Schools that have religious affiliation and abortion

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Hi all,

Hopefully someone could give me feedback. I have volunteer experience with Planned Parenthood. I was wondering if that might get me an automatic rejection from a DO school with religious affiliation should they find out (it looks like a few schools out there)? Thanks.

 

[midweststudent1]

Hi all,

Hopefully someone could give me feedback. I have volunteer experience with Planned Parenthood. I was wondering if that might get me an automatic rejection from a DO school with religious affiliation should they find out (it looks like a few schools out there)? Thanks.

If you're talking about LUCOM or William Carey, I prob would NOT include it....prob wouldn't be an automatic rejection tho

 

[GypsyHummus]

Agreed with above user, prob best not to include it at those schools, but probs not an auto reject.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

How do you not include it? It's part of your primary application.

Anyways, Planned Parenthood does more than abortions. No school will penalize you ( Save for LUCOM) and many will consider it effective experience.

 

[BorntobeDO?]

If your experience is not specifically all about abortions, and more on wellness visits and birth control, than no one will have issues (even LUCOM). If you mention abortions, I feel like that is asking for trouble. Your going to turn every interview into an 'ethics' one. And I hate ethics interviews, nobody wins, and they waste peoples time for the most part. I would much rather talk about myself as a complete person than my views on a topic so narrow as abortion (although they are just looking for open mindedness on any of these topics).

I would include planned parenthood (cause that's definitely undeserved right there), but I would focus on what you did/shadowed, and leave out anything about abortions.

 

[Goro]

Probably only LUCOM. Don't know what MUCOM will think. You're fine at all others. So chill.

Hi all,

Hopefully someone could give me feedback. I have volunteer experience with Planned Parenthood. I was wondering if that might get me an automatic rejection from a DO school with religious affiliation should they find out (it looks like a few schools out there)? Thanks.

 

[CajunMedic]

Doubt it would even raise an eyebrow here at William Carey. The COM is fairly insulated from the undergrad side.

 

[touchpause13]

I included being in a pro-choice group on my primary app, and it was never brought up at any of my interviews - the religious schools I interviewed at were MUCOM and CUSOM. I think only LUCOM would care, and I doubt you want to go there anyways.
Plus don't most schools have a Medical Students for Choice chapter? I highly doubt that religious schools are trying to weed out pro-choice applicants.