Immigrant Diversity

[DoctorCakes]

My parents were immigrants. I am a first gen citizen. Am I really that diverse compared to other applicants? Most of the applicants I know are some form of immigrants, but this could be selection bias on my part. I feel like this topic has been over used in diversity essays and therefore is a weaker argument.

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[Stumpyman]

Does their experience as immigrants make you more diverse or influence your perspective? It also depends on how much the culture your parents are from played a role in your life. I have friends whose parents are from certain countries and despite growing up in the U.S., their culture was incredibly important to their development. Other friends I know grew up middle/upper-middle class and adopted a fairly typical American lifestyle/perspective.

 

[Goro]

My parents were immigrants. I am a first gen citizen. Am I really that diverse compared to other applicants? Most of the applicants I know are some form of immigrants, but this could be selection bias on my part. I feel like this topic has been over used in diversity essays and therefore is a weaker argument.

Dime a dozen, really. Do better.

 

[kitkat13]

Dime a dozen, really. Do better.

Lmao I honestly cannot tell if you are being sarcastic or not.

 

[Dagrimsta1]

Do you feel like being an immigrant was important to your life and education? How so?

 

[Goro]

Lmao I honestly cannot tell if you are being sarcastic or not.

30% of any med school class is either of East or South Asian ethnicity. And nearly all of these are either immigrants, or 1st generation Americans.

 

[Princeton Medical Student]

30% of any med school class is either of East or South Asian ethnicity. And nearly all of these are either immigrants, or 1st generation Americans.

would someone who came to US when they were 12 be dime a dozen?

 

[einherjar]

would someone who came to US when they were 12 be dime a dozen?

Asian immigrants really started coming in 1965 after the immigration and naturalization act. However due to immigration issues and cold war issues, a relatively small number of asians could immigrate until the ~1980s. This means that if someone came as a kid, they'd be around 40ish now and their kids would be applying for med school making them first generation immigrants. So relative to the total population of Asians, the vast majority of them are recent immigrants and because so many of them are in higher education, you will see a ton of immigrants or first generation Americans of Asian decent.

 

[PreMedMissteps]

I know a number of Vietnamese premeds and med students whose parents came to the US as children about 40 years ago. Since Asian and Indian immigrants seem to place a high priority on their children becoming doctors, their ORM status has gone thru the roof.

Look at pics of white coat ceremonies. It can almost be rare to see a lighter-hair-colored male student. They're the new minority (jk)

 

[Gurkhali]

would someone who came to US when they were 12 be dime a dozen?

No that would just be a dozen.

 

[kitkat13]

30% of any med school class is either of East or South Asian ethnicity. And nearly all of these are either immigrants, or 1st generation Americans.

So I guess would you suggest writing about something else for diversity? Like interest in reading or something? IDK I feel like that sounds dumb and not diverse either.

 

[Goro]

So I guess would you suggest writing about something else for diversity? Like interest in reading or something? IDK I feel like that sounds dumb and not diverse either.

The prompt is not about ethnicity......but what makes you cool??? What cool things to you bring to the Class???

 

[MCATISEZ]

My parents were immigrants. I am a first gen citizen. Am I really that diverse compared to other applicants? Most of the applicants I know are some form of immigrants, but this could be selection bias on my part. I feel like this topic has been over used in diversity essays and therefore is a weaker argument.

I did just this. But my experience had a huge impact on my viewpoints and some of the specific things I want to accomplish by studying medicine.


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