Be sure that you can converse at some length regarding anything you include in your statement. Emphasize specific experiences that qualify you to study and practice medicine. Include names and places. Avoid complicated sentences. Avoid long sentences.
Favorite phrases are usually to be avoided.
They frequently cause one to use awkward phraseology or to forsake content in order to insure the inclusion of the phrase. Despite the intensity of these experiences, they often take up valuable space that could be better devoted to addressing your qualifications for the practice of medicine. They should only be included if they are extraordinary or integral. This will help get certain things out of your system. Ideally your final statement will be a synthesis of these initial statements.