python3 -c " import pdfplumber with pdfplumber.open('/tmp/workspace/attachments/f9be99da-6d55-47fa-b1a4-2ee9dc3301f0/PS.pdf') as pdf: for page in pdf.pages: print(page.extract_text()) "

python3 -c " original = '''During my medical school, I saw firsthand a case of Crohn's disease complicated by infected fistulas, where the Internal Medicine team coordinated care with Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Urology. The Internal Medicine team became the center of patient care, integrating recommendations from multiple specialties, maintaining the patient's stability, and communicating the treatment plan with clarity. This experience made Internal Medicine stand out to me as the specialty that constantly challenged me to think critically and solve problems. I found myself piecing together clues from the patient's history and diagnostic findings, weighing risks and benefits while formulating management plans. Each step required a broad understanding of physiology, pathology, and pharmacology, together with the ability to apply that knowledge in a patient- centered manner. It mirrored the way I have always enjoyed breaking down complex problems into logical, evidence-based solutions.''' rewrite = '''During medical school, I was part of the team caring for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had failed multiple outpatient antibiotic courses. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but the picture was far from straightforward. His inflammatory markers kept climbing despite drainage, and his imaging suggested a possible pelvic collection that Radiology was uncertain about. I spent an evening reviewing his prior colonoscopy reports, cross-referencing his CT findings with the gastroenterology literature, and building a timeline of his flares to present to the attending. What struck me was not just the complexity of his disease, but the fact that answering one question immediately raised three more - was this a new abscess or progression of the existing fistula? Was his immunosuppression contributing to his sepsis, or was inadequately controlled Crohn's the culprit? The Internal Medicine team did not simply relay subspecialty recommendations; we were the ones holding every thread together, deciding the sequence of interventions, and explaining to a frightened patient why surgery, gastroenterology, and urology were each involved in his care. That experience showed me what Internal Medicine actually is: not a generalist fallback, but the specialty that demands the broadest and deepest thinking precisely when patients are at their most complex.''' orig_words = len(original.split()) rewrite_words = len(rewrite.split()) print(f'Original word count: {orig_words}') print(f'Rewrite word count: {rewrite_words}') print(f'Difference: {rewrite_words - orig_words}') "

python3 -c " revised = '''During medical school, I cared for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had failed repeated antibiotic courses. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but the picture kept shifting - his inflammatory markers climbed despite drainage, and imaging raised questions neither Radiology nor Surgery could answer alone. I spent an evening reviewing his prior colonoscopy reports and building a timeline of his flares to present the next morning. Was this a new abscess, or disease progression? Was immunosuppression driving his sepsis, or undertreated Crohn's? The Internal Medicine team held every thread together - sequencing the interventions, weighing the tradeoffs, and explaining to a frightened patient why three specialties were simultaneously involved in his care. That experience showed me that Internal Medicine demands the broadest thinking precisely when patients are at their most complex.''' print(f'Revised word count: {len(revised.split())}') "

python3 -c " # Analyze Patel's natural writing style from the original PS original_ps = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I found myself in the clinic late at night struggling through another asthma attack. My father would patiently carry me to our family physician, who explained that dust exposure and hereditary factors were responsible. His explanation answered my father's questions, but not mine. I kept wondering why I was the only one affected when my parents lived in the same environment. Long before I understood immunology or genetics, I was captivated by the why behind disease. That curiosity became the foundation of my decision to pursue medicine and continues to shape the way I approach every patient. During my medical school, I saw firsthand a case of Crohn's disease complicated by infected fistulas, where the Internal Medicine team coordinated care with Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Urology. The Internal Medicine team became the center of patient care, integrating recommendations from multiple specialties, maintaining the patient's stability, and communicating the treatment plan with clarity. This experience made Internal Medicine stand out to me as the specialty that constantly challenged me to think critically and solve problems. I found myself piecing together clues from the patient's history and diagnostic findings, weighing risks and benefits while formulating management plans. Each step required a broad understanding of physiology, pathology, and pharmacology, together with the ability to apply that knowledge in a patient- centered manner. It mirrored the way I have always enjoyed breaking down complex problems into logical, evidence-based solutions.''' print(original_ps) print() print('--- Style observations ---') sentences = [s.strip() for s in original_ps.replace('\n',' ').split('.') if s.strip()] for s in sentences: print(f'[{len(s.split())} words] {s}') "

python3 -c " revised = '''During medical school, I cared for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had not improved despite repeated antibiotic courses. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but the picture kept shifting. His inflammatory markers climbed despite drainage, and imaging raised questions none of the subspecialties could answer in isolation. I spent an evening going through his prior colonoscopy reports and piecing together a timeline of his flares to present the next morning. Was this a new abscess, or disease progression? Was his immunosuppression fueling the sepsis, or was undertreated Crohn's the real culprit? The Internal Medicine team held every thread together, sequencing the interventions and explaining to a frightened patient why three specialties were involved in his care. That experience showed me that Internal Medicine demands the broadest thinking precisely when patients need it most.''' print(f'Word count: {len(revised.split())}') print() print(revised) "

python3 -c " revised = '''During medical school, I cared for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had not improved despite repeated antibiotic courses. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but the picture kept shifting. His inflammatory markers climbed despite drainage, and imaging raised questions none of the subspecialties could answer alone. I spent an evening going through his prior colonoscopy reports, piecing together a timeline of his flares to present the next morning. Was this a new abscess, or disease progression? Was immunosuppression fueling the sepsis, or was undertreated Crohn's the real culprit? The Internal Medicine team held every thread together, sequencing interventions and explaining to a frightened patient why three specialties were involved. That experience showed me that Internal Medicine demands the broadest thinking precisely when patients are at their most complex.''' print(f'Word count: {len(revised.split())}') "

python3 -c " revised = '''During medical school, I cared for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had not improved despite repeated antibiotic courses. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but the picture kept shifting. His inflammatory markers climbed despite drainage, and imaging raised questions none of the subspecialties could answer alone. I spent an evening going through his prior colonoscopy reports, piecing together a timeline of his flares to present the next morning. Was this a new abscess, or disease progression? Was immunosuppression fueling the sepsis, or was undertreated Crohn's the real culprit? While each subspecialty owned one piece of the puzzle, it was the Internal Medicine team that had to hold all the pieces at once - weighing tradeoffs, sequencing interventions, and keeping the patient informed and stable throughout. That was the moment I understood what drew me to Internal Medicine: not just the complexity, but the responsibility of being the physician who never loses sight of the whole patient.''' print(f'Word count: {len(revised.split())}') "

