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Hi everyone. I am adding this as a general post outside of the APPIC internship forum, but if I don't any bites, I will try there.
I am a nontraditional student. I have felt pretty isolated throughout my graduate program. My program emphasizes straight out of undergrad and students staying 7 years. I am in my 30s and surrounded by 20 somethings. I have 3 children, a law degree, and 5 years of experience practicing. I have finished my milestones in 4 years and am applying in my 4th year with good stats and hours. My DCT pretty much openly discriminated against my application, but my MP is the most senior faculty member and wanted me, so it didn't matter. I do not feel like I can talk to my DCT for advice on this matter and my MP is dealing with a family illness and won't be back until after apps. Since I am a lawyer, I know I don't have an age discrimination claim until I am 40, but as a lawyer, I also would rather jump off a bridge that be a part of any type of legal suit. However, I do not like how my DCT dismisses my legal experience as unimportant and views it as a handicap, rather than an asset because he didn't get to mold me correctly.
Let me try to get to the point... So, I really am considering leaving graduation dates off of my CV. I am very afraid of discrimination based on my age. Some sites like the BOP are likely going to do this off the bat (the BOP wants you to be younger so you don't run into the cant' be 37 when you apply for job after internship/postdoc). When I was a lawyer, I encountered nontraditional applicants alot who did this all the time. However, with the internship process, they get my transcripts which have my DOB, so it's pretty obvious there. However, if they are sitting around with my CV then it's there or not. I don't want them sitting there doing the math. I would never know if they discriminated based on age. I am so worried I won't get interviews over this.
Please give me your thoughts ASAP - deadlines are coming up and I am ready to submit things.
I am a nontraditional student. I have felt pretty isolated throughout my graduate program. My program emphasizes straight out of undergrad and students staying 7 years. I am in my 30s and surrounded by 20 somethings. I have 3 children, a law degree, and 5 years of experience practicing. I have finished my milestones in 4 years and am applying in my 4th year with good stats and hours. My DCT pretty much openly discriminated against my application, but my MP is the most senior faculty member and wanted me, so it didn't matter. I do not feel like I can talk to my DCT for advice on this matter and my MP is dealing with a family illness and won't be back until after apps. Since I am a lawyer, I know I don't have an age discrimination claim until I am 40, but as a lawyer, I also would rather jump off a bridge that be a part of any type of legal suit. However, I do not like how my DCT dismisses my legal experience as unimportant and views it as a handicap, rather than an asset because he didn't get to mold me correctly.
Let me try to get to the point... So, I really am considering leaving graduation dates off of my CV. I am very afraid of discrimination based on my age. Some sites like the BOP are likely going to do this off the bat (the BOP wants you to be younger so you don't run into the cant' be 37 when you apply for job after internship/postdoc). When I was a lawyer, I encountered nontraditional applicants alot who did this all the time. However, with the internship process, they get my transcripts which have my DOB, so it's pretty obvious there. However, if they are sitting around with my CV then it's there or not. I don't want them sitting there doing the math. I would never know if they discriminated based on age. I am so worried I won't get interviews over this.
Please give me your thoughts ASAP - deadlines are coming up and I am ready to submit things.