EDM raving/festivals on app? Help!
Hi friends so I’ve been conflicted about whether I should mention that I go to raves and what it means to me.
I think there’s a part in the application or interview where it asks about a defining moment in your life or an accomplishment. My options are being an RDA or this I think. I haven’t experienced loss or many unique hardships. I’ve been on a couple trips and I guess I couuuld stretch it writing on a solo trip, but I definitely wouldn’t consider it a self-defining experience. Obviously being an RDA looks good, and I can talk about my clinic and experiences that made me want to pursue dentistry, but I’m worried it’s too generic and I won’t stand out.
I’m also worried the stigma around raving culture with drugs will blacklist me, or at least negatively affect their perception of me and they’ll think that I do drugs. If I do write on it, I probably would stick to words like “dancing” “festival” and talk about the music without specifying EDM or using the word rave. It’s made me a lot more open minded and accepting, easygoing, less stressed, I’m less judgemental since going to these kinds of things. I feel like it really has changed the person I am and has shaped me to be a kinder, more loving person and being more intentional/present in my life. I’m more hippie-ish. That’s the part I’d want to talk about.
TLDR; do I make the self-defining moment/big accomplishment in my life being an RDA or how going to festivals has changed me as a person?