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have we had any threads on this recently? i think we need another.....................

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i don't think that we need another AA thread because there are already too many
 
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while we're at it can we discuss trads vs nontrads and the evils of URMS??? :laugh:
 
Originally posted by agent
while we're at it can we discuss trads vs nontrads and the evils of URMS??? :laugh:

"Don't trad on me!"
 
why are we still talking about AA when we haven't even begun to discuss thank-you notes or the proper interview attire?
 
:p :rolleyes: Oh look, A dead Horse...:laugh:
 
you guys are all idiots.

all thank you notes must be at least 10 pages long, with an abstract, references, and written in calligraphy.

if you come to the interview wearing anything resembling hunter green, you will dragged out into the nearest busy intersection and shot.

DOs are entirely worthless, second class citizens, and anyone who attempts to practice medicine under the facade of "osteopathy" should be subject to fraud litigation.

doctors are too busy worrying about URMs getting into med school than to worry about those trivial matters such as abortion.

i think that covers it

;)
 
you missed asking us to figure out what someones chances of getting in with a 2.89 GPA and 26 MCAT... ;)
 
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sweet tea, silvercholla, stop padding on my thread. we're discussing very serious issues here :p
 
I wasn't padding, I was actually wondering.... can I get into medical school if I walk into the interview backward wearing hunter geen shoe?:p
 
If we want to add a loungelike feel, we could always talk about Anna Kornikova's butt, or why Indian girls are so hot...
 
I'm smarter than all of you guys.:p
 
Can a GPA of 5.999999999 and a MCAT score of 4,354,623 get me into Downstate?
 
Originally posted by silvercholla
Can a GPA of 5.999999999 and a MCAT score of 4,354,623 get me into Downstate?

I don't know, how are your ECs?
 
Originally posted by silvercholla
Can a GPA of 5.999999999 and a MCAT score of 4,354,623 get me into Downstate?

you might want to consider doing a post bacc, or applying to carribean med schools, the bad ones at least. the gpa cut off at SUNY downstate last year was a 6.5 on a 4.0 scale. i'm sorry silvercholla, but you are a ***** :p
 
hey guys, I'm still wondering....do you think my secondaries should be typed?

I was thinking of using Egyptian Hieroglyphics to demonstrate my multicultural perspective on life.

Thoughts?
 
Originally posted by Zoobaby
I don't know, how are your ECs?

Well I volunteer at a homeless shelter in Nigeria and during the week I fly back to tge states to perform miracles, and do research on the quantum physics of time travel and its effects on healing the dead. Oh and I also am going to pledge to a nunnery. Is that enough? Gee I sure hope so.
 
What about the chances of an URM nontrad student with only a 3.98 and a 41T?

I would personally be ashamed to be a DO..........I mean come on............I went a specialist at a top 10 school who was the head of his department and he didn't know what he was talking about at all...........I think I value DO's less than sanitation engineers (isn't everyone an engineer these days?)
 
Originally posted by DW
you might want to consider doing a post bacc, or applying to carribean med schools, the bad ones at least. the gpa cut off at SUNY downstate last year was a 6.5 on a 4.0 scale. i'm sorry silvercholla, but you are a ***** :p

:confused: :scared: :eek: :p :( :p :cool:
 
I think you should try the ZapfDingbats
 
Originally posted by Explosivo
hey guys, I'm still wondering....do you think my secondaries should be typed?

I was thinking of using Egyptian Hieroglyphics to demonstrate my multicultural perspective on life.

Thoughts?

sounds like a good idea. dont use other trite dead languages like latin, attic greek, or sanskrit like the average run of the mill applicant does. you really want to separate yourself from the pack :p
 
I posted this on another sarcastic thread back in May. Enjoy:

Hi! I have 3.99 GPA from Harvard and a 45 MCAT. My GPA is kind of low I mean that hundreth of a point is really going to kill me when the adcoms see it.

Yeah I know my stats aren't too hot. I have some ECs but I don't know if I've done enough. I ended famine in Somalia, brought peace to the Middle East, was a NYC firefighter on 9/11, cured AIDS and cancer on separate weekends, captured notorious Al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubaydah, and created a national healthcare system in Botswana. Pretty weak, right?

I was just wonderng but should I enter a post-bacc program to perhaps raise my GPA up a little bit? Also, do you guys think I should retake the MCAT again just to show adcoms my dedication to applying to medical school? I really don't think one 45 is enough.

Also, can you guys give me a list of the really *easy medical schools* to get into? I was thinking of going to some of the carribean medical schools but I don't think I'm quite up to their standards either.

I was also thinking of taking a vow of poverty just to show adcoms my dedication to medicine and that money plays absolutely no role in my life or in my decision to become a physician whatsoever. As a practicing physician I simply plan on subsisting on food stamps, welfare, and public housing because I am so dedicated.

Basically what I'm trying to say is: Do I have a shot?
 
Originally posted by Explosivo
I posted this on another sarcastic thread back in May. Enjoy:



HAH!!!!:laugh: YOU ARE A JOKE!!!! WHY EVEN BOTHER!!! GO TO GRAD SCHOOL AND GET YOUR PhD!! I THINK THE WORLD WOULD BE SAFER IF YOU NEVER EVER EVER BECOME A DOCTOR!!!:mad: :D
 
By the way... has anyone heard from every single med school in the world yet? I sent in my application yesterday and I haven't heard anything yet? What's going on?
 
