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[alerk323]

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I have friends with 3.8+ GPAs from my undergrad who chose family life over med school were laid off and are now thinking of applying several years later.

My friend used to make over 100,000+ at her sales type position and has been out of work for almost a year. After she heard I didn't completely screw up on the MCAT, even after all these years she picked up a book and got a 27 on her diagnostic herself yesterday.

Watch out people applying next year. Unless she finds a comparable job, she will be your competition. I'm sure she'll rock the MCAT, considering her diagnostic score after being out of school for so long.(she used to sell to life scientists so I'm sure her bio score will be phenomenal as will her verbal considering her the sheer volume of journal articles and legal type paperwork she had to read).

Seriously though, due to the economy a lot of people my age are looking for other career options. A lot of my friends had written off medical school as impossible being this far out of school but since I have started getting ready to apply this year, a lot more have out and asked me about the process.

we're all no doubt terrified of all your smart friends. that 27 is particularly worrisome

 

[Frazier]

we're all no doubt terrified of all your smart friends. that 27 is particularly worrisome

lol

 

[MiracleforMD]

I have friends with 3.8+ GPAs from my undergrad who chose family life over med school were laid off and are now thinking of applying several years later.

My friend used to make over 100,000+ at her sales type position and has been out of work for almost a year. After she heard I didn't completely screw up on the MCAT, even after all these years she picked up a book and got a 27 on her diagnostic herself yesterday.

Watch out people applying next year. Unless she finds a comparable job, she will be your competition. I'm sure she'll rock the MCAT, considering her diagnostic score after being out of school for so long.(she used to sell to life scientists so I'm sure her bio score will be phenomenal as will her verbal considering her the sheer volume of journal articles and legal type paperwork she had to read).

Seriously though, due to the economy a lot of people my age are looking for other career options. A lot of my friends had written off medical school as impossible being this far out of school but since I have started getting ready to apply this year, a lot more have out and asked me about the process.

we're all no doubt terrified of all your smart friends. that 27 is particularly worrisome

Man. This tummys guy is ****ting up every thread with his delusional thought process.

 

[Tummytroubles]

Maybe it's just me but I think a 27 on a diagnostic with no studying is impressive. A lot of people my age ate changing careers after long periods of unemployment. Apps to all graduate education ate bound to rise in a bad economy. I realize my thoughts on intelligence might not be backed up science but tgey've served me well in life. However, I don't see how thinking someone almost a decade away pre-reqs scoring a 27 with no studying is not impressive. If she actually decides to seriously pursue this, she'll be a very competitive candidate.

 

[alerk323]

Maybe it's just me but I think a 27 on a diagnostic with no studying is impressive. A lot of people my age ate changing careers after long periods of unemployment. Apps to all graduate education ate bound to rise.

a 30+ on the real thing is more impressive, plenty of competition this year without worrying about people potentially scoring high and applying in the next year or two...

 

[FattySlug]

Man. This tummys guy is ****ting up every thread with his delusional thought process.

You are wrong. Tummy is a girl from inner city who genuinely believes that genetic has absolutely no effect on intelligence and that poor inner city kids have just as much chance of succeeding as privileged ones. Also anybody who states the above facts to her is branded snotty pre med.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=914775&page=2

 

[Tummytroubles]

a 30+ on the real thing is more impressive, plenty of competition this year without worrying about people potentially scoring high and applying in the next year or two...

Someone made the argument that the caliber of people who decide to apply because they couldn't find a job wouldn't be very high. I was arguing this isn't always true and these applicants can be competitive. At my current work we have a few people who graduated summa cum laude in science degrees who never went beyond a bachelors. Our company almost shut us down a few years ago and after that half the scientific staff left for graduate education because they no longer felt secure. And yes...a few did end up going to medical school.

 

[Tummytroubles]

You are wrong. Tummy is a girl from inner city who genuinely believes that genetic has absolutely no effect on intelligence and that poor inner city kids have just as much chance of succeeding as privileged ones. Also anybody who states the above facts to her is branded snotty pre med.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=914775&page=2

Geez, give a guy a break. If I wasn't delusional about certain things, I wouldn't be here. Some delusions are healthy. I can't be the first person you've come across with this attitude that anyone can accomplish anything if they set their mind to it. Did you all not have inspirational posters growing up?

 

[CopaceticOne]

Maybe it's just me but I think a 27 on a diagnostic with no studying is impressive. A lot of people my age ate changing careers after long periods of unemployment. Apps to all graduate education ate bound to rise in a bad economy. I realize my thoughts on intelligence might not be backed up science but tgey've served me well in life. However, I don't see how thinking someone almost a decade away pre-reqs scoring a 27 with no studying is not impressive. If she actually decides to seriously pursue this, she'll be a very competitive candidate.

Because it really isn't. You said she picked up a BOOK and did the diagnostic test? Please, those are morale boosters anyway. How about you get her to do one of the old AAMC MCAT tests online and then share that score. Then we can talk.

 

[Tummytroubles]

Because it really isn't. You said she picked up a BOOK and did the diagnostic test? Please, those are morale boosters anyway. How about you get her to do one of the old AAMC MCAT tests online and then share that score. Then we can talk.

True but from my experience the diagnostics tended to be harder than the AAMCs. Either way, it starts somewhere and I am sending her all my MCAT stuff and I hope she uses it and ends up applying.

 

[Frazier]

Sure, 27 ain't bad for a diagnostic. I would say to be "impressive" it would need to be over ~32 tho...

 

[IonClaws]

Look at it this way - at least those who applied early are in the earliest quarter of projected applicants.

 

[ur2l8]

I have friends with 3.8+ GPAs from my undergrad who chose family life over med school were laid off and are now thinking of applying several years later.

My friend used to make over 100,000+ at her sales type position and has been out of work for almost a year. After she heard I didn't completely screw up on the MCAT, even after all these years she picked up a book and got a 27 on her diagnostic herself yesterday.

Watch out people applying next year. Unless she finds a comparable job, she will be your competition. I'm sure she'll rock the MCAT, considering her diagnostic score after being out of school for so long.(she used to sell to life scientists so I'm sure her bio score will be phenomenal as will her verbal considering her the sheer volume of journal articles and legal type paperwork she had to read).

Seriously though, due to the economy a lot of people my age are looking for other career options. A lot of my friends had written off medical school as impossible being this far out of school but since I have started getting ready to apply this year, a lot more have out and asked me about the process.

She gon' have to fight the undergrads...don't you ever underestimate the neurotic pre-med!