Special Circumstances HELP Common App

N_s_Mom
Sun, 11 Oct 2015 02:11:52 +0000

Name-dropping (even someone as cool as RBG) is not classy. Nor will it help your application. You are applying, not her. If you had worked for her, then yes, as an employer, fine. But just because you know her and are related? I’d be embarrassed to even ask.

As for the DR trip, you can mention it. But it only demonstrates that you are one of those upper middle class kids whose parents can afford to spend money on int’l junkets. If you had gotten something important out it or it was somehow related to your educational interests or goals, then it might have been worth bringing up - as is, I wouldn’t bother. (Of course, if you pre-med, here’s your chance to explain where your interest in tropical diseases came from…)