hmm isn't there a section on aacomas asking you to list if you will be retaking the mcat? don't remember, if not u can always call the school and tell them u'll be retaking it...I called individual schools to see when they recommend retakin the mcat, the latest date that is, and it differed from school to school so I am sure not all schools will get ur mcat scores "late" per say, august mcat scores might still be early for some schools 🙂
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I'm doing the same thing. Retaking in August, submitting soon. You can put "planned" and the date.
Quit. Freaking. Out. Pre-meds.
I had Awful numbers. PM me and i'll gladly fill you in. I dont like to post them. I did have a few things on my side (fantastic EC's (i mean one of the better sets of them ever), primary researcher experience on clinically relevant stuff, family member is a physician, shadowing, great letters, A+ PS (best thing I have ever written), and tons and tons of luck).
I applied in late October, finalized the day before thanksgiving. 1.5 months later I was scheduling interviews and 2 weeks later, I was done worrying for good 😀.
I am not the norm, I am not the person to model your life after, im a lucky SOB. Anyway, people applying right now - you are not 'too late'. You are too late ifyou are applying while you sit at the thanksgiving dinner table or open up christmas presents. If you are watching fireworks when you submit, you are doing awesome and stand a greater chance than our other holiday submitters. I dont know why I chose the holidays, seemed clever. ANYWAY. hyper-competitive, over-anxious, gunner pre-meds out there, do this:
1. Relax
2. Get off of SDN for like 3 days, you'll live, i do it all the time. im alive.
3. While off of SDN, finish your app and submit it
4. Go do something fun. Jog or work out or play a game or sleep or something. Get your mind off of all this perceived scary crazy stuff that is applying to medical school.
5. dont be over the top and start working on secondaries for at least a week. I know this is tough, but interact with people. get some ideas about it from other sources (friends, not SDN or textbooks or even your myspace/facebook buddies...we dont know you that well). Friends/relatives might be able to help you with this a lot more than you think.
6. Come on back to SDN, get some feedback on the 2nd's from people who are IN medical school, or at the bare least minimum, have applied before. The people in school tend to actually know what happens in medical school and can give you insight about a direction you should take so you dont come off in a manner that the adcom would probably hate (over the top big words and emotional stuff that is not pertinent were always things i disliked in my writing and the PS's of friends that I reviewed)
7. Submit w/ that lovely $50 fee - which you may or may not get anything back for. some schools dont even send you a rejection letter. its pathetic. for 50 bucks, at least send me a shirt or something "XCOM REJECT". I'd wear it.
8. Get your mind off of this stuff for a while until the interviews come rolling in.
8A. After you do this - get a backup plan ready JUUUUUUUST in case you dont get in while the academically challenged in the world (myself) sneak in. Think about post-baccs, what you would do if you were not a doc, things along those lines. Go get a phd, go be a nurse, go be a lab tech, go be homeless. its really up to you. Each life has its advantages (chance for a GPA boost, clinical experience, or a strong sense of independence if you are homeless) and disadvantages (not in med school yet, probable need for shower...not necessarily applying to homeless)
Take a deep breath and relax. man im glad im not applying again and you will be too when its all over.
Good luck to everyone, I hope you picked up some kind of knowledge, or stopped reading by now, I wish the best for all of you and work hard to become the best doc you can - act as if peoples lives depend on it (i know, its deep)
👍👍👍Quit. Freaking. Out. Pre-meds.
I had Awful numbers. PM me and i'll gladly fill you in. I dont like to post them. I did have a few things on my side (fantastic EC's (i mean one of the better sets of them ever), primary researcher experience on clinically relevant stuff, family member is a physician, shadowing, great letters, A+ PS (best thing I have ever written), and tons and tons of luck).
I applied in late October, finalized the day before thanksgiving. 1.5 months later I was scheduling interviews and 2 weeks later, I was done worrying for good 😀.
I am not the norm, I am not the person to model your life after, im a lucky SOB. Anyway, people applying right now - you are not 'too late'. You are too late ifyou are applying while you sit at the thanksgiving dinner table or open up christmas presents. If you are watching fireworks when you submit, you are doing awesome and stand a greater chance than our other holiday submitters. I dont know why I chose the holidays, seemed clever. ANYWAY. hyper-competitive, over-anxious, gunner pre-meds out there, do this:
1. Relax
2. Get off of SDN for like 3 days, you'll live, i do it all the time. im alive.
3. While off of SDN, finish your app and submit it
4. Go do something fun. Jog or work out or play a game or sleep or something. Get your mind off of all this perceived scary crazy stuff that is applying to medical school.
