What audience should we gear the Significant Research Essay for? I'm applying this cycle, and I have written a draft so far. The language I used is geared toward people familiar with the field but not experts, because I assumed the primary audience is going to be faculty on the admissions committee, especially those with similar research interests as me (I think there are places to indicate this on the secondary apps).
However, when I showed it to my premed advisor, she said there was too much jargon, and I should assume the audience has very minimal background in biomedical science. In other words, the people reading the essay would not only be faculty, but also administrators, patient advocate, adcom members without scientific background, clinicians, etc.
For those with experience applying, or on MSTP committees, which is the correct audience? I really don't think I used too much jargon (probably on the level of abstracts from Nature, Science, or other journals geared toward the general scientific audience). My reasoning is that the people who are really going to care about the Significant Research Essay are the faculty members, and the other people (like admins and other adcom members), will care more about the other two essays.
However, when I showed it to my premed advisor, she said there was too much jargon, and I should assume the audience has very minimal background in biomedical science. In other words, the people reading the essay would not only be faculty, but also administrators, patient advocate, adcom members without scientific background, clinicians, etc.
For those with experience applying, or on MSTP committees, which is the correct audience? I really don't think I used too much jargon (probably on the level of abstracts from Nature, Science, or other journals geared toward the general scientific audience). My reasoning is that the people who are really going to care about the Significant Research Essay are the faculty members, and the other people (like admins and other adcom members), will care more about the other two essays.
