pitt ethical dilemma

tricky call lola - I must admit part of what took me *soooo* long with this question was more deciding which of the many, many ethical/moral dilemmas I have faced were too risque or too bland. I think it is bad to do something bland, but something like you suggest is, in my opinion, pretty risque, so if you do it, it needs to be done *well*. How good a writer are you?

oh and I am pleased to report - I HAVE FINALLY COMPLETED THE PITT ETHICAL DILEMMA ESSAY!!!!!
(thats the first time I've felt like using the clapping smilie as I normally hate it...)

 

lola....be careful with that. honestly, i wouldn't write about it because i don't want them thinking about me in more than a professional (ethics) sort of light. i think if you can write it maturely, that's great (though i can't come up with any ways to do that with a romantic situation...it's hard to coldly analyze something like that) and definitely go for it! also, what lessons did you learn? if those lessons can be extended in some capacity (not necessarily one you write down, but one that can be extracted from the essay) into your future professional life, then i would say it's a great topic. try it out and if it doesn't sound like something you want to send out, go back to the drawing board...sometimes that's faster than just brain-storming endlessly. that's how i finally got that thing sent out...though the diversity question stumped me more!!

the boy wonder- what did you write about?

 

I read somewhere (in one of the many "how to apply to med school" books that I've perused over the past year), that it was definitely not a good idea to write anything about relationships. I would stay away from it, unless you really are a budding Isabel Allende.

boy wonder, I too am dying to know what you wrote about for Pitt's ethical dilemma essay! Do tell!!

 

That sounds perfect! (As long as it wasn't a research project for a class -- as I recall, they say not to discuss cheating in an academic setting). What did you do? You must remember that! I think it's the thought processes you went through they want to hear about and not the details of the phony data.

 

uhhhhh, I would really stay away from that, Lola!! I had gone to a seminar offered by a UCSF advisor who actually told us a story about a lady who wrote a story similar as yours(only difference was that those two people met at work). She was using it as an example of what NOT to do. I would strongly advice you to not do it.

On the other hand, the guy botching up numbers sounds like a good idea. So what if you don't know enough about it? you only have to write a paragraph anyway. Perhaps you can talk MORE about what thinking proceses you went through as you told/did not tell on him. Stuff like that. And hey, this issue is definitely something that will come up at the interivew so you will have something to talk about where YOU look good (as opposed to the other example where you look *not so good*). Know what I mean? Let me know what you decide!