a year ago, a year from now

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StudyLater said:
So did you end up actually retaking or no?
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Yes, and the worst part of it is that I actually dropped (from 31 -> 30)
I have to thank all my lucky stars things worked out for the best .. I guess my ECs and non-numerical stuff (i.e. everything except MCAT+gpa) really dazzled adcoms at the two schools I interviewed (and eventually got accepted at).
 
RedPhys said:
Yes, and the worst part of it is that I actually dropped (from 31 -> 30)
I have to thank all my lucky stars things worked out for the best .. I guess my ECs and non-numerical stuff (i.e. everything except MCAT+gpa) really dazzled adcoms at the two schools I interviewed (and eventually got accepted at).
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Was there anything particularly out of the ordinary? I feel like you would have mentioned it if you were a URM. That's definitely interesting.
 
1 year ago: still drinking beer celebrating finally getting into my desired M.D. school a week earlier after waiting almost 2 full cycles

1 year from now: ohmygod I am taking Step 1 in a couple weeks and will die
 
TheRobin said:
A year ago: Finishing senior thesis, reading The Hunger Games trilogy, playing video games, sleeping in

A year from now: Wrapping up M2 and preparing for Step 1
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You made it. The power of positive.
 
This is the end my friend...

A year ago - settled in and stroking for home entering pgy3.

A year from now - truly the end of the beginning. I've been incredibly fortunate with the opportunities, education and training I've received over the past 8 years, but I'm no doubt ready to move on. Same question as old - Where? - but this time I get to make the choice. Well, my spouse really does but that's ok with me.

Stay strong. Be thankful. Share.

I'll meet you there...
 
A year ago: I believed that there was still hope in the world
A year from now: RIP to my future
 
A year ago: Getting LORs, Writing my PS.
A year from now: M1 summer research at Mayo clinic 15 mins away from campus with phd faculty hopefully for workstudy money and getting published!
 
A year ago: Sweating over my personal statement, feeling proud that I had made it this far, but also scared that my unusual story would be lost in the shuffle. Watching my SO go off to a top 20 school and knowing what an incredible long shot it would be (<4% chance) that I could follow them.

A year from now: Unless financial aid is truly terrible, finishing my M1 year at the same school where they work on their M3!
 
One year ago, I was sitting on the couch doing last-minute MCAT studying, eating nothing but sprinkles and going multiple days without showering.

One year from today, I'll be finishing M1!
 
one year ago: I was at the Kentucky derby betting on horses and drinking mint juleps.

In a year from now: hopefully traveling in Asia or somewhere awesome and getting ready to start as an MS1
 
A year ago - Just got accepted into 2 postbac programs after agonizing for months whether or not I would get in (and if I still had enough passion for medicine to pursue medical school - turns out, I very much still do!).

A year from now - Should be wrapping up my postbac experience and prepping my AMCAS application for submission. I will be anticipating an awesome and well-needed gap year while I wait on responses from schools post submission.
 
A year ago - I was relaxing and chilling, not giving a crap about studies
A year from now - I will have broken my neck and my back, with severe symptoms of being burnt out, just for the MCAT.
 
mehc012 said:
A year ago: Working my butt off, exhausted, getting ready to kick it into high gear for MCAT prep.
A year from now: (Hopefully) finishing up some sort of Latin American immersion program and getting ready for MS1. Or, given my current status, sitting around lamenting because I still haven't buckled down and written a gorram PS.
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A year (minus 5d) from now: Sitting around lamenting how I hadn't buckled down and written a gorram PS!
A year from now: Starting M2!!

And yes, right now I am sitting in Central America finishing up an immersion program and getting ready for M1!
 
1 year ago: I was trying to believe the good news that I was accepted and I was finishing up my job teaching. I had a garden and everything was always so clean.

1 year from now: I will have transitioned into my clinical years after surviving Step 1 and will be simultaneously more exhausted than I have ever been and also more fulfilled than I have ever been.
 
1 year ago: I was starting my app and hoping this cycle brought good news.

1 year from now: I will be finished with my first year of Med school!

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1 year ago: I was getting ready to go to Spain for a neuroscience study abroad program

1 year from now: Hopefully getting ready to go to medical school and start M1!
 
1 yr ago: Damn, how much bs do I gotta write for this application??

1 yr from now: Damn, I got how much debt after MS1?...But the joys of being in med school/medicine will make it worth it....
 
1 year ago: Finished my freshman year with a 4.0, and basically proved to myself that I was capable of letting go of my crappy high school past.

1 year from now: Taking the MCAT and then hopefully applying to med school. terrifying, but also incredibly exciting.
 
Theafoni said:
a year ago - working, sweating on finals, trying to quit my job

a year from now - research, sweating on finals, kill mcat (inshallah), getting ready to apply

I'm a simple man :happy:
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currently - Doing research, sweating on finals, have yet to take mcat, graduating, hope to apply next summer 🤔

a year from now - research, sweating on finals, killed the mcat (isA), getting ready to apply, considering master's in bioinformatics
 
2011
vanillabear55 said:
a year ago: I was flipping out about having dropped gen chem II/considering switching to accounting..and registering for physics I


a year from now: I'll (hopefully) be verified, have gotten good grades in my remaining prereqs, had my honors thesis started, and either studying abroad or taking a decent vacation during july 👍
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2014
vanillabear55 said:
A year ago: was finishing up research for my thesis, getting ready to graduate, and still optimistic I was going to take the mcat/apply for 2013-2014 (I didn't).

