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Elijah05 said:
I was verified this morning! 🙂. but looking at the GPA section makes me want to cry...🙁 lol. so bad i hope med schools look at upward trends! My amcas GPA was lower then what i calculated too! though not really by much...it went from a 3.55 to a 3.51 😛
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Doesn't Irvine count by .3 increments? A- is 3.7, B+ is 3.3, etc?
 
hey everyone!

i'm approved for FAP!!!!! now i get 13 schools free. i'm surprised that they did it so quick. i'm happy now 🙂

Elijah...i paid $225 for my MCAt, can i get some money back b/c all we need to pay is $85.
 
RecyclingBinh said:
hey everyone!

i'm approved for FAP!!!!! now i get 13 schools free. i'm surprised that they did it so quick. i'm happy now 🙂

Elijah...i paid $225 for my MCAt, can i get some money back b/c all we need to pay is $85.
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Nope I tried that trick they wont let you. If you sign up before you are approved they dont care you pay full price. Grats on FAP its the greatest thing ever!!!! 🙂
 
Elijah05 said:
Nope I tried that trick they wont let you. If you sign up after you are approved they dont care you pay full price. Grats on FAP its the greatest thing ever!!!! 🙂
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are we the only 2 in 2014 with FAP?
 
RecyclingBinh said:
are we the only 2 in 2014 with FAP?
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In this thread? I think so. The FAP guidelines arent too stringent but most middle class and above or people with 2 parents would make too much. yay for being poor i guess 🙂
 
BlueElmo said:
I'm so sad.:cry:
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🙁. Maybe today is the day!!!I wish we could get 2ndaries now. Im excited this whole process has started...hopefully by the end im not crying with only rejections and having to reapply! lol
 
ksmi117 said:
So do I. I usually go through a few avatars before picking one. Hold for a second and you can see another one that I'm unsure about.
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I like the one where you are throwing the flag(or w/e it is) 🙂
 
I submitted mine last night. "Ready for Review" for the time being~

Those waiting anxiously to be verified, take a deep breath... and hold it! The excruciating discomfort will temporarily distract your mind from AMCAS. 😉
 
I feel like I should recieve the FAP, based on my own income (graduated last year and currently work). But the fact that they combine my income with my parents who have no financial ties to me really screws things up, putting me just over the limit.

I think they need to change that.
 
Elijah05 said:
lol its day 1 and im already stressing!!! I think after apps are done im going to age 4-5 years 🙁. Probably look as old as OC!!! 🙁
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At least you'll look like a sexy man beast then...

ksmi117 said:
😆 :laugh: 🤣 :roflcopter:
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😡 It wasn't that funny, youngin'!!!

BlueElmo said:
Well, I'm going to cut the crap and give it to you straight. There's no way you will get into a MD school with 20 MCAT and a 4 on Verbal. With that said, I say you don't submit your app until you retake the test.

From your practice tests, you have done well. I'm thinking you panicked or just froze up during the actual test. You definitely know the material, because your practice test scores are good. You just need to pinpoint what went wrong on the test day. Were you distracted? Were you unable to focus? Were you just plain nervous?

Study hard until July 30th and get back to test form, and you will be fine.👍
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Yep, have to agree here. This is sound advice. I'm sorry to hear about your score, umw. I'm sure you weren't expecting that with your solid practice scores.


Lukkie said:
Agreed. Also umw I would recommend practicing with the AAMC official exams rather than just the kaplan ones.
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I think he said he did, but I would agree. If he's not practicing with AAMC exams then he should definitely focus on them.

This is all my life is at the moment... 🙁 well, MCAT, work, and a little bit of sexy time... Well, and beer... well, lots of beer... Ok, I digress. Back to work, so I'll have time tonight for more beer and sexy time! 🙂

Good luck, Umw, and don't let your score get you down. Let it motivate you through your studying for the next 2 months.
 
pitt1166 said:
I feel like I should recieve the FAP, based on my own income (graduated last year and currently work). But the fact that they combine my income with my parents who have no financial ties to me really screws things up, putting me just over the limit.

I think they need to change that.
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Me too but they wont. Thankfully they didnt make me count my dads income, though they gave me a tough time about it. The problem is the waiver and money comes from a private company, its not state or government funded. So normal rules dont apply. Like for fafsa you could be independant and not count your parents income, stupid fap wont let you do that independant or not 🙁.
 
BlueElmo said:
Some submitted today and were verified an hour later. Man, they must have accidentally dropped mine in a trash can or something.
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Uggggghhh, they murdered my post-bac stuff. Last year, I submitted and all my post-bac grades were lumped in with my grad grades. This year, they separated them and now I have a 3.3 post bac. It makes it look like I stopped trying when really I took orgo and bio lab, so it was significantly harder than other ugrad BCPM that I had. Oh well, separating my post-bac and grad grades made my grad GPA skyrocket. Gotta go update the AMCAS calculations on my MDapps.

pitt1166 said:
I feel like I should recieve the FAP, based on my own income (graduated last year and currently work). But the fact that they combine my income with my parents who have no financial ties to me really screws things up, putting me just over the limit.

