Would you include a tragedy in your post-secondaries section?

[basupran]

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During my freshman year of colllege, my house was involved in a major fire. I pretty much took charge and took care of everything. In a way, it did influence me to become a physician, as I learned to handle insane workloads as well as how to handle tragedy. Should I include it in my post-secondaries?

 

[supchopdog]

I'd say that you should put something like that into your personal statement if you can work it in, rather than in the post-secondary section.

btw, where did you attend school?

 

[basupran]

I can't integrate it into my PS...has nothing to do with it.....would it be too wierd to throw it in to my post-secondaries?

 

[basupran]

Originally posted by supchopdog
I'd say that you should put something like that into your personal statement if you can work it in, rather than in the post-secondary section.

btw, where did you attend school?

I went to school in NY btw.

 

[Lab-Rat21]

YES, post-sec experiences are for activities, being in a tragedy is not an activity unless it was a stage production that benefitted the homeless and medically underserved, etc....

 

[TTSD]

Yeah.. I've always wondered how to explain why during my freshman sophomore years I spent half of my time away from school and the other half sleeping.

I mean, really.. where are you going to put onto your application your mom was bipolar and suicidal, your brother was a gangster, your dad never spent time at the house, and you were always on the borderline of financial ruin?

 

[spumoni620]

Originally posted by TTSD
Yeah.. I've always wondered how to explain why during my freshman sophomore years I spent half of my time away from school and the other half sleeping.

I mean, really.. where are you going to put onto your application your mom was bipolar and suicidal, your brother was a gangster, your dad never spent time at the house, and you were always on the borderline of financial ruin?

Why can't you include that in the special essay AMCAS has for those who are disadvantaged? (P.S. same for the housefire, basupran?)

 

[Enkindu]

You might just save the story as a secret weapon for your interviews. I think a story like that would definitely help you stand out, especially if the interviewers hear it first from you. Just tell them the truth- that it didn't fit well anywhere in your app.

 

[basupran]

Originally posted by TTSD
I mean, really.. where are you going to put onto your application your mom was bipolar and suicidal, your brother was a gangster, your dad never spent time at the house, and you were always on the borderline of financial ruin?

Disadvantaged?

 

[Sonya]

dang guys.. dang. what do you think your PS is for??
If it REALLY DID influence your descision to pursue medicine, put it in there. If it was a side thing... it's fine in a secondary/interview.

It is NOT a post secondary experience... it sounds weird t here. but then, they DO accept hobbies.. so.. who knows. No, you wont get rejected for describing it in post sec experiences, but it does not belong there... besides, which heading would you use?

sonya

 

[Paws]

This is a great experience to write about for the secondaries, I think. You could pull alot of great ideas out of what you learned and it's more intimate and personal.

 

[basupran]

Thanks for all the advice....I didn't want to put it in my PS because I didn't feel it was as important as some other things....I will however save it for my secondaries....I just gotta get this darn thing out.

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