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I'm taking a break from SDN... y'all behave, OK.
Be well.I'm taking a break from SDN... y'all behave, OK.
I'm taking a break from SDN... y'all behave, OK.
Who else will tell 3.7/515 applicants to apply DO now?
I'm taking a break from SDN... y'all behave, OK.
I am sad that my mentor here is taking a break. But I will do my best to parrot GORO's spirit and wisdom.@gorowannabe time to step up and claim your prize
Who else will tell 3.7/515 applicants to apply DO now?
The bigger question is what is a genuine 3.7/515 applicant doing on SDN in the first place?
Because good information is useful whoever you are and pre-meds are more than just numbers?The bigger question is what is a genuine 3.7/515 applicant doing on SDN in the first place?
Because good information is useful whoever you are and pre-meds are more than just numbers?
Are you serious right now? Even people with insane stats come here for advice.If you think a REAL 3.7 / 515 applicant is perusing SDN for anything other than humor, then you or anybody else for that matter don't understand the application cycle.
If you think a REAL 3.7 / 515 applicant is perusing SDN for anything other than humor, then you or anybody else for that matter don't understand the application cycle.
If you think a REAL 3.7 / 515 applicant is perusing SDN for anything other than humor, then you or anybody else for that matter don't understand the application cycle.
If you think a REAL 3.7 / 515 applicant is perusing SDN for anything other than humor, then you or anybody else for that matter don't understand the application cycle.
My PI had a 100th percentile MCAT and was perusing SDN for info. I have a friend who is a current MS3 at a top med school who had a 519 and a 4.0 who was on SDN for advice. I also know someone at my school with a 4.0 and a 515 who got exactly zero invites this cycle.
Entrance is about more than stats and sadly most pre-health professions committee's don't equip their students with 100% of the tools they need to be the best applicant they can be. Even if all of the pre-health committees did everything right, the best they can do is guess at what adcom members are actually looking for, whereas many of our posters currently or previously served on them. That insight alone is worth the price of admission
To the first bold portion: This is exactly why it is imperative for Pre-Med students to get as many opinions and as much feedback on their application as they can . A student cannot know what is wrong with their application if they do not reach out for help with the process. Thus, even for the high stats students, people come to SDN for advise on their application, essays and just questions in general. If a student has a red flag in their application they are unaware of, having others review their application can bring to light these red flags. If a student does not know how to apply to medical school, well SDN acts as a community of literally thousands of people who have gone through the process and can provide guidance; no need to spend money on something that SDN can serve the purpose of.If this person you knew with a 4.0 and a 515 did not get even one invite then that means 1. There is something hiding in their app that you are unaware about that is keeping them out of medical school or 2. This person does not know how to apply to medical school and needs to shell out some serious money for a consulting service that will hold their hand through the process and show them how it's done.
@Goro does give sound advice but some people here do not and will not listen to that advice or lack the maturity to understand the reasoning for the advice in the first place. As a medical student, it is very easy to read some of these threads and figure out who is serious about getting in and who is wasting their time. There are A LOT of people on this site that are kidding themselves if they think they are becoming doctors via the stateside route.
I had significantly lower stats than a 4.0 and a 515 and I easily got in in one cycle. My message has always been that the process is about numbers and then secondly a genuine desire to become a doctor. SDN cannot help you with either of those criteria. What I hope this site can do, is crack some sense into some otherwise naive candidates who do have the potential but are lacking in their thought process.
I'm taking a break from SDN... y'all behave, OK.
What if Goro is really just leaving to go cheat on us with r/premed?
(Or does it not count as cheating because we’re “on a break” )
This is like the 6th friends reference in 2 days I have seen on this Forum. I feel like we are finally at a point where >90% of Premeds were born after Friends started and thus grew up with it.What if Goro is really just leaving to go cheat on us with r/premed?
(Or does it not count as cheating because we’re “on a break” )
This is like the 6th friends reference in 2 days I have seen on this Forum. I feel like we are finally at a point where >90% of Premeds were born after Friends started and thus grew up with it.
In my research lab I proctor for a partnership with the local high school. Boy, when they told me 2003 and 2004 DOB....There’s only a handful of Med students in my class who remember 9/11.
There’s only a handful of Med students in my class who remember 9/11.
@Mike Bagwell Mind sharing your stats? Significantly lower than a 4.0 and a 515? How significant? Please tell me you're not one of those that say a 3.8 is significantly lower -_-