python3 -c " from docx import Document from docx.shared import Pt, Inches from docx.enum.text import WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH import os os.makedirs('/tmp/workspace/ps-output', exist_ok=True) doc = Document() # Page margins - standard ERAS (1 inch all sides) for section in doc.sections: section.top_margin = Inches(1) section.bottom_margin = Inches(1) section.left_margin = Inches(1) section.right_margin = Inches(1) # Normal style style = doc.styles['Normal'] style.font.name = 'Times New Roman' style.font.size = Pt(12) # Paragraph spacing from docx.oxml.ns import qn from docx.oxml import OxmlElement def set_paragraph_spacing(para, space_before=0, space_after=6, line_spacing=276): pPr = para._p.get_or_add_pPr() spacing = OxmlElement('w:spacing') spacing.set(qn('w:before'), str(space_before)) spacing.set(qn('w:after'), str(space_after)) spacing.set(qn('w:line'), str(line_spacing)) spacing.set(qn('w:lineRule'), 'auto') pPr.append(spacing) paragraphs = [ '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I found myself in the clinic late at night struggling through another asthma attack. My father would patiently carry me to our family physician, who explained that dust exposure and hereditary factors were responsible. His explanation answered my father's questions, but not mine. I kept wondering why I was the only one affected when my parents lived in the same environment. Long before I understood immunology or genetics, I was captivated by the \"why\" behind disease. That curiosity became the foundation of my decision to pursue medicine and continues to shape the way I approach every patient.''', '''During medical school, I cared for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound unresponsive to repeated antibiotic courses. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn\'s disease, but the picture kept shifting. His markers climbed despite drainage, and imaging raised questions no single subspecialty could answer alone. I spent an evening going through his colonoscopy reports, piecing together a timeline of his flares. Was this a new abscess or disease progression? Was immunosuppression fueling his sepsis? While GI, Surgery, and Urology each owned one piece of the puzzle, it was the Internal Medicine team that held all of them at once - sequencing interventions, weighing tradeoffs, and keeping the patient informed throughout. That was the moment I understood what drew me to Internal Medicine: the responsibility of never losing sight of the whole patient.''', '''Not matching into residency was disappointing, and because reapplying immediately was not financially feasible, I chose to continue my training through a DNB (Diplomate of National Board) Internal Medicine residency in India rather than put my clinical growth on hold. Looking back, choosing DNB became the turning point in my medical training. Overnight ICU duties quickly taught me that caring for critically ill patients required calm judgment, teamwork, and timely decision-making under pressure. During one such duty, a 72-year-old man admitted with pneumonia suddenly developed pulseless ventricular tachycardia. As his son waited anxiously outside the ICU, every decision had to be immediate. Working alongside my team, I immediately began ACLS, and the patient regained spontaneous circulation. Weeks later, he returned for a follow-up visit with his son. Their gratitude left a lasting impression on me, but what stayed with me even more was the realization that, because of our team\'s efforts, a son had been given more time with his father. As I progressed through residency, I learned to balance independent decision-making with the judgment to seek guidance from senior physicians and subspecialists whenever needed, recognizing that the best patient care is built on both confidence and collaboration. Mentoring junior residents taught me another important lesson: understanding medicine is only part of being a physician; sharing knowledge, communicating clearly, and supporting others are equally important. DNB transformed me from a student who appreciated the science of Internal Medicine into a physician who values sound clinical judgment, teamwork, and compassionate patient care.''', '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and the patient\'s significant symptomatic improvement left a lasting impression on me. Until then, I had viewed research primarily as something that happened beyond the bedside. Watching an evidence-driven therapy succeed where conventional approaches had failed showed me that research is not separate from patient care - it is one of the forces that continually advances it. That experience strengthened my desire to contribute to clinical research and reinforced my aspiration to train in the United States, where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''', '''My childhood asthma first taught me to ask why disease occurs. Today, I still ask that same question, but with a different purpose: not only to understand disease, but to use that understanding to guide patients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. From my first experience of wondering why I was different, to caring for critically ill patients during residency, I have come to realize that Internal Medicine is where my curiosity finds its greatest purpose. I look forward to continuing that journey through Internal Medicine residency in the United States and to growing into the kind of physician my patients can trust when they need it most.''' ] for i, text in enumerate(paragraphs): p = doc.add_paragraph(text) p.alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.JUSTIFY # First line indent p.paragraph_format.first_line_indent = Inches(0.5) set_paragraph_spacing(p, space_before=0, space_after=120, line_spacing=276) # Font for run in p.runs: run.font.name = 'Times New Roman' run.font.size = Pt(12) output_path = '/tmp/workspace/ps-output/Personal_Statement_Patel.docx' doc.save(output_path) print(f'Saved: {output_path}') # Word count check total_words = sum(len(t.split()) for t in paragraphs) print(f'Total word count: {total_words}') "

python3 -c " para = '''During my Internal Medicine rotation, I was assigned to a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had not responded to repeated courses of antibiotics. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but it soon became clear that no single specialty could answer every question the case raised. Watching Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Urology each contribute their expertise showed me the value of multidisciplinary care, but it was the Internal Medicine team that integrated those perspectives, prioritized the patient's overall condition, balanced the risks and benefits of each decision, and communicated the plan with clarity. That experience made me realize that Internal Medicine was the specialty that best matched the way I naturally think - bringing together complex clinical information to understand not only what was happening, but why it was happening, while never losing sight of the whole patient.''' print(f'Word count: {len(para.split())}') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I found myself in the clinic late at night struggling through another asthma attack. My father would patiently carry me to our family physician, who explained that dust exposure and hereditary factors were responsible. His explanation answered my father's questions, but not mine. I kept wondering why I was the only one affected when my parents lived in the same environment. Long before I understood immunology or genetics, I was captivated by the why behind disease. That curiosity became the foundation of my decision to pursue medicine and continues to shape the way I approach every patient.''' p2 = '''During my Internal Medicine rotation, I was assigned to a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had not responded to repeated courses of antibiotics. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but it soon became clear that no single specialty could answer every question the case raised. Watching Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Urology each contribute their expertise showed me the value of multidisciplinary care, but it was the Internal Medicine team that integrated those perspectives, prioritized the patient's overall condition, balanced the risks and benefits of each decision, and communicated the plan with clarity. That experience made me realize that Internal Medicine was the specialty that best matched the way I naturally think - bringing together complex clinical information to understand not only what was happening, but why it was happening, while never losing sight of the whole patient.''' p3 = '''Not matching into residency was disappointing, and because reapplying immediately was not financially feasible, I chose to continue my training through a DNB (Diplomate of National Board) Internal Medicine residency in India rather than put my clinical growth on hold. Looking back, choosing DNB became the turning point in my medical training. Overnight ICU duties quickly taught me that caring for critically ill patients required calm judgment, teamwork, and timely decision-making under pressure. During one such duty, a 72-year-old man admitted with pneumonia suddenly developed pulseless ventricular tachycardia. As his son waited anxiously outside the ICU, every decision had to be immediate. Working alongside my team, I immediately began ACLS, and the patient regained spontaneous circulation. Weeks later, he returned for a follow-up visit with his son. Their gratitude left a lasting impression on me, but what stayed with me even more was the realization that, because of our team's efforts, a son had been given more time with his father. As I progressed through residency, I learned to balance independent decision-making with the judgment to seek guidance from senior physicians and subspecialists whenever needed, recognizing that the best patient care is built on both confidence and collaboration. Mentoring junior residents taught me another important lesson: understanding medicine is only part of being a physician; sharing knowledge, communicating clearly, and supporting others are equally important. DNB transformed me from a student who appreciated the science of Internal Medicine into a physician who values sound clinical judgment, teamwork, and compassionate patient care.''' p4 = '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and the patient's significant symptomatic improvement left a lasting impression on me. Until then, I had viewed research primarily as something that happened beyond the bedside. Watching an evidence-driven therapy succeed where conventional approaches had failed showed me that research is not separate from patient care - it is one of the forces that continually advances it. That experience strengthened my desire to contribute to clinical research and reinforced my aspiration to train in the United States, where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''' p5 = '''My childhood asthma first taught me to ask why disease occurs. Today, I still ask that same question, but with a different purpose: not only to understand disease, but to use that understanding to guide patients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. From my first experience of wondering why I was different, to caring for critically ill patients during residency, I have come to realize that Internal Medicine is where my curiosity finds its greatest purpose. I look forward to continuing that journey through Internal Medicine residency in the United States and to growing into the kind of physician my patients can trust when they need it most.''' counts = [len(p.split()) for p in [p1, p2, p3, p4, p5]] for i, c in enumerate(counts, 1): print(f'Paragraph {i}: {c} words') print(f'Total: {sum(counts)} words') "

python3 -c " para = '''During my Internal Medicine rotation, I was assigned to care for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had not responded to repeated courses of antibiotics. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but it soon became clear that managing his condition required the perspectives of multiple specialties. Watching Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Urology each contribute their expertise showed me the value of multidisciplinary care, but it was the Internal Medicine team that integrated those perspectives, kept the patient's overall condition at the center of every decision, balanced the risks and benefits of each intervention, and communicated the plan with clarity. That experience made me realize that Internal Medicine was the specialty that best matched the way I naturally think—bringing together complex clinical information to understand not only what was happening, but why it was happening, while never losing sight of the whole patient''' print(f'Word count: {len(para.split())}') "

