How to answer this secondary question?

[osumc2014]

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"Define altruism and how you have exhibited altruistic behavior?"

The only idea that I've gotten for this is to talk about my volunteering. But I don't want to sound like I volunteer just to be altruistic, but rather I enjoy it. What does everyone else think of this question?

 

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"Define altruism and how you have exhibited altruistic behavior?"

The only idea that I've gotten for this is to talk about my volunteering. But I don't want to sound like I volunteer just to be altruistic, but rather I enjoy it. What does everyone else think of this question?

haha, sounds like OSU's secondary...

I started off the essay saying that I went into volunteering because it was the only way I could get into medical school and not because i wanted to volunteer. Then I say that after a few months, I realized what volunteering was all about. I brought up examples of certain scenarios/people, elaborated on how they showed me what altruism meant, and how much good I was doing for them. In the last paragraph i wrote what i thought of altruism before my volunteering, and then how my thoughts changed after volunteering.

That essay was annoying as s.hit though. One of the interviewers commented on how they liked it, so i think it was good.

 

[osumc2014]

haha, sounds like OSU's secondary...

I started off the essay saying that I went into volunteering because it was the only way I could get into medical school and not because i wanted to volunteer. Then I say that after a few months, I realized what volunteering was all about. I brought up examples of certain scenarios/people, elaborated on how they showed me what altruism meant, and how much good I was doing for them. In the last paragraph i wrote what i thought of altruism before my volunteering, and then how my thoughts changed after volunteering.

That essay was annoying as s.hit though. One of the interviewers commented on how they liked it, so i think it was good.

Haha sure is...So you did give specific examples with patients?

 

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How about you answer it on your own? 🙂

 

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Haha sure is...So you did give specific examples with patients?

yup 🙂

 

[osumc2014]

How about you answer it on your own? 🙂

that is actually really good advice 🙂

 

[FuturaDocta]

Your mom gave you the greatest gift- LIFE! And, the only way to give back to her is to give her the best life you can. By going into medicine, you can make enough money to make her live as comfortable as possible. All the hardships you went through with pre-med is all for her.

Right? Right? Right? Thought it would be a safe bet. 🙄