Profanity in personal challenge secondary

[fastboyslim]

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I'm going to write about certain incidents of racism I've had to deal w/. In order to effectively convey to the reader how intimidating and intense the circumstances were, I feel like I need to use a couple direct quotes of stuff people said to me, quotes that involve the f bomb. Is this a circumstance where profanity is acceptable?

 

[jwrigh69]

I'm going to write about certain incidents of racism I've had to deal w/. In order to effectively convey to the reader how intimidating and intense the circumstances were, I feel like I need to use a couple direct quotes of stuff people said to me, quotes that involve the f bomb. Is this a circumstance where profanity is acceptable?

Absolutely not. Infer what was said and how harsh it was.. that will convey the point.

 

[Simplify]

There has to be a more elegant way.

 

[BlueElmo]

I advise against using profanity. There are alternatives.

 

[fastboyslim]

There has to be a more elegant way.

There are more elegant ways, but my worry is that I'm going to be sanitizing the situation for the reader.

 

[CyclistOK]

No, don't do it.

 

[redsquareblack]

I think of F-bombs in the same class as throat tattoos: Interview killers.

 

[fastboyslim]

wow lol that was a pretty universal response. All in the first few minutes too.

 

[jwrigh69]

wow lol that was a pretty universal response. All in the first few minutes too.

Take the hint. 🙂

 

[RogueUnicorn]

do what feels right for you...

 

[teenmachinery1]

Yeah... um, don't do that. I know it'll be hard, but don't.

.. just don't.

 

[Poliscidoc]

Drop the F-BOMB in the app and thats all your going to be saying when you waisted $80 and never heard a peep...

 

[red10]

stead of writing the actual word can you just put " blah blah (expletive) blah blah"

 

[Leofet]

stead of writing the actual word can you just put " blah blah (expletive) blah blah"

I agree with censorship. We all have good imagination.

 

[Pills Of Soap]

OP, i didnt even read any of ur post. i just know the answer is no based on the thread name. grammatically, there should be ways to work around it and still convey the same meaning

 

[calnation]

I think it'd subconsciously turn some adcoms off to you just because it comes of as unprofessional, and they're interested in eventually putting out very professional people from their schools.

 

[UnfeatyOblation]

I'm sure you could imply the severity of what was said without actually saying it. But don't use any words you wouldn't say to an adcom at an interview.

 

[Disinence2]

I'd advise against it.

I've been called some colorful language in my day too, but I didn't include it in my medical school application

 

[futuredoctorboy]

Remember that your audience is an admissions committee composed of older, probably more conservative doctors, with probably a few students mixed in. It takes one distasteful word to turn them off. Try to convey the situation without using the expletives.

 

[45408]

**** no.


er, heck no. Don't do it. It couldn't possibly help you, and I would read it and think "Seriously? Did this guy just use the f-bomb in an essay for med school?"

 

[Amadelphous]

I agree with red

"expletive" or ****

will get the message across...that way you can still talk about the difficult situation and avoid offending your readers

 

[MegaProjectile]

You are not going to win brownie points for using crude language. You are filling out a medical school application and not a screen play for Quentin Tarantino.

 

[apumic]

unanimous, it's a NO!

 

[osumc2014]

how does the f word relate to racism? you should not use it, if it were a racist word I'd consider it

 

[Jolt21]

wow. when i read the OP, i thought it would be alright. just depending on how you phrase it. maybe even put f*ck or f***.