Which do you think is a better topic for my diversity essay?
I'm panicking because I can't decide which is better.
I'm panicking because I can't decide which is better.
Which do you think is a better topic for my diversity essay?
I'm panicking because I can't decide which is better.
I keep thinking that the whole biracial thing is cool. But maybe not to AdComs?
Hmmm I honestly am torn between photography and being biracial. Both are super important aspect of my life. I'm just not sure which will be better or sound better to Adcoms.
Do you think photography a common theme amongst applicants / would that be a good way to stick out?
Spend an hour per topic drafting what you want to say. If you can't find a non-cringe-worthy way to say how each contributes something unique to your future medical school, then listen to that.
If I recall correctly from your other post, you're half-Japanese. There are a LOT of Asian and half-Asian students in medical school. A LOT. So that won't bring anything to your school that it won't already have LOTS of...
And a Japanese student into photography? Where I come from, that's actually a stereotype -- so yeah, not diverse either.
Loving the outdoors -- appealing, but also not unusual.
None of the above.
If that's the best you have, maybe take the flip-side argument that in looking for differences, you realized how trivial all your differences really are and that through this realization, you've come to appreciate how much we all really have in common, and how little many of the more visible differences really matter.
Ouch, I didn't realize that my topic choices were that poor. Ugh back to the drawing board...
If pressed, I'd pick the A) choice . . . if you have a deep enough understanding of the Japanese culture and world view and can share that mindset with med school peers.You don't like my choices either?
1) Yes.@Catalystik 1) so do you think choice A is better than the photography option?
2) And with choice A - you wouldn't spin it with the whole cultural competency aspect?
1) Yes.
2) If you are culturally competent with other cultures that most classmates will have less experience with, then you could approach the question in a less-exclusive way.
You would discuss cultural competency with more than 1-2 other cultures.@Catalystik What do you mean in a less-exclusive way?