Diversity Statement Question
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:31 pm
In submitting an additional statement to a certain school on what makes me unique, I wrote specifically about a severe injury I sustained in the army. I talked about how I subsequently developed Post traumatic stress disorder and how my own actions to overcome it allowed me to discover certain personality traits that I believe will enrich the student body's diversity and leverage the education I receive towards the ambitions I explained elsewhere in my app.
I have no doubt it is well written and that at the very least it makes me stand out. My only concern is that I am essentially disclosing that I had a mental disorder, which I did overcome. Do you think that could be detrimental to my chances in any way?
Thanks for the help!
I have no doubt it is well written and that at the very least it makes me stand out. My only concern is that I am essentially disclosing that I had a mental disorder, which I did overcome. Do you think that could be detrimental to my chances in any way?
Thanks for the help!