d or D in dentist? and sports question

[hokie4life]

sounds silly but i don't want to look even more silly for doing it wrong...should I capitalize the D in dentist and Dentistry in my personal statement? Initially I didnt' but then I think I did to give and show more importance and thanks to soem great essay editors I think I should have it lower case d but just wanted to double check

ALSO if I played a sport like lacrosse or field hockey in highschool (still played for fun but not in a team or anything organized in college) is it okay to include it as one of the things taht shows coordination and dexterirty? i also have knitting on there so i thought adding my sports would show that i'm not a totaly girly girl.

did any of you play sports and include it? it doesn't seem like a lot of predents are sporty on here but maybe its because we're all very busy talking about apps and schools and the lovely dATs

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[toothfairy85]

I mentioned high school sport and college sports to show my eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity. I would put it if I were you. It adds something else that not every applicant may have.

 

[DPet]

I've played baseball and hockey every year since I was a kid and will include it on my app. Batting especially = great for hand-eye.

 

[cabbagebrain]

sounds silly but i don't want to look even more silly for doing it wrong...should I capitalize the D in dentist and Dentistry in my personal statement? Initially I didnt' but then I think I did to give and show more importance and thanks to soem great essay editors I think I should have it lower case d but just wanted to double check

Nope, no capitalization. I think it would come across more as an error than emphasis, so best to leave it lowercase.

 

[hokie4life]

thank you for the feedback!

 

[IcemanDDS]

I put learning to fly a RC helicopter. That takes some SERIOUS hand-eye coordination. I cant think of anything else more difficult. Help me out...