Secondary Diversity Question. Is this diverse enough?

[CatLover6]

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Question answered, so for privacy, I deleted it.

 

[LizzyM]

You seem to be mixing up diversity (having people in the group with varied life experiences) and disadvantage (growing up in a low income household, being dependent on government benefits for survival, lacking adequate access to health care.

So for diversity you have:
raised by a single mom with mental health issues who was highly educated and going to school during your youth
and yourself overcoming a language and cultural barrier as a youngster who had limited access to food and health care.

 

[Goro]

Hello, so I'm a bit torn on whether this is diverse enough of a background.


My parents aren’t divorced, but ever since I was 5, only my mom was in the same state as me. She was working hard to get her degree as I overcame a language and cultural barrier. She came to get higher education and also not be dragged back by other family who actively discouraged her because she was a woman. We weren’t able to afford yearly doctors visits and had school lunch help. She raised me on basically scholarships and student research position money. So definitely very little income.

Here's the thing tho. I feel like this could be diverse, but I’ve also heard that there’s lots of people who were first gen or second gen immigrants. And I never had to work to support the family, like a lot of other people I've read about, since my parent tried their best for me not to. She wanted me to be able to get my education without needing to worry about it like her. Also they are very educated, like beyond bachelor level of education (since she came here for higher education). I don't have a premed advisor, so I was wondering how you guys view this situation and if anyone has any advice?

Edit: Forgot to add that the reason why I think this could be diverse is that we've had multiple encounters with medical situations where we either couldn't afford the recommended meds or completely skipped going to the ER or something and chancing it in hopes that it goes away, which is why I think this could be related by diversity in medicine in particular. She also had a hard time getting help for mental health issues, which I had to convince her to do because of the asian stigma around mental health.

Your mom isn't applying to medical school, you are.

What's cool about you? What do YOU bring to a medical school Class to enrich it. It's not about ethnicity or culture.

 

[CatLover6]

You seem to be mixing up diversity (having people in the group with varied life experiences) and disadvantage (growing up in a low income household, being dependent on government benefits for survival, lacking adequate access to health care.

So for diversity you have:
raised by a single mom with mental health issues who was highly educated and going to school during your youth
and yourself overcoming a language and cultural barrier as a youngster who had limited access to food and health care.

I see. Thank you for making it clear!

 

[CatLover6]

Your mom isn't applying to medical school, you are.

What's cool about you? What do YOU bring to a medical school Class to enrich it. It's not about ethnicity or culture.

Thanks for the question. I will focus on the part that pertains more to me in the actual secondary.

 

[Goro]

Thanks for the question. I will focus on the part that pertains more to me in the actual secondary.

We approve of the screen name! Post a kitty pic!

 

[CatLover6]

Unfortunately I don't have a cat. 😢
But here's a cute cat from online.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Can we just start a separate thread... ? 🙂