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I am in the process of writing my essays for the TMDSAS app. For my actual PS, I talked about my grandfather and how I became interested in medicine. Nothing special.
The second essay "Learning from others is enhanced in educational settings that include individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Please describe your personal characteristics (background, talents, skills, etc.) or experiences that would add to the educational experience of others." I talked about my dance and how that shaped me into the best I am today and what I learned from it that applies to my life. My question, is this a good topic? I have tons to write about and my current draft looks promising.
The third optional (it really isn't tbh) "Briefly discuss any unique circumstances or life experiences that are relevant to your application which has not previously been presented." Should I talk about the bad grades I have gotten like freshmen and soph year of college (these were Cs btw). I have mentioned briefly on my PS how my grades weren't so good but they improved (I got straight As late junior and all senior year). But is it worth writing a whole essay apologizing for the grades?
OR I am interested in primary care. I have always been, this is kind why I wanted to be a doctor in the first place. So, should I take this opportunity to take about my experience in medicine that drew me towards primary care? I shorta mentioned primary care in my PS and will definitely elaborate in my secondaries.
OR I could talk about my work at a women's center. This is something I didn't get to talk about anywhere and was just going to add it as my "most meaningful" but if this sounds good, I will write a whole essay on it. TSo, the women's center is for people who were met with sexual or domestic violence. I had to get a licence to be an advocate so that took a while before I could actually start working there. I comforted the clients through their time there- getting them whatever they need, either in the shelter or going to the store for them. I also answer a lot of crisis phone calls on our 24/7 hotline, so I worked with a lot of traumatized clients. But most importantly, this cause was definitely something I am passionate about, as I had some personal experiences as well.
Overall, whatever i don't end up writing an essay on will get mentioned in my secondaries when they ask "is there anything else you would like to tell adcoms?" actually for this, should I mention the mad grades? or should I just not mention it at all. As I said, I mentioned in my PS that I had academic shortcomings and why I had them and that they improved (this was like 2-3 sentences). and of source, I will mention primary care at some point.
TBH, my life is pretty vanilla lol. I have no special life experiences. My parents moved to America when I was little and my grandfather passed away (why I wanted to go into the medical field). And I got a decent education and my early college sucked but it got better. That's all lol.
I am in the process of writing my essays for the TMDSAS app. For my actual PS, I talked about my grandfather and how I became interested in medicine. Nothing special.
The second essay "Learning from others is enhanced in educational settings that include individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Please describe your personal characteristics (background, talents, skills, etc.) or experiences that would add to the educational experience of others." I talked about my dance and how that shaped me into the best I am today and what I learned from it that applies to my life. My question, is this a good topic? I have tons to write about and my current draft looks promising.
The third optional (it really isn't tbh) "Briefly discuss any unique circumstances or life experiences that are relevant to your application which has not previously been presented." Should I talk about the bad grades I have gotten like freshmen and soph year of college (these were Cs btw). I have mentioned briefly on my PS how my grades weren't so good but they improved (I got straight As late junior and all senior year). But is it worth writing a whole essay apologizing for the grades?
OR I am interested in primary care. I have always been, this is kind why I wanted to be a doctor in the first place. So, should I take this opportunity to take about my experience in medicine that drew me towards primary care? I shorta mentioned primary care in my PS and will definitely elaborate in my secondaries.
OR I could talk about my work at a women's center. This is something I didn't get to talk about anywhere and was just going to add it as my "most meaningful" but if this sounds good, I will write a whole essay on it. TSo, the women's center is for people who were met with sexual or domestic violence. I had to get a licence to be an advocate so that took a while before I could actually start working there. I comforted the clients through their time there- getting them whatever they need, either in the shelter or going to the store for them. I also answer a lot of crisis phone calls on our 24/7 hotline, so I worked with a lot of traumatized clients. But most importantly, this cause was definitely something I am passionate about, as I had some personal experiences as well.
Overall, whatever i don't end up writing an essay on will get mentioned in my secondaries when they ask "is there anything else you would like to tell adcoms?" actually for this, should I mention the mad grades? or should I just not mention it at all. As I said, I mentioned in my PS that I had academic shortcomings and why I had them and that they improved (this was like 2-3 sentences). and of source, I will mention primary care at some point.
TBH, my life is pretty vanilla lol. I have no special life experiences. My parents moved to America when I was little and my grandfather passed away (why I wanted to go into the medical field). And I got a decent education and my early college sucked but it got better. That's all lol.
