Another one, I know...but thoughts on any of these?
1. My only sibling is a twin brother and so I've kind of grown up with a constant teammate. It's always felt a little different than regular siblings because there's none of the older/younger power differential and because so much of our lives overlapped, especially early on. We definitely had to learn to not compete and instead find our own strengths, because they're very different and we're very different people personality wise. We have an awesome relationship and I feel like a lot of that comes from learning to appreciate who the other one is without trying to change them, and how to work with them as an equal. Would obviously flesh it out more but this is just what comes to mind when I see people post "what's cool about you?" as a way to think of the diversity prompt
Cons: maybe a stretch, obviously plenty of people have siblings and learn stuff like this, also med school will be full of people who are very different ages from me so maybe this doesn't sound good
2. I was a public health major in undergrad and did a brief study abroad (2 weeks) in a Caribbean country. Kind of different than the typical science major and gave me some more knowledge of the health system as a whole and the health system in another country
Cons: kind of boring lol
3. A couple years ago I had a Facebook post go "viral" (for a serious reason, not something funny) and be shared 50k+ times and I got some media attention as a result. This is currently part of my topic for my challenge/adversity prompts but for schools that don't have the challenge prompt, or who seem to want some kind of challenge/diversity hybrid, I could possibly rework it to talk more about the experience of having my words spread like that (if that makes sense)?
Cons: this also may be a stretch. again, just something "cool" about me
4. Unique sport I've done my whole life that I could talk in depth about. Attracts people of extremely varied ages, has interesting team aspects to it, and also interesting parts outside of the exact athletic endeavors. Could definitely write passionately.
Cons: Very wary of seeming one-dimensional in regards to this because it's already one of my MMEs, my highest EC hour count, and I think some people have negative stereotypes of it
Any of these seem good or should I keep digging?
1. My only sibling is a twin brother and so I've kind of grown up with a constant teammate. It's always felt a little different than regular siblings because there's none of the older/younger power differential and because so much of our lives overlapped, especially early on. We definitely had to learn to not compete and instead find our own strengths, because they're very different and we're very different people personality wise. We have an awesome relationship and I feel like a lot of that comes from learning to appreciate who the other one is without trying to change them, and how to work with them as an equal. Would obviously flesh it out more but this is just what comes to mind when I see people post "what's cool about you?" as a way to think of the diversity prompt
Cons: maybe a stretch, obviously plenty of people have siblings and learn stuff like this, also med school will be full of people who are very different ages from me so maybe this doesn't sound good
2. I was a public health major in undergrad and did a brief study abroad (2 weeks) in a Caribbean country. Kind of different than the typical science major and gave me some more knowledge of the health system as a whole and the health system in another country
Cons: kind of boring lol
3. A couple years ago I had a Facebook post go "viral" (for a serious reason, not something funny) and be shared 50k+ times and I got some media attention as a result. This is currently part of my topic for my challenge/adversity prompts but for schools that don't have the challenge prompt, or who seem to want some kind of challenge/diversity hybrid, I could possibly rework it to talk more about the experience of having my words spread like that (if that makes sense)?
Cons: this also may be a stretch. again, just something "cool" about me
4. Unique sport I've done my whole life that I could talk in depth about. Attracts people of extremely varied ages, has interesting team aspects to it, and also interesting parts outside of the exact athletic endeavors. Could definitely write passionately.
Cons: Very wary of seeming one-dimensional in regards to this because it's already one of my MMEs, my highest EC hour count, and I think some people have negative stereotypes of it
Any of these seem good or should I keep digging?
