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I am filling out the secondary for a school that only takes about ~20% of their class from OOS. I am putting in some statistics about the state in my secondary essays for the "Why Us?" essay. Do I have to cite these statistics?
What statistics are you using?I am filling out the secondary for a school that only takes about ~20% of their class from OOS. I am putting in some statistics about the state in my secondary essays for the "Why Us?" essay. Do I have to cite these statistics?
What statistics are you using?
You don’t need statistics. Adcoms live there, they know if there are homeless peopleHomelessness, medical bankruptcies, healthcare outcomes, etc about the area the school is located in.
You don’t need statistics. Adcoms live there, they know if there are homeless people
This is a short prompt, not a thesis
Statistics just show that you're capable of googling. I would advise against including this.
nothing about that is powerful, you are overthinking thisI’m trying to highlight the similarities in the communities that I’ve grown up in with the community this school is located in. If I use actual numbers it will be more powerful.
nothing about that is powerful, you are overthinking this
I've shared my opinion. You do youI’m not doing a full-on thesis. I’m just mentioning one or two very basic facts to give more clarity to my writing.
Here’s an example:
“... my clinical work with underserved populations will help me serve patients in the state of [insert state] where [blank] percent of the population is uninsured”.
sometimes the answer to "how do I this thing?" is actually "don't do that"Can I just respectfully say that this is the problem with SDN? I just want to add a bit of extra info to my secondaries. And instead of getting my question answered I‘m getting slaughtered for it.
sometimes the answer to "how do I this thing?" is actually "don't do that"
You are an adult and can take the advice or leave it, but it's not a flaw of the site that you hear it
Then by all means, ignore the guy who has been through this as a successful applicant. It is your right to exercise your preferenceYou never gave a reason besides “you don’t need it”. People have their own styles of writing and expressing information. This is simply a matter of personal preference.
Then by all means, ignore the guy who has been through this as a successful applicant. It is your right to exercise your preference
Just drop that notion that hearing advice you don't agree with is somehow "the problem with SDN"
I'll just end my involvement here by going back to "you do you". Good luckHow can I even agree or disagree with your advice? All you said was “I don’t need it” without even offering a reason as to why it may hurt my application.
Saying I don’t need to add a few extra words to my application isn’t even advice since my whole app (primary + secondary) is probably 4,000 words long.
I am filling out the secondary for a school that only takes about ~20% of their class from OOS. I am putting in some statistics about the state in my secondary essays for the "Why Us?" essay. Do I have to cite these statistics?
You have such a way with words.carpetbagger
I'm beginning to worry about you, Rex.I am filling out the secondary for a school that only takes about ~20% of their class from OOS. I am putting in some statistics about the state in my secondary essays for the "Why Us?" essay. Do I have to cite these statistics?
Maybe you should test him again...he seems crazyI'm beginning to worry about you, Rex.
It is a bit irksome when an applicant does this.If I use actual numbers it will be more powerful.
Can I just respectfully say that this is the problem with SDN? I just want to add a bit of extra info to my secondaries. And instead of getting my question answered I‘m getting slaughtered for it.
So can I instead write in generalities about the area without using numbers?
Or less?It's not a very good "why us?" reason. Why does it matter if the percentage of uninsured is similar? What if they had more uninsured? Would you not want to go to that school?
So can I instead write in generalities about the area without using numbers?
OP, after all of the advice on this thread from premeds and adcoms on avoiding stats or numbers in general, why do you feel so compelled on using numbers?
Inquiring minds want to know.
(Also what @gyngyn said above about potentially giving the vibe of educating readers/adcom and irking them is also a great point.)
I'm confused. I said "without using numbers".
Dont use numbers. Yes that’s fine.
Not singling out Rex, but a pattern I've noticed with some SDNers is that they come here with a thesis in mind....and they have to, just HAVE TO get validation for using it.OP, after all of the advice on this thread from premeds and adcoms on avoiding stats or numbers in general, why do you feel so compelled on using numbers?
Inquiring minds want to know.
(Also what @gyngyn said above about potentially giving the vibe of educating readers/adcom and irking them is also a great point.)
Not singling out Rex, but a pattern I've noticed with some SDNers is that they come here with a thesis in mind....and they have to, just HAVE TO get validation for using it.
A common theme is that they've done some sort of library research and then they want to go into that particular field because all of the sudden, they're now the world experts on the effect of A on disease B, although they've never, ever set foot in a lab to do any real research on the subject. Sometimes I get a whiff of obsessive behavior from this.
It's a teaching moment.I am perfectly okay with not using statistics. As I said earlier, the only issue I had was the person earlier simply said "you don't need it" without giving a reason as to why it would harm or hurt. When the adcoms started chiming in and giving specific reasons why it would hurt, I asked for an alternative in which I wouldn't use numbers. I was totally willing to be open minded.
It's a teaching moment.
More pernicious are those SDNers who come here looking for hugs and kisses, and then go off the deep end when get realistic advice. You usually see them end up on r/premed, railing at SDN (and never making it into med school, either).
You can let go of this now, Rex.Which is why I said I won't use numbers when someone actually cared to give a reason for it.
Not singling out Rex, but a pattern I've noticed with some SDNers is that they come here with a thesis in mind....and they have to, just HAVE TO get validation for using it.
A common theme is that they've done some sort of library research and then they want to go into that particular field because all of the sudden, they're now the world experts on the effect of A on disease B, although they've never, ever set foot in a lab to do any real research on the subject. Sometimes I get a whiff of obsessive behavior from this.