Sorry I lol'd
Can we use photos from a professional job?
Is it a normal picture of you?
It's a journey... Hope to read some of the great advice you will bring to med school hopefuls just starting out(like me)
The sad part is statistically less than half the class of 2016 will go on to med school.. There has been a strong downward trend in percent of applicants who matriculate.. It was 41% for 2014..
Personally I've talked to hopeful pre-meds who didn't even know what the MCAT is.. And I also talked to some who think it's just about your grades.. 0_0
Starting on SDN is a smart choice. I suggest every pre-med read the "what are my chances" posts.. Great insight from folks like Banco, and Goro.. I see them critique applications..
"Not Enough CLinical Exposure"
"Not enough research for the top research powerhouses"
"MCAT too low"
It's a massive undertaking to build a solid medical school profile, and it's only going to get more competitive.. OH BOY
But hey it's not a competition.
A 4 year journey to get into med school..
It's like you telling your mama buy, and professor Oak gives you your first pokemon..
And then you go out and catch em all and become the very best
You learn a lot, you struggle, you fail, but ultimately you will succeed. Less than half BTW.. sorry that ruined it haha..
ANyways Good luck to you guys..
I was just about to reply lol.. Class of 2016, meaning college graduating class. Clarification for anyone else..
Good thing I took some gap years, then!
What did you do in the gap years?
I didn't even consider med school until a few months after graduation. Didn't start working towards it for a full year because I was bouncing across the country in my car!
I didn't even consider med school until a few months after graduation. Didn't start working towards it for a full year because I was bouncing across the country in my car!
In the past 2yrs, then, I have:
- Worked as an ER scribe (F/T for 8mo, halftime for 6)
- Taken 10 science classes, mostly upper level bios
- 300hrs of clinical volunteering, 2 positions
- A 3month premedical surgical internship program - lots of shadowing across almost all surgical specialties, plus educational stuff
- Random shadowing
- Worked ½-3/4 time at a biotech job to save up money for the app cycle (and a new car and computer)
- Rocked the MCAT
- Learned Anki so I'm prepared to study efficiently from here on out
- Learned to rock climb
- Rehabbed my ACL and gotten back into ultimate frisbee!!
I'm spending 6months of this upcoming year living in Central America taking lessons, shadowing physicians, and working on local volunteer projects in order to bring my AP-level Spanish into full fluency so I can use it in a medical setting. The current 6months I'm just focusing on applications and interviews, if I'm so lucky as to get them.
But now I am starting to wonder if we ended up on this topic because I made a poor/non-obvious joke...I'm glad I took gap years because you phrased it as "41% of the class of 2016 will not get in" and, since I am not a 2016er, that doesn't apply to me!
Actually, the sad part is that you are a freshman who is telling current applicants 3-5 years older than you how long the road is and the struggles that come along with it. 'cause like, you would know right lol from all your "research"
Noo.. that's not what I meant.Actually, the sad part is that you are a freshman who is telling current applicants 3-5 years older than you how long the road is and the struggles that come along with it.
Let's remind ourselves of what you wrote:
That is not just "quoting the statistics." We don't need you to come onto a thread for current applicants and give us this wisdom. It's absolutely irrelevant to us; we are already 2 solid months into an application cycle.
Thanks for that info...as we all already applied and many have started receiving IIs. Little too late buddy. Maybe post this for those hs students.The sad part is statistically less than half the class of 2016 will go on to med school.. There has been a strong downward trend in percent of applicants who matriculate.. It was 41% for 2014..
Personally I've talked to hopeful pre-meds who didn't even know what the MCAT is.. And I also talked to some who think it's just about your grades.. 0_0
Starting on SDN is a smart choice. I suggest every pre-med read the "what are my chances" posts.. Great insight from folks like Banco, and Goro.. I see them critique applications..
"Not Enough CLinical Exposure"
"Not enough research for the top research powerhouses"
"MCAT too low"
It's a massive undertaking to build a solid medical school profile, and it's only going to get more competitive.. OH BOY
But hey it's not a competition.
A 4 year journey to get into med school..
It's like you telling your mama buy, and professor Oak gives you your first pokemon..
And then you go out and catch em all and become the very best
You learn a lot, you struggle, you fail, but ultimately you will succeed. Less than half BTW.. sorry that ruined it haha..
ANyways Good luck to you guys..
No, no thanks. Why are you thanking him? Posting useless information to the wrong audience does not deserve a thanksThanks for that info...as we all already applied and many have started receiving IIs. Little too late buddy. Maybe post this for those hs students.
haha cut him some slack I think he was genuinely trying to be helpful
I'm not giving advice if you pay attention..
Except it wasn't information.. It was a congratulations in a non-traditional way.
avgn has already had it up to HERE with this app cycle. Y'all best come correct into her threads
Lmaoavgn has already had it up to HERE with this app cycle. Y'all best come correct into her threads
She's saying what we're all thinking
I knew what you meant to say, which is what made my comment a joke!Actually hire, I meant to say 41% actually got in during the 2014 application cycle. This is the 2015 and they didn't release the facts table for this cycle yet lol.. I wonder if the average gpa will go up? and the matriculation rate go down..
That's some awesome work during your gap your btw, really impressive. I think you stand a fair shot, probably a better shot than many other pre-meds. Then again don't take my word for it lol, I'm just a freshman in college going by the statistics and research..
You don't have to hide it, just don't announce it to everyone and their mothers. If someone asks you what you want to do after college, saying medicine is fine. Walking around Orgo lectures with a white coat on and being annoying... not so much.
I would hate you forever if it were me. Like don't you remember how stressful the day before the MCAT was?
She's nice enough normally, but I CAN"T talk to her about med school stuff. Straight gunner, and she can't help it. Honestly I just want to see her reaction. I'm a terrible person.
I had a roommate who actually threw a rager in my apartment two days before the MCAT and I got all of 3 hours of sleep in 30 minute increments. I almost snapped
I'm someone who likes studying all the way up until tests, so I think if I had tried to take the 4 days before the MCAT off to relax, it would have just left me even more stressed.
Ran it by my roommates, one of them actually wants to throw a party now... whoops.
To clarify, I was not studying at ALL that last day, I was just so tense that all I wanted to do was sit, sulk, and watch south park
I wasn't really stressed, though...just kind of amped up and excited!
I'm stressed out about school. I have to take 3 exams in a small gap between interviews. When do people study?!!
It's actually really hard to balance! I work, so no exams to deal with, but lots of foregone income...
Welcome to SDN, where everyone is supportive of each other's goal to get into medical school until it comes time to...well, actually apply and get into medical school.
Don't let it get to you lolOne of the most hostile SDN posters thinks my joke went too far
Why you need to get an annual rate job, and why paid days off make the world go round
