2008 Non-Trad Applicants' Progress Thread

Applying to Med School? Get In Or Your Money Back
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Quix said:
Thanks, guys. I'm still a little shocked, which is making it hard to get grading done.
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I would think so. Try doing therapy sessions 10 minutes after you find out. THAT was fun. :rolleyes: "No, no- really- it IS all about you!"

Requisite thread started elsewhere. :p
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Quix said:
Thanks, guys. I'm still a little shocked, which is making it hard to get grading done.
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I hope you get to go celebrate soon! I imagine you've feeling the need to bounce off the walls. It's not everyday you find out you're going to be a doctor!

Oh, and the rest of us aren't even remotely surprised. :D
 
Thanks again, guys. I'm calling off the grading today - I just can't concentrate on it and my students wouldn't appreciate me being distracted while grading their work.
 
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Congrats Drs. Pingouin, Quix, and Megboo! :D I've managed to keep myself off of SDN for a week to work on secondaries (and because my job was hellish this week), and I'm so excited to hear that all of you are in! Way to keep the non-trad inspiration coming! :thumbup:
 
I haven't had anything to post, so I haven't in a while. But, I had my first interview recently - VCU/MCV MD/PhD program. I really enjoyed my visit and I think things went pretty well, although it was hard to get a solid read. The only problem (as far as I know) was that for my first interview of the trip I got super nervous as soon as the first question was asked and I think I sounded like a ***** for the first 10 min. Unfortunately, the first question was "Why Medicine" and, despite having a very good answers, I didn't explain it clearly. The rest on the interview went fine, though.
I'll review the visit in the interview feedback section soon, but I was very impressed by the program and the students. I stayed with a student host who was simple awesome. The only bummer is that I have to wait until mid Dec. for any form of decision now - I'm really hoping for a Christmas present!:luck:
I've got another interview at OH&SU at the end of the month, too.
 
Oh Quix, we're so sorry for your loss. Their loss.

OK 8 hours of mourning for Quix is enough. I got my first interview invite!!!!! Allopathic, even!
 
Shocked and sorry to hear it, Quix. :(
 
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Had my interview at Michigan- the facilities are great and the students seem really happy. I thought it went pretty well, and I had a good tiime:) Only 11 days to wait to hear from them...
 
montessori2md said:
Is anyone else starting to freak out a little bit (the what did I get myself into? stage)?
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Absolutely. I even find myself researching alternate career choices when I get a good freakout going. Especially since I REALLY want to keep living in the Bay Area.

A side note: After 3 long weeks of waiting, I was finally able to schedule my UC Davis interview. Hooray!
 
Congrats Megboo!!! I interviewed in Kirksville today and I am off to Des Moines to interview there tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me!!
 
I wondered if I was going to meet you there as I think we originally had the same interview date. I am home now from both interviews (and accompanying my son for part of his Grinnell visit) I like both schools for different reasons but surprised myself by feeling more drawn to KCOM. I hope I get a call before Thanksgiving!
 
Congrats on the interviews and acceptances all, and Georgetown doesn't know what they are missing. The ironic thing is that the same week that G'town said that they didn't want me to attend their medical school, they also set up two alumni interviews for prospective students (so I got to interview two nervous high schoolers who are applying to G'town for early decision). Irony.

:rolleyes:

So, big news in the works, at least for me. The Pitt rejection put me on the soul-searching path, and I've come to some conclusions about medical school: I won't be attending, for personal and professional reasons. To get back into academic medicine and research, I would need to invest 10 years between school, residency, and requisite fellowships, all to be an asst. prof. *again*. I would effectively be on professional hold for a decade, and I can accomplish a lot as a PhD in the meantime (including such niceties as tenure, a family, publications, weekends, vacations, and not being $200K in debt). The only functional difference is that my fallback position would be treating patients versus teaching, and that's not enough of a motivator for another ten years. I haven't informed LECOM yet, but it'll be happening soon. I will be framing my acceptance letter, however, as a reminder. It took a lot to get to this point, but every day makes this decision a little easier.

What a long, strange trip it's been, to be sure.
 
