how far do you take 'show,don't tell'

[wxl31]

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ohsu's prompt: What values and personal attributes gained from life experiences have best prepared you to enter the profession of medicine?

now i have a perfect story that 'shows' these values/attributes but never explicitly states them. will that work? or will the adcom ppl just be pissed that i made them decipher compassion/cultural competency/blah blah from my essay.

i hope you guys tell me i can use the story. i dont want to write another essay.

 

[derf]

ohsu's prompt: What values and personal attributes gained from life experiences have best prepared you to enter the profession of medicine?

now i have a perfect story that 'shows' these values/attributes but never explicitly states them. will that work? or will the adcom ppl just be pissed that i made them decipher compassion/cultural competency/blah blah from my essay.

i hope you guys tell me i can use the story. i dont want to write another essay.

you're doing it the right way. always show, don't state, like you said.

 

[ambrosia]

Since that question is pretty specific, I think you need a little bit of "tell" in your essay too. I would maybe explain the story like you were talking about, and then wrap it up with a concluding paragraph in which you interpret your story a little bit, telling the adcoms what values and personal attributes you showed in the story and how you think those values and personal attributes will help you be successful in medicine. I hope that makes sense!