python3 -c " para = '''During my Internal Medicine rotation, I was assigned to care for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had not responded to repeated courses of antibiotics. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but it soon became clear that managing his condition required the perspectives of multiple specialties. Watching Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Urology each contribute their expertise showed me the value of multidisciplinary care, but it was the Internal Medicine team that integrated those perspectives and kept the patient's overall condition at the center of every decision. They weighed the risks and benefits of each intervention carefully and communicated the plan with clarity. That experience made me realize that Internal Medicine was the specialty that best matched the way I naturally think - bringing together complex clinical information to understand not only what was happening, but why it was happening, while never losing sight of the whole patient.''' print(f'Word count: {len(para.split())}') "

python3 -c " para = '''During my Internal Medicine rotation, I was assigned to care for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound unresponsive to repeated antibiotics. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but managing his condition clearly required the perspectives of multiple specialties. Watching Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Urology each contribute their expertise showed me the value of multidisciplinary care, but it was the Internal Medicine team that integrated those perspectives and kept the patient's overall condition at the center of every decision. They weighed the risks and benefits of each intervention and communicated the plan with clarity. That experience made me realize that Internal Medicine best matched the way I naturally think - bringing together complex clinical information to understand not only what was happening, but why, while never losing sight of the whole patient.''' print(f'Word count: {len(para.split())}') "

python3 -c " original = '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and the patient's significant symptomatic improvement left a lasting impression on me. Until then, I had viewed research primarily as something that happened beyond the bedside. Watching an evidence-driven therapy succeed where conventional approaches had failed showed me that research is not separate from patient care - it is one of the forces that continually advances it. That experience strengthened my desire to contribute to clinical research and reinforced my aspiration to train in the United States, where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''' revised = '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and watching the patient recover where every conventional option had failed was something I did not easily forget. That evening, I looked up the trial behind the decision and found myself reading outcomes data not as an academic exercise, but to understand a real patient in front of me. Until then, I had viewed research as something that happened beyond the bedside - but that moment showed me it is one of the forces that continually advances patient care. That experience strengthened my desire to contribute to clinical research and reinforced my aspiration to train in the United States, where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''' print(f'Original: {len(original.split())} words') print(f'Revised: {len(revised.split())} words') "

python3 -c " revised = '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and watching the patient recover where every conventional option had failed was something I did not easily forget. That evening, I looked up the trial behind the decision - reading outcomes data not as an academic exercise, but to understand a real patient. Until then, I had viewed research as something that happened beyond the bedside, but that moment showed me it is one of the forces that continually advances patient care. That experience strengthened my desire to contribute to clinical research and reinforced my aspiration to train in the United States, where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''' print(f'Word count: {len(revised.split())}') "

python3 -c " revised = '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and watching the patient recover where every conventional option had failed was something I did not easily forget. That evening, I looked up the trial behind the decision, reading outcomes data not as an academic exercise, but to understand a real patient. That moment changed how I viewed research - not as something separate from patient care, but as one of the forces that continually advances it. It reinforced my aspiration to train in the United States, where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''' print(f'Word count: {len(revised.split())}') "

python3 -c " original = '''My childhood asthma first taught me to ask why disease occurs. Today, I still ask that same question, but with a different purpose: not only to understand disease, but to use that understanding to guide patients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. From my first experience of wondering why I was different, to caring for critically ill patients during residency, I have come to realize that Internal Medicine is where my curiosity finds its greatest purpose. I look forward to continuing that journey through Internal Medicine residency in the United States and to growing into the kind of physician my patients can trust when they need it most.''' revised = '''My childhood asthma first taught me to ask why disease occurs. Today, I still ask that same question, but with a different purpose: not only to understand disease, but to use that understanding to guide patients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. From my first experience of wondering why I was different, to caring for critically ill patients during residency, I have come to realize that Internal Medicine is where my curiosity finds its greatest purpose. I look forward to that next step through Internal Medicine residency in the United States, where I can build the clinical foundation to be the kind of physician patients return to - not just in their most critical moments, but throughout their lives.''' print(f'Original: {len(original.split())} words') print(f'Revised: {len(revised.split())} words') "

python3 -c " revised = '''My childhood asthma first taught me to ask why disease occurs. Today, I still ask that same question, but with a different purpose: not only to understand disease, but to use that understanding to guide patients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. From my first experience of wondering why I was different, to caring for critically ill patients during residency, I have come to realize that Internal Medicine is where my curiosity finds its greatest purpose. I look forward to residency in the United States, where I can grow into the kind of physician patients return to - not just in their most critical moments, but throughout their lives.''' print(f'Word count: {len(revised.split())}') "

python3 -c " para = '''My childhood asthma first taught me to ask why disease occurs. Today, I still ask that same question, but with a different purpose: not only to understand disease, but to use that understanding to guide patients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. From my first experience of wondering why I was different, to caring for critically ill patients during residency, I have come to realize that Internal Medicine is where my curiosity finds its greatest purpose. I look forward to Internal Medicine residency in the United States, where I can grow into the kind of physician patients return to - not just in their most critical moments, but throughout their lives.''' print(f'Word count: {len(para.split())}') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I found myself in the clinic late at night struggling through another asthma attack. My father would patiently carry me to our family physician, who explained that dust exposure and hereditary factors were responsible. His explanation answered my father's questions, but not mine. I kept wondering why I was the only one affected when my parents lived in the same environment. Long before I understood immunology or genetics, I was captivated by the why behind disease. That curiosity became the foundation of my decision to pursue medicine and continues to shape the way I approach every patient.''' p2 = '''During my Internal Medicine rotation, I was assigned to care for a young man admitted with fever, abdominal pain, and a draining perianal wound that had not responded to repeated courses of antibiotics. The working diagnosis was an infected fistula complicating Crohn's disease, but it soon became clear that managing his condition required the perspectives of multiple specialties. Watching the gastroenterology, surgery, and urology teams each contribute their expertise showed me the value of multidisciplinary care, but it was the Internal Medicine team that integrated those perspectives, kept the patient's overall condition at the center of every decision, balanced the risks and benefits of each intervention, and communicated the plan with clarity. That experience made me realize that Internal Medicine was the specialty that best matched the way I naturally think—bringing together complex clinical information to understand not only what was happening, but why it was happening, while never losing sight of the whole patient.''' p3 = '''Not matching into residency was disappointing, and because reapplying immediately was not financially feasible, I chose to continue my training through a DNB (Diplomate of National Board) Internal Medicine residency in India rather than put my clinical growth on hold. Looking back, choosing DNB became the turning point in my medical training. Overnight ICU duties quickly taught me that caring for critically ill patients required calm judgment, teamwork, and timely decision-making under pressure. During one such duty, a 72-year-old man admitted with pneumonia suddenly developed pulseless ventricular tachycardia. As his son waited anxiously outside the ICU, every decision had to be immediate. Working alongside my team, we initiated ACLS, and the patient regained spontaneous circulation. Weeks later, he returned for a follow-up visit with his son. Their gratitude left a lasting impression on me, but what stayed with me even more was the realization that, because of our team's efforts, a son had been given more time with his father. As I progressed through residency, I learned to balance independent decision-making with the judgment to seek guidance from senior physicians and subspecialists whenever needed, recognizing that the best patient care is built on both confidence and collaboration. Mentoring junior residents taught me another important lesson: understanding medicine is only part of being a physician; sharing knowledge, communicating clearly, and supporting others are equally important. DNB transformed me from a student who appreciated the science of Internal Medicine into a physician who values sound clinical judgment, teamwork, and compassionate patient care.''' p4 = '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and watching the patient recover where every conventional option had failed was something I did not easily forget. That evening, I looked up the trial behind the decision, reading outcomes data not as an academic exercise, but to understand a real patient. That moment changed how I viewed research - not as something separate from patient care, but as one of the forces that continually advances it. It reinforced my aspiration to train in the United States, where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''' p5 = '''My childhood asthma first taught me to ask why disease occurs. Today, I still ask that same question, but with a different purpose: not only to understand disease, but to use that understanding to guide patients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. From my first experience of wondering why I was different, to caring for critically ill patients during residency, I have come to realize that Internal Medicine is where my curiosity finds its greatest purpose. I look forward to an Internal Medicine residency in the United States, where I will continue growing into the kind of physician patients return to—not just in their most critical moments, but throughout their lives.''' counts = [len(p.split()) for p in [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5]] for i,c in enumerate(counts,1): print(f'P{i}: {c} words') print(f'Total: {sum(counts)} words') "

