The following steps indicate the priority of tasks and the order in which they should be attacked. Select no more than eight topics you wish the Admissions Committee to know about you. What you leave out is just as important as what you put in, so you are making value judgments about these topics. Put the topics in an outline form so that one topic flows into another and the sequence of ideas makes sense to you. Take each sentence and focus on making each word count.
Many students have difficulty writing clear, concise, direct sentences.
Don't be redundant. A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself whether each sentence could have been written by someone other than yourself. If so, or if you are telling the reader what you believe a health practitioner should do or be, then this has no place in a personal statement. Craft each sentence with care and ask others to tell you what they think about ideas in your essay. A common problem is that you, the writer, who has the greatest knowledge of yourself may skip pertinent background information.