How To Craft A

Scholarship Winning
Personal Statement

Banda Khalifa MD, MPH, MBA

Phd Student @ Johns Hopkins

Identify Your Purpose
Future Plans
What are you hoping to achieve by
attending graduate school?
Outline your career goals and how
this program can help.
Academic Background
What academic background do
you have and how does it fit into
the program? Describe how your
current knowledge and skills relate
to the program's offerings.
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Skills & Traits
What personal and academic
strengths can you bring to the
table? Highlight skills and
personality traits that will shine in a
graduate program.
Research
What specific research interests do
you have and how do they align
with the program? Demonstrate
your passion and dedication to the
program's focus areas.
Highlight Your Achievements

Academic Professional Community

Accomplishments
Experience Involvement
Show off your academic
Include your Personal statements
achievements! Detail
professional background should also give insight
your GPA, awards,
in your personal to your character.
publications, and other
statement. Highlight Highlight volunteer
academic triumphs.
your work experience work and extracurricular
and how it applied to activities.
your future goals.

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Personal Anecdotes
1 Unique Perspective
Include true to life examples that
showcase your unique perspective.
Humanize your achievements and
allow the admissions committee to
see your true self.

2 Challenges Overcome
Describe challenges that you've
overcome in your academic,
professional, or personal experience.
Highlight your resiliency and drive
to succeed.

3 Leadership Role
Were you ever in a leadership role

Detail the skills you learned and

how they'll help you in graduate
school, and in your future career.

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Why This Program?
1 Research
What research drew you to
Faculty 2 this program? Demonstrate
your passion for the program's
Did the program's faculty
focus areas and what
influence your decision to
questions you want to answer
apply? Discuss their research
through your research.
and what excites you about
working with them.

3 Program Offerings
What unique programs or
opportunities does this
program offer that will help
you accomplish your goals?
Apply the knowledge you gain
in the program to your career
ambitions.

Banda Khalifa
Conclusion & Call to Action
Final thoughts:
Your personal statement is an
opportunity to showcase your
strengths, achievements, and
personality. Make it unique and
engaging!

Banda Khalifa
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