2016 Nontrad Applicants' Progress Thread

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Volunteering at a hospital opened up a lot of doors for shadowing for me, which was really nice, but I also had patient contact. Would you get any? Hospice work (with patients) would likely provide a more fruitful experience, and those I know who have done it (all retired) thought themselves better for it. (In a good, 'transformative' way)
 
NonTrad16 said:
Volunteering at a hospital opened up a lot of doors for shadowing for me, which was really nice, but I also had patient contact. Would you get any? Hospice work (with patients) would likely provide a more fruitful experience, and those I know who have done it (all retired) thought themselves better for it. (In a good, 'transformative' way)
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Yeah I was thinking I'd just super-volunteer and ask questions until it became something more meaningful or possibly get some shadowing....but I like the Hospice idea, they want people to play music there and I can!
Anyway...I'll probably just do both because f-it...who needs time after working all week?

of course, it would be sick just to get accepted this cycle!
 
I am drowning in secondaries and have no idea how some people on SDN have such quick turnaround on them.

Good luck everyone! What a marathon...
 
I used to like the weekend, now I dread it.

I like days when I can hope for an update email or some sort of application status change.
 
BryanBeid said:
Official Score tomorrow. Sleep will not be had tonight.
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Am right there with you. Ready to see my final score (and based on my preliminaries i am pretty confident what it will be) and get this phase over. Not sure i'm ready for the second onslaught of secondaries once my scores are released.

Good luck!
 
Haven't posted on this year's iteration of nontrad progress, but man...I have 19 secondaries submitted and I was feeling good, chugging along, but my next few are beasts. Should have started with those, maybe...hope you all are avoiding the burnout!
 
hueso said:
Haven't posted on this year's iteration of nontrad progress, but man...I have 19 secondaries submitted and I was feeling good, chugging along, but my next few are beasts. Should have started with those, maybe...hope you all are avoiding the burnout!
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I know the feeling. Just finished my 27th secondary last night. I never want to see another essay again, but there are still more to complete. I was managing to get them all in before two weeks had passed, but then I ran into a few beasts. I mean, c'mon Miami. 12 essays of 500 words each? I have to take a day off after finishing that one.

On the other hand, I have no doubt that in a couple of weeks when the secondaries are done and we are just waiting on results that some of us will wish we could go back and work on them again.
 
I've submitted 5 out the 7 secondaries I've received so far (only possibly 1 more after that... Wayne State is taking their sweet time.) Unfortunately, 1 of the 2 left to go is the Minnesota one which has like 9 essays to write. It seems like I'm super happy I didn't apply to Miami, because that sounds fricken brutal.
 
gyrfalcon said:
I know the feeling. Just finished my 27th secondary last night. I never want to see another essay again, but there are still more to complete. I was managing to get them all in before two weeks had passed, but then I ran into a few beasts. I mean, c'mon Miami. 12 essays of 500 words each? I have to take a day off after finishing that one.

On the other hand, I have no doubt that in a couple of weeks when the secondaries are done and we are just waiting on results that some of us will wish we could go back and work on them again.
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Miami was a beast...followed up with the UCs...ugh
 
In my n=1 opinion Miami's secondary was pretty fun for me to complete.

Everyone have a great weekend and make sure to do something besides write essays😛......
 
Woah, new to the SDN and you kids have been putting in some work on these forums.

I'm applying this year for the first time. Have a great GPA, non-debilitating MCAT score that is not worth bragging about, and experience for the last two years as a paramedic.
I applied to 4 DO schools and 17 MD
Submitted AMCAS on 6/17 and got super ill over the next month. Just submitted my AACOMAS a week ago.
Secondaries rolled in: 11 so far. [Unsure if more will show up?]
I'm overwhelmed by the volume, trying to keep up the pace knocking them out.

Doing all of this with a full-time job and non-student responsibilities has been tough but if I get in the pay off will be so worth it.
 
youcancallmeAl said:
Woah, new to the SDN and you kids have been putting in some work on these forums.

I'm applying this year for the first time. Have a great GPA, non-debilitating MCAT score that is not worth bragging about, and experience for the last two years as a paramedic.
I applied to 4 DO schools and 17 MD
Submitted AMCAS on 6/17 and got super ill over the next month. Just submitted my AACOMAS a week ago.
Secondaries rolled in: 11 so far. [Unsure if more will show up?]
I'm overwhelmed by the volume, trying to keep up the pace knocking them out.

Doing all of this with a full-time job and non-student responsibilities has been tough but if I get in the pay off will be so worth it.
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Welcome to the party!
 
After so many years of wondering if I could, if I SHOULD, and worse, if I would... I did. Submitted tonight. Let the rejections flow in 😉 (seriously, I hope not all 35 schools outright say, "Get lost" but suspect many of them might)
 
Ad2b said:
After so many years of wondering if I could, if I SHOULD, and worse, if I would... I did. Submitted tonight. Let the rejections flow in 😉 (seriously, I hope not all 35 schools outright say, "Get lost" but suspect many of them might)
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Totally unrelated to your post but out of the corner of my eye I always think your profile pic looks like an eel! 🙂
 
Ad2b said:
😱 (people eat those :vomit:)
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Looks like they wear them, too
 
:smack: another reason to be an embarrassed Minnesotan!

Upon further review, though, that looks like a Northern Pike, not an eelpout.

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Verified today, FINALLY. Now if I can just get my last letter of rec actually submitted (had to wait till summer term cause of the classes I've taken (only science since my transfer to UW - and in the last 3 years - so it's been hard to get a non-science). I'm so glad I prewrote a ton of the essays.
 
I had my first med school interviews today. I've been to many interviews in my life but I don't think I've ever been so nervous before. It turned out to be a lovely experience though. The students and faculty seemed genuinely interested in my unusual route to medicine, and no one brought up my poor academic history from undergrad long ago. I had a huge grin on my face during the hospital tour. I couldn't help it... after years of working towards this goal, it is soooo close! I hope that all of you also have a relaxing first interview. We're almost there! 😀

Now the waiting for Oct 15 begins.
 
gyrfalcon said:
I had my first med school interviews today. I've been to many interviews in my life but I don't think I've ever been so nervous before. It turned out to be a lovely experience though. The students and faculty seemed genuinely interested in my unusual route to medicine, and no one brought up my poor academic history from undergrad long ago. I had a huge grin on my face during the hospital tour. I couldn't help it... after years of working towards this goal, it is soooo close! I hope that all of you also have a relaxing first interview. We're almost there! 😀

Now the waiting for Oct 15 begins.
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Holy crap that was early. Do you mind saying where it was (if you prefer not to that's perfectly cool)?
 
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