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[Lawpy]

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and actually I bake when I'm stressed, I made chocolate truffles and a cake the day before receiving mcat percentiles lol

Here's hoping you are more stressed this application cycle!

I kid i kid. Stay healthy!

OMG you just made me go get ice cream from my freezer.

Eat away! But leave some for the rest of us! 😀

Ugh dude I wish. Being gluten-free stinks, doughnuts are high up on the list of "things I would murder someone to be able to eat again".

I'm sorry 😢 But I guess fruits are okay?

 

[coatiboti]

Ugh dude I wish. Being gluten-free stinks, doughnuts are high up on the list of "things I would murder someone to be able to eat again".

Surely some hippy bakery has started making gluten free donuts by this time, right? Sometimes hippies are good for something.

I mean, I got a strawberry shortcake from a bakery that was vegan, gluten free, soy free and... I don't even remember, nut free... A lot of "frees" from otherwise good things but if you hadn't told me it wasn't a regular shortcake I wouldn't have guessed.

 

[Glazedonutlove]

ughhhh I need to start researching schools. So far all I've done is stare at Rush's ginormous, beautiful hospital

 

[The Real SVB]

Being gluten-free stinks, doughnuts are high up on the list of "things I would murder someone to be able to eat again".

I'm GF too! For me it is Danish and pizza...all the pizza...

 

[The Real SVB]

Surely some hippy bakery has started making gluten free donuts by this time, right?

No, donuts are not high up on their list because the prudes who tend to demand GF stuff with those of us who require it out of medical necessity typically were too prude to eat donuts anyway. But muffins, cakes, crackers, cookies, bread, bagels? Sure.

 

[Lannister]

No, donuts are not high up on their list because the prudes who tend to demand GF stuff with those of us who require it out of medical necessity typically were too prude to eat donuts anyway. But muffins, cakes, crackers, cookies, bread, bagels? Sure.

The grocery store near my dorm has like no GF options, but they just put in a Heinen's downtown that is easily accessible by bus. I went today for the first time and literally teared up when I found Glutino crackers, I've been craving crackers so badly.

 

[Lannister]

I'm GF too! For me it is Danish and pizza...all the pizza...

Every Friday my lab orders pizza and I have to sit there and watch them all eat it as I sadly eat my carrots. God I miss pizza. California Pizza Kitchen actually has decent GF pizza though!

 

[The Real SVB]

CPK has the best chain GF pizza, hands down. Haven't come across a Pizza Hut near me that offers their version, though.
When I find the first place to make GF croissants...I will cry...

 

[Glazedonutlove]

I wanna make cheesecake instead of being productive..

 

[coatiboti]

No, donuts are not high up on their list because the prudes who tend to demand GF stuff with those of us who require it out of medical necessity typically were too prude to eat donuts anyway. But muffins, cakes, crackers, cookies, bread, bagels? Sure.

Around here (Crunchy Granola Central) the demand for GF donuts is probably sky-high. People gobble that crap up around here like they think no wheat contamination means it's somehow a magical healthy pizza or cake or whatever.

I kind of want to be grateful that they made it easier for people with celiac disease to find alternatives and be able to eat in restaurants in stuff and on the other hand, pffft.

ughhhh I need to start researching schools. So far all I've done is stare at Rush's ginormous, beautiful hospital

I'm in the same spot. I was waiting for my preliminary percentiles to add any schools past the core I'm really interested in but getting the motivation to do it right after the MCAT and AMCAS and trying to get my letters and finals is not going so well.

 

[Glazedonutlove]

Yup...I think we just need a break lol.

 

[coatiboti]

I tried to take a day "off" a few weeks ago but I when I got up in the morning I didn't know what to do and I got anxious that I was wasting time so I took the most restless nap in human history.

 

[panda16]

Yeah I've spent the last two days "treating myself" post-percentiles and it's gotten just a little bit out of hand I.e. Heading straight to the gym this morning

 

[The Real SVB]

Looks like everyone here's having first world problems...to add to that, work has been pretty busy on my end, hardly any time to do anything else at home after I'm off! 😢

 

[Lannister]

I really wish I could answer some of these secondaries honestly.

"Is there a unique aspect of your application that should be considered by the admissions committee?"

No.

"Provide a chronological history of your life activities from the time you completed high school to the present."

