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Hey there. I was wondering, could someone tell me what schools are trans friendly, and how I should best broach the issue during the application process? Are there many trans medical students out there? Am I considered underrepresented? Should I worry about prejudice from the admissions committee?
Thank you for your advice. I would not bring this up at all but my experiences have sharpened my desire to be a doctor, as the health care/health status of trans people in America is pretty abysmal.
Hey there. I was wondering, could someone tell me what schools are trans friendly, and how I should best broach the issue during the application process? Are there many trans medical students out there? Am I considered underrepresented? Should I worry about prejudice from the admissions committee?
Thank you for your advice. I would not bring this up at all but my experiences have sharpened my desire to be a doctor, as the health care/health status of trans people in America is pretty abysmal.
Where did you see that? I'm willing to bet that if that was the case that it wasn't because she was transgendered. The admin always seemed open to the LGBT community.Duke, which just kicked a trans girl out of housing)
Are you applying this year or next? Can you keep us (or at least me via PM updated on how things are going? I'm really interested to hear. I am applying right now and i am out/queer, i never explicity state how i identify in my applications but discuss a lot of LGBT activism work and it has been working out well for me, so i'd be willing to discuss privately in more details which schools have responded which ways towards it. THanksworst case scenario: they read my personal statement and think i'm some sort of freak....
best case: they think I'll add diversity and give my app a boost
I just hope it's the latter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys are so sweet. Thank you for commenting on my post so quickly. I agree that the best schools for me are the most competitive--kind of a downer! I am from North Carolina, and I just don't see myself getting into the med schools here(Think ECU, Wake Forest, UNC, and Duke, which just kicked a trans girl out of housing)
Are you applying this year or next? Can you keep us (or at least me via PM updated on how things are going? I'm really interested to hear. I am applying right now and i am out/queer, i never explicity state how i identify in my applications but discuss a lot of LGBT activism work and it has been working out well for me, so i'd be willing to discuss privately in more details which schools have responded which ways towards it. THanks
Loma Linda.
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Loma Linda.
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Yeah, you may have a problem at openly Christian medical schools, but you will have like 122 other medical schools to choose from. I think that if your app is reviewed by someone from an older generation you will have a harder time, just from generational bias, but if you apply broadly there are some LGBT friendly schools out there who would have no problems with it.
I would say to be careful about this sweeping generalization, and only listen to people that actually go to these schools. I go to Loyola (one of the Jesuit schools) and have nothing but positive experiences to report. It would be a shame for members of the GLBT community to write my school off as a possibility because of uninformed opinions like the one above.
Sorry, I should have been more specific. LLU is alot more conservative, and I know at LLU that it wouldn't fly. You would probably definitely have better chance at the Jesuit schools.I would say to be careful about this sweeping generalization, and only listen to people that actually go to these schools. I go to Loyola (one of the Jesuit schools) and have nothing but positive experiences to report. It would be a shame for members of the GLBT community to write my school off as a possibility because of uninformed opinions like the one above.
I would not bring this up at all but my experiences have sharpened my desire to be a doctor, as the health care/health status of trans people in America is pretty abysmal.
You guys are so sweet. Thank you for commenting on my post so quickly. I agree that the best schools for me are the most competitive--kind of a downer! I am from North Carolina, and I just don't see myself getting into the med schools here(Think ECU, Wake Forest, UNC, and Duke, which just kicked a trans girl out of housing)
I hate to say this, as I consider myself to be a pretty open-minded person. There is still a lot of prejudice (there was just an article talking about how there is a lot of prejudice in the medical community). Unless, you want to use it in your "How I faced a challenge" essays, I would conform in appearance for interviews, and not mention in it in your essays. Once you get accepted be whoever you are.