Guide to the Med School DISADVANTAGED ESSAY + READING mine

Answering your biggest questions when it comes to the med school disadvantaged essay for AMCAS.
"Do you wish to be considered as disadvantaged?" This section of the AMCAS is one of the most confusing parts, and a lot of applicants are hesitant on selecting "YES". In this video I go through the steps to help you figure out whether or not you are disadvantaged, what you should focus on, how you should go about writing it, as well as read my own example of the AMCAS disadvantaged essay.
Hope you find this helpful!
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00:00 Intro
00:12 The Prompt
00:49 To Select "yes" or Not? That is the Question.
01:22 Examples of Factors that Could Put You at a Disadvantage
01:46 Considerations in Answering the Question
03:52 Addressing Some Possible Worries
05:20 Writing Tips + Things to Avoid
06:41 WARNING
07:13 Reading My Disadvantaged Essay
08:28 Outro
Photos are from the following artists on Unsplash, as they appear:
Olga Kononenko, Teddy Österblom, Joran Quinten, Daniel Irmler
Music by: Mark Generous - A Step Forward - thmatc.co/?l=1BBAFEB0

[@georginacedeno7241]

cheering for you girl!!!! thank you for helping me with this aspect of the application!!!

[@AnnieOhhAnniee]

Thank you so much for posting this!!

[@kayleefreitas]

Amazing breakdown. I needed this!! Thank you thank you. 🙏🏻

[@nsquaredmd]

Yay! I'm glad it helped!

[@adamlovesrandom5845]

Your videos are very inspiring and helpful I’m a senior in highschool and hope to get accepted to med school one day !

[@nsquaredmd]

LOVE to hear that 💛 Keep on cultivating your dreams!!

[@fk4866]

Your disadvantaged story was actually similar to mine

[@nsquaredmd]

Glad that you have been able to come this far despite your adversities! 💛