2020 Rackham King Talks, Aya M. Waller-Bey
Channel: Rackham Graduate School - University of Michigan
Date: 2020-02-12

No Pain, No Gain: Sharing Trauma to Get In

Sociology Ph.D. student and former university admissions officer Aya Waller-Bey highlights what applicants may gain and lose when sharing personal details about their lives in university admissions essays, particularly with regard to pain and trauma.

Rackham Graduate School is proud to present our 3rd annual King Talks. This year’s talks featured graduate students sharing research and stories that reflect the 2020 MLK Symposium theme, “The (Mis)Education of US.”