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I am a bit stuck regarding this question which I am sure many have either written about or have been asked during an interview. I know the default response is "I wish I had tried harder/known that I wanted to do dentistry earlier/gotten more involved with community service", but I want to deviate from that a bit.
I know there are a variety of ways to go with this prompt, but the main problem for me is an issue of appearing to dismiss the question entirely, which is totally not my intention. Would a thoughtful response that boils down to something like "I regret my performance, but it really made me get my butt in gear and changing my undergraduate experience would drastically alter my path to wanting to become a dentist - X, Y, Z are reasons why" be a big mistake?
I am getting second thoughts about offering up flaws from my undergrad career when they aren't explicitly asked for (though I suspect the question is somewhat fishing for it). I've heard people say to go with non-dental-related activities, or to just say that you were a stupid undergrad and you would change that in so many words. I feel like my original response is the most honest take I could provide, but don't want to burden myself with any unforced errors during this thing.
I'm way overthinking this one, I realize - but being a reapplicant will make you do that. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
I know there are a variety of ways to go with this prompt, but the main problem for me is an issue of appearing to dismiss the question entirely, which is totally not my intention. Would a thoughtful response that boils down to something like "I regret my performance, but it really made me get my butt in gear and changing my undergraduate experience would drastically alter my path to wanting to become a dentist - X, Y, Z are reasons why" be a big mistake?
I am getting second thoughts about offering up flaws from my undergrad career when they aren't explicitly asked for (though I suspect the question is somewhat fishing for it). I've heard people say to go with non-dental-related activities, or to just say that you were a stupid undergrad and you would change that in so many words. I feel like my original response is the most honest take I could provide, but don't want to burden myself with any unforced errors during this thing.
I'm way overthinking this one, I realize - but being a reapplicant will make you do that. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