Go look at my activities section of AMCAS.

"How will *insert school name here* enable you to achieve your lifetime goals and/or aspirations?"

Why are you even asking this? Maybe by giving me a piece of paper that allows me to practice medicine?

 

[quicheduty]

I really wish I could answer some of these secondaries honestly.

"Is there a unique aspect of your application that should be considered by the admissions committee?"

No.

"Provide a chronological history of your life activities from the time you completed high school to the present."

Go look at my activities section of AMCAS.

"How will *insert school name here* enable you to achieve your lifetime goals and/or aspirations?"

Why are you even asking this? Maybe by giving me a piece of paper that allows me to practice medicine?

+100000 I have been staring at some of these secondary prompts for the past 3 days hoping the words will magically rearrange themselves into a prompt that's easy for me to answer lol

 

[Lannister]

+100000 I have been staring at some of these secondary prompts for the past 3 days hoping the words will magically rearrange themselves into a prompt that's easy for me to answer lol

Saaaame especially this one from GWU: What makes you a unique individual? What challenges have you faced? How will these factors help you contribute to the diversity of the student body at GW? (1000 characters)"

That prompt seems to contain three distinct questions: uniqueness, adversity, and diversity. Am I expected to write a response that touches on all three of those issues? My adversity I'm using for these secondaries is certainly quite unique, but I don't know that my experience with that adversity would result in me contributing to the diversity of the med school.

 

[Lannister]

I was sitting in my common room thinking that this storm that was currently rolling in was a perfect metaphor for the impending application cycle. Like it was just this threatening, fatal looking wall of black. Then I realized I should probably get away from my window because omg this storm is freaky. For anyone looking to go to med school in Cleveland, this is what you have to look forward to 😛

 

[Drvictoriafrankenstein]

I'm applying through an EDP, so I'm only pre-writing one secondary application (for now). This is my excuse for procrastinating and not even starting yet...

 

[Lannister]

I'm applying through an EDP, so I'm only pre-writing one secondary application (for now). This is my excuse for procrastinating and not even starting yet...

Oo I see. If you don't mind my asking, why did you decide to do EDP?

 

[Drvictoriafrankenstein]

Oo I see. If you don't mind my asking, why did you decide to do EDP?

I really like the school and program, and even though I was nervous about ED, this school does an accelerated processing of ED applications. So you have a decision by mid-July (I like the idea of having a year of not worrying about application stuff). And mid-July is still early enough to apply to other schools

 

[coatiboti]

I really wish I could answer some of these secondaries honestly.

I genuinely don't know what they are looking for with these questions, but maybe that's the point. If we don't know what they want then we can't just tell them what we think they want to hear...

 

[Lannister]

I really like the school and program, and even though I was nervous about ED, this school does an accelerated processing of ED applications. So you have a decision by mid-July (I like the idea of having a year of not worrying about application stuff). And mid-July is still early enough to apply to other schools

Woah that's really awesome! Which school is it?

 

[Drvictoriafrankenstein]

Woah that's really awesome! Which school is it?

One of my state schools, NJMS 🙂

 

[panda16]

I really like the school and program, and even though I was nervous about ED, this school does an accelerated processing of ED applications. So you have a decision by mid-July (I like the idea of having a year of not worrying about application stuff). And mid-July is still early enough to apply to other schools

Mid-July?! Incredible. Best of luck, it would be great to have this whole process done before the end of the summer, holy cow.

 

[deleted393595]

Texas, why do you have to have ANOTHER application? Why can't you be normal and use AMCAS like everyone else?

 

[Drvictoriafrankenstein]

Mid-July?! Incredible. Best of luck, it would be great to have this whole process done before the end of the summer, holy cow.

Haha thank you! It sounds way too good, but fingers crossed! More likely I'll be rushing in August to complete 20 secondaries 😛

 

[Lannister]

Texas, why do you have to have ANOTHER application? Why can't you be normal and use AMCAS like everyone else?

Hey. At least you've got a ton of schools that accept 90%+ IS. I'd love to be a TX resident. I feel like IL is not a good state to be a resident in for med school. Northwestern and U of Chicago have no IS preference, SIU only accepts people from southern IL, and Loyola seems to be pretty mission-based from what I've heard.

