Using same activity for multiple secondaries

[nomorechicken]

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hi! i'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on writing about different stories from the same activity to answer secondaries - would this look redundant & make it seem like i have a limited breadth of experiences? for example, mt. sinai has 2 required essays and 1 optional, and i have two diff stories from the same lab experience that fit the 2 required prompts well. the stories themselves have no overlap at all and the lessons i've learned are very different, but i'm not sure if it's still better to vary the experiences i write about, esp with only 2 essays. thanks for any guidance!!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

hi! i'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on writing about different stories from the same activity to answer secondaries - would this look redundant & make it seem like i have a limited breadth of experiences? for example, mt. sinai has 2 required essays and 1 optional, and i have two diff stories from the same lab experience that fit the 2 required prompts well. the stories themselves have no overlap at all and the lessons i've learned are very different, but i'm not sure if it's still better to vary the experiences i write about, esp with only 2 essays. thanks for any guidance!!

Did you pre-write secondaries? You could have addressed this concern months ago if you realize your breadth of answers across experiences was not satisfactory (to you).

If you always draw water from the same well, many of us will start to wonder. But it's uncertain whether that is necessarily disqualifying.

 

[Goro]

Anything that raises an eyebrow as "there's something negative there" is to be avoided.

You don't want to have a screener wonder "does this applicant have a life outside if the lab???"