python3 -c " revised = '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and watching the patient recover where every conventional option had failed was something I did not easily forget. That evening, I looked up the trial behind the decision, reading outcomes data not as an academic exercise, but to understand a real patient. That moment changed how I viewed research - not as something separate from patient care, but as one of the forces that continually advances it. It reinforced an aspiration I am already acting on - currently completing a thesis on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in CKD patients, I look forward to continuing that work in a program where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''' print(f'Word count: {len(revised.split())}') "

python3 -c " para = '''During my clinical rotation in the United States, I encountered a patient with in-stent restenosis after all guideline-directed treatment options had been exhausted. The team proceeded with intravascular lithotripsy based on emerging clinical evidence, and watching the patient recover where every conventional option had failed was something I did not easily forget. That evening, I looked up the trial behind the decision, reading outcomes data not as an academic exercise, but to understand a real patient. That moment changed how I viewed research - not as something separate from patient care, but as one of the forces that continually advances it. Currently completing a thesis on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in CKD patients, I look forward to building on that foundation in a program where scientific inquiry and patient care continually shape one another.''' print(f'Word count: {len(para.split())}') "

What is your main reason for wanting Family Medicine specifically? · Do you have any specific FM-relevant experiences to build the PS around? · How much of your IM PS do you want to reuse vs. rewrite?

Tell me briefly about your community/rural medicine exposure - where was it, what did you see or do, and what stayed with you? · Your P1 mentions your family physician who your father kept returning to. Is that physician someone who influenced your FM interest - should we build on that connection?

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I found myself in the clinic late at night struggling through another asthma attack. My father would patiently carry me to our family physician, who explained that dust exposure and hereditary factors were responsible. His explanation answered my father's questions, but not mine. I kept wondering why I was the only one affected when my parents lived in the same environment. Long before I understood immunology or genetics, I was captivated by the why behind disease. But what I remember most is not the explanation - it is the physician himself. He knew our family by name, remembered my previous visits, and spoke to my father not as a patient but as someone he had cared for over years. That relationship was medicine in its fullest sense, and it became the image I carried with me into my own training.''' p2 = '''During eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a village, I began to understand what that physician had built. I cared for entire families across generations - immunizing newborns, managing antenatal care, counseling young adults on lifestyle modification, and adjusting treatment plans for elderly patients with diabetes and hypertension I had been following for months. In a resource-limited setting, I learned that diagnosis is only the beginning. A patient who cannot afford medication needs a different plan than one who can. A family where the grandmother controls the diet requires education directed at her, not only at the patient. I stabilized emergencies before referral, participated in community outreach, and came to understand that the work of Family Medicine begins long before a patient reaches a hospital - and often continues long after they leave one.''' p3 = '''That understanding deepened during a three-day NMO medical camp in an underserved area of Jammu, where I led a team providing care to patients who had little access to any physician, let alone a specialist. Many had gone years without a diagnosis for conditions that were entirely manageable. What struck me was not the complexity of the cases - most were straightforward - but the gap between what medicine could offer and what these patients had been able to access. Leaving that camp, I understood that proximity, trust, and continuity matter as much as clinical skill. A physician who knows a community, earns its trust, and stays present over time can accomplish more than any single intervention.''' p4 = '''My DNB Internal Medicine residency has deepened the clinical foundation that Family Medicine demands. Managing patients with multisystem illness, balancing competing priorities, and coordinating care across specialties has sharpened both my diagnostic reasoning and my appreciation for the whole patient. These are not skills I will leave behind when I enter a Family Medicine residency - they are precisely the skills that will make me a better family physician. I have also come to recognize that chronic disease management, the daily work of Family Medicine, requires the same disciplined thinking as hospital medicine, applied over a longer time horizon and across a broader relationship.''' p5 = '''My childhood physician did not just treat my asthma - he cared for my family. That is the kind of physician I am working toward becoming. I look forward to Family Medicine residency in the United States, where I can build the longitudinal relationships, serve diverse communities, and become the kind of physician patients return to not just in crisis, but throughout their lives.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I found myself in the clinic late at night struggling through another asthma attack. My father would patiently carry me to our family physician, who explained that dust exposure and hereditary factors were responsible. His explanation answered my father's questions, but not mine. I kept wondering why I was the only one affected when my parents lived in the same environment. But what stayed with me even more than my questions was the physician himself. He knew our family by name, remembered every visit, and spoke to my father not as a patient but as someone he had cared for over years. Long before I understood what a specialty was, I understood what that relationship meant - and it became the kind of physician I wanted to be.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I participated in a three-day NMO medical camp in an underserved area of Jammu. For many patients we saw, it was their first encounter with a physician in years. The conditions were familiar - diabetes, hypertension, respiratory illness - but what struck me was how manageable most of them were, and how much had been lost simply because care was never close enough to reach. I left that camp understanding something no textbook had taught me: that a physician's presence in a community, sustained over time, is itself a form of treatment. That experience planted the idea that the most meaningful medicine I could practice would not be in a hospital, but in a place where people actually lived.''' p3 = '''After graduation, I worked for eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a village - and those months confirmed what the camp had suggested. I cared for entire families across generations, often seeing the same patients across multiple visits. I immunized newborns, managed antenatal care, counseled young adults, and adjusted treatment plans for elderly patients with diabetes and hypertension I had been following for months. I learned quickly that diagnosis alone is insufficient. A patient who cannot afford medication needs a different plan. A family where the grandmother controls the diet needs education directed at her. In a resource-limited setting, I learned to think beyond the prescription - to understand the household, the habits, and the history behind every illness. That is what Family Medicine is, and I knew by the end of those eight months that it was where I belonged.''' p4 = '''When I applied to residency in the United States and did not match, I faced a choice. Family Medicine postgraduate training was not an accessible path in India, so I pursued the next best option: a DNB Internal Medicine residency, which has given me the broadest clinical foundation available. Managing patients with multisystem illness, coordinating care across specialties, and developing disciplined diagnostic reasoning have not redirected me away from Family Medicine - they have made me a stronger candidate for it. The chronic disease management, the whole-patient thinking, the ability to hold complexity without losing sight of the person - these are skills Family Medicine demands every day, and I am building them now.''' p5 = '''My childhood physician did not just treat my asthma - he cared for my family. The NMO camp showed me how much a community needs that kind of physician. The PHC showed me what it feels like to be that physician. And my residency training is giving me the clinical depth to do it well. I look forward to Family Medicine residency in the United States, where I can bring all of that together - serving diverse communities, building lasting relationships, and becoming the kind of physician patients return to not just in crisis, but throughout their lives.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p3 = '''After graduation, I worked for eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a village - and those months confirmed what the NMO camp had suggested. I cared for entire families across generations, often seeing the same patients across multiple visits. I immunized newborns, managed antenatal care, counseled young adults, and adjusted treatment plans for elderly patients with diabetes and hypertension I had been following for months. One encounter stayed with me above all others. A 66-year-old woman came in with cough, fever, and weight loss. Her family was reluctant to pursue investigations, trusting instead in home remedies and traditional practices. I sat with them, listened without judgment, and explained her condition in the simplest terms I could find - not to override their beliefs, but to work alongside them. When I explained that untreated tuberculosis could spread to the very family members they were trying to protect, something shifted. She agreed to start anti-tuberculosis therapy, completed the full six-month course, and was declared disease-free. What I felt at the end of that process was not pride in the diagnosis - it was something deeper. The medication cured her disease, but it was the conversation that made the cure possible. That is what I understood Family Medicine to be: not just the science of treating illness, but the skill of earning enough trust that patients will let you help them.''' print(f'P3 word count: {len(p3.split())}') "

