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Oso said:
It's beginning of April, so most personal statements are a disaster. I didn't even have one this time last year. The fact that you have anything at all right now is nice 👍

Everyone remember that there's that 2014-2015 PS reader/editor thread thing. People are already accepting drafts, and I'll be on there shortly, once I have a bit more free time.

In the meantime,

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Thanks for the pep talk and delicious snack, Oso. You're a wonderful bear.
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That looks like an awesome resource. I'll have to check it out once I do a rough polishing of this pitiful draft. Thanks for offering your time/skills!

moop said:
What's everyone doing for the summer? I'll be in DC! Woot
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Ah, scweeet moop! Is that for an internship/research position?
I'll just be working, weeping over secondary prompts, weeping over my sad little manuscript, and pretending that I'm not blowing 3K+ on application costs. Dat app lyfe.

On the upside, I may get to go to some international research conferences... and I may get a $$ food stipend $$. Here's hoping those pan out.
 
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Hellllp guys!
I'm literally just starting my mcat studying and plan to apply this cycle. I'm beginning to panic, I don't want to overdo it and do poorly (obviously, who actually wants to retake the mcat).

Any words of advice/encouragement?
 
ciestar said:
Hellllp guys!
I'm literally just starting my mcat studying and plan to apply this cycle. I'm beginning to panic, I don't want to overdo it and do poorly (obviously, who actually wants to retake the mcat).

Any words of advice/encouragement?
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First thing, do not panic. Stay motivated and do not get discouraged early. Commit to a schedule and you will do fine. Good luck!
 
hellanutella said:
Ah, scweeet moop! Is that for an internship/research position?
I'll just be working, weeping over secondary prompts, weeping over my sad little manuscript, and pretending that I'm not blowing 3K+ on application costs. Dat app lyfe.

On the upside, I may get to go to some international research conferences... and I may get a $$ food stipend $$. Here's hoping those pan out.
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Yeah I'm working on K St (never thought I'd get to say that!!!) at FINRA. Will be checkin' balance sheets tryna bust them mofos violating securities laws

Where you working at?
 
Checking my school list again. Can't tell if I should add more (actually, I think I should, I just don't know which ones). Tentative list is in mostly preferred order. Safety/Target/Reach is based strictly on numbers. Most other schools whose medians are within 4 LizzyM points of mine have been checked and eliminated based on primary care mission/odd curriculum/greater than 8 hours from Philly (would prefer not to fly home, but am open to suggestions). I think I'm aiming for about 15-17(?) total.

Alright here's the list so far:
R--UPenn – Perelman School of Medicine
R--Univ of Pitt – School of Medicine
T--Brown – Warren Alpert Medical School
T/S--Jefferson Medical College
T/S--TempleU – School of Medicine
All Equal:
T--Wake Forest – School of Medicine
T--Tufts University – School of Medicine
S--Penn State – Hershey College of Medicine​
S--DrexelU – College of Medicine
S--GeorgetownU – School of Medicine

Other schools I have looked at (also in preferred order, * indicates likely going to add to list).
Reach
*Duke
Case Western
Giesel at Dartmouth

*T/R – Johns Hopkins
T/R – NYU

On Target
*Albert Einstein College of Medicine
*Boston University
Univ of Rochester SOM (PBL curriculum ONLY; I think?)
Virginia Tech Carilion (PBL curriculum ONLY; I think?)

Safety
*Commonwealth, PA
*New York Medical College
Frank H. Netter School of Med at Quinnpiac

Iffy
Cooper Medical School -Only opened 2 years ago (No class has graduated yet; no Alumni network)

Thoughts/help?
 
nOchemallday said:
Checking my school list again. Can't tell if I should add more (actually, I think I should, I just don't know which ones). Tentative list is in mostly preferred order. Safety/Target/Reach is based strictly on numbers. Most other schools whose medians are within 4 LizzyM points of mine have been checked and eliminated based on primary care mission/odd curriculum/greater than 8 hours from Philly (would prefer not to fly home, but am open to suggestions). I think I'm aiming for about 15-17(?) total.

Alright here's the list so far:
R--UPenn – Perelman School of Medicine
R--Univ of Pitt – School of Medicine
T--Brown – Warren Alpert Medical School
T/S--Jefferson Medical College
T/S--TempleU – School of Medicine
All Equal:
T--Wake Forest – School of Medicine
T--Tufts University – School of Medicine
S--Penn State – Hershey College of Medicine​
S--DrexelU – College of Medicine
S--GeorgetownU – School of Medicine

Other schools I have looked at (also in preferred order, * indicates likely going to add to list).
Reach
*Duke
Case Western
Giesel at Dartmouth

*T/R – Johns Hopkins
T/R – NYU

On Target
*Albert Einstein College of Medicine
*Boston University
Univ of Rochester SOM (PBL curriculum ONLY; I think?)
Virginia Tech Carilion (PBL curriculum ONLY; I think?)

Safety
*Commonwealth, PA
*New York Medical College
Frank H. Netter School of Med at Quinnpiac

Iffy
Cooper Medical School -Only opened 2 years ago (No class has graduated yet; no Alumni network)

Thoughts/help?
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Vandy, UNC, Emory?
 
