Discuss Personal Problems in essay?

LAMuniv
Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:26:04 +0000

@UMTYMP2015‌ Discussing the disease itself would be helpful - and taking an informal tone is best - but just make sure that you are only providing enough information to lay the foundation for what you’ll be talking about in the rest of the essay. It should be mostly about you, but if you’re writing about the disease and linking it to your academic interests, then you’ll have to let the reader know at least a bit about it, haha. One of your main challenges will be getting the perfect balance of talking about the disease and about yourself, but if you do find a good balance, it will be a great essay.

Also, keep in mind that most adcoms probably didn’t graduate with a degree in genetics like you want to - so make sure that you’re using extreme layman’s terms, as I’m sure you know. I’m excited to read your essay!