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I know there have been many "diversity" topic threads floating out there, but I was hoping I could get some advice. I have a few topics that I could potentially talk about but I am not sure what ones are the most "appropriate" in addressing this prompt.
So I'll briefly list a few of the topics I could potentially write about:
1. Grew up in one of the largest heroin capitals in the nation and when I was little managed to get "stuck" with a used needle while playing outside. Went through all of the HIV/AIDS protocol, HepC, etc. (clean bill of health by the way). My mom chose not to sue the city because then my name would be released and she didn't want me being known as the "crack baby" (her words not mine). When I was old enough I helped my mom work with town officials to get a needle exchange program started in our town in hopes that users would bring their needles to these places and exchange them for cleans ones instead of them being strew across the city.
2. At the beginning of high school I tried out for and was chosen to play on an international baseball team (1st girl in their history). We played during the summer for about a month in Poland and Netherlands.
3. In high school I convinced the school to let me join the boys swimming/diving team so that I could play field hockey in the fall (when the girls swimming season was) and being able to still swim/dive. I was able to dive for 3 years on the boys team and won a bunch of schools and conference titles.
4. 1st-6th grade I went to a really small Catholic school (8 kids per class) but then in 7th grade transferred to the public school system because they offered advanced classes that my Catholic school didn't. Was technically the minority in school (75-80% hispanic population), so it was definitely a different environment to be in (had to get used to the daycare center being next to my history class). In the end I am really happy I switched schools because I made a lot of good friends and think I came out a more well-rounded person because of the experience.
These are all before I went to undergrad obviously, but I ended up going to a undergrad institution that was completely opposite from what I had grown up with (a lot of middle-upper class, caucasian students who mostly all went to private high schools). Although, ironically, the town bordering us is actually very similar to my hometown (go figure right?).
I'm not sure which one of these is the most appropriate to write about for the diversity essay (or any of them at all). Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
So I'll briefly list a few of the topics I could potentially write about:
1. Grew up in one of the largest heroin capitals in the nation and when I was little managed to get "stuck" with a used needle while playing outside. Went through all of the HIV/AIDS protocol, HepC, etc. (clean bill of health by the way). My mom chose not to sue the city because then my name would be released and she didn't want me being known as the "crack baby" (her words not mine). When I was old enough I helped my mom work with town officials to get a needle exchange program started in our town in hopes that users would bring their needles to these places and exchange them for cleans ones instead of them being strew across the city.
2. At the beginning of high school I tried out for and was chosen to play on an international baseball team (1st girl in their history). We played during the summer for about a month in Poland and Netherlands.
3. In high school I convinced the school to let me join the boys swimming/diving team so that I could play field hockey in the fall (when the girls swimming season was) and being able to still swim/dive. I was able to dive for 3 years on the boys team and won a bunch of schools and conference titles.
4. 1st-6th grade I went to a really small Catholic school (8 kids per class) but then in 7th grade transferred to the public school system because they offered advanced classes that my Catholic school didn't. Was technically the minority in school (75-80% hispanic population), so it was definitely a different environment to be in (had to get used to the daycare center being next to my history class). In the end I am really happy I switched schools because I made a lot of good friends and think I came out a more well-rounded person because of the experience.
These are all before I went to undergrad obviously, but I ended up going to a undergrad institution that was completely opposite from what I had grown up with (a lot of middle-upper class, caucasian students who mostly all went to private high schools). Although, ironically, the town bordering us is actually very similar to my hometown (go figure right?).
I'm not sure which one of these is the most appropriate to write about for the diversity essay (or any of them at all). Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
