Table 2.

Characteristics of personal statements by gender of applicant controlling for USMLE Step 1 score

	All Authors	Male Authors	Female Authors	P-Value
Word count, Mean (SD)	634.5 (119.4)	634.5 (117.9)	663.5 (118.5)	.005

Tone Variable	LIWC Scaled Score (0-100), Mean (SD)
Analytic	89.18 (7.6)	89.43 (7.1)	88.60 (8.55)	.157
Clout	36.3 (9.9)	36.18 (9.6)	36.78 (10.8)	.509
Authenticity	64.89 (16.9)	64.88 (17.1)	64.92 (16.5)	.656
Emotional	89.28 (13.2)	89.34 (13.8)	88.94 (11.6)	.516

Word Category	Percentage of Text (%), Mean (SD)
Affective process	5.54 (1.22)	5.51 (1.26)	5.75 (1.12)	.045
Positive emotion	4.62 (1.13)	4.61 (1.79)	4.70 (1.00)	.337
Negative emotion	0.78 (0.56)	0.74 (0.58)	0.82 (0.51)	.025
Social	5.23 (1.76)	4.99 (1.70)	5.74 (1.83)	.004
Cognitive process	8.88 (1.81)	8.84 (1.72)	9.09 (2.02)	.369
We/Us/Our	0.17 (0.35)	0.18 (0.37)	0.16 (0.29)	.025
Comparisons	2.63 (0.71)	2.66 (0.73)	2.59 (0.66)	.674
Anxiety	0.17 (0.25)	0.16 (0.24)	0.23 (0.25)	.012
Anger	0.00 (0.15)	0.00 (0.15)	0.11 (0.15)	.273
Sadness	0.14 (0.22)	0.13 (0.23)	0.16 (0.21)	.219
Female ref.	0.13 (0.54)	0.00 (0.51)	0.19 (0.60)	.001
Male ref.	0.47 (0.83)	0.49 (0.82)	0.39 (0.86)	.621
Insight	3.23 (0.88)	3.21 (0.90)	3.26 (0.85)	.596
Tentative	1.16 (0.59)	1.12 (0.58)	1.24 (0.62)	.544
Certainty	1.18 (0.54)	1.16 (0.52)	1.23 (0.59)	.269
Perceptual	1.56 (0.67)	1.54 (0.70)	1.62 (0.61)	.614
Achievement	3.83 (1.28)	3.77 (1.29)	3.90 (1.27)	.437
Power	2.49 (0.93)	2.50 (0.92)	2.35 (0.95)	.405
Reward	1.66 (0.63)	1.65 (0.66)	1.71 (0.59)	.556
Risk	0.33 (0.29)	0.31 (0.31)	0.40 (0.26)	.075