Okay just addressing a few questions without quoting. Cause I’m lazy at the moment.
I suspect/have some reason to believe that lots of programs are valuing experience these days since covid basically nuked the clinical experiences of recent classes.
That being said, I have more clinical experience than most. And my interviews were granted based on my specific reasons for wanting to do Peds, more than my experience. In the end I think it probably hurt with some programs, helped with others, but in the end didn’t much affect the end result.
Your personal statement, agree with Hose. Keep it short. Most people err on making it too long. There’s an old quote from a letter: “My apologies for the length of this letter. I would’ve made it shorter if I’d had the time.”
Venus, I replied to your PM.