5. dont be over the top and start working on secondaries for at least a week. I know this is tough, but interact with people. get some ideas about it from other sources (friends, not SDN or textbooks or even your myspace/facebook buddies...we dont know you that well). Friends/relatives might be able to help you with this a lot more than you think.
6. Come on back to SDN, get some feedback on the 2nd's from people who are IN medical school, or at the bare least minimum, have applied before. The people in school tend to actually know what happens in medical school and can give you insight about a direction you should take so you dont come off in a manner that the adcom would probably hate (over the top big words and emotional stuff that is not pertinent were always things i disliked in my writing and the PS's of friends that I reviewed)
7. Submit w/ that lovely $50 fee - which you may or may not get anything back for. some schools dont even send you a rejection letter. its pathetic. for 50 bucks, at least send me a shirt or something "XCOM REJECT". I'd wear it.
8. Get your mind off of this stuff for a while until the interviews come rolling in.
8A. After you do this - get a backup plan ready JUUUUUUUST in case you dont get in while the academically challenged in the world (myself) sneak in. Think about post-baccs, what you would do if you were not a doc, things along those lines. Go get a phd, go be a nurse, go be a lab tech, go be homeless. its really up to you. Each life has its advantages (chance for a GPA boost, clinical experience, or a strong sense of independence if you are homeless) and disadvantages (not in med school yet, probable need for shower...not necessarily applying to homeless)
Take a deep breath and relax. man im glad im not applying again and you will be too when its all over.
Good luck to everyone, I hope you picked up some kind of knowledge, or stopped reading by now, I wish the best for all of you and work hard to become the best doc you can - act as if peoples lives depend on it (i know, its deep)
Quit. Freaking. Out. Pre-meds.
I had Awful numbers. PM me and i'll gladly fill you in. I dont like to post them. I did have a few things on my side (fantastic EC's (i mean one of the better sets of them ever), primary researcher experience on clinically relevant stuff, family member is a physician, shadowing, great letters, A+ PS (best thing I have ever written), and tons and tons of luck).
I applied in late October, finalized the day before thanksgiving. 1.5 months later I was scheduling interviews and 2 weeks later, I was done worrying for good 😀.
I am not the norm, I am not the person to model your life after, im a lucky SOB. Anyway, people applying right now - you are not 'too late'. You are too late ifyou are applying while you sit at the thanksgiving dinner table or open up christmas presents. If you are watching fireworks when you submit, you are doing awesome and stand a greater chance than our other holiday submitters. I dont know why I chose the holidays, seemed clever. ANYWAY. hyper-competitive, over-anxious, gunner pre-meds out there, do this:
1. Relax
2. Get off of SDN for like 3 days, you'll live, i do it all the time. im alive.
3. While off of SDN, finish your app and submit it
4. Go do something fun. Jog or work out or play a game or sleep or something. Get your mind off of all this perceived scary crazy stuff that is applying to medical school.
5. dont be over the top and start working on secondaries for at least a week. I know this is tough, but interact with people. get some ideas about it from other sources (friends, not SDN or textbooks or even your myspace/facebook buddies...we dont know you that well). Friends/relatives might be able to help you with this a lot more than you think.
6. Come on back to SDN, get some feedback on the 2nd's from people who are IN medical school, or at the bare least minimum, have applied before. The people in school tend to actually know what happens in medical school and can give you insight about a direction you should take so you dont come off in a manner that the adcom would probably hate (over the top big words and emotional stuff that is not pertinent were always things i disliked in my writing and the PS's of friends that I reviewed)
7. Submit w/ that lovely $50 fee - which you may or may not get anything back for. some schools dont even send you a rejection letter. its pathetic. for 50 bucks, at least send me a shirt or something "XCOM REJECT". I'd wear it.
8. Get your mind off of this stuff for a while until the interviews come rolling in.
8A. After you do this - get a backup plan ready JUUUUUUUST in case you dont get in while the academically challenged in the world (myself) sneak in. Think about post-baccs, what you would do if you were not a doc, things along those lines. Go get a phd, go be a nurse, go be a lab tech, go be homeless. its really up to you. Each life has its advantages (chance for a GPA boost, clinical experience, or a strong sense of independence if you are homeless) and disadvantages (not in med school yet, probable need for shower...not necessarily applying to homeless)
Take a deep breath and relax. man im glad im not applying again and you will be too when its all over.
Good luck to everyone, I hope you picked up some kind of knowledge, or stopped reading by now, I wish the best for all of you and work hard to become the best doc you can - act as if peoples lives depend on it (i know, its deep)