I think they need to change that.
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Yes, I aggree, I've been financially independant from my parents since 2003, but they told me that I'd have to show that I'd been divorced from my parents if I wanted the FAP. That, or I'd have to have a prof or someone write a letter on my behaf explaining my situation.
 
Elijah05 said:
Me too but they wont. Thankfully they didnt make me count my dads income, though they gave me a tough time about it. The problem is the waiver and money comes from a private company, its not state or government funded. So normal rules dont apply. Like for fafsa you could be independant and not count your parents income, stupid fap wont let you do that independant or not 🙁.
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Question for you. How did you go about arguing with them, and, if you don't mind me asking, why was your father's income not counted?

I tried making my case to them via email and they just kept giving me generic responses.
 
Soba said:
I submitted mine last night. "Ready for Review" for the time being~

Those waiting anxiously to be verified, take a deep breath... and hold it! The excruciating discomfort will temporarily distract your mind from AMCAS. 😉
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Only one school???

And people, pay attention to my avatar plight. Which do we like better, this one or the one I've had?
 
Bryson17 said:
Uggggghhh, they murdered my post-bac stuff. Last year, I submitted and all my post-bac grades were lumped in with my grad grades. This year, they separated them and now I have a 3.3 post bac. It makes it look like I stopped trying when really I took orgo and bio lab, so it was significantly harder than other ugrad BCPM that I had. Oh well, separating my post-bac and grad grades made my grad GPA skyrocket. Gotta go update the AMCAS calculations on my MDapps.
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If it's wrong you can ask them to change it.
 
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BlueElmo said:
Some submitted today and were verified an hour later. Man, they must have accidentally dropped mine in a trash can or something.
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Those could be early decision applicants. They get verified very, very quickly even during peak processing times.
 
ksmi117 said:
Only one school???

And people, pay attention to my avatar plight. Which do we like better, this one or the one I've had?
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1. USUHS.
2. Current one where you have possession of the flag.
 
RecyclingBinh said:
are we the only 2 in 2014 with FAP?
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no.

Elijah05 said:
In this thread? I think so. The FAP guidelines arent too stringent but most middle class and above or people with 2 parents would make too much. yay for being poor i guess 🙂
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wrong again. :hello: i have FAP (posted this many, many pages ago) and 2 parents. what now.

BlueElmo said:
Some submitted today and were verified an hour later. Man, they must have accidentally dropped mine in a trash can or something.
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i'm feeling that way too. still "ready for review." argh.
 
ok i am done with my application and selected my schools. i'm really nervous in clicking the submit button. should i click it?
 
here is my final list of schools. what do yall think?

Baylor U
Drexel U
Eastern Virginia
GWU
Howard
Loma Linda
Michigan State
Morehouse
SUNY Buffalo
Tulane
TX A&M
TX Tech
TX Tech El Paso
UoIllinois
UoKentucky
UoNevada
UoNorth Texas
UTMB Galveston
UTMB Houston
UTSA
UTSW
Virginia Commonwealth
 
RecyclingBinh said:
here is my final list of schools. what do yall think?

Baylor U
Drexel U
Eastern Virginia
GWU
Howard
Loma Linda
Michigan State
Morehouse
SUNY Buffalo
Tulane
TX A&M
TX Tech
TX Tech El Paso
UoIllinois
UoKentucky
UoNevada
UoNorth Texas
UTMB Galveston
UTMB Houston
UTSA
UTSW
Virginia Commonwealth
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go for it! you'll feel better once you do.
 
Whew! I just crazy all over my 14 secondary threads. I looked up secondary info for all of them and posted it. If you are applying to any of the same schools as me, go post there. That way I don't feel like a total loser.
 
Dude, you should make sure that this year's secondary is in the first post, not last years'. That's what was so helpful about last year's school specific thread.

I suggest going back to edit all the first posts once you get their secondaries.
 
Bryson17 said:
Dude, you should make sure that this year's secondary is in the first post, not last years'. That's what was so helpful about last year's school specific thread.

I suggest going back to edit all the first posts once you get their secondaries.
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Well, the main thread (which is now stickied over there) will link to the prompts as well as the threads, but I'm sure shemarty will have no problems with this plan. But we'll need people to let us know when they are available.
 
My list:

USC
Loma Linda
Stanford
UCD
UCI
UCLA
UCSD
UCSF
UofMiami
BU
Harvard
Tufts
UMDNJ
Albany
Albert Einstein
Columbia
Cornell
Mount Sinai
New York Medical College
NYU
Baffalo
SUNY--Upstate and Downstate
Stony Brook
Rochester
Drexel
Jefferson
Penn state
Temple
 
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