Hello!
I am currently writing a common essay that I will be submitting for the Brown PLME ED program. The essay will focus on my experiences, or rather a particular experience, with volunteering at a local hospital.
Is this topic too cliche and overused? I would like to DM willing people a copy of the intro to my essay and request them to judge whether it’s a good topic or not for the common app.
Thank you!
Common App essay or PLME essay? They’re different things, and the PLME essays have specific prompts.
For the PLME, Brown looks for students with diverse interests perhaps outside of the typical life sciences realm seen in “traditional” pre-medical students. That being said, they still expect you to demonstrate top-notch aptitude in the sciences, and usually the successful applicants to the program have some kind of research/clinical/shadowing/etc. experience to support their declared interest in a career as a physician.
Your topic is not cliche or overused per se, and you will definitely want to use it, for the reasons I mentioned above. That being said, your critical (and difficult!) task is definitely going to be to put this in a unique light, for you specifically, and how your interests will be specifically suited to the options provided by the PLME. Hope this makes sense.