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[kittenfiesta]

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One of the programs (Kansas University Med) I am applying to has a supplemental essay portion that is asking why I'm choosing that specific school and program. I'm having a hard time coming up with specific points. Especially since I'm applying to 10 programs all based on location, perquisites requirements, and OTD accreditation status. What is a good way to come up with points on why that school is interesting without sounding cliche? I was thinking of looking over their coursework, but it's common to other program curriculums.

 

[roobeck]

I went to the website and looking into the focus areas of specific professors, talked about the ones that interested me most. I also used to educational philosophy listed on the website and talked about why I liked it.

 

[AustinOT]

One of the programs (Kansas University Med) I am applying to has a supplemental essay portion that is asking why I'm choosing that specific school and program. I'm having a hard time coming up with specific points. Especially since I'm applying to 10 programs all based on location, perquisites requirements, and OTD accreditation status. What is a good way to come up with points on why that school is interesting without sounding cliche? I was thinking of looking over their coursework, but it's common to other program curriculums.

I would go to their website and see if you can pick out some specific things you like about the program. I also just picked schools based off of location/prerequisites, but then when I looked more into the program I was able to find things that I really did like about the program. I would look at this page and come up with a few things based off of it: Why choose KU?

 

[kittenfiesta]

I went to the website and looking into the focus areas of specific professors, talked about the ones that interested me most. I also used to educational philosophy listed on the website and talked about why I liked it.

This is great advice since several of the professors have experience in areas that I'm interested in. Thank you!

 

[gOT2beOT]

When talking about curriculum, if a program generally has traditional coursework is it okay to say the OTD courses are what you find unique? I was a health admin major in undergrad so I do find importance in understanding the driving forces in the industry. This is hard. This is the only essay where I have to do a 'why an OTD here vs a MOT somewhere else' prompt.