I need some advice and I don't know where to get it except here. if this is the wrong subreddit, then I'm sorry for the trouble.
I'm going for a scholarship interview for medicine and I've gotten a notice that they might reject my application solely due to my BMI unless I convince them my weight won't be an issue and that I can lose weight to a healthy BMI from now on. The reason being that doctor is a physically tough job and you need to be fit to get in. So I need advice on how to convince them that it's a non-issue.
it's quite disheartening and I'm lost. I've never had to convince someone my weight won't be an issue since it never had been an issue prior this and due to stress I can think of a valid reason. Every reason I think of seems inadequate that's why I need advice since I'm not exactly persuasive.
For info, 157 cm and 85 kg with 34.5 bmi. Previously I weight 97 kg with 38.5 bmi but this was reduce on a course of a slow and long 8 months ago. From what my counselor adviced, 8 months is such a long time to lose 12 kg that it will only convey that I'm not committed to lose the weight at all and I can't proved I did lose the weight.
I'm seriously lost since I really want to get this scholarship. My results are great, my public speaking skills is average but I've got experience in the field as a student medic. To know that my dreams can die just because of my BMI kills me.
Also, I only knew that they were concern about BMI just this morning and my interview is this Saturday. I've never saw any notes that BMI was an issue previously, it has never been noted in the scholarship forms and website but it's just that one of the interview panelist that was selected for this scholarship has been known to reject overweight people in the past for the nursing program. I've had a friend who went in today that is heavier than me mocked for thinking she can be prepared for the tough working conditions - to be fair, she said she wasn't prepared to answer the question about the weight.
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