Hello, I'm starting to get a bit worried that I'm interpreting the UCSF personal history prompt incorrectly? Specifically I'm worried about what they mean by "academic journey": here's what I want to talk about in this statement
- growing up in NYC and how that plus my own multiracial identity helps me connect with patients from other cultures (is this cliche?)
- being LGBT and that plus my partner's experiences with accessing healthcare informing my interest in women's health/pelvic floor PT to serve the gay/trans community specifically
- experiences with my grandparents informing how i connect with elderly patients (idk about this one but I wanna connect this to the values i grew up with, would that work?)
I just don't know if they're expecting me to talk about the classes I took that are somewhat adjacent to these (and I did take a couple random classes like japanese films and psychology of relationships) or my experiences in the clinic that relate to these. should I talk about all three? i feel like i have a better time connecting this to why i want to be a PT than my 'academic journey'...
- growing up in NYC and how that plus my own multiracial identity helps me connect with patients from other cultures (is this cliche?)
- being LGBT and that plus my partner's experiences with accessing healthcare informing my interest in women's health/pelvic floor PT to serve the gay/trans community specifically
- experiences with my grandparents informing how i connect with elderly patients (idk about this one but I wanna connect this to the values i grew up with, would that work?)
I just don't know if they're expecting me to talk about the classes I took that are somewhat adjacent to these (and I did take a couple random classes like japanese films and psychology of relationships) or my experiences in the clinic that relate to these. should I talk about all three? i feel like i have a better time connecting this to why i want to be a PT than my 'academic journey'...
