talking about a 4 year old activity in my PS? Please advise

[yellowbus]

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Hi,
Any thoughts on briefly referencing an undergrad leadership in my PS if undergrad ended 4 years ago? I was co-president of a student organization ( I know a lot of people do it). While it was a significant part of my undergrad experience and I can discuss it in interviews/ show examples of leadership, it is also 4 years old :/

I currently have a paragraph where I talk about leadership experience my physician who I work for demonstrates and I'm trying to use that to highlight why MD/DO rather than say NP/PA. I have been told I do enough showing in my other paragraphs but kind of worrried that without using my own leadership experiences, I'll just be "telling" rather than "showing" how important having ultimate responsibility is to me.
I do have my student organization in my 700 character activities section (but not a meaningful activity) - or do you think this would be enough?


Thank you

 

[deleted610572]

I’d stand clear of drawing comparisons to a midlevels. Just talk about “why medicine”. Drawing comparisons to other professions can get tricky because you don’t want to talk bad about them so stick to your passion about medicine

 

[yellowbus]

Thank you for your advice. I wanted to avoid it for the same reason and also didn't want adcoms to think I'm teaching them about scopes of medicine. However my pre-health adviser suggested my current essay can be applicable to other health professionals and to distinguish why physician :/

Would it be risky then to talk about how I myself need to seek in depth knowledge to confidently assess diagnoses? I'm confident in the care of NP's and PA's who took care of me but I know I wouldn't feel confident of myself if I had 2-3 years of rigorous education/training (I would still want the intensive residency and possible fellowships for my own peace of mind)

 

[MusicDOc124]

If it's important enough to you, and you demonstrated leadership rather than simply witnessing it, I'd utilize it. But due to it's age, I wouldn't let that time period be more than the paragraph in reference.

pre-health adviser suggested my current essay can be applicable to other health professionals and to distinguish why physician :/

Bad advice. Anything you apply to should have a different personal statement.

 

[MusicDOc124]

I’d stand clear of drawing comparisons to a midlevels. Just talk about “why medicine”. Drawing comparisons to other professions can get tricky because you don’t want to talk bad about them so stick to your passion about medicine

I 2nd this.