python3 -c " ps = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in the clinic late at night with another asthma attack. My father would carry me to our family physician, who explained that dust and hereditary factors were the cause. That answer satisfied my father, but it never really answered my own questions. I kept wondering why only I was affected when my parents lived in the same house. What stayed with me even more than the explanations was the doctor himself. He knew our family by name, remembered previous visits, and spoke to my father as someone he had cared for over many years. He treated the illness, but he also treated us as people. Even before I understood what medical specialties were, I knew that was the kind of physician I wanted to become. During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day NMO medical camp in an underserved region of Jammu. For many patients, it was their first encounter with a physician in years. We treated diabetes, hypertension, respiratory illnesses, and other common conditions, but what struck me most was how many could have been prevented or better controlled through regular access to primary care. A medical camp could provide medicines and advice, yet it could not replace continuity, follow-up, or long-term relationships. I left realizing that the greatest impact comes not from brief encounters, but from physicians who remain part of a community and earn patients trust over time. That experience strengthened my desire to practice Family Medicine. After graduation, I worked for eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village. Those months transformed my interest in Family Medicine into conviction. I cared for entire families, often seeing the same patients repeatedly over months. I provided immunizations to newborns, antenatal care for expectant mothers, preventive counseling for young adults, and longitudinal care for elderly patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. One patient continues to shape how I think about medicine. A 66-year-old woman presented with cough, fever, and weight loss. Although her family eventually agreed to investigations, they remained reluctant to start anti-tubercular therapy after she was diagnosed with tuberculosis, believing traditional remedies would be enough. Rather than dismissing their beliefs, I first listened to their concerns, then explained the disease, the importance of treatment, and the risk of transmission in language they could understand while respecting their traditions. Over several conversations, they agreed to treatment. Her family later informed me that she had successfully completed six months of therapy and recovered. What stayed with me was not simply that she had recovered, but that patient education, trust, and respectful communication had changed the course of her illness and that this understanding would likely benefit the rest of her family as well. That experience taught me that diagnosis alone is rarely enough. Effective care often depends on understanding a family beliefs, identifying who influences healthcare decisions, and building trust through respectful communication. Caring for patients across every stage of life showed me that continuity, prevention, cultural understanding, and strong relationships are as essential to good medicine as clinical knowledge. By the end of those eight months, I was certain that Family Medicine was the path for me. I subsequently began a DNB in Internal Medicine, where I have cared for critically ill patients with complex multisystem illnesses, coordinated care with specialists, and learned to balance independent decision-making with recognizing when collaboration leads to better outcomes. Teaching junior residents has strengthened my ability to explain not only what to do, but why, reinforcing the importance of clear communication in patient care. This training has broadened my clinical perspective and strengthened the medical foundation I will bring to Family Medicine. The physician who cared for me as a child first showed me what it means to care for a family, not just a disease. My experiences at the medical camp and the Primary Health Center allowed me to practice that philosophy, while my Internal Medicine training has given me the clinical depth to carry it forward with greater confidence. I am excited to pursue Family Medicine residency training in the United States, where I hope to build on my experiences in continuity of care, preventive medicine, and comprehensive patient management while serving diverse communities. My goal is to become the kind of physician who knows generations of a family by name, earns their trust over years rather than visits, and helps them stay healthy long before illness brings them to the clinic.''' paras = [p.strip() for p in ps.split('\n\n') if p.strip()] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {len(ps.split())} words') "

python3 -c " p4 = '''Following my PHC experience, I traveled to the United States for clinical rotations in Internal Medicine, where I was further drawn to the breadth of general medicine and the complexity of inpatient care. When I did not match into a residency program, I chose to continue my training through a DNB Internal Medicine residency in India rather than pause my clinical development. Family Medicine postgraduate training has limited availability in India, and IM offered the broadest clinical foundation I could build. Through my DNB residency, I have cared for critically ill patients with complex multisystem illness, coordinated care across specialties, mentored junior residents, and developed the diagnostic discipline and whole-patient thinking that Family Medicine demands every day.''' print(f'Word count: {len(p4.split())}') "

