Oh yes. I sure do love a alleged murderer and a convicted dog fighter/animal abuser.
I don't care how great they are at football or how much people love them, if they weren't famous footballers they would have faced much worse consequences. And it makes me extremely sad and angry that these people are above the law or get off with drastically diminished consequences. But that's besides the point of this thread...
We'll probably never know what listener23's recent crime was, and it doesn't really matter, but if it's bad enough, there's no coming back from it. Maybe it will take several years of space between then and applying, but by that time his MCAT score will have expired and he'll have to go through this whole song and dance again. We're not "haters" if we're being realistic. Is there a chance? Sure. How much of a chance depends on what the charge is and how he handles it on his application. From the sound of his posts, he's not handling it well, and that's why people are giving him the feedback that they are. I'd rather someone be realistic than give the false hope of "anything is possible, man!" That is neither truthful or helpful.
Suffice to say that if an applicant had a charge similar to Ray Lewis or Michael Vick, they are never, ever getting into medical school. America might give them a second chance (not sure why, but whatever), but future physicians are held to exponentially higher standards and second chances aren't given out willy-nilly.
