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Hello all, I'm finally getting around to tackling the dreaded diversity essay and would love some advice regarding my potential topics:
1. Grew up in North America but in a region where English speakers are a minority (probably not too difficult to guess where haha) and tensions between the linguistic groups still continue today, even up to the governmental level. However, because we're still in NA, the dominant linguistic group still feels marginalized (rightly so in some cases). Throughout my life I've had various experiences that have change my perspective and helped me understand how a person's background/culture can affect what they prioritize or how react in different situations. In short, living here has helped me become more culturally aware and understanding of others even when faced with hostility.
2. I'm a classically trained musician helped start a music-based NPO with the mission to provide mentorship and education equality in underserved communities. We started off as a small club, but are now in the process of becoming a registered charity and expanding nationwide. We've actually worked with lawyers to finalize our registration documents and according to our contact the revenue bureau we should receive a positive decision in the next few weeks. This was actually our second attempt at registration, so I can talk a lot about my resiliency and the teamwork needed to get our organization to the point it is at now.
I do think both could be interesting topics, but #1 does require a decent amount of space to flesh out due to the nuances of the situation and I did something similar in my first application 2 years ago (although I think my current draft of the essay is much more succinct and focuses more on how it affected me compared to the ones I sent).
#2 is something I'm hugely passionate about as I've worked on it for 5 years now, so I've mentioned it in passing in my PS (1 sentence) and already have it listed as an activity in the W/A section of the primary. My biggest non-clinical volunteering also happens to be teaching music for the organization which I listed as most meaningful (the leadership work to create the organization and the volunteer work is distinctly different, so they were listed separately). I'm afraid that I'd be beating a dead horse by mentioning it again in my secondaries even though I have many more stories to tell.
I appreciate any and all comments, thank you guys in advance!
1. Grew up in North America but in a region where English speakers are a minority (probably not too difficult to guess where haha) and tensions between the linguistic groups still continue today, even up to the governmental level. However, because we're still in NA, the dominant linguistic group still feels marginalized (rightly so in some cases). Throughout my life I've had various experiences that have change my perspective and helped me understand how a person's background/culture can affect what they prioritize or how react in different situations. In short, living here has helped me become more culturally aware and understanding of others even when faced with hostility.
2. I'm a classically trained musician helped start a music-based NPO with the mission to provide mentorship and education equality in underserved communities. We started off as a small club, but are now in the process of becoming a registered charity and expanding nationwide. We've actually worked with lawyers to finalize our registration documents and according to our contact the revenue bureau we should receive a positive decision in the next few weeks. This was actually our second attempt at registration, so I can talk a lot about my resiliency and the teamwork needed to get our organization to the point it is at now.
I do think both could be interesting topics, but #1 does require a decent amount of space to flesh out due to the nuances of the situation and I did something similar in my first application 2 years ago (although I think my current draft of the essay is much more succinct and focuses more on how it affected me compared to the ones I sent).
#2 is something I'm hugely passionate about as I've worked on it for 5 years now, so I've mentioned it in passing in my PS (1 sentence) and already have it listed as an activity in the W/A section of the primary. My biggest non-clinical volunteering also happens to be teaching music for the organization which I listed as most meaningful (the leadership work to create the organization and the volunteer work is distinctly different, so they were listed separately). I'm afraid that I'd be beating a dead horse by mentioning it again in my secondaries even though I have many more stories to tell.
I appreciate any and all comments, thank you guys in advance!