No Limits said:
Vandy, UNC, Emory?
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I think I would love UNC, but it's a state school - it has <15% OOS class every year and I'm not sure if it would be an application well spent (I just might add it to the list anyway and drop New York Med Safety).
I was really considering Vanerbilt and emory, but Vanderbilt is definitely on the limits of how far I would like to move and Emory is a lot further (and too hot). 8 hours is just close enough for driving range/no flights which is helpful for pets and future children + between myself and my girlfriend we have enough family to line the entire northeast. Plus I feel like all the emails I get from Vanderbilt are just ploys to make me give them application fees.
 
nOchemallday said:
I think I would love UNC, but it's a state school - it has <15% OOS class every year and I'm not sure if it would be an application well spent (I just might add it to the list anyway and drop New York Med Safety).
I was really considering Vanerbilt and emory, but Vanderbilt is definitely on the limits of how far I would like to move and Emory is a lot further (and too hot). 8 hours is just close enough for driving range/no flights which is helpful for pets and future children + between myself and my girlfriend we have enough family to line the entire northeast. Plus I feel like all the emails I get from Vanderbilt are just ploys to make me give them application fees.
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Hmm.. yeah I understand about UNC's OOS rate.... still I think I may risk it, ON SECOND THOUGHT, PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO APPLY THERE lol....that goes for the rest of you guys too 😏

I think your list is fine but for the sake of adding some others schools how about UVA? U Maryland? And some of the other NY schools?
 
It was recently brought to my attention that in addition to minoring in math, it's possible for me to minor in biology and chemistry (I'm majoring in physics). It's mostly due to having AP credits but still needing to take upper level biology and chemistry classes to fulfill the medical school requirements, but the requirements aren't very out of the way. The only thing is that for the chemistry minor, I would have to take Physical Chemistry 1&2 — I'm finishing up Organic 2 right now and was planning on taking Analytic Chemistry (although I'm not sure if this class is offered anymore) and Forensic Chemistry (which sounds amazingly cool). Do you think it's worth it? I'm just not particularly excited about having to put in a lot of effort into a non-major class.
 
dechristine said:
It was recently brought to my attention that in addition to minoring in math, it's possible for me to minor in biology and chemistry (I'm majoring in physics). It's mostly due to having AP credits but still needing to take upper level biology and chemistry classes to fulfill the medical school requirements, but the requirements aren't very out of the way. The only thing is that for the chemistry minor, I would have to take Physical Chemistry 1&2 — I'm finishing up Organic 2 right now and was planning on taking Analytic Chemistry (although I'm not sure if this class is offered anymore) and Forensic Chemistry (which sounds amazingly cool). Do you think it's worth it? I'm just not particularly excited about having to put in a lot of effort into a non-major class.
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WOAH SLOW DOWN YOURE LOOKING TO TAKW PCHEM AND ANALYTICAL FOR FUN IF YOU DONT NEED TO???? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOURSELF

No it is not worth it, no one will care, you probably won't enjoy those classes, and they're **** hard so save your GPA gurl. Do something more fun like American history.
 
dechristine said:
It was recently brought to my attention that in addition to minoring in math, it's possible for me to minor in biology and chemistry (I'm majoring in physics). It's mostly due to having AP credits but still needing to take upper level biology and chemistry classes to fulfill the medical school requirements, but the requirements aren't very out of the way. The only thing is that for the chemistry minor, I would have to take Physical Chemistry 1&2 — I'm finishing up Organic 2 right now and was planning on taking Analytic Chemistry (although I'm not sure if this class is offered anymore) and Forensic Chemistry (which sounds amazingly cool). Do you think it's worth it? I'm just not particularly excited about having to put in a lot of effort into a non-major class.
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Minors really don't mean anything, so use your available credits to take whatever class you'll enjoy most!

Also pchem sux
 
moop said:
WOAH SLOW DOWN YOURE LOOKING TO TAKW PCHEM AND ANALYTICAL FOR FUN IF YOU DONT NEED TO???? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOURSELF

No it is not worth it, no one will care, you probably won't enjoy those classes, and they're **** hard so save your GPA gurl. Do something more fun like American history.
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Well for pre-med requisites I need to take a year of inorganic chemistry anyway — it would either be analytic/forensic chemistry or physical chemistry. I have AP credit for gen chem 1/2 but it seems like many schools will only accept one semester of inorganic chem AP credit so I wanted to take a year just to be safe. I honestly don't think that physical chemistry will be any more difficult than my upper class physics classes so I'm not worried about my GPA to that extent.

I'm aware that minors don't mean anything for medical school admissions, but my school is big on co-ops (basically 6 month internships) in between semesters, and I feel like having a chem or bio minor would make me more competitive for labs at hospitals, which are usually only looking for bio or chem majors.
 
dechristine said:
Well for pre-med requisites I need to take a year of inorganic chemistry anyway — it would either be analytic/forensic chemistry or physical chemistry. I have AP credit for gen chem 1/2 but it seems like many schools will only accept one semester of inorganic chem AP credit so I wanted to take a year just to be safe. I honestly don't think that physical chemistry will be any more difficult than my upper class physics classes so I'm not worried about my GPA to that extent.

