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Hi, I have been attempting to fill out secondaries but it is proving to be very difficult.
I have a few experiences that I feel may be relevant for a few secondary questions so I am going to list them with a brief explanation followed by which question I think they may be relevant for. I would really appreciate it if I could get some feed back on here.
1.) Being part of a close family made it difficult for me when I moved away to college. I became depressed my first semester freshman year being away from my family and in a novel situation. To overcome my depression I began working out more frequently, even though fitness was already an integral part of my life. This gave me confidence to be more outgoing which led to meeting many new people. Meeting many new people gave me a busy social life which essentially let me forget that I was upset being away from my family.
-I think this may be relevant for the "adversity essay" but I am afraid an ad com member may fear I will slip into another depression in med school. thoughts?
2.) I traveled to Italy with my family for 2.5 weeks during a summer while I was in college. I was introduced to a new culture and was able to learn that people may have very different views from my own due to a different upbringing/environment.
-May be relevant to "enable you to better understand patients with a culture different from your own"
3.) I worked in customer service in high school, as a bus boy, and as a camp counselor. I was thinking about mentioning the diversity of people I interacted with. However, I already elaborated on some of this in one of my most meaningful activities.
-May be relevant to "enable you to better understand patients with a culture different from your own"
4.) I am really into fitness and exercise. I know many others are as well so I am not sure this would work for a "diversity essay", not to mention it was already one of my most meaningful. I supposed I could talk about how it taught me things are earned not given etc. I am also getting into cooking and plan on backpacking Europe after I graduate.
-I obviously really need feedback on the diversity essay.
I know this is a really long post and I don't expect people to do the work for me. After reading almost all the recent secondary threads I still am unsure of these work and in need of some guidance. Thanks in advance.
I have a few experiences that I feel may be relevant for a few secondary questions so I am going to list them with a brief explanation followed by which question I think they may be relevant for. I would really appreciate it if I could get some feed back on here.
1.) Being part of a close family made it difficult for me when I moved away to college. I became depressed my first semester freshman year being away from my family and in a novel situation. To overcome my depression I began working out more frequently, even though fitness was already an integral part of my life. This gave me confidence to be more outgoing which led to meeting many new people. Meeting many new people gave me a busy social life which essentially let me forget that I was upset being away from my family.
-I think this may be relevant for the "adversity essay" but I am afraid an ad com member may fear I will slip into another depression in med school. thoughts?
2.) I traveled to Italy with my family for 2.5 weeks during a summer while I was in college. I was introduced to a new culture and was able to learn that people may have very different views from my own due to a different upbringing/environment.
-May be relevant to "enable you to better understand patients with a culture different from your own"
3.) I worked in customer service in high school, as a bus boy, and as a camp counselor. I was thinking about mentioning the diversity of people I interacted with. However, I already elaborated on some of this in one of my most meaningful activities.
-May be relevant to "enable you to better understand patients with a culture different from your own"
4.) I am really into fitness and exercise. I know many others are as well so I am not sure this would work for a "diversity essay", not to mention it was already one of my most meaningful. I supposed I could talk about how it taught me things are earned not given etc. I am also getting into cooking and plan on backpacking Europe after I graduate.
-I obviously really need feedback on the diversity essay.
I know this is a really long post and I don't expect people to do the work for me. After reading almost all the recent secondary threads I still am unsure of these work and in need of some guidance. Thanks in advance.
