Nah, probably not. I know I can, but I have no interest in the MLS cert. I already make $31 an hour as a lab manager during my undergrad - but I came back to school to get out of the lab. It is that same pride making me not take a gap year.
Amazing summary ! One of my friends is a neurosurgeon and this is exactly what he says .
Happens to the best of us
. I did something similar once except I was like 5 mins driving down the road before I realized I was still drunk and not just sleepy. Needless to say I pulled over right there and gave myself a stiff talking to. Now when I drink I put my keys in a lockbox that I lost the key too. It's easy to pick open with a screwdriver and paperclip when sober but I don't think I could ever do it drunk, so works pretty well
ask your questions - ill be happy to answer
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On Thursday, I had the most gobsmacking experience with a junior year premed who thought that she was ready to apply....
She first asked me to read her PS which was clumsy and incohesive. Then I asked her about her GPAs. When she first said that she “didn’t know,” I knew that trouble was ahead. So I asked her, “which science classes did you not get an A in.” She replied that she hasn’t gotten an A in any of them. So I asked her what were her lowest grades. She said that she got a D in Bio I and a D- in Chem I .
The crazy part is that she moved onto Bio 2 and Chem 2 after those low grades! No surprise that she got C’s in those courses. BTW...she took those follow-on classes at a local cc rather than her home university. I asked her if she knew that she had retake those Ds and she said, “no.” And she got a C in stats....which IMHO....is the final clue that she’s in way over her head. Who gets a C in stats?
I asked her what her MCAT score is and she said that she’s taking Kaplan prep in July and will take the MCAT right after.
She will be taking BioChem, Physics I, Physics 2, or psych or sociology her senior year....after her planned MCAT?? Not to mention now learning that she needs to retake Bio I and Chem I as well senior year, she’ll be taking all of those courses along with a few remaining courses for her major, Human Development or something close to that....(at this point, my head was spinning so her major’s name was just a blur.
I couldn’t remain silent so I told her that she was in no position to apply to med school nor take the MCAT. I was able to convince her to delay until she did some serious GPA repair and retake those D’s.
She’s determined to become a doctor, so there was no talking here out of that plan.
She texted me Friday to tell me that when she emailed the Premed Advising office to withdraw her request for a Committee Interview, but their replay was that she wasn’t going to receive one. (Gee, what a surprise). I asked her if they told her why (hoping that they would back up my conclusion), but they only told her that the reasons were too many to write and for her to call for complete details.
I suspect that within the next school year there will be a text saying that she got into a Caribb med.
If you can’t beat ‘em, beach ‘em.
Honestly she obviously was very ignorant to the realities of applying, but the fact that you were able to convince her to wait is actually a really good sign. Most pre-meds I talk to about things like that just blow me off. If I were you I would check up on her every now and then and make sure she's not going to the Caribbean, she may actually listen to you so you could end up really helping her out by preventing a huge mistakeOn Thursday, I had the most gobsmacking experience with a junior year premed who thought that she was ready to apply....
She first asked me to read her PS which was clumsy and incohesive. Then I asked her about her GPAs. When she first said that she “didn’t know,” I knew that trouble was ahead. So I asked her, “which science classes did you not get an A in.” She replied that she hasn’t gotten an A in any of them. So I asked her what were her lowest grades. She said that she got a D in Bio I and a D- in Chem I .
The crazy part is that she moved onto Bio 2 and Chem 2 after those low grades! No surprise that she got C’s in those courses. BTW...she took those follow-on classes at a local cc rather than her home university. I asked her if she knew that she had retake those Ds and she said, “no.” And she got a C in stats....which IMHO....is the final clue that she’s in way over her head. Who gets a C in stats?
I asked her what her MCAT score is and she said that she’s taking Kaplan prep in July and will take the MCAT right after.
She will be taking BioChem, Physics I, Physics 2, or psych or sociology her senior year....after her planned MCAT?? Not to mention now learning that she needs to retake Bio I and Chem I as well senior year, she’ll be taking all of those courses along with a few remaining courses for her major, Human Development or something close to that....(at this point, my head was spinning so her major’s name was just a blur.
I couldn’t remain silent so I told her that she was in no position to apply to med school nor take the MCAT. I was able to convince her to delay until she did some serious GPA repair and retake those D’s.
She’s determined to become a doctor, so there was no talking here out of that plan.