Oh no! Silvercholla you just shattered all my hopes and dreams. :( Now I'll never get into med school with my crappy 3.99 GPA and my lousy 45Z MCAT...goddamned URMs!!!!

On another note, what color cockring should I wear to my interview? Should it match my suit or my shoes...you know just in case the adcom wants to give me a physical before the interview.
 
Originally posted by DW
raptor, please take your sarcasm detector to the shop for repairs

I wasn't trying to be sarcastic. Dern, I am just tired of hearing about AA because there are always going to be strong agreement and disagreements.
How about an URM Support Group for URM going through pre-med, med, and residency.
PS-This is coming from a URM.
 
Originally posted by silvercholla
Well I volunteer at a homeless shelter in Nigeria and during the week I fly back to tge states to perform miracles, and do research on the quantum physics of time travel and its effects on healing the dead. Oh and I also am going to pledge to a nunnery. Is that enough? Gee I sure hope so.

I don't know. Just make sure to apply to a wide range of schools, and don't feel bad if you're waitlisted. If you ARE waitlisted, tho, be sure to send a letter of intent.
 
oops, sorry this thread was meant to be sarcastic (a joke). I understand now, excuse my naivete because I just got out of Genetics Lab after doing a Drosophila Melangstar Lab.
Love Peace and Chicken Grease
 
Originally posted by Raptor
oops, sorry this thread was meant to be sarcastic (a joke). I understand now, excuse my naivete because I just got out of Genetics Lab after doing a Drosophila Melangstar Lab.
Love Peace and Chicken Grease

Oh look he got new batteries:D :laugh: :love:
 
Originally posted by DW
anything but hunter green.

maybe you should abstain from the cock ring in case they decide to give you a reach around during the interview..?
 
Originally posted by agent
maybe you should abstain from the cock ring in case they decide to give you a reach around during the interview..?

Line ----- Crossed.

:laugh:
 
this thread has exceeded the allowed amount of cliched sarcasm.
 
Originally posted by Street Philosopher
this thread has exceeded the allowed amount of cliched sarcasm.

Not yet to be honest. This thread perhaps covers a mere fraction of the crap that has been posted on the pre-allo forum...well except for the part about the cockring. :)
 
Originally posted by agent
maybe you should abstain from the cock ring in case they decide to give you a reach around during the interview..?

:confused:

I'm talking about a ring for my roosters-I'm applying to rural med programs. You are one sick bastard!!!
 
Explosivo is right. We have only scratched the surface, and we have yet to cover the most important issue, which (of course) is whether we should staple or tape our pictures to the secondaries, and what the exact measurements of the pictures should be, AND the perils of sending in home-made vs. glamour shots photos. But I admit, the cockring was unchartered territory.

Get your priorities straight, people!!:rolleyes:

DW, I never pad. I am not a post padder and I may have to report you to a moderator for flaming me and deliberately singleing me out as a padder.
 
Originally posted by Explosivo
:confused:

I'm talking about a ring for my roosters-I'm applying to rural med programs. You are one sick bastard!!!


hahahahahahah! :laugh:
 
Why the F$CK would you put a ring on a rooster you s1ck b@$T@rD! I'm calling PeTA!

Originally posted by Explosivo
:confused:

I'm talking about a ring for my roosters-I'm applying to rural med programs. You are one sick bastard!!!
 
Originally posted by Zoobaby
If you ARE waitlisted, tho, be sure to send a letter of intent.

To ask a real question... How does this letter of intent thing work? I mean, sure it'd be in bad faith to send one if you didn't mean it, but is it technically/legally binding?

-RA
 
Originally posted by silvercholla
Well I volunteer at a homeless shelter in Nigeria and during the week I fly back to tge states to perform miracles, and do research on the quantum physics of time travel and its effects on healing the dead. Oh and I also am going to pledge to a nunnery. Is that enough? Gee I sure hope so.

ehy are u from nigeria?
 
Originally posted by Random Access
To ask a real question... How does this letter of intent thing work? I mean, sure it'd be in bad faith to send one if you didn't mean it, but is it technically/legally binding?

-RA

Yep, it sure is (In case this was a real question ;) ).
 
Originally posted by SMW
Yep, it sure is (In case this was a real question ;) ).
You mean you can tell the difference after reading thru all of these posts? (;) )
 
Originally posted by immediatespring
ehy are u from nigeria?
Uh no... I am just an extraordinary student/person. But I really don't think it's going to be enough for the adcoms... I think I am going to make a vaccine for ebola.:cool:
 
Originally posted by Explosivo
:confused:

I'm talking about a ring for my roosters-I'm applying to rural med programs. You are one sick bastard!!!

sorry.. im just pissed that i applied to Yale, Harvard, Mayo, WashU, and Hopkins with a 3.01/24 and they all sent me secondaries of which i filled out with the checks and they all sent me a rejection letter a week later.
 
hey, i just found out i got into Harvard EDP! do you guys think it'd be unethical if i apply to 30 schools now non-edp just for kicks (to see how many schools i can get into)?

by the way i have lots of free time and i'm loaded.
 
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