If we admitted you, what would you want to get involved in here?

Whether your interest survives contact with detail, and whether you'll be an active member of the community.

How to structure your answer

1Name specific organizations or programs
2Why each
3What you'd bring to it

Name real groups by name — ASDA chapter, specific outreach clinics, research labs
Connect to what you've already done elsewhere
Include one thing you'd start or improve

A strong answer

What lands

Two, honestly, because I'd rather do two well. The ASDA chapter, since I ran a campus food pantry for two years and the part I was actually decent at was the boring part, the budget and the volunteer schedule, and chapters always need that person. And the outreach clinic days, especially anything going into schools. One thing I'd want to start: the pantry taught me people stop coming back when hours are unpredictable, so a standing monthly date instead of one big event a year.

Two commitments, prior evidence behind each, and one specific improvement he'd bring.

A weak answer

What most people say

I'd want to get involved in as much as I could, honestly. Student government, the pre-dental mentoring, research if there's an opening, the outreach clinics, maybe a specialty club or two. I've always been the kind of person who takes advantage of everything available, and I'd want to make the most of the four years and be part of the community.

Lists everything, which reads as having committed to nothing.

The trap

⚠Naming things that don't exist there, or listing so many it's obvious you'd do none. Two or three, well-justified.

Reading it isn't the same as saying it.

Most people can explain a good answer and still fall apart saying one out loud. Admitted asks you all 100 questions in a faculty voice, records you, and scores your pace and filler words.

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