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nothing wrong with it mon ami
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Flats + short skirt = legs look long
Flats + skirt long enough to be appropriate for an interview = legs look stumpy
You can't win. It's impossible.
At one of my interviews last year, they warned the girls to bring comfortable walking shoes [we ended up walking a few miles over the course of a 3-hour tour (I'm reminded of Gilligan's Island as I type that phrase)] so the girls just kept their heels in their purses when they weren't actually interviewing/meeting ppl
Flats + skirt long enough to be appropriate for an interview = legs look stumpy
You can't win. It's impossible.
At one of my interviews last year, they warned the girls to bring comfortable walking shoes [we ended up walking a few miles over the course of a 3-hour tour (I'm reminded of Gilligan's Island as I type that phrase)] so the girls just kept their heels in their purses when they weren't actually interviewing/meeting ppl
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I've heard some people suggest that skirts are more accepted than pants are by certain older faculty members. *shrug* I mean in the end I'll wear what I want, but still.
I guess I have a tendency to wear fairly short skirts (I don't really think you can get away with long skirts as well when you're as short as I am), so flats are alright. Now these silly interview skirts... Suncrusher's right about that.
the shoe situation sucks. I got some black ones though that aren't superhigh (like 2 inches) but are still pumps and seem comfortable. They're out there but hard to come by. I found mine online.
Still need to go shopping for a suit. So is the consensus blazer + skirt?
Still need to go shopping for a suit. So is the consensus blazer + skirt?
I don't look good in pants suits. My top half is not my good half; my bottom half is. Covering it up with pants? Bad idea🙂
I can't believe I've already submitted 8 secondaries 🙂. I've got two more I can work on tonight.
You must be doing something right, since you got that Pitt interview 👍
I'm trying not to sit on them or I know I will get overwhelmed. I'd much rather work on my secondaries than do my summer school hw.
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4 done / 2 will be done today / might withdraw from osu still / a couple I don't feel like doing yet (one isn't rolling so it isn't as important and the other is ultra expensive OOS so I'm like ehhh... ya'll would have to give me lots of $$$)
I keep hearing everyone stressing on the money. I'm not a "money will work it self out" person... at all. However, none of us will know what kind of aid we will get until after we are accepted. It is better to cast a wide net and evaluate our options AFTER we get financial aid packages.
I've got enough to worry about now, I'll stress after I get some acceptances 🙂. For right now, I'm all about creating options.
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The problem is that I am not going to be eligible for need-based aid. I'm well aware of this, and I feel like going into the process with eyes wide open can only be helpful. Hence, looking for merit aid.
I guess I'm creating a different kind of set of options.
I'm working on USC's secondary (ahead of time because I'm lame) and I wanted to get your guy's input.
Two of the essay questions are:
Briefly describe any unique qualities and abilities you possess which would contribute to:
(A) the educational environment (250 word limit)
.(B) the diversity of the entering class (250 word limit).
Do you guys feel like there would be a lot of overlap between A and B? I feel like my diversity essay could also work for A, so I'm trying to think of what to write. For A, do you think they are wanting to hear about your personality/how you act in the classroom or more about your educational background? e.g. I have a minor in a non-science field, and I was thinking about writing that for A.
Two of the essay questions are:
Briefly describe any unique qualities and abilities you possess which would contribute to:
(A) the educational environment (250 word limit)
.(B) the diversity of the entering class (250 word limit).
Do you guys feel like there would be a lot of overlap between A and B? I feel like my diversity essay could also work for A, so I'm trying to think of what to write. For A, do you think they are wanting to hear about your personality/how you act in the classroom or more about your educational background? e.g. I have a minor in a non-science field, and I was thinking about writing that for A.
One essay left to write for Brown and I will have finished all 9 that I got plus 1 that should be arriving any day now. I am submitting 2 right now then that last one needs to be proofed.
No one commented on my Brown essay above. I think it is good enough and I should just submit it without getting it proofed.
No one commented on my Brown essay above. I think it is good enough and I should just submit it without getting it proofed.
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Well to me the first one could have to do with diversity of thinking or academic perspective, so your minor would work for that.
And the second one is just how you are diverse and unique in general, for which I assume your diversity essay would work.
I think what you have planned sounds pretty good to me.
TY! I've just seen so many of these secondary essays that my head is really starting to hurt. I think I am confusing myself.
My interpretation:
(A) What educational background do you have? What research opportunities have you participated in? Have you taken any classes that uniquely prepare you for a career in medicine? Are you well rounded? How can you contribute to a cooperative learning environment?
(B) How are you different from you classmates? What experiences have you had that prepare you to serve a diverse patient population? Basically, the same diversity essay that is on every secondary.
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If my only option ended up being 80k/year, I would probably choose the option of just using my very valuable undergraduate degree which I haven't even had to pay anything for... I don't think that'll be the case at all, hopefully I'll get some in state love, but I realize that the things in life that I like to do cost time and money and if medicine is taking most of my time, I'd prefer it give me money in turn.
