What is maturity?

[medDaisuki]

How to show adcom that you are mature in your app and interview?


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[LnSin]

By not asking how to be mature on an Internet forum...


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[medDaisuki]

I know it is an odd question but my PI recently told me I need to be more mature during a casual chat. I'm just wondering what exactly maturity is.


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[medDaisuki]

By not asking how to be mature on an Internet forum...


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Lol


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[TheBiologist]

I know it is an odd question but my PI recently told me I need to be more mature during a casual chat. I'm just wondering what exactly maturity is.


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just out of my own curiosity what exactly do you say/do? Are you a freshman in college

 

[Kurk]

Great question; you posted for me.

How to become mature? I don't really know. I'm hoping working in EMS under ****ty conditions in the ghetto will make me mature.

There is physical maturity
Social maturity
Emotional maturity

Mature people don't bitch and complain; typically don't gossip; know when to shutup; can read other peoples' emotions and respond appropriately;

anyone else?

 

[Lifeblood_20]

Mature people are...
1. Able to consider things from other people's point of view and behave accordingly
2. Able to control their emotions and take responsibilities for their words/actions
3. Able to see the bigger picture instead of petty things
4. Able to own up to their mistakes

Just things that come to mind.

 

[Medic741]

Great question; you posted for me.

How to become mature? I don't really know. I'm hoping working in EMS under ****ty conditions in the ghetto will make me mature.

There is physical maturity
Social maturity
Emotional maturity

Mature people don't bitch and complain; typically don't gossip; know when to shutup; can read other peoples' emotions and respond appropriately;

anyone else?

Lol the school of hard knocks. It'll also make you bitter and hard, esp w the coworkers you'll be working with. Careful there, working in the ghetto *sucks*.

Maturity...
-being a professional
-doing everything you touch w excellence
-stay STRICTLY positive when discussing others
-being able to walk in after a super shifty day with a smile on your face & not burdening others with your problems.

 

[Kurk]

Oh I already am 🙂

It'll also make you bitter and hard

 

[DBC03]

Two aspects are discernment and thoughtfulness (just wrote about these, so they came to mind). Know when to keep an open mind and a closed mouth - when to speak and act and when to remain quiet and have patience. I agree that speaking positively when talking of others is important. Knowing when to ask for advice and who to ask is also important. I would also add humility. Humility is understanding your own positive qualities and what you add to this world, yet not considering yourself more important than others.

Maturity is easy to recognize but hard to describe.

 

[AttemptingScholar]

Body language, a willingness to admit you are wrong or at fault, and a mature speaking style come to mind as things that haven't been repeated in the thread.
For body language: Keeping a smile on your face (work on it if you suffer from RBF), arms and legs not crossed, not fidgeting or shifting side to side, and eye contact.
For a mature speaking style: Drop the ums, uhs, and likes. Be grammatically correct in sentence structure like you needed to be on the SAT (don't compare November's average temperatures to just to month of November), and be specific in your adjectives (avoid common words like good, great, bad, cool, weird and fine a similar word that fits the situation)

Note this is NOT maturity, but rather a few ways to help portray it. If you are immature, don't care about other's feelings or place in the conversation, are shortsighted, etc. that will show through more than any body language can fix.

 

[wizzed101]

It's not that hard to recognize. The common theme of all the definitions listed here is rationality.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw
Mediocrity is the hallmark of maturity. But there is nothing wrong with that.

 

[Medic741]

Thought about this a good bit...

Maturity is completely accepting/owning the consequences to your actions

 

[DrHart]

Learning from experiences with people who are different from and smarter than you. Knowing when to stop talking.

 

[Iz_FtB]

Lots of good answers here.

I'd say a mature person is able to tailor their decisions, behaviour, and speech in a way that matches the people and environment they find themselves with. Understanding the "why" behind that tailoring is essential.

 

[deleted407021]

How to show maturity specifically to med school admissions?

Have a record of good grades -- shows academic ability and consistency in managing academic work, over time. A strong upward trend in grades demonstrates maturity, had you made mistakes in the past and learned from them.

Have some leadership experience and be able to talk about what difference you made in those positions and what skills you learned or applied.

Show in your essays and interview that you can speak cogently about your goals, interests, motivations, strength and weaknesses. Basically, a mature applicant knows themselves and this comes through to the admissions people. Learn to communicate effectively and respectfully about the needs of others. Volunteering is good for this.

When you draft essays, as well as having people read for content and grammar, also have them rate how mature it reads, because you can come off as more or less mature in your writing style.

That's what I could think of. Good luck!

 

[Goro]

To this, add consistency in efforts

How to show maturity specifically to med school admissions?

Have a record of good grades -- shows academic ability and consistency in managing academic work, over time. A strong upward trend in grades demonstrates maturity, had you made mistakes in the past and learned from them.

Have some leadership experience and be able to talk about what difference you made in those positions and what skills you learned or applied.

Show in your essays and interview that you can speak cogently about your goals, interests, motivations, strength and weaknesses. Basically, a mature applicant knows themselves and this comes through to the admissions people. Learn to communicate effectively and respectfully about the needs of others. Volunteering is good for this.

When you draft essays, as well as having people read for content and grammar, also have them rate how mature it reads, because you can come off as more or less mature in your writing style.

That's what I could think of. Good luck!