python3 -c " p4 = '''I subsequently began a DNB Internal Medicine residency in India, where Family Medicine postgraduate training has limited availability. Through this training, I have cared for critically ill patients with complex multisystem illness, coordinated care across specialties, and mentored junior residents. These experiences have sharpened my diagnostic reasoning, strengthened my ability to communicate clearly under pressure, and deepened my appreciation for whole-patient care - the same values that drew me to Family Medicine in the first place.''' print(f'Word count: {len(p4.split())}') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in the clinic late at night with another asthma attack. My father would carry me to our family physician, who explained that dust and hereditary factors were the cause. That answer satisfied my father, but it never really answered my own questions. I kept wondering why only I was affected when my parents lived in the same house. What stayed with me even more than the explanations was the doctor himself. He knew our family by name, remembered previous visits, and spoke to my father as someone he had cared for over many years. He treated the illness, but he also treated us as people. Even before I understood what medical specialties were, I knew that was the kind of physician I wanted to become.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day NMO medical camp in an underserved region of Jammu. For many patients, it was their first encounter with a physician in years. We treated diabetes, hypertension, respiratory illnesses, and other common conditions, but what struck me most was how many could have been prevented or better controlled through regular access to primary care. A medical camp could provide medicines and advice, yet it could not replace continuity, follow-up, or long-term relationships. I left realizing that the greatest impact comes not from brief encounters, but from physicians who remain part of a community and earn patients trust over time. That experience strengthened my desire to practice Family Medicine.''' p3 = '''After graduation, I worked for eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village. Those months transformed my interest in Family Medicine into conviction. I cared for entire families, often seeing the same patients repeatedly over months. I provided immunizations to newborns, antenatal care for expectant mothers, preventive counseling for young adults, and longitudinal care for elderly patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. One patient continues to shape how I think about medicine. A 66-year-old woman presented with cough, fever, and weight loss. Although her family eventually agreed to investigations, they remained reluctant to start anti-tubercular therapy after she was diagnosed with tuberculosis, believing traditional remedies would be enough. Rather than dismissing their beliefs, I first listened to their concerns, then explained the disease, the importance of treatment, and the risk of transmission in language they could understand while respecting their traditions. Over several conversations, they agreed to treatment. Her family later informed me that she had successfully completed six months of therapy and recovered. What stayed with me was not simply that she had recovered, but that patient education, trust, and respectful communication had changed the course of her illness - and that this understanding would likely benefit the rest of her family as well. By the end of those eight months, I was certain that Family Medicine was the path for me.''' p4 = '''I subsequently began a DNB Internal Medicine residency in India, where Family Medicine postgraduate training has limited availability. Through this training, I have cared for critically ill patients with complex multisystem illness, coordinated care across specialties, and mentored junior residents. These experiences have sharpened my diagnostic reasoning, strengthened my ability to communicate clearly under pressure, and deepened my appreciation for whole-patient care - the same values that drew me to Family Medicine in the first place.''' p5 = '''The physician who cared for me as a child first showed me what it means to care for a family, not just a disease. My experiences at the medical camp and the Primary Health Center allowed me to practice that philosophy, while my Internal Medicine training has given me the clinical depth to carry it forward with greater confidence. I am eager to pursue Family Medicine residency in the United States, where I hope to build on my experiences in continuity of care, preventive medicine, and comprehensive patient management while serving diverse communities. My goal is to become the kind of physician who knows generations of a family by name, earns their trust over years rather than visits, and helps them stay healthy long before illness brings them to the clinic.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in Dr. Mehta's clinic late at night with another asthma attack. What I remember most is not the nebulizer or the prescription - it is the moment after, when my father exhaled. Dr. Mehta had that effect. He never checked my chart before he checked my face. He asked about school before he listened to my chest. He remembered that my father's knee had been bothering him, and he asked about it even though that was not why we had come. I was eight years old, frightened, and struggling to breathe - and somehow, in that small room, I felt safe. I did not have the words for it then, but I was watching a physician practice something that went beyond diagnosis. Long before I understood what a medical specialty was, that room showed me the kind of doctor I wanted to become.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day medical camp in an underserved part of Jammu. Many patients had not seen a doctor in years. We treated diabetes, hypertension, and respiratory illness by the dozens, and I remember one man who handed me an empty blood pressure medication strip folded into a small square. He had been cutting his tablets in half to make one month's supply last three, unsure when he would next see a doctor. His blood pressure that day was 190/110. We could give him a prescription and good advice, but not the one thing he needed most: someone who would still be there in six weeks to see if it was working. I left that camp with a question I could not shake - what does good medicine actually look like when the encounter ends and the patient goes home alone?''' p3 = '''After graduation, I spent eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village, and that is when the interest became conviction. I cared for entire families across generations. One patient still shapes how I think about medicine. A 66-year-old woman presented with a productive cough, low-grade fever, and significant unintentional weight loss. Her son agreed to the workup, but when I told him the diagnosis was tuberculosis, he hesitated to start treatment, convinced that traditional remedies would be sufficient. Rather than argue, I asked him what they had already tried and why it mattered to them. Only after I understood their reasoning did I explain the disease, the treatment, and the risk of transmission to the rest of the household in language they could follow, without dismissing what they believed. Over several visits, they came around. Six months later, her family told me she had completed therapy and recovered fully. What stayed with me was not just her recovery, but the reminder that a physician's ability to listen and earn trust is often what makes treatment possible in the first place.''' p4 = '''I then began a DNB in Internal Medicine in India. It gave me experience managing critically ill patients with multisystem disease, coordinating care across specialties, and communicating clearly with frightened families at 3 a.m. One case has stayed with me: Mr. Thomas, a 68-year-old diabetic man admitted in septic shock, his daughter standing at the foot of the bed with his old prescription slips clutched in her hand. Over the next two weeks, I coordinated between nephrology, cardiology, and infectious disease as his kidneys failed and slowly recovered. Each specialist gave part of the answer, but I still had to turn those pieces into a plan his daughter could actually follow at home. On discharge day, I wrote it all down on one sheet in language she understood: which medicines mattered most, what a fever at home should make her do, and when to return. She folded it carefully and put it into her bag. I kept thinking about that folded sheet - not because it was a grand gesture, but because it was the moment the hospital's work became something a frightened daughter could actually use. That is the gap Family Medicine fills, and it is where I want to spend my career.''' p5 = '''What connects these experiences is simple: patients do better when someone stays with them, listens carefully, and helps them make sense of care over time. That is why I want Family Medicine. I am drawn to chronic disease care that does not stop at discharge, preventive care that catches problems early, and the kind of relationship where a patient tells you what is really going on because they trust you will still be there next month. I am especially interested in caring for underserved and rural communities, where continuity can make the biggest difference when specialty access is limited. I want to pursue Family Medicine residency in the United States because it fits the kind of doctor I have been trying to become since Dr. Mehta's clinic. My goal has not changed: to know generations of a family by name, earn their trust over years rather than visits, and help them stay well long before illness brings them through the door.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in Dr. Mehta's clinic late at night with another asthma attack. What I remember most is not the nebulizer or the prescription - it is the moment after, when my father exhaled. Dr. Mehta had that effect. He never looked at his chart before he looked at my face. He asked about school before he listened to my chest. He remembered that my father's knee had been bothering him, and he asked about it even though that was not why we came. I was eight years old, frightened, and struggling to breathe - and somehow, in that small room, I felt safe. I did not have words for it then, but I was watching a physician do something that went beyond diagnosis. Long before I knew what a medical specialty was, that room showed me the kind of doctor I wanted to become.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day medical camp in an underserved part of Jammu. Many patients had not seen a doctor in years. We treated diabetes, hypertension, and respiratory illness by the dozens, and I remember one man who handed me an empty blood pressure medication strip folded into a small square, as if he had been carrying it for weeks. He had been cutting his tablets in half to make one month's supply last three, unsure when he would next see a doctor. His blood pressure that day was 190/110. We could give him a prescription and good advice, but not the one thing he really needed: someone who would still be there in six weeks to see if it was working. That gap between a good encounter and a lasting one stayed with me long after the camp ended.''' p3 = '''After graduation, I spent eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village, and that is when the interest became conviction. I cared for entire families across generations. One patient still shapes how I think about medicine. A 66-year-old woman presented with a persistent cough, low-grade fever, and significant unintentional weight loss. Her son agreed to the workup, but when I told him it was tuberculosis, he hesitated to start treatment, convinced that traditional remedies would be enough. Rather than argue, I asked him what they had already tried and why it mattered to them. Only after I understood their reasoning did I explain the disease, the treatment, and the risk to the rest of the household in language they could understand, without dismissing what they believed. Over several visits, they came around. Six months later, her family told me she had completed therapy and recovered. What stayed with me was not just her recovery, but the reminder that trust is often what makes treatment possible.''' p4 = '''I then began a DNB in Internal Medicine in India. It gave me experience managing critically ill patients with multisystem disease, coordinating care across specialties, and communicating clearly with frightened families at 3 a.m. One case has stayed with me: Mr. Thomas, a 68-year-old diabetic man admitted in septic shock, his daughter standing at the foot of the bed with his old prescription slips clutched in her hand. Over the next two weeks, I coordinated between nephrology, cardiology, and infectious disease as his kidneys failed and slowly recovered. Each specialist gave part of the answer, but I still had to turn those pieces into a plan his daughter could actually follow at home. On discharge day, I wrote it all down on one sheet in language she understood: which medicines mattered most, what a fever at home should make her do, and when to return. She folded it carefully and put it into her bag. I still think about that folded sheet - not because it was a grand gesture, but because it was the moment everything the hospital had done became something a frightened daughter could actually carry home. That is the work I want to do.''' p5 = '''What connects these experiences is simple: patients do better when someone stays with them, listens carefully, and helps them make sense of care over time. That is why I want Family Medicine. I am drawn to chronic disease care that does not stop at discharge, preventive care that catches problems early, and the kind of relationship where a patient tells you what is really going on because they trust you will still be there next month. I am especially interested in caring for underserved and rural communities, where continuity can make the biggest difference when specialty access is limited. I want to pursue Family Medicine residency in the United States because it fits the kind of doctor I have been trying to become since Dr. Mehta's clinic. My goal has not changed: to know generations of a family by name, earn their trust over years rather than visits, and help them stay well long before illness brings them through the door.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in Dr. Mehta's clinic late at night with another asthma attack. He would assess me quickly, start the nebulizer, and stay until my breathing settled. What I remember most is not the treatment itself - it is what happened after, when my father exhaled. Once I was stable, Dr. Mehta would pull his chair closer, ask about school, ask how my father's knee was doing, and stay a few minutes longer than he needed to. He knew our family by name, remembered details from previous visits, and never made us feel like the last appointment of a long night. I was eight years old and struggling to breathe - and somehow, in that small room, I always felt safe. I did not have words for it then, but I was watching a physician do something that went beyond diagnosis. Long before I knew what a medical specialty was, that room showed me the kind of doctor I wanted to become.''' print(f'Word count: {len(p1.split())}') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in Dr. Mehta's clinic late at night with another asthma attack. He would assess me quickly, start the nebulizer, and stay until my breathing settled. What I remember most is not the treatment - it is what happened after, when my father exhaled. Once I was stable, Dr. Mehta would pull his chair closer, ask about school, ask how my father's knee was doing, and stay a few minutes longer than he needed to. He knew our family by name, remembered details from previous visits, and never made us feel like the last appointment of a long night. I was eight years old, frightened - and somehow, in that small room, I always felt safe. Long before I knew what a medical specialty was, that room showed me the kind of doctor I wanted to become.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day medical camp in an underserved part of Jammu. Many patients had not seen a doctor in years. We treated diabetes, hypertension, and respiratory illness by the dozens, and I remember one man who handed me an empty blood pressure medication strip folded into a small square. He had been cutting his tablets in half to make one month's supply last three, unsure when he would next see a doctor. His blood pressure that day was 190/110. We could give him a prescription and good advice, but not the one thing he needed: someone who would still be there in six weeks to see if it was working. That gap between a good encounter and a lasting one stayed with me long after the camp ended.''' p3 = '''After graduation, I spent eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village, and that is when the interest became conviction. I cared for entire families across generations. One patient still shapes how I think about medicine. A 66-year-old woman presented with a persistent cough, low-grade fever, and significant unintentional weight loss. Her son agreed to the workup, but when I told him it was tuberculosis, he hesitated to start treatment, convinced that traditional remedies would be enough. Rather than argue, I asked him what they had already tried and why it mattered to them. Only after I understood their reasoning did I explain the disease, the treatment, and the risk to the rest of the household in language they could understand, without dismissing what they believed. Over several visits, they came around. Six months later, her family told me she had completed therapy and recovered. What stayed with me was not just her recovery, but the reminder that trust is often what makes treatment possible.''' p4 = '''I then began a DNB in Internal Medicine in India. It gave me experience managing critically ill patients with multisystem disease, coordinating care across specialties, and communicating with frightened families at 3 a.m. One case has stayed with me: Mr. Thomas, a 68-year-old diabetic man admitted in septic shock, his daughter standing at the foot of the bed with his old prescription slips clutched in her hand. Over the next two weeks, I coordinated between nephrology, cardiology, and infectious disease as his kidneys failed and slowly recovered. Each specialist gave part of the answer, but I had to turn those pieces into a plan his daughter could follow at home. On discharge day, I wrote it all down on one sheet: which medicines mattered most, what a fever at home should make her do, and when to return. She folded it carefully and put it into her bag. I still think about that folded sheet - not because it was a grand gesture, but because it was the moment everything the hospital had done became something a frightened daughter could actually carry home. That is the work I want to do.''' p5 = '''What connects these experiences is simple: patients do better when someone stays with them, listens carefully, and helps them make sense of care over time. That is why I want Family Medicine. I am drawn to chronic disease care that does not stop at discharge, preventive care that catches problems early, and relationships where patients tell you what is really going on because they trust you will still be there next month. I am especially interested in caring for underserved communities, where continuity matters most when specialty access is limited. I want to pursue Family Medicine residency in the United States because it fits the kind of doctor I have been trying to become since Dr. Mehta's clinic. My goal has not changed: to know generations of a family by name, earn their trust over years rather than visits, and help them stay well long before illness brings them through the door.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in Dr. Mehta's clinic late at night with another asthma attack. He would assess me quickly, start the nebulizer, and stay until my breathing settled. What I remember most is not the treatment - it is what happened after, when my father exhaled. Once I was stable, Dr. Mehta would pull his chair closer, ask about school, ask how my father's knee was doing, and stay a few minutes longer than he needed to. He knew our family by name and never made us feel like the last appointment of a long night. I was eight years old, frightened - and somehow, in that small room, I always felt safe. Long before I knew what a medical specialty was, that room showed me the kind of doctor I wanted to become.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day medical camp in an underserved part of Jammu. Many patients had not seen a doctor in years. We treated diabetes, hypertension, and respiratory illness by the dozens, and I remember one man who handed me an empty blood pressure medication strip folded into a small square. He had been cutting his tablets in half to make one month's supply last three, unsure when he would next see a doctor. His blood pressure that day was 190/110. We could give him a prescription and good advice, but not the one thing he needed: someone who would still be there in six weeks to see if it was working. That gap between a good encounter and a lasting one stayed with me long after the camp ended.''' p3 = '''After graduation, I spent eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village, and that is when the interest became conviction. One patient still shapes how I think about medicine. A 66-year-old woman presented with a persistent cough, low-grade fever, and significant unintentional weight loss. Her son agreed to the workup, but when I told him it was tuberculosis, he hesitated to start treatment, convinced that traditional remedies would be enough. Rather than argue, I asked him what they had already tried and why it mattered to them. Only after I understood their reasoning did I explain the disease, the treatment, and the risk to the rest of the household in language they could understand, without dismissing what they believed. Over several visits, they came around. Six months later, her family told me she had completed therapy and recovered. What stayed with me was not just her recovery, but the reminder that trust is often what makes treatment possible.''' p4 = '''I then began a DNB in Internal Medicine in India. It gave me experience managing critically ill patients with multisystem disease, coordinating care across specialties, and communicating with frightened families at 3 a.m. One case has stayed with me: Mr. Thomas, a 68-year-old diabetic man admitted in septic shock, his daughter at the foot of the bed with his old prescription slips in her hand. Over two weeks, I coordinated between nephrology, cardiology, and infectious disease as his kidneys failed and slowly recovered. Each specialist gave part of the answer, but I had to turn those pieces into a plan his daughter could follow at home. On discharge, I wrote it all down on one sheet: which medicines mattered most, what a fever should make her do, and when to return. She folded it carefully and put it into her bag. I still think about that folded sheet - not because it was a grand gesture, but because it was the moment everything the hospital had done became something a frightened daughter could actually carry home. That is the work I want to do.''' p5 = '''What connects these experiences is simple: patients do better when someone stays with them, listens carefully, and helps them make sense of care over time. That is why I want Family Medicine. I am drawn to chronic disease care that does not stop at discharge, preventive care that catches problems early, and relationships where patients tell you what is really going on because they trust you will be there next month. I am especially interested in caring for underserved communities, where continuity matters most when specialty access is limited. I want to pursue Family Medicine residency in the United States because it fits the kind of doctor I have been trying to become since Dr. Mehta's clinic. My goal has not changed: to know generations of a family by name, earn their trust over years rather than visits, and help them stay well long before illness brings them through the door.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in Dr. Mehta's clinic late at night with another asthma attack. He would assess me quickly, start the nebulizer, and stay until my breathing settled. What I remember most is not the treatment - it is what happened after, when my father exhaled. Once I was stable, Dr. Mehta would pull his chair closer, ask about school, ask how my father's knee was doing, and stay a few minutes longer than he needed to. He knew our family by name and never made us feel like the last appointment of a long night. I was eight years old and frightened - and somehow, in that small room, I always felt safe. Long before I knew what a medical specialty was, that room showed me the kind of doctor I wanted to become.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day medical camp in an underserved part of Jammu. Many patients had not seen a doctor in years. We treated diabetes, hypertension, and respiratory illness by the dozens, and I remember one man who handed me an empty blood pressure strip folded into a small square. He had been cutting his tablets in half to make one month's supply last three, unsure when he would next see a doctor. His blood pressure that day was 190/110. We could give him a prescription and good advice, but not the one thing he needed: someone who would still be there in six weeks to see if it was working. That gap between a good encounter and a lasting one stayed with me.''' p3 = '''After graduation, I spent eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village, and that is when the interest became conviction. One patient still shapes how I think about medicine. A 66-year-old woman presented with a persistent cough, low-grade fever, and significant unintentional weight loss. Her son agreed to the workup, but when I told him it was tuberculosis, he hesitated to start treatment, convinced that traditional remedies would be enough. Rather than argue, I asked what they had already tried and why it mattered to them. Only after I understood their reasoning did I explain the disease, the treatment, and the risk to the household in language they could follow, without dismissing what they believed. Over several visits, they came around. Six months later, her family told me she had completed therapy and recovered. What stayed with me was not just her recovery, but the reminder that trust is often what makes treatment possible.''' p4 = '''I then began a DNB in Internal Medicine in India. It gave me experience managing critically ill patients with multisystem disease, coordinating care across specialties, and communicating with frightened families at 3 a.m. One case has stayed with me: Mr. Thomas, a 68-year-old diabetic man admitted in septic shock, his daughter at the foot of the bed with his old prescription slips in her hand. Over two weeks, I coordinated between nephrology, cardiology, and infectious disease as his kidneys failed and slowly recovered. Each specialist gave part of the answer, but I had to turn those pieces into a plan his daughter could follow at home. On discharge, I wrote it all down on one sheet: which medicines mattered most, what a fever should make her do, and when to return. She folded it carefully and put it into her bag. I still think about that folded sheet - not because it was a grand gesture, but because it was the moment everything the hospital had done became something a frightened daughter could actually carry home. That is the work I want to do.''' p5 = '''What connects these experiences is simple: patients do better when someone stays with them, listens carefully, and helps them make sense of care over time. That is why I want Family Medicine. I am drawn to chronic disease care that does not stop at discharge, preventive care that catches problems early, and relationships where patients tell you what is really going on because they trust you will be there next month. I am especially interested in caring for underserved communities, where continuity matters most when specialty access is limited. I want to pursue Family Medicine residency in the United States because it fits the kind of doctor I have been trying to become since Dr. Mehta's clinic. My goal has not changed: to know generations of a family by name, earn their trust over years rather than visits, and help them stay well long before illness brings them through the door.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day medical camp in an underserved part of Jammu. Many of the patients we saw had not been to a clinic in years. Some came in with blood pressure readings I had only seen in textbooks, others with blood sugars they had stopped checking because they could not afford the strips. We could screen, counsel, prescribe, and refer - but we could not follow up. I remember one man who handed me an empty blood pressure strip folded into a small square. He had been cutting his tablets in half to stretch a month's supply into three, not knowing when he would next see a doctor. His pressure that day was 190/110. I wrote him a new prescription and explained how to take it, but I knew I would never see him again. That was the moment I understood what I actually wanted to do: not just show up, but stay.''' print(f'Word count: {len(p2.split())}') "

