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I know there's a lot of these recently but wanted other people's opinions.
DIVERSITY: I was gonna talk about my exposure to different groups of people. Growing up as Buddhist Asian in a low-income family, I attended an elementary school with predominantly African Americans, a Christian middle school, and a highly competitive (academic-wise) high school located in a high-income area. I plan to emphasize that I learned to be patient with others who weren't familiar with my different view, to be respectful of others' different views, and to work hard to keep up with others who grew up in a highly competitive lifestyle.
CHALLENGE: I was thinking about using my diversity essay but focus more on growing up in a low-income family and attending underperforming schools as a child. But then, I had the opportunity to attend a well-respected high school (ranked top 10 in the entire state) through a program aimed to help low-income families and how I ended up excelling in my academics there, despite the disadvantages I had (never heard of AP or honors classes in my life before going to this school). I wasn't sure if this seemed to be a good topic so I came up with a few more specific ones...
Option 1: I was going to talk about a time that I (a scribe trainer), a scribe trainee, our chief scribe, and a specific doctor had a hard time in addressing multiple problems with the trainee's training period. There was a ton of miscommunication, and no one was up-to-date with what was going on at any given time. In the end, I took it in my own hands to make sure everyone was on the same page, and we finally figured out what to do.
Option 2: There was a time that I worked 50-60 hours a week as a scribe. At some point, I ate poorly and didn't take care of myself well. I ended up fainting during one patient's examination. I ended wasting the time of the patient and the doctor. I made it up to the doctor by working a little bit longer than I was scheduled, and I made sure to take care of my health to ensure that it would never happen again. (really iffy if this topic would even be considered a challenge)
Option 3: During college, I underwent a nose surgery (not cosmetic). The morning before my midterm, I had some major postoperative bleeding and needed to undergo an emergency cauterization. I had to miss 3 of my midterms that week to recover. I had to inform my professors who were understanding of my situation and took my exams at a later time. I did well on my exams, despite what had happened. (I feel like this is the worst topic since it's such a minor challenge but it was the only other topic I could think of)
Let me know if any of these seem like a good topic! I know it's a lot, but I would really appreciate someone's opinion!
DIVERSITY: I was gonna talk about my exposure to different groups of people. Growing up as Buddhist Asian in a low-income family, I attended an elementary school with predominantly African Americans, a Christian middle school, and a highly competitive (academic-wise) high school located in a high-income area. I plan to emphasize that I learned to be patient with others who weren't familiar with my different view, to be respectful of others' different views, and to work hard to keep up with others who grew up in a highly competitive lifestyle.
CHALLENGE: I was thinking about using my diversity essay but focus more on growing up in a low-income family and attending underperforming schools as a child. But then, I had the opportunity to attend a well-respected high school (ranked top 10 in the entire state) through a program aimed to help low-income families and how I ended up excelling in my academics there, despite the disadvantages I had (never heard of AP or honors classes in my life before going to this school). I wasn't sure if this seemed to be a good topic so I came up with a few more specific ones...
Option 1: I was going to talk about a time that I (a scribe trainer), a scribe trainee, our chief scribe, and a specific doctor had a hard time in addressing multiple problems with the trainee's training period. There was a ton of miscommunication, and no one was up-to-date with what was going on at any given time. In the end, I took it in my own hands to make sure everyone was on the same page, and we finally figured out what to do.
Option 2: There was a time that I worked 50-60 hours a week as a scribe. At some point, I ate poorly and didn't take care of myself well. I ended up fainting during one patient's examination. I ended wasting the time of the patient and the doctor. I made it up to the doctor by working a little bit longer than I was scheduled, and I made sure to take care of my health to ensure that it would never happen again. (really iffy if this topic would even be considered a challenge)
Option 3: During college, I underwent a nose surgery (not cosmetic). The morning before my midterm, I had some major postoperative bleeding and needed to undergo an emergency cauterization. I had to miss 3 of my midterms that week to recover. I had to inform my professors who were understanding of my situation and took my exams at a later time. I did well on my exams, despite what had happened. (I feel like this is the worst topic since it's such a minor challenge but it was the only other topic I could think of)
Let me know if any of these seem like a good topic! I know it's a lot, but I would really appreciate someone's opinion!