I'm aware that minors don't mean anything for medical school admissions, but my school is big on co-ops (basically 6 month internships) in between semesters, and I feel like having a chem or bio minor would make me more competitive for labs at hospitals, which are usually only looking for bio or chem majors.
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If you don't mind my asking are you a Junior? or Pre-junior (5-yr Coop schools)?

I think if you take forensic/analytical chem you can still put it as relevant coursework/skills on a CV like HPLC, GC, IR, and a ton of other instrumentation work without going all the way for a minor. Similarly with bio you could take bio labs (biochem/molecular bio) which can also give you relavent skills/coursework like PCR, SDS-PAGE, and XYZ blotting techniques.

At this point I'm too far into my double major and might as well just finish it up to get the degrees, but I completely understand not wanting to do coursework in the less-preferred major. It really is a drag; take classes you want to take (but still make sure you have all your pre-reqs).
 
dechristine said:
Well for pre-med requisites I need to take a year of inorganic chemistry anyway — it would either be analytic/forensic chemistry or physical chemistry. I have AP credit for gen chem 1/2 but it seems like many schools will only accept one semester of inorganic chem AP credit so I wanted to take a year just to be safe. I honestly don't think that physical chemistry will be any more difficult than my upper class physics classes so I'm not worried about my GPA to that extent.

I'm aware that minors don't mean anything for medical school admissions, but my school is big on co-ops (basically 6 month internships) in between semesters, and I feel like having a chem or bio minor would make me more competitive for labs at hospitals, which are usually only looking for bio or chem majors.
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Not worth it. You can take a class like that easily the summer before you matriculate if the school is really anal about your completing it; most privates DGAF and you can just petition to waive it post-acceptance. It's great you don't think it's hard, but pchem is mind-numbingly boring if you're not interested (as a former USNCO finalist, this is from personal experience), and analytical chem is code word for lab as a jail doing **** to powder and guessing what it is. The forensic chem class is probably the best bet if it's not overly hard, but I still say it's not worth it. Med schools aren't quite as anal as you think they would be (besides the state schools on state charters that tie their hands a lot).
 
nOchemallday said:
If you don't mind my asking are you a Junior? or Pre-junior (5-yr Coop schools)?

I think if you take forensic/analytical chem you can still put it as relevant coursework/skills on a CV like HPLC, GC, IR, and a ton of other instrumentation work without going all the way for a minor. Similarly with bio you could take bio labs (biochem/molecular bio) which can also give you relavent skills/coursework like PCR, SDS-PAGE, and XYZ blotting techniques.

At this point I'm too far into my double major and might as well just finish it up to get the degrees, but I completely understand not wanting to do coursework in the less-preferred major. It really is a drag; take classes you want to take (but still make sure you have all your pre-reqs).
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I'm a sophomore (I know, I know, the other class threads are just so empty 😳), just planning out the rest of my classes to make sure that I'm able to fit all of my required classes and to see how many free electives I have left. I will probably take at least one chemistry class before the MCAT because I haven't taken chemistry since my junior year of high school and I would like the forced review. I'm assuming that it's questionable to take Organic 1&2 and then Gen Chem, so :/

Thanks for all the advice, guys! 🙂 I'll ask my Organic professor on what she thinks about the chemistry classes at my school and go from there.
 
dechristine said:
I'm a sophomore (I know, I know, the other class threads are just so empty 😳), just planning out the rest of my classes to make sure that I'm able to fit all of my required classes and to see how many free electives I have left. I will probably take at least one chemistry class before the MCAT because I haven't taken chemistry since my junior year of high school and I would like the forced review. I'm assuming that it's questionable to take Organic 1&2 and then Gen Chem, so :/

Thanks for all the advice, guys! 🙂 I'll ask my Organic professor on what she thinks about the chemistry classes at my school and go from there.
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None of those chem classes would help any one bit with the gen chem that's on the MCAT. It's all really basic stuff on the MCAT from AP.
 
Has anyone here gone backpacking before? I am setting a lofty goal of hiking the continental divide (just part of it. like a week-long hike) by the end of summer, but have never done multi-day hiking before.
 
turayza said:
Has anyone here gone backpacking before? I am setting a lofty goal of hiking the continental divide (just part of it. like a week-long hike) by the end of summer, but have never done multi-day hiking before.
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Agent B said:
Damn. I was hoping to be attacked by your knives :naughty:

... also if that's you... we...

should.. meet up sometime... and get a cup of....

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For those of you who already took the MCAT, which practice exams were most helpful?
I'm probably going to do 3 more of the AAMC ones. I did #3 already. Any suggestions? 🙂

PR practice exams were like 500x harder than AAMC 3, and Kaplan was super easy (sigh).
 
turayza said:
For those of you who already took the MCAT, which practice exams were most helpful?
I'm probably going to do 3 more of the AAMC ones. I did #3 already. Any suggestions? 🙂

PR practice exams were like 500x harder than AAMC 3, and Kaplan was super easy (sigh).
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When are you taking it?
 
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