 

[deleted393595]

Hey. At least you've got a ton of schools that accept 90%+ IS. I'd love to be a TX resident. I feel like IL is not a good state to be a resident in for med school. Northwestern and U of Chicago have no IS preference, SIU only accepts people from southern IL, and Loyola seems to be pretty mission-based from what I've heard.

You should move down here! Contrary to the media, we aren't a bunch of rednecks. That's just the rest of the South 😛

 

[Lannister]

You should move down here! Contrary to the media, we aren't a bunch of rednecks. That's just the rest of the South 😛

I actually have family in Houston and loved it when I visited there last year. I'm applying to Baylor, even though I have no chance lol. And I'm actually pretty conservative so the whole redneck thing would not be an issue for me 😛

 

[deleted393595]

I actually have family in Houston and loved it when I visited there last year. I'm applying to Baylor, even though I have no chance lol. And I'm actually pretty conservative so the whole redneck thing would not be an issue for me 😛

Other Texas disagree, but Houston is the best city in Texas 😉

And that's perfect! I'll sign you up for an open-carry permit and giant Texan flag to stick on your Ford F-350 pickup!

 

[Lannister]

Other Texas disagree, but Houston is the best city in Texas 😉

And that's perfect! I'll sign you up for an open-carry permit and giant Texan flag to stick on your Ford F-350 pickup!

Wooo I can't wait, Texas here I come!
...I suddenly have this song stuck in my head:

 

[deleted393595]

Wooo I can't wait, Texas here I come!
...I suddenly have this song stuck in my head:

Sandy would fit right in with her suit because we've been mostly underwater for the last few weeks!

 

[Lannister]

Sandy would fit right in with her suit because we've been mostly underwater for the last few weeks!

Awww...maybe Texas needs to figure out how to transfer some of its flooding to California...

 

[HCHopeful]

All of you fine people have me worrying about secondaries. I have applied EDP to a school that doesn't even have a secondary essay, so I'm just chillin' working my full-time job at a research center.

The only problem is, all I can think about is being deferred to the regular applicant pool only to have to rush 20 secondaries. And this would be in late September, early October, which leaves me drastically behind other candidates.

That accelerated EDP sounds nice. Being accepted to medical school in mid-July would do wonders for my psyche.

 

[Lannister]

Is anyone else watching Game of Thrones right now?? I am going to be seriously disappointed if we don't get to see a certain character (whose last name may or may not be my SN) naked tonight.

EDIT:
WARNING: SPOILERS






Just sitting here staring at my computer screen in shock. They just killed off like half the cast, nbd. I kind of knew it was going to happen but none of the deaths were really confirmed in the books.

 

[quicheduty]

Saaaame especially this one from GWU: What makes you a unique individual? What challenges have you faced? How will these factors help you contribute to the diversity of the student body at GW? (1000 characters)"

That prompt seems to contain three distinct questions: uniqueness, adversity, and diversity. Am I expected to write a response that touches on all three of those issues? My adversity I'm using for these secondaries is certainly quite unique, but I don't know that my experience with that adversity would result in me contributing to the diversity of the med school.

I would talk about all three if you can, but I think you can definitely pull in multiple experiences! Now all that's left is to sleep on that diversity Q...

 

[The Real SVB]

The only problem is, all I can think about is being deferred to the regular applicant pool only to have to rush 20 secondaries. And this would be in late September, early October, which leaves me drastically behind other candidates.

Why don't you write some secondaries now to prepare for the unfortunate deferral? There's no reason not to, right? You'd be really screwing yourself to not take this precaution.

Where are you EDP-ing anyway? Do you have a really good reason to be tied down to that school?

 

[Glazedonutlove]

Sigh, my 7am research days begin tomorrow. I should have spent this weekend writing secondaries but instead I took many naps, watched tv, and only left the couch once. Think I'm STILL recovering from percentiles.

Currently looking at Case and I love it...take me.. (jk I have no chance lol)

 

[HCHopeful]

Why don't you write some secondaries now to prepare for the unfortunate deferral? There's no reason not to, right? You'd be really screwing yourself to not take this precaution.

Where are you EDP-ing anyway? Do you have a really good reason to be tied down to that school?

Truthfully, I just decided that if accepted to this school (public, IS), I would not go anywhere else. Being my IS public school, it is easier for me to get into than most others. I have a 3.92 cGPA, 3.97 sGPA, 31 (12/9/10) MCAT, and above average EC's with a few unique ones (performing artist who opened for Chiddy Bang). Along with this, I believe I have a compelling personal statement. I just figured if this school is my best bet, why not get it over with?

