I get that, and like I said, it depends on what I get on the MCAT. It's also not so easy when you've got a family to consider as well. His attitude is unnecessary, regardless.
LOL! Because adding a few Cali schools, especially as an OOS student, is going to do a lot for my chances. 😛 😉 😀
😍 *melt*
I'm aware of that. That's all I meant by bringing it up. And yeah, I've got 3000 paid of hours of clinical experience. I had to leave that job because of scheduling conflicts with daycare. Lame. 🙁
I was already working at another job in the hospital, so that helped as I was an internal applicant. I was a unit clerk for 2 years. Lots of experiences and it was crazy busy, but fun. I would look into something like that, if you can, as it requires no certification.
Fixed =P
Srsly. Stop reposting it.
Assuming you are also ok with DO geekchick which i think you are? There should be absolutely no issue at all getting into a med school in philly or at that NJ school which has both an MD and DO program. For me since i have no easy state schools im almost forced to relocate my wife and son 🙁. Sucks but hoping that a WL works out so i dont have. Good luck! Honestly even if you didnt go DO you still have a decent chance at schools like temple an drexel for sure. Id be very surprised if you didnt land a drexel interview.
No idea where i am on the WL but both of the schools have good WL movement so im confident that one of the two WL will work out. If not i have an option thats still in the same state but a good 6 hour drive from where i currently am. In the end i just realized its not a huge deal to relocate. At 1st when i applied i felt like you but after interviewing i just realized it didnt matter as much to me. Sure would having stability and keeping my kid in the same school and wife at her job be nice? Yes which is why i want to stay. But moving them wouldnt be the end of the world. My wife could easily get another job and my son is still young (I think yours a baby still?) that it wont matter much to him. I understand your situation but personally I would apply to more schools then just your state and NJ ones as going to med school and relocating a bit is better then not getting in at all. Either way good luck w/ your schools🙂.
my point exactly.
my attitude is that you should weigh your risks according to your own priorities. sorry, but i have to reject whatever else is being projected on me. if i hurt your feelings i apologize but i do think you're being defensive.
There is no magic number where you are guaranteed an acceptance either. You can also apply to 30 schools and not get into any. It doesn't burst my bubble; the tone of your posts ("I would only do this if you're really not okay with not being a doctor") is condescending.
Or *gasp* I might have to wait another year, apply again and more broadly, if that's the case. I don't want to do that, but I also don't want to have to relocate my family, making my husband find a new job and taking my daughter away from her aunt and grandmother.
Indeed, this is yet another choice you could make but I probably don't need to tell you there are additional hurdles as a reapplicant, not to mention the added cost burdens. Realistically, there are only 3 outcomes for any of us:
To hit up the reprise, just as this is just an idea, it's just a bad idea from a risk standpoint. Surely you weren't actually expecting people to say it was a good one? If I had seen that person's post I would have said something similar, though probably more harshly worded. I can't help the fact that I see what I see when I occasionally peruse this thread.
This is all I was trying to say, it was unclear to me whether you thought it was a good idea or not. I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, you posted the idea with the purpose of generating feedback. I don't think we disagree at all; you can do as you please, and apply to as little or as many schools that jives your own sense of risk management and personal responsibility. In either case I wish you luck, I really wasn't posting with any malice.
I think we need to hug now, bleargh. 😳