Quix said:
The Pitt rejection put me on the soul-searching path, and I've come to some conclusions about medical school: I won't be attending, for personal and professional reasons. To get back into academic medicine and research, I would need to invest 10 years between school, residency, and requisite fellowships, all to be an asst. prof. *again*. I would effectively be on professional hold for a decade, and I can accomplish a lot as a PhD in the meantime (including such niceties as tenure, a family, publications, weekends, vacations, and not being $200K in debt). The only functional difference is that my fallback position would be treating patients versus teaching, and that's not enough of a motivator for another ten years.
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Wow. We'll miss you :cry:
 
Quix said:
Congrats on the interviews and acceptances all, and Georgetown doesn't know what they are missing. The ironic thing is that the same week that G'town said that they didn't want me to attend their medical school, they also set up two alumni interviews for prospective students (so I got to interview two nervous high schoolers who are applying to G'town for early decision). Irony.

:rolleyes:

So, big news in the works, at least for me. The Pitt rejection put me on the soul-searching path, and I've come to some conclusions about medical school: I won't be attending, for personal and professional reasons. To get back into academic medicine and research, I would need to invest 10 years between school, residency, and requisite fellowships, all to be an asst. prof. *again*. I would effectively be on professional hold for a decade, and I can accomplish a lot as a PhD in the meantime (including such niceties as tenure, a family, publications, weekends, vacations, and not being $200K in debt). The only functional difference is that my fallback position would be treating patients versus teaching, and that's not enough of a motivator for another ten years. I haven't informed LECOM yet, but it'll be happening soon. I will be framing my acceptance letter, however, as a reminder. It took a lot to get to this point, but every day makes this decision a little easier.

What a long, strange trip it's been, to be sure.
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I understand your situation completely. I'm going to try and hang in there for now, but I wish you good fortune in whatever endeavor you pursue. The main thing is to be at peace with your decision and don't look back. Best of luck and it has been fun reading your posts.
 
Waitlisted at U Michigan. :(

I had a bad dream about this one a few nights ago, and it looks like it came true.
 
Pre-interview hold at UPenn... Interview at Davis next week, and hopefully some news from UCSF in a couple weeks (fingers crossed!)
 
pingouin said:
Dead silence for 2 weeks at my house... just got back from my Mizzou interview, though. That was interesting. :)
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Diggin' the Opus. Haven't written the letter to LECOM yet, but that will happen this weekend. Took the day off from teaching (called in sick and watched DVD's instead); needed a break.
 
Opus is my earliest penguin love :love: Last year I couldn't find anything appropriate online so I scanned him in from a BC book and shrunk (shrank?) him down to avatar size. :)

Calling in sick.. now there's a novel concept :idea: I think my next day off is 12/6
 
i'm having my final interview in the lineup - i'm flying down to new orleans tomorrow and staying with a student host. i already have my michigan state acceptance but am still very curious to see how i'll feel about tulane. either way, it'll be a cool experience.
 
pingouin said:
hmmm.. just called Loyola and I'm "flagged for further review" after an initial review by the committee. Dare I get my hopes up for an interview??
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I hope you get an interview ping! It'd be great to meet up for your interview, and even better if we end up being classmates next year! :luck::luck::luck:
 
Phoenix. said:
I hope you get an interview ping! It'd be great to meet up for your interview, and even better if we end up being classmates next year! :luck::luck::luck:
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I concur.

I will not, however, be coming up there to interview at Pritzker. Or at least so my status page tells me... (I'm just shocked. SHOCKED, I tell ya! :laugh: )
 
boo pritzker.. i didn't even bother applying to uchicago even though it's my alma mater because they were just too out of my league, considering they bashed my undergrad science gpa to pieces. that's okay though, i feel like our mascot, the phoenix.. i rose above and salvaged what i could!

p.s. i loved tulane and i'm supposed to hear back in two and a half weeks. if they accept me, i don't know what i'll do. michigan state has been my first choice, but tulane has so much to offer students in their clinical education, even starting from first year. and considering how much i want to work with the underserved, it seems like it would be a good idea to go there and just be completely immersed in learning how to best serve such populations in need.

phoenix, i know you were talking about how much you liked tulane before. where do you stand at this point as you try to figure out about where to go? do you still feel really strongly about tulane?
 
I applied to Pritzker last cycle and got stomped (just like at UPenn), so I left them both off of the list this time around.
 
