Another premed looking for specific advice/opinions about HPSP

[GammaRho]

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[ak44]

TL : DR

 

[Gastrapathy]

Based on your specific situation (.), I say do it.

 

[Red Lobster Actual]

Hold on, allow me to stand in for the OP. Just by the title I empathize with his position.

Dear friends,

I am a freshman at <STATE SCHOOL> and I want to apply to medical school and become a <SURGICAL SPECIALTY> because I want to help people. However, ever since I was little I wanted to serve because I always looked up to my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate who was in the <ARMED SERVICES BRANCH> and he was very proud of his time. My decision to join was further reinforced after binge watching Surviving the Cut, Inside Combat Rescue, and Grey's Anatomy on Netflix. I didn't like M*A*S*H very much.

But I did my research here and there seemed to be alot of negative opinions so I was wondering if I can get some specific help to my situation? My GPA is <#.##> and I am planning a 520 on my MCAT. My ECs will include cancer research and teaching underprivileged kids how to read good and do others things good too. Will I be able to get the <BRANCH SERVICE>'s HPSP? Also what are my chances of becoming a <SURGICAL SPECIALTY>? Will this finally make my dad proud of me?

Thanks everyone!

TL;DR Will joining the army and getting into medical school make my parents notice me?

Oh that was cathartic.

 

[j4pac]

Hold on, allow me to stand in for the OP. Just by the title I empathize with his position.

Dear friends,

I am a freshman at <STATE SCHOOL> and I want to apply to medical school and become a <SURGICAL SPECIALTY> because I want to help people. However, ever since I was little I wanted to serve because I always looked up to my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate who was in the <ARMED SERVICES BRANCH> and he was very proud of his time. My decision to join was further reinforced after binge watching Surviving the Cut, Inside Combat Rescue, and Grey's Anatomy on Netflix. I didn't like M*A*S*H very much.

But I did my research here and there seemed to be alot of negative opinions so I was wondering if I can get some specific help to my situation? My GPA is <#.##> and I am planning a 520 on my MCAT. My ECs will include cancer research and teaching underprivileged kids how to read good and do others things good too. Will I be able to get the <BRANCH SERVICE>'s HPSP? Also what are my chances of becoming a <SURGICAL SPECIALTY>? Will this finally make my dad proud of me?

Thanks everyone!

TL;DR Will joining the army and getting into medical school make my parents notice me?

Oh that was cathartic.

To answer both of your questions..no

 

[Gastrapathy]

Hold on, allow me to stand in for the OP. Just by the title I empathize with his position.

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You win

 

[colbgw02]

This thread should be a sticky.

 

[HighPriest]

Hold on, allow me to stand in for the OP. Just by the title I empathize with his position.

Dear friends,

I am a freshman at <STATE SCHOOL> and I want to apply to medical school and become a <SURGICAL SPECIALTY> because I want to help people. However, ever since I was little I wanted to serve because I always looked up to my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate who was in the <ARMED SERVICES BRANCH> and he was very proud of his time. My decision to join was further reinforced after binge watching Surviving the Cut, Inside Combat Rescue, and Grey's Anatomy on Netflix. I didn't like M*A*S*H very much.

But I did my research here and there seemed to be alot of negative opinions so I was wondering if I can get some specific help to my situation? My GPA is <#.##> and I am planning a 520 on my MCAT. My ECs will include cancer research and teaching underprivileged kids how to read good and do others things good too. Will I be able to get the <BRANCH SERVICE>'s HPSP? Also what are my chances of becoming a <SURGICAL SPECIALTY>? Will this finally make my dad proud of me?

Thanks everyone!

TL;DR Will joining the army and getting into medical school make my parents notice me?

Oh that was cathartic.

Nice Zoolander reference.

 

[HighPriest]

You should give OP some credit, however. This could be another:

"I want to be a pediatric endoscopic telephonetic neurosurgeon who specializes in rhabdomyosarcoma of the pituitary gland, but I also want to be Delta Force and a part of whatever unit Tom Berenger was a part of in Sniper 2. I also want to air drop into North Korea so that I can repair all of their cleft palates, "Hearts and Minds", you know? Is that possible in the military?"

 

[aklark]

You should give OP some credit, however. This could be another:

"I want to be a pediatric endoscopic telephonetic neurosurgeon who specializes in rhabdomyosarcoma of the pituitary gland, but I also want to be Delta Force and a part of whatever unit Tom Berenger was a part of in Sniper 2. I also want to air drop into North Korea so that I can repair all of their cleft palates, "Hearts and Minds", you know? Is that possible in the military?"

I believe this is the plot of Rambo 5: Last Blood.

Rambo left his quiet retreat in the jungle of Thailand, returned to medical school, and was subsequently recruited for his toughest mission yet.

 

[Red Lobster Actual]

Rambo left his quiet retreat in the jungle of Thailand, returned to medical school, and was subsequently recruited for his toughest mission yet.

air drop into North Korea so that [he] can repair all of their cleft palates

John James Rambo, MD, FACS???

What would this guy be like in medical school? Residency?

 

[HighPriest]

John James Rambo, MD, FACS???

What would this guy be like in medical school? Residency?

He'd go in all gung-ho about doing EM, but ultimately he would end up doing PM&R because of the hours.

 

[Homunculus]

maybe not a sticky itself but maybe something like the EM forum has-- maybe we can consolidate what we have now into a single better organized thread...

--your friendly neighborhood can i put that on my OER? caveman

 

[j4pac]

There is so much win in this thread...it has to be a sticky.

 

[WernickeDO]

He'd go in all gung-ho about doing EM, but ultimately he would end up doing PM&R because of the hours.

Rambo would for sure go psych, specializing in treating PTSD by breaking rocks at Fort Bragg.