She texted me Friday to tell me that when she emailed the Premed Advising office to withdraw her request for a Committee Interview, but their replay was that she wasn’t going to receive one. (Gee, what a surprise). I asked her if they told her why (hoping that they would back up my conclusion), but they only told her that the reasons were too many to write and for her to call for complete details.
I suspect that within the next school year there will be a text saying that she got into a Caribb med.
If you can’t beat ‘em, beach ‘em.
This makes those of us informed about the process sad...but then you realize looking at the MCAT/GPA grids that like half of applicants are <3.4/<508 and so her situation is likely very very common, unfortunately.On Thursday, I had the most gobsmacking experience with a junior year premed who thought that she was ready to apply....
She first asked me to read her PS which was clumsy and incohesive. Then I asked her about her GPAs. When she first said that she “didn’t know,” I knew that trouble was ahead. So I asked her, “which science classes did you not get an A in.” She replied that she hasn’t gotten an A in any of them. So I asked her what were her lowest grades. She said that she got a D in Bio I and a D- in Chem I .
The crazy part is that she moved onto Bio 2 and Chem 2 after those low grades! No surprise that she got C’s in those courses. BTW...she took those follow-on classes at a local cc rather than her home university. I asked her if she knew that she had retake those Ds and she said, “no.” And she got a C in stats....which IMHO....is the final clue that she’s in way over her head. Who gets a C in stats?
I asked her what her MCAT score is and she said that she’s taking Kaplan prep in July and will take the MCAT right after.
She will be taking BioChem, Physics I, Physics 2, or psych or sociology her senior year....after her planned MCAT?? Not to mention now learning that she needs to retake Bio I and Chem I as well senior year, she’ll be taking all of those courses along with a few remaining courses for her major, Human Development or something close to that....(at this point, my head was spinning so her major’s name was just a blur.
I couldn’t remain silent so I told her that she was in no position to apply to med school nor take the MCAT. I was able to convince her to delay until she did some serious GPA repair and retake those D’s.
She’s determined to become a doctor, so there was no talking her out of her career goal.
She texted me Friday to tell me that when she emailed the Premed Advising office to withdraw her request for a Committee Interview, but their replay was that she wasn’t going to receive one. (Gee, what a surprise). I asked her if they told her why (hoping that they would back up my conclusion), but they only told her that the reasons were too many to write and for her to call for complete details.
I suspect that within the next school year there will be a text saying that she got into a Caribb med.
If you can’t beat ‘em, beach ‘em.
ask your questions - ill be happy to answer
well, i threw up twice before getting to the testing center... let me see... what else? oh, i went to starbucks to get some salty popcorn to snack on, to bring nausea down, and lemonade. Couldnt even IMAGINE drinking coffee or even tea.
I sobered up .... i think by second section.
Got 511, even score - all 128, except CARS 127.
ask your questions - ill be happy to answer
well, i threw up twice before getting to the testing center... let me see... what else? oh, i went to starbucks to get some salty popcorn to snack on, to bring nausea down, and lemonade. Couldnt even IMAGINE drinking coffee or even tea.
I sobered up .... i think by second section.
Got 511, even score - all 128, except CARS 127.
I just tell people I am a history major and get to watch the gears turning in their head when they realize we're taking chem and psych together, lol.
Same.
You're a history major too?
Yep.
I've never heard of a "Mrs" Degree before and had to google it to see if it was what I thought it was. Wow, that's horrible. My roommate's a psych major.
Don't you have a degree in math or something?
Don't know anybody who would pursue that without a gun to their head. Yet you did it willingly, geek.
Ya it’s not right but some ppl still think that way
LOL (no really, I laughed out loud) - in another life you'd make a great middle school math teacher. You're on a roll.
I actually considered mathematics as a career option before going to medical school
. I would have been doing modeling. For biomedical engineering field. Love math. Honestly, if not for math classes, but sGPA would have been much lower. It saved me. hahahaha
Why is it sad and "not right"?
Valid points, but at the same time undergrad admissions is not a zero-sum game, so they are not necessarily taking seats away from others. There's nothing wrong with people wanting to be wives/husbands and/or mothers/fathers full time, that's their choice, and I think higher education is a great thing for everyone regardless of if they use it for work. Or maybe I don't fully understand what an mrs. Degree is lol. If they don't care about the courses and are just there to party and find a spouse then ya that's a waste.
Ya that's excessive. There are apps that work better for that and they don't cost thousands of dollars =). Although I suppose there's something to be said for the freedom that comes with the "potential" employability of having a degree. Economic dependence is one of the largest reasons people stay in bad marriages, so even MRS. Degrees could help prevent that