python3 -c " # Full FM PS - written in Patel's natural voice # Style notes from his IM PS: # - Short punchy sentences after longer ones # - Active verbs, no passive constructions # - Ends paragraphs with a claim, not a feeling # - No fancy vocabulary # - Personal but not sentimental # - Specific details over general observations p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in Dr. Mehta's clinic late at night with another asthma attack. He would assess me quickly, start the nebulizer, and stay until my breathing settled. What I remember most is not the treatment - it is what happened after, when my father exhaled. Once I was stable, Dr. Mehta would pull his chair closer, ask about school, ask how my father's knee was doing, and stay a few minutes longer than he needed to. He knew our family by name and never made us feel like the last appointment of a long night. I was eight years old and frightened - and somehow, in that small room, I always felt safe. Long before I knew what a medical specialty was, that room showed me the kind of doctor I wanted to become.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day medical camp in an underserved part of Jammu. Many patients had not seen a doctor in years. Some came in with blood pressure readings I had only seen in textbooks, others with blood sugars they had stopped checking because they could not afford the strips. We could screen, counsel, prescribe, and refer - but we could not follow up. I remember one man who handed me an empty blood pressure strip folded into a small square. He had been cutting his tablets in half to stretch a month's supply into three, unsure when he would next see a doctor. His pressure that day was 190/110. I wrote him a new prescription and explained how to take it, but I knew I would never see him again. That was the moment I understood what I actually wanted to do: not just show up, but stay.''' p3 = '''After graduation, I spent eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village, and those months turned interest into conviction. One patient still shapes the way I think. A 66-year-old woman came in with a persistent cough, low-grade fever, and unintentional weight loss. Her son agreed to the workup, but when I told him it was tuberculosis, he hesitated - traditional remedies, he said, would be enough. I did not argue. I asked what they had tried and why it mattered to them. Once I understood, I explained the disease, the treatment, and the risk of transmission to the rest of the family, in words they could follow without dismissing what they believed. It took several visits. Six months later, her family told me she had finished therapy and recovered. What stayed with me was not just that she got better, but that the conversation is what made it possible.''' p4 = '''I then began a DNB in Internal Medicine in India. It gave me experience with critically ill patients, multisystem disease, and the kind of conversations that happen with families at 3 a.m. One case stayed with me. Mr. Thomas, a 68-year-old diabetic man, came in with septic shock - his daughter standing at the foot of the bed, his old prescription slips in her hand. Over two weeks, his kidneys failed and slowly came back. Nephrology, cardiology, and infectious disease each answered their piece. My job was to turn all of it into a plan she could actually use at home. On discharge, I wrote it on one sheet: which medicines mattered, what a fever should make her do, when to return. She folded it and put it in her bag. I still think about that sheet - not because it was anything special, but because it was the moment the hospital's work became something she could carry home. That is the work I want to do.''' p5 = '''Everything I have described points to the same thing: patients do better when someone stays with them, earns their trust, and helps them manage their health over time - not just during a crisis. That is Family Medicine. I am drawn to the continuity, the prevention, the chronic disease management that does not stop at discharge, and the communities that need a physician who will still be there next month. I want to pursue Family Medicine residency in the United States because it is the closest I can get to what Dr. Mehta built - a practice where patients come back not because they have to, but because they trust you. My goal is simple: to know a family by name, across generations, and to help them stay well long before illness brings them through the door.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "

