"Gotcha" Secondary Question?

[xxpremed22]

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So I came across this secondary question:

Discuss any important aspects of your personal background, identity, or educational journey that you feel would give the Admissions Committee greater insight into your medical school application. Briefly explain how such factors have influenced your motivation to pursue a career in medicine. Examples might include: challenges you’ve overcome in accessing education; identification with a minority culture, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity; unique pathways to medical school application via professional employment, military service, family caregiving, and other circumstances. (700 words)


I was going to write about how my journey in trying to find people that accepted my sexuality & a particular volunteer experience made me want to work with underserved groups when/if I become a physician. However, I didn't mention this personal statement. I'm not sure if this prompt wants me to introduce new ideas into my application, or only elaborate on the ideas in my personal statement. Thoughts?

 

[UBLI-EINSTEIN]

My personal view: feel free to answer the question.
I think introducing new idea is not bad. Sometimes one article of personal statement may be just not enough to talk about yourself.
If you help the other people know more about you as a person, this definitely helps them to judge whether you are good candidate.

 

[sbspftw]

Definitely include it if you haven't in your personal statement. These "would you like to add anything" essays are THERE just for that purpose. Definitely bring that story home. It talks about a challenging situation that taught you something that will inform your medical career. It can't get any better than that.