How does SDN compare with the real distribution of pre-meds?

[907914]

To OP: @ClamShell How else can we help you? Hopefully the overall positivity of the thread has come through.

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[965978]

To OP: @ClamShell How else can we help you? Hopefully the overall positivity of the thread has come through.

I just basically wanted moral support. The waitlist anxiety is weighing me down lol

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

If this becomes a URM/ORM thread, I will close it.

 

[Gorne]

So I have a real life example to share with you. I currently work as a scribe for a company that contracts out to 4 major hospitals in my area. Upon working for this company I met another scribe who is a genius. He is currently applying this cycle as well. He has a 4.0 GPA, scored a 526 on the MCAT (I made him pull up his AAMC profile and prove it and he wasn't bull****ting me), and has a very good shot at any school he wants to go to. Well I started comparing ourselves (we even have the same first name LOL) and I noticed that the one thing I have that he doesn't is the ability to interact with others with no problem. He shuts down and is introverted and doesn't articulate anything he says well, BUT hes a genius so he will get in. The point of this rant is just because there are superstars out there like this guy stat wise, EVERYONE has a vice. Just do you and keep going until you get that acceptance.

People act like medical school ADCOM's are actually good at their jobs. They let people who are sociopath's, murderers, and complete deviants in all the time and they make it through and become doctors. Murders are an extreme example but ole BU has proven it's definitely possible and that's just someone who got caught.

Also, you made him show you his application to prove he's not lying, and he's the socially weird one?

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

If this becomes a URM/ORM thread, I will close it.

 

[IsleyOfTheNorth]

“Never cede to someone else the power to determine your worth. When evaluating your life, you need to use your own yardstick” the wise Doktermom

Good advice, but I feel obliged to present this counter-argument.

 

[M&L]

I don't feel that they can budge regardless of stats when an applicant enters a room and the adcoms ask a simple question and the response is utter silence like the interviewee is just ignoring you. You know?

you mean that ACTUALLY HAPPENS?????

 

[M&L]

Yes it does as these have happened
1) freezing in interview seemingly overcome with fear
2) literally are overcome by stress and have panic attack while waiting for interview
3) inappropriate affect such as overly nervous laughter
4) Give an answer that they perceive so wrong they continually go back to the question even though you have told them its fine
5) continue to go back to a topic that they want to emphasis even though you have told them to move on
6) speak so softly you think you are going deaf
7) speak so loudly you think you will go deaf
8) answer in monosyllabic monotones
9) answer in a such a long meandering way that you have or them have no idea what the point was
10) seem arrogant, entitled, and so full of themselves that you wonder how they and their ego can fit into the room
11) A female candidate watches her interview escort, a very pregnant staff member, fall and then doesnt help her up for a minute or two seemingly annoyed that she may be late for her interview

wow... number 11 just really blows my mind.... i truly hope that that person was blacklisted.

 

[Goro]

Yes it does as these have happened
1) freezing in interview seemingly overcome with fear
2) literally are overcome by stress and have panic attack while waiting for interview
3) inappropriate affect such as overly nervous laughter
4) Give an answer that they perceive so wrong they continually go back to the question even though you have told them its fine
5) continue to go back to a topic that they want to emphasis even though you have told them to move on
6) speak so softly you think you are going deaf
7) speak so loudly you think you will go deaf
8) answer in monosyllabic monotones
9) answer in a such a long meandering way that you have or them have no idea what the point was
10) seem arrogant, entitled, and so full of themselves that you wonder how they and their ego can fit into the room
11) A female candidate watches her interview escort, a very pregnant staff member, fall and then doesnt help her up for a minute or two seemingly annoyed that she may be late for her interview

To this list, add:
12) someone who can't look you in the eye when giving an answer.
13) being such an overachiever that they want to answer the other person's questions
14) give dismissive looks at someone else's answers (or simply look bored during the entire interview)
15) being scary (yes, this happens)
16) throwing shade on other healthcare professionals
17) addressing Faculty interviewers by their first names, without any prompts to do so.

 

[907914]

To this list, add:
12) someone who can't look you in the eye when giving an answer.
13) being such an overachiever that they want to answer the other person's questions
14) give dismissive looks at someone else's answers (or simply look bored during the entire interview)
15) being scary (yes, this happens)
16) throwing shade on other healthcare professionals
17) addressing Faculty interviewers by their first names, without any prompts to do so.

I gotta work on number 13. I do that semi often. Never in a professional setting, but it is still a possibility

 

[Calizboosted76]

A close friend of mine also told me that while he was an ADCOM he witnessed someone literally shove and try and fight another interviewee, that is not the crazy part though. It was a male interviewee trying to attack a female interviewee.

 

[907914]

A close friend of mine also told me that while he was an ADCOM he witnessed someone literally shove and try and fight another interviewee, that is not the crazy part though. It was a male interviewee trying to attack a female interviewee.

Interviewees shouldn’t behave this way towards one another in general and it is equally crazy regardless of gender.

 

[deleted804295]

To this list, add:
12) someone who can't look you in the eye when giving an answer.
13) being such an overachiever that they want to answer the other person's questions
14) give dismissive looks at someone else's answers (or simply look bored during the entire interview)
15) being scary (yes, this happens)
16) throwing shade on other healthcare professionals
17) addressing Faculty interviewers by their first names, without any prompts to do so.

I don't look people in their eyes until I get to know them very well. Well. Looks like I'm screwed if I even make it to interview stage.

 

[Goro]

I don't look people in their eyes until I get to know them very well. Well. Looks like I'm screwed if I even make it to interview stage.

Suggest that you learn how if you wish to be a doctor.

 

[DoctorSnow]

You have the wrong mentality. Instead of thinking: "there are so many superstars, I don't even have a chance" try this: "if there are so many people out there who were able to reach such astonishing stats, why can't I be one of them?"

Well said. This is a huge part of how I increased my MCAT retake from 500 to 515. I scoured SDN and reddit for tips and good study methods. Try to lose the imposter syndrome and start realizing you're a part of a group of talented individuals.

 

[deleted804295]

Well said. This is a huge part of how I increased my MCAT retake from 500 to 515. I scoured SDN and reddit for tips and good study methods. Try to lose the imposter syndrome and start realizing you're a part of a group of talented individuals.

Did you take a gap year when retaking MCAT or was this all in the same cycle?

 

[DoctorSnow]

Did you take a gap year when retaking MCAT or was this all in the same cycle?

I took it first in January 2018 and again June 30th 2018 so it was all during 1 cycle (this past one). If anyone is wondering about things I did differently, I made up a google doc with everything I could think of. [Here is the link] Hopefully it helps someone!

 

[IsleyOfTheNorth]

People shouldn’t behave this way towards one another in general and it is equally crazy regardless of gender.

Fixed that for you. (FTFY)

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I gotta work on number 13. I do that semi often. Never in a professional setting, but it is still a possibility

Yeah, that’s annoying even in a social setting. I know people who do it a lot and it gets old fast lol.

We all have our annoying habits we need to work on.

 

[907914]

Yeah, that’s annoying even in a social setting. I know people who do it a lot and it gets old fast lol.

We all have our annoying habits we need to work on.

Being married, however, you learn right quick not to say “Why are you mad, I am right?”in an argument.

Learning how to socialize AFTER marriage is not ideal lol

 

[907914]

Depending on with whom, socializing after marriage can quickly lead to no longer being married

Thankfully I guess, My wife and I got married when I was 19 and she had just turned 21...so we definitely developed in to adults with a helping hand from one-another. Found out she was pregnant a month after marriage, so that sped up the maturation process right quick.