great tips and great advice

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you!!! :)

[@OshaliRajapakse]

Your videos are so much help Laura still deciding if I want to be a dentist! 😁

[@LauraSmiles]

Thanks so much for supporting my channel! Hopefully I can persuade you to do dentistry haha!

[@mel-mel6492]

I loved your personal statement.

[@AllLaughs97]

thank you so much for sharing your personal statement!! I feel like while writing a personal statement we tend to fall onto clichés and we end up sounding different than who we are. this really put me at ease for the upcoming cycle and gave me some inspiration on how to approach my personal statement. May I ask what schools you applied to and what schools offered interviews/acceptances? thank you so much, the timing couldn’t be any better :)

[@LauraSmiles]

Hi!! I'm so glad you found this video helpful! I have a video about that! kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4mqaIqolK6BiLs

[@erinschillings]

Wow your ps is amazing!!! So well written 😁

[@HaleySchultz]

So good!!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thanks Haley!!

[@deeppatel636]

I really appreciate this. Thank you! 😊

[@tan2862]

very helpfull! thanks Laura :)

[@LauraSmiles]

Yay! Thanks for watching! :)

[@heisyahweh7148]

That was a great essay!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you!

[@heisyahweh7148]

@@LauraSmiles And thank you for sharing your story.

[@reginawilliams6897]

Thanks for the advice 💕

[@LauraSmiles]

Thanks for watching!

[@Studymkk1]

So inspiring!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you!!

[@lilee2697]

Thank you for sharing it💜

[@veronicacaballero445]

So inspiring✨✨✨

[@LauraSmiles]

omg thank you!!!

[@AlleEsor28]

thank you for sharing!!!

[@thatmediclife4447]

this is such a good video!

[@LauraSmiles]

Thank you!!

[@aneezahussain1308]

Hi Laura, I began watching your videos few weeks ago when searching for a dat study guide through youtube, I landed on this video because I need help in improving my personal statement for NYU. Would even remotely consider proof-reading my personal statement?

[@angelicaquinones6286]

Hey, Laura! This was super helpful. Thank you for putting this together for us. I was wondering whether you were under or just barely at the limit in terms of word count. I wonder whether admissions are turned off by quality essays that are really long. Yours didn't seem long but I'm curious to know what you think is appropriate. I'm in the process of writing my own Personal Statement. Thanks again :D!

[@yulianagarcia6743]

For my application I have to do an essay that is 250 words. About why I want to be part of the DH program. Do you recommend me to use the same format as a normal essay? With an intro, 3 body paragraphs ,and conclusion?

[@courtneyphilemon674]

Hi Laura👋🏽so in my country (South Africa) you can go straight yo dental school immediately after highschool,and I want to apply,but here in SA we only have 6 dental schools...and I'm afraid that I don't get in any of them,THEN WHAT DO I DO!?!cause Dentistry is soooo cool,and I don't wanna go into teaching...any tips for a backup plan if I get denied at all 6?💋💜

[@mayagrimes3024]

How would you suggest I go about including that I'm a student athlete into my personal statement? I know a lot of committees find that impressive.

[@aaliyahpatel2819]

Hi Laura, I’m a subscriber from the uk and am applying in a few months to study dentistry and wondered whether I could email over my personal statement to you? It would be really helpful to have someone experienced read it and see what could be improved! Thanks 🥰

[@mohammedalzubaidi9235]

hey, laura I don't know if you know the university of Mary Washington in VA but what do you think of it as my first 4 years in college?

[@LauraSmiles]

I don't know anything about that university so I can't say!

[@shreyankabhandari3589]

Can you please make a video about dental school debt!!!!

[@LauraSmiles]

It's on the to-do list!

[@esraasameh1302]

I'm from Egypt and Ilove you more♥😍

[@LauraSmiles]

HAHA hi!!!

[@esraasameh1302]

@@LauraSmiles hii♥

[@jessicaemad3838]

I’m from Egypt too, I’m studying in WVU

[@pigpig1938]

I have a question. I’m still in high school but I want to be a dentist. I live in South Carolina so the best dental school near by is MUSC. I looked at a video of the top 5 most expensive dental schools and MUSC was number 4 in the whole country. I want to stay close to home. But I’m just nervous about the price of it . So my question is how are you dealing with all the debt because apparently dentist have more debt then most physicians?

[@LauraSmiles]

Dental school is EXPENSIVE! It's definitely something to consider. I'm planning to make a video about how I deal with the debt while in school. To keep it short - loans :(

[@pigpig1938]

LauraSmiles Thank you so much for your response!

[@rosieh2909]

i want.

[@khmerPradaG]

Hi

[@LauraSmiles]

Hi!!

[@cardiacmyxoma4073]

Literally do NOT copy it. If you're thinking about it, STOP. There was a dude at UAB who got caught copying a personal statement from a dental student's Instagram and was blacklisted. Not worth it.

[@damarissflores3275]

Have you always been a very studious person? Dental school is so intimidating :(

[@LauraSmiles]

I would say I'm pretty studious! Most people in dental school are since we need to know our stuff when we're taking care of our patients! :)

[@TheDentistryDiary]

I am so over people saying how they love science and art and think dentistry is a mix hence they want to become a dentist 🤕

[@LauraSmiles]

Yup! Those things may be true but there is so much more to dentistry than that! :)