A year from now: 2014-2015 application cycle winding down, hopefully have an acceptance and am going crazy apartment hunting
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so it's kind of humbling to recall that I posted here twice before, starting 5 years ago....wow how time flies... and how much life got in the way of my plans haha but I finally wound up applying and getting accepted this year (after 3 gap years) so I'm pretty happy with myself now 🙂

a year ago: I was gearing up to submit my apps early, worrying about the odds being stacked against me getting into medical school, trying to nail down the perfect personal statement.

a year from now: I'll be finishing up my MS-I year, ready to move back home for the summer, hopefully with some sort of productive research to start/a more narrow view of what field of medicine I want to go into
 
A year ago: Suicidal, apathetic high school senior with a 4.0 earned through outright lying on homework and cheating on exams

A year from now: Better study habits, better sleep schedule, therapy, a year's worth of clinical volunteering under my belt, research and shadowing experience, a position as an executive officer in a non-profit organization's campus chapter and I will have been through ~3 different jobs
 
J Senpai said:
Me? k.

A year from now I will be finishing up my Junior year and getting ready tackle my MCAT studying for the whole summer. I'll have put in almost 2 years at the clinic, reached my 4th kyu rank in Aikido and probably be working on a research project with a psychology professor. I'll be mentally and emotionally prepared for arguably one of the most important exams in my life and I'll be looking into something to do during my gap year which will follow my graduation and application in the summer of that next year.
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Scored 510 on my MCAT and got accepted to my top choice. Never got involved with research.

A year from now -- finishing up with my first year of med school and enjoying the beginning of what might be one last free summer.
 
A year ago: Hadn't studied for the MCAT, finishing my 7th straight semester with no summer breaks, pushing into another summer semester.

A year from now: Hopefully finishing up MS1, planning a trip with my SO. I find out on Wednesday if it'll be for real.
 
A year ago: working on AMCAS and hoping I don't get cold feet before submitting like I did the year before.

A year from now: trying to chillax before MS2. Probably reconsidering my life choices, yet really flipping happy/grateful deep down inside.
 
imer said:
This is the end my friend...

A year ago - settled in and stroking for home entering pgy3.

A year from now - truly the end of the beginning. I've been incredibly fortunate with the opportunities, education and training I've received over the past 8 years, but I'm no doubt ready to move on. Same question as old - Where? - but this time I get to make the choice. Well, my spouse really does but that's ok with me.

Stay strong. Be thankful. Share.

I'll meet you there...
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So I really thought that was my last post but since I'm doing a fellowship...

A year ago: I was taking up chief resident position, unaware of the hell that awaited me...

A year from now: bliss
 
tessellations said:
1 year ago: Finished my freshman year with a 4.0, and basically proved to myself that I was capable of letting go of my crappy high school past.

1 year from now: Taking the MCAT and then hopefully applying to med school. terrifying, but also incredibly exciting.
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1 year ago: I was real ambitious and thought I would be applying to med school right now

1 year from now: I will be graduated from college, hopefully with a gap year job lined up, and will be applying to med school

lol i was so ambitious a year ago. thanks for bumping, it was cool to reflect!
 
A year ago: To this date exactly I had just taken the MCAT for the second time.

A year from now: 2 weeks away from completing MS1 :xf:
 
A year ago: accepted to state school and stressing over wait lists.
A year from now: preparing for MS3 since Step 1 will be complete and I will know if I am competitive for my desired residency.
 
tessellations said:
1 year ago: I was real ambitious and thought I would be applying to med school right now

1 year from now: I will be graduated from college, hopefully with a gap year job lined up, and will be applying to med school

lol i was so ambitious a year ago. thanks for bumping, it was cool to reflect!
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+1 🙂
 
1 year ago: in the military, slowly coming to the realization that I don't want to do my job anymore, and that maybe med school is actually attainable despite my horrendous cGPA (~2.0)

1 year from now: hopefully well into my pre-reqs, done with Anatomy I&II, starting Chem I, closer to a 3.0 cGPA, still in the military, working in a job I don't want to work, but at least making money? hopefully doing something clinical in my spare time (shadowing/volunteering)

edit: wow that's pretty bleak lol
 
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1 year ago - I just completed freshmen year with a 3.5.

1 year from now - applying to TX Schools, with hopefully an acceptance from one

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Wonderful thread. Hope I contribute to it for the years to come!

A year ago: getting ready to apply, nervous and excited about the future. Fresh college grad

A year from now: done with my M1 year and hopefully on top of everything...
 
A year ago: I was back home living with my family, depressed and struggling to cope with my husband's deployment.

A year from now: I will be a year away from finally graduating with my BA, and hopefully I'll have the stellar foundations of a competitive application



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mehc012 said:
A year ago: Working my butt off, exhausted, getting ready to kick it into high gear for MCAT prep.
A year from now: (Hopefully) finishing up some sort of Latin American immersion program and getting ready for MS1. Or, given my current status, sitting around lamenting because I still haven't buckled down and written a gorram PS.
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A year ago: Finishing up some sort of Latin American immersion program and getting ready for MS1.
A year from now: Probably in an early rotation waiting on my Step scores to come in!
 
A year ago: about to take Step 1+pissed+
A year from now: M.D. enjoying life before internship:zip:
 
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