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Succeeding Socially?
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
it's like those kids in college with a 3.8+ GPA and 34+ MCAT but they get rejected from all these med schools after doing their interviews because they are just SOOOO socially awkward and all they've done during college is study study study. | ||
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sMi.SyMPhOnY
United States226 Posts
+there is no singular definition for success in anything, success is subjective and relative to what you as a person views as satisfying enough for your needs Write about your social life (no matter what type it is) , and why it is important and fulfilling to you | ||
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Ronald_McD
Canada807 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
Look up the halo effect Good looks = good person good at everything subconsciously. | ||
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25981 Posts
On March 17 2010 07:05 Ronald_McD wrote: I think it's not just things like having lots of friends, but also being part of a community and helping people out too. I'd agree with this too. It's basically who is a community role model? Look at his traits and see which overlap with what you have. | ||
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ShaperofDreams
Canada2492 Posts
Med school is dif though 12 hours a day. Basically they want confidence. | ||
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Ftrunkz
Australia2474 Posts
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On March 17 2010 07:06 buickskylark wrote: anyone can explain what socially awkward is? I find myself in those situations but I can't quite explain what they are. I think the psych def of it more puts you into the category of people who think chairs are people. To what I think when I hear socially awkward. Are people in certain social groups and situations performing poorly when fitting into that situation or group thus making awkward moments. You should meet my friend Ben he’s the most incompetent person when it comes to perceiving social norms along with his horrible way of speaking but he fits in just fine with our group and a lot of groups because people get used to him. As far as the essay i always hated those i always did much better in person. As i'm a mean bastard when it comes to taking sides, i'd write well i haven't gone out and kill six people yet and people don't run away from me when i come up to them, i'd call that doing just fine socially. Then i'd go on that you are writing clearly writing an academic paper based off sucking up talking about your social abilities? Imo just relate the social scene around what the scholarship is about, like if it's about being a certain culture or w.e. There are too many gray lines when you talk about success and social, it's like manners it varies from group to group there is not bar to just measure you are here in the ladder of success. | ||
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
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leejas
United States440 Posts
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SkylineSC
United States564 Posts
its not a popularity contest. talk about experiences of accomplishing things in groups. Means going out and seeing/hanging out once in a while. it def does not mean that lol... if you can work well in groups, do your work. they don't give a shit if you play SC with all your free time. cuz its still social... and i hardly think they care how often you go out. it means nothing. | ||
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milo
116 Posts
On March 17 2010 07:27 SkylineSC wrote: i think they want to know you can work with people... its not a popularity contest. talk about experiences of accomplishing things in groups. it def does not mean that lol... if you can work well in groups, do your work. they don't give a shit if you play SC with all your free time. cuz its still social... and i hardly think they care how often you go out. it means nothing. This. They want to know if you've got the necessary people skills. Mention any jobs (customer service jobs are a plus here) or community service you've done. | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
Well every time I see this brought up on prompts, I define it as realizing that there is more than just you and your life. Your success is very much a product of someone's work and more often than not you'll be working with other people and relying on other people's work. In other words, as long as you make it clear that you can't succeed or that it will be very difficult for you to succeed solely by yourself, you'll be fine. Importance of quantity, quality, etc. is how you define it. As long as you define it in your paper beforehand, then you're fine. So define social success first (something people with shitty essay writing skills fail to do very often), then back it up. | ||
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0xDEADBEEF
Germany1235 Posts
On March 17 2010 07:06 Virtue wrote: Good looks help a lot in life. You don't need social skills just be a looker. Look up the halo effect Good looks = good person good at everything subconsciously. Yes. This is one of the best ways (if not the best) to generally improve yourself. If you get better looking, you'll have more self-confidence, which affects EVERYTHING you do. You'll probably get better at *everything*, and feel good. This way, you can also easily overshadow other weaknesses you might have. Plus, you'll obviously have more success with the other gender, and furthermore people of the same gender will tend to *respect* you more. One might think this is only true for girls, but I believe it's also true for guys, just to a lesser extent, and more on a subconscious level. | ||
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PH
United States6173 Posts
On March 17 2010 07:04 sMi.SyMPhOnY wrote: this question is stupid +there is no singular definition for success in anything, success is subjective and relative to what you as a person views as satisfying enough for your needs Write about your social life (no matter what type it is) , and why it is important and fulfilling to you Of course it is...and if you thought it through for just a few more seconds, you'd realize that the people who came up with that prompt also understand that. They want to know about the applicant through this paper. This is a way for the school's admissions people to know the applicant on a more personal level. They're not gonna ask him a question with a "singular definition"...they WANT an answer that is subjective and contingent to the individual. God... | ||
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
On March 17 2010 08:34 0xDEADBEEF wrote: Yes. This is one of the best ways (if not the best) to generally improve yourself. If you get better looking, you'll have more self-confidence, which affects EVERYTHING you do. You'll probably get better at *everything*, and feel good. This way, you can also easily overshadow other weaknesses you might have. Plus, you'll obviously have more success with the other gender, and furthermore people of the same gender will tend to *respect* you more. One might think this is only true for girls, but I believe it's also true for guys, just to a lesser extent, and more on a subconscious level. No matter how over-the-top this sounds, I've found myself admiring other guys for this very reason, and comparing them to myself quite often. It might be a confidence issue, jealousy, or plain admiration. Either way, improving yourself should have at least some effect. It's on my own to-do list. Have you ever noticed that you seem to be a lot more confident and outgoing if you're simply wearing nicer clothes, styled hair, things as simple as that. | ||
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Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
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Chef
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On March 17 2010 11:31 Archaic wrote: No matter how over-the-top this sounds, I've found myself admiring other guys for this very reason, and comparing them to myself quite often. It might be a confidence issue, jealousy, or plain admiration. Either way, improving yourself should have at least some effect. It's on my own to-do list. Have you ever noticed that you seem to be a lot more confident and outgoing if you're simply wearing nicer clothes, styled hair, things as simple as that. I think that trying to measure success on an empirical level is useful to professionals and employers, but rather insulting on an individual level. I measure success based on how eccentric I'm allowed to be in a given social situation. If I have to conform strictly to other people's notions of attractiveness, I feel sad and trapped. If I can wear a pillow on my head and a cape among friends, I know I have their hearts. Does it mean having a lot of friends on facebook, having a lot of friends at school, not having a lot of friends but few close ones, being a suck up, etc.? It means can you talk to people without making them feel uncomfortable. If you're only sociable among close friends, then that's probably something they'd be concerned about. They want you to be able to talk to other professionals, work in groups, and generally just be likable on a level of acquaintance. That's what I think I'd want to know if I were interviewing someone and asked that. | ||
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Never.Die
Japan189 Posts
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
Scholarship is yours. Trust me in this. | ||
Smix
United States4549 Posts
Best of luck in getting the scholarship! | ||
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
people who havent been in enough social situations to define their boundaries and banter | ||
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