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Background: I did a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to purchase an ultrasound machine for a hospital I volunteered at in Tanzania. It took eighteen months, but it worked: $8K and a new ultrasound.
I'm thinking of introducing this as the first part of my PS in a "walk-you-through-my-thinking" (first person) style to demonstrate an ability to use problem-solving skills to help others. Again, this was for a regional hospital in Tanzania, and the majority of the donors were in the US, UK and Australia. And of course, there will be other experiences I'll incorporate into later portions of the PS to demonstrate leadership, analytical thinking, desire to help others, etc...
Will this be a turn-off for adcoms? I'm applying to domestic schools in the US. The main reason I ask is that an adcom member at a med school in NYC said that overseas shadowing and volunteering "can't be assessed" and that domestic experience is preferred. On the contrary, some of the med students at the med school I do research at said they disagree with that adcom's statement, and that overseas experience isn't a negative thing when it comes to discussing it on the PS.
Any adcoms out there willing to give their $0.02? Thanks!
@Goro I assure you, I did all the searching on SDN I could for this question, and nobody has asked it.
I'm thinking of introducing this as the first part of my PS in a "walk-you-through-my-thinking" (first person) style to demonstrate an ability to use problem-solving skills to help others. Again, this was for a regional hospital in Tanzania, and the majority of the donors were in the US, UK and Australia. And of course, there will be other experiences I'll incorporate into later portions of the PS to demonstrate leadership, analytical thinking, desire to help others, etc...
Will this be a turn-off for adcoms? I'm applying to domestic schools in the US. The main reason I ask is that an adcom member at a med school in NYC said that overseas shadowing and volunteering "can't be assessed" and that domestic experience is preferred. On the contrary, some of the med students at the med school I do research at said they disagree with that adcom's statement, and that overseas experience isn't a negative thing when it comes to discussing it on the PS.
Any adcoms out there willing to give their $0.02? Thanks!
@Goro I assure you, I did all the searching on SDN I could for this question, and nobody has asked it.