python3 -c " p1 = '''Nearly every month during my childhood, I ended up in Dr. Mehta's clinic late at night with another asthma attack. What I remember most is not the treatment - it is what came the next morning. He would stop by our house on his way to the clinic, knock on the door, and ask how my night had been. He knew our family by name, remembered my father's knee, and never made us feel like just another patient. I was eight years old and frightened most of those nights - but I always knew he would come back. Long before I understood what a medical specialty was, that knock on the door showed me the kind of doctor I wanted to become.''' p2 = '''During my internship, I volunteered at a three-day medical camp in an underserved part of Jammu. Many patients had not seen a doctor in years. Some came in with blood pressure readings I had only seen in textbooks, others with blood sugars they had stopped checking because they could not afford the strips. We could screen, counsel, prescribe, and refer - but we could not follow up. I remember one man who handed me an empty blood pressure strip folded into a small square. He had been cutting his tablets in half to stretch a month's supply into three, unsure when he would next see a doctor. His pressure that day was 190/110. I wrote him a new prescription and explained how to take it, but I knew I would never see him again. That was the moment I understood what I actually wanted to do: not just show up, but stay.''' p3 = '''After graduation, I spent eight months as a Medical Officer at a Primary Health Center in a rural village, and those months turned interest into conviction. One patient still shapes the way I think. A 66-year-old woman came in with a persistent cough, low-grade fever, and unintentional weight loss. Her son agreed to the workup, but when I told him it was tuberculosis, he hesitated - traditional remedies, he said, would be enough. I did not argue. I asked what they had tried and why it mattered to them. Once I understood, I explained the disease, the treatment, and the risk of transmission to the rest of the family, in words they could follow without dismissing what they believed. It took several visits. Six months later, her family told me she had finished therapy and recovered. What stayed with me was not just that she got better, but that the conversation is what made it possible.''' p4 = '''I then began a DNB in Internal Medicine in India. It gave me experience with critically ill patients, multisystem disease, and the kind of conversations that happen with families at 3 a.m. One case stayed with me. Mr. Thomas, a 68-year-old diabetic man, came in with septic shock - his daughter standing at the foot of the bed, his old prescription slips in her hand. Over two weeks, his kidneys failed and slowly came back. Nephrology, cardiology, and infectious disease each answered their piece. My job was to turn all of it into a plan she could actually use at home. On discharge, I wrote it on one sheet: which medicines mattered, what a fever should make her do, when to return. She folded it and put it in her bag. I still think about that sheet - not because it was anything special, but because it was the moment the hospital's work became something she could carry home. That is the work I want to do.''' p5 = '''Everything I have described points to the same thing: patients do better when someone stays with them, earns their trust, and helps them manage their health over time - not just during a crisis. That is Family Medicine. I am drawn to the continuity, the prevention, the chronic disease management that does not stop at discharge, and the communities that need a physician who will still be there next month. I want to pursue Family Medicine residency in the United States because it is the closest I can get to what Dr. Mehta built - a practice where patients come back not because they have to, but because they trust you. My goal is simple: to know a family by name, across generations, and to help them stay well long before illness brings them through the door.''' paras = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p5] for i,p in enumerate(paras,1): print(f'P{i}: {len(p.split())} words') print(f'Total: {sum(len(p.split()) for p in paras)} words') "