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Hey everyone, with all these other threads posting about their experiences, I was wondering if I also had a shot at medical school. I want to stay in the US, but not sure if I can get in anywhere.


I have a 3.95 GPA at an Ivy League school
Triple major in Biology / Psychology / Anthropology
During my undergraduate career I first-authored six papers, one published in Nature, and two in Science
I have a MPH from Johns Hopkins
I also got a 43S on my MCAT-- will my writing score hurt me?
I volunteered for six months in Africa, taking out a personal loan to buy additional antibiotics to combat TB... I also delivered a baby by myself once, and cut the umbilical cord with my teeth


Am I a strong enough candidate? What should I focus on?

Obviously, this is fake.
 
I am reading this, and I am asking myself, if you call yourself weak, what should I call myself! lool ... 3.95 GPA, triple major, 43 on the MCAT and you're weak! lol ... you must be kidding!
 
Jazz00 said:
I am reading this, and I am asking myself, if you call yourself weak, what should I call myself! lool ... 3.95 GPA, triple major, 43 on the MCAT and you're weak! lol ... you must be kidding!
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i hope you know he is kidding.

and btw, the ultimate candidate would be one that saves an interviewer's life when he chokes on a peanut during the interview.
 
Jazz00 said:
I am reading this, and I am asking myself, if you call yourself weak, what should I call myself! lool ... 3.95 GPA, triple major, 43 on the MCAT and you're weak! lol ... you must be kidding!
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You have to read his thread in the context of the prior "strong candidate..." thread.
 
RPedigo said:
Hey everyone, with all these other threads posting about their experiences, I was wondering if I also had a shot at medical school. I want to stay in the US, but not sure if I can get in anywhere.


I have a 3.95 GPA at an Ivy League school
Triple major in Biology / Psychology / Anthropology
During my undergraduate career I first-authored six papers, one published in Nature, and two in Science
I have a MPH from Johns Hopkins
I also got a 43S on my MCAT-- will my writing score hurt me?
I volunteered for six months in Africa, taking out a personal loan to buy additional antibiotics to combat TB... I also delivered a baby by myself once, and cut the umbilical cord with my teeth


Am I a strong enough candidate? What should I focus on?

Obviously, this is fake.
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what does your avatar mean? i cant read what that small sign says.... its pointing to an old mcat right?
 
Another ultimate candidate would be one who provides their female interviewer with a tampon if she was lacking one had she just gotten her period, how could u be remotely mean to the interviewee after that. So lesson learned- always, carry tampons. You too fellas.
 
Stolenspatulas said:
i hope you know he is kidding.

and btw, the ultimate candidate would be one that saves an interviewer's life when he chokes on a peanut during the interview.
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
I read a case report about that delivery. I recall the baby developed omphalitis (or rabies: I forget) and died. I'm not sure your six published papers can cancel out that adverse event. Maybe a two-year volunteer stint with Doctors Without Borders would redeem your application. Good Luck.
 
Stolenspatulas said:
what does your avatar mean? i cant read what that small sign says.... its pointing to an old mcat right?
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Yeah, I need a better picture. It says "owned", because I shot it numerous times with a 45 caliber handgun.... not because I scored well :laugh:
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Catalystik said:
I read a case report about that delivery. I recall the baby developed omphalitis (or rabies: I forget) and died. I'm not sure your six published papers can cancel out that adverse event. Maybe a two-year volunteer stint with Doctors Without Borders would redeem your application. Good Luck.
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It was me who had rabies. I bit my tongue before biting off the cord, and transmitted it via the bite. I mis-diagnosed it as omphalitis due to the stump being infected, but after the encephalitis, we found out the mistake.
 
you might be too overqualified for mid-tier but not enough community service for top 25, better try DO
 
No, the best interviewee would be the one that helps the interviewer with an obstructed bowel movement during an afternoon interview (after lunch where they served spicy Mexican food), but doesn't use their hands, but in fact uses their tongue because it is better moisturized and easier on the anal canal.
 
eternalrage said:
No, the best interviewee would be the one that helps the interviewer with an obstructed bowel movement during an afternoon interview (after lunch where they served spicy Mexican food), but doesn't use their hands, but in fact uses their tongue because it is better moisturized and easier on the anal canal.
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Sounds like you have some experience in this area. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
Sorry buddy, you dont have a shot at getting into a US med school. I don't even think you can get into a foreign one. Try thinking of another career path..... Maybe waiting tables..:laugh:
 
Hahaha if that were true, you could make it into ANY med school.......lol Only if it were true!!
 
How original, you must be the first person ever to think of making such a satirical thread. I commend your sense of humor.

These threads get kinda old after a while 🙁
 
RPedigo said:
Hey everyone, with all these other threads posting about their experiences, I was wondering if I also had a shot at medical school. I want to stay in the US, but not sure if I can get in anywhere.


I have a 3.95 GPA at an Ivy League school
Triple major in Biology / Psychology / Anthropology
During my undergraduate career I first-authored six papers, one published in Nature, and two in Science
I have a MPH from Johns Hopkins
I also got a 43S on my MCAT-- will my writing score hurt me?
I volunteered for six months in Africa, taking out a personal loan to buy additional antibiotics to combat TB... I also delivered a baby by myself once, and cut the umbilical cord with my teeth


Am I a strong enough candidate? What should I focus on?

Obviously, this is fake.
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That was pretty suddle. I didn't catch it until someone else quoted you.
 
Jazz00 said:
I am reading this, and I am asking myself, if you call yourself weak, what should I call myself! lool ... 3.95 GPA, triple major, 43 on the MCAT and you're weak! lol ... you must be kidding!
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Either I'm the one with no sense of humor, or once again I can't fathom how dense pre-meds are as a whole
 
why be such an ass to pre-meds who worry too much? some of us are surrounded by kids who actually do have 3.9s and crazy extracurriculars. if you spend 3 years in college competing against students like that, you're inevitably going to worry about your odds at acceptance to a top 30 medical school.

by the way, that was a very creative post. i loved the subtle sarcasm.
 
Ok Mr Pedigo, should I say your first name? Everything he wrote is crap about his stats. I know because I was his TA at UCR, University of CA Riverside which is not an ivy league school. The only thing true was he probably is a bio major. Although he struggled in Biochem the class I TAed, I think he barely made a D+, he is an alright guy. Just can't believe him. J/k Sorry Ryan, I mean Reanna, Just had to blow you out of the water. Lol. Hoohoohaha.
 
ssquared said:
Subtle. Normally I don't correct people but that was pretty egregious.

(and I think that maybe saving the interviewer from a burning building would help....)
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LOL, you should have misspelled "egregious" just for effect. Or rather...

you should have mispeled "egregious" just for effect.

Seriously though, I was going to correct it too, but then I thought "maybe the poster meant 'puddle'"
 
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