Having said all of that, I am having doubts, and I do realize I didn't make the "best" decision regarding increasing my chances. However, it really is the only school I'd like to attend, and I want to live in this state the rest of my life. So, I will stick by my decision.

 

[neurotroph]

Happy to see that this thread has finally come to life. I should be joining y'all in the submission queue by Wednesday. These three essays for md/phd are killing me though. I definitely could've been done earlier if I was md only. (Realistically I would've procrastinated just as hard...)

Funny mishap: one of my LOR writers uploaded his letter as a gif file instead of a pdf. It's a two page letter so it was impossible to read since the gif alternated between the pages so quickly. Thank goodness he emailed it to me cuz the committee would've gotten it and been like wtf???? and my committee letter probably would've been delayed. I wasn't even planning on reading it originally but my curiosity/procrastination got the best of me.

 

[neurotroph]

Truthfully, I just decided that if accepted to this school (public, IS), I would not go anywhere else. Being my IS public school, it is easier for me to get into than most others. I have a 3.92 cGPA, 3.97 sGPA, 31 (12/9/10) MCAT, and above average EC's with a few unique ones (performing artist who opened for Chiddy Bang). Along with this, I believe I have a compelling personal statement. I just figured if this school is my best bet, why not get it over with?

Having said all of that, I am having doubts, and I do realize I didn't make the "best" decision regarding increasing my chances. However, it really is the only school I'd like to attend, and I want to live in this state the rest of my life. So, I will stick by my decision.

oh cool I used to be into Chiddy Bang. Judging from what you've shared you could probably get into some highly ranked schools. I know people who settled for applying for safer schools (not med schools tho) because they didn't believe in their potential, and they've ended up regretting it. Just make sure that there's no doubt that you'll be content with your decision.

 

[quicheduty]

Sigh, my 7am research days begin tomorrow. I should have spent this weekend writing secondaries but instead I took many naps, watched tv, and only left the couch once. Think I'm STILL recovering from percentiles.

Currently looking at Case and I love it...take me.. (jk I have no chance lol)

Nooooo don't say that! There's a chance! There's a chance!

Happy to see that this thread has finally come to life. I should be joining y'all in the submission queue by Wednesday. These three essays for md/phd are killing me though. I definitely could've been done earlier if I was md only.

Funny mishap: one of my LOR writers uploaded his letter as a gif file instead of a pdf. It's a two page letter so it was impossible to read since the gif alternated between the pages so quickly. Thank goodness he emailed it to me cuz the committee would've gotten it and been like wtf???? and my committee letter probably would've been delayed. I wasn't even planning on reading it originally but my curiosity/procrastination got the best of me.

Just wanted to say, I love your icon. Have you seen season 3 yet?

 

[neurotroph]

Just wanted to say, I love your icon. Have you seen season 3 yet?

Thanks! I've seen two eps so far but I'm trying to savor it a bit/get my app submitted before binging.

 

[quicheduty]

Thanks! I've seen two eps so far but I'm trying to savor it a bit/get my app submitted before binging.

Oh that's a good plan. I haven't started because I know I won't be able to stop, but now I'm feeling pressured to because I'm getting spoilers left and right... I'm trying to save the season for unwinding time after I start work, so we'll see. Good luck on your last few essays!

 

[neurotroph]

Oh that's a good plan. I haven't started because I know I won't be able to stop, but now I'm feeling pressured to because I'm getting spoilers left and right... I'm trying to save the season for unwinding time after I start work, so we'll see. Good luck on your last few essays!

Yeah spoilers are my biggest fear rn. I've been lucky so far though *knocks on wood*. Also looking forward to finishing Sense8 after I submit. And thanks!

 

[Glazedonutlove]

reading other threads with adcoms...they say percentiles are inflated bc so many got 90-100? This score system is making less and less sense

 

[coatiboti]

Oh god I was so afraid someone was going to start saying that.

 

[Glazedonutlove]

I assumed it's due to response bias but what if it's not

 

[coatiboti]

I thought the same thing when I was scrolling through all the prelims shared elsewhere here. I choose to ignore this possibility until it is solidly confirmed.