244: Trauma Dumping in Grad Admissions Essays
Mar 15, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
In this episode, I discuss the tricky topic of how to approach sharing deeply personal experiences, and even traumas, in graduate school application essays. I focus on the concept of “trauma dumping” and offer guidance on how to share impactful experiences without causing harm to oneself or others, emphasizing that trauma doesn’t need to be disclosed to write a compelling and powerful application essay.
Here's a link to an article I mentioned on the show on "Different Types of Trauma: Small 't' versus Large ‘T’."
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