Adversity and Diversity Secondaries

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[Goro]

#1 for diversity

#3 for adversity

For #2, gazzillions of pre-meds are First-gen.

 

[Raryn]

#1 for diversity

#3 for adversity

For #2, gazzillions of pre-meds are First-gen.

I'm not sure if more pre-meds are first-gen or are 1st-2nd generation immigrants. My bet is the latter is actually more common than the former.

I don't see more recent data, but per the AAMC in 2008, only 20% of fathers of med students didn't have a bachelors or higher - and 25% of mothers. In fact, over half of fathers and 35% of mothers had graduate degrees. Obviously these aren't independent stats, but certainly <20% of med students (then) were first gen college students.

Meanwhile, anecdotally, significantly more than 20% of my classmates were first or second generation immigrants. From all over the world - Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa. 14% of Americans are immigrants overall, but it's much higher among physicians - and children of physicians are disproportionately represented in med schools.

 

[LunaOri]

#1 for adversity and #3 for diversity would also work. Both are good topics!