Yyyyep. Luckily you will probably get lots of diversity-recruiting aid in addition to your being a badass aid. 🙂
Weird. The div. essay I already wrote spoke to both at the same time. They don't overlap tho. Part B means "are you an athelete, artist, do you speak spanish, are you spanish, did you have a hard childhood, etc.'
I didn't see it?
What is you guys' opinion on: "If accepted to medical school I would like to" versus "In medical school I would like to"?
I suppose the reason we have a different perspective is that I have lived slightly better than paycheck to paycheck for the past 10 years... things only get better from here on out 😛
I've been using "In medical school...". More often, I use, "I would like to contribute to the medical school community by...."
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Hahaha, I can see the letter now, "We are writing to congratulate you on your Official 2015 BadAss Scholarship. There were many other candidates for this award, but not one with your level of ass-kicking attitude. Hopefully your sexy ass will choose to attend _____ School of Medicine."
I think "In medical school I would like to" is alright, since you said "would like to" instead of "will". But maybe get more input on that.
ditto x2
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hey guys when you're uploading a picture for your secondaries...why does it look so distorted when you use the measurements they want?
SLU wants 250X400 pixels but it looks ******ed....
and im sure the other schools i'm doing have different measurements that will come out like that too
SLU wants 250X400 pixels but it looks ******ed....
and im sure the other schools i'm doing have different measurements that will come out like that too
Put it into photoshop/paint/ w/e. Increase the canvas size to mach the pixel requirements. You will have a white border, but at least your picture will not be distorted. That's what I did.
I posted about this somewhere else... but what you need to do is make the photo 250X250 since passport photos are square. If you haven't made your photo passport style, then you should go to epassportphoto.com, then crop 1 of the photos from the sheet that it creates.
Do this and it will come out great... although it can't help your appearance j/k 😛. About time you posted in here again!
Flow: see above.
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I think a hovercraft is a lofty and worthwhile goal. I'm sure Brown will appreciate it.
Sweet. Then I'm done with all of the secondaries on my desk😀
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Yeah... sometimes I think it would be cool to be "nontrad"
Right, the latter is a good idea, too!
Yeah I'm just trying not to come across as arrogant... that's like the ship sinker of all torpedos.
Oh that totally made me LOL but I forgot about it!
This vid seriously made me want to go to Yale... (saw it when I was researching yale a few months ago)
I am so so in love and unbelievably attached to Yale. They broke my heart a few months ago though so I don't hold out much hope. But I heart them so much.
I'm so burned from secondaries. Anything I wrote for Brown would be bull. Screw this. I'm going to Disneyland.
Happy 4th you guys!
Happy 4th you guys!
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I approve 🙂 have fun
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Lucky =P
I just looked at my UMich secondary (diversity essay) and felt like I really wanted to change some things. Too late. This is what I hate about secondaries--I don't have the time to get them all perfect.
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I do hate that. I think I'm going to avoid looking over them unless I end up getting an interview and need to remember what I wrote.
What's your diversity essay about?
U Mich was one of my first ones, and it was painful.
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The content was fine, it was just about stuff I do that's probably different from the majority of other applicants. But I didn't word the "in medical school" stuff quite "humbly" enough. It's all a game, there's nothing truly humble about saying "if I maybe get accepted to your glorious institution then it would be really neat if you would let me." blah blah blah... it's fake. like just let me say what I wanna do at your md school without assuming that I'm an arrogant guy. Hopefully they don't do that with my div essay.
Flow--I thought it sounded fine when you wrote "in medical school." It's confident and direct, and you're the type of applicant who can reasonably expect to get into medical school somewhere, and the adcoms will know that. Saying something like "If I were accepted into medical school" reminds me of the terribly vapid and flighty answers to the Miss USA interview questions, e.g. "If I were crowned Miss USA, I would be--world peace--a great model for young girls everywhere, and of course, world peace." Whether your secondary comes across as cocky or not depends on everything that surrounded that phrase, and from your posts so far, I doubt that you came across as unbearably arrogant.
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the sun has drained me. i am a little sunburned and pretty tired. happy 4th. cougar, whimsy, and miss b expect a PM soon.
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Probably not until Tuesday.
I promised myself that this weekend I would look at last year's secondary essays from the schools I applied to and start preparing some of them. Of course, it is Sunday night and I haven't done any of that whatsoever. Must be a lingering effect from the bad case of Senioritis I had a few months ago. Certainly not a inherent flaw in my work ethic. Couldn't be.
Lucky for you...in honor of the holiday, tomorrow is *technically* still the weekend. 🙂
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Same. Already tired of secondaries, and I've only done 6/20!
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I've done 6 too, and I'm getting so lazy. Getting started on the first few was the hard part though. Now I copy and paste from ones I did in the past...as soon as I see "what are your plans" or "what can you bring" types. The weekend is definitely a nice break from secondaries coming in though, I felt like I was drowning for a while receiving 2-3 a day and I haven't done any.