So this is my first time posting here but I've thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's posts. I'm currently finishing pharmacy school (Class of 2008) making my way through clinical rotations. Just finished infectious disease consults along with working as a Poison Specialist at the Georgia Poison Control Center. I wanted to chime in and say that waiting to hear back about interviews is rather nerve-wracking. I applied to 13 schools, was rejected already from 3. I've already started looking at clinical pharmacist positions in the event that med school doesn't work out for next fall. I'll try again either next year or the year after. I keep thinking that with my background, education, and clinical experience I would definitely hear something good, but my MCATs were not exactly amazing given that it's been 5 years since my undergraduate work. Anyway, if anyone else in pharm school is applying to med school, would be great to hear from you.

All the best:)
 
We'll miss ya quix. Too bad I didn't join back when you were still gunnin'! Whatever decision you make, just remember not to look back, and keep being awesome. Good luck man, you've already accomplished so much.

On the topic of my addition to this progress thread...well, haha....uhhhh...(uncomfortable silence)...(crickets).

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suenos said:
boo pritzker.. i didn't even bother applying to uchicago even though it's my alma mater because they were just too out of my league, considering they bashed my undergrad science gpa to pieces. that's okay though, i feel like our mascot, the phoenix.. i rose above and salvaged what i could!

p.s. i loved tulane and i'm supposed to hear back in two and a half weeks. if they accept me, i don't know what i'll do. michigan state has been my first choice, but tulane has so much to offer students in their clinical education, even starting from first year. and considering how much i want to work with the underserved, it seems like it would be a good idea to go there and just be completely immersed in learning how to best serve such populations in need.

phoenix, i know you were talking about how much you liked tulane before. where do you stand at this point as you try to figure out about where to go? do you still feel really strongly about tulane?
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Pritzker's mascot is a phoenix? Perhaps that's why they put me on a pre-interview hold rather than a rejection!

As for Tulane, I think it's got amazing opportunities and a really dynamic and friendly student body. I know I'd really enjoy going to medical school there. I haven't made any final decisions yet, but there is a home-town advantage for Loyola, which I also love. And I'm finding that I'm more and more partial to the block systems-based curriculum. I'll have to double-check, but I think Tulane's curriculum is a bit more traditional.
 
Phoenix. said:
Pritzker's mascot is a phoenix? Perhaps that's why they put me on a pre-interview hold rather than a rejection!

As for Tulane, I think it's got amazing opportunities and a really dynamic and friendly student body. I know I'd really enjoy going to medical school there. I haven't made any final decisions yet, but there is a home-town advantage for Loyola, which I also love. And I'm finding that I'm more and more partial to the block systems-based curriculum. I'll have to double-check, but I think Tulane's curriculum is a bit more traditional.
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the students at tulane emphasized to me that the administration is consistently open to feedback from students and very good about making changes as needed. on that note, they are actually moving towards a more systems-based approach to the curriculum, which is already integrated into the second year courses but is now going to be used as the framework for first year, as well, especially in the second half of the year, with exams about every 4-6 weeks.
 
suenos said:
the students at tulane emphasized to me that the administration is consistently open to feedback from students and very good about making changes as needed. on that note, they are actually moving towards a more systems-based approach to the curriculum, which is already integrated into the second year courses but is now going to be used as the framework for first year, as well, especially in the second half of the year, with exams about every 4-6 weeks.
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Will that start for 2008?
 
Phoenix. said:
Will that start for 2008?
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that's what i was told. they are very quick as far as responding to concerns/student needs. apparently one of the admins working on the curriculum revision has a bunch of proposals taped on his wall. so they're definitely on the ball and making changes, and including a more systems-based framework for the curriculum next year.
 
Ugh. I'm sitting in Panera, abusing the coffee refills, and working through the on-line IRB submission process (I have to submit renewals for my studies for data analysis). I'm about to shoot the building speakers, as they have been playing Christmas music for the past several hours. I don't like Christmas music (with the exception of the Carol of the Bells) except during Christmas week. I especially loathe it weeks in advance - this year, it started *before* Thanksgiving. It's bleeding through the classical I currently having playing on my headphones.

EDIT: I am pleased to report that acoustic Lenny Kravitz > Bing Crosby.
 
We have two radio stations that started playing Christmas music 24/7 on Thanksgiving. Brings out the Scrooge in me.
 
My post-bac = officially over as of today.

No more learning till Jan. 2 followed by 4 months of MCAT prep.
 
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