Who wins out in the end? christians or kung-fu masters?

[uclacrewdude]

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ok, so applying to medical school is tough, b/c i dont know which part of my app i should augment more. im a jeet-kun-do instructor (actually trained w/brandon lee for a month!) and a devout catholic -- while i used to be a choir boy, now all i do is help collect funds for our various missions abroad into cuahoxtec, baja (sur), mexico. i know ive got a while to go (i graduate from temple in 2.5 yrs) but i figure its never too late to get started. so which should i start diving into deeper? i think i can get myself in a position to run the mission project like inside of a year, but it wouldnt leave much time for martial arts, not the time necessary to remain competitive. conversely, if i decided to hammer the jeet-kun-do more [and honestly, it would probably require me spending ALL SUMMER in the huangdong province where one of my uncles lives; im not even kidding, he lives on a farm thats like right out of kill bill. different style of training, but better nonetheless ... all this before i open my own dojo, which will have to compete w/my parent dojo]. i mean, which do you guys think is better: the spiritual community-based leadership dealy, or the athletic community-based leadership thingy? both are pretty philosophical in my eyes. is there any sort of preference from adcoms, as to the spiritual guilt of me being an honest, hardworking christian, or the cultural guilt i can induce by being from an exotic eastern discipline? your thoughts are greatly appreciated ahead of time! thx 👍 😎 😀

 

[Sirius Black]

The martial arts thing is different, and you want to stand out for adcoms. They probably hear the Christian thing a lot - maybe the work others do would not be as extensive as yours - but its been done. (If you're applying to Loyola or Loma Linda, go with Jesus)

 

[liverotcod]

If you want to be a competitive athlete, the time to do so is when you are young. Later on in life, you can still be a martial arts teacher. I think youth is for doing, and age is for teaching and managing.

Not to say that we should be inactive as we age; quite the contrary. But it becomes harder and harder to be truly competitive. You really only get one chance at that.

Likewise, managing a mission is something you can do whenever you like, later on.