HYPOTHETICAL: Joining Peshmerga and fighting ISIS as an EC

[Princeton Medical Student]

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Wew that was an attention grabbing title

Alright say hypothetically you are one of the few Americans who volunteered to fight against ISIS and were a with the Kurdish Peshmerga for n period of time. What would most adcoms think of this?

 

[Astra]

Alright say hypothetically you are one of the few Americans who volunteered to fight against ISIS and were a with the Kurdish Peshmerga for n period of time. What would most adcoms think of this?

Depends on your K/D ratio

 

[Turkishking]

😛

 

[Tenk]

War is not an extracurricular activity. When you refer to it as such you trivialize the plight of those caught inside.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Alright say hypothetically you are one of the few Americans who volunteered to fight against ISIS

I know quite a few Sailors/Soldiers/Airmen/Marines who wonder what the heck you think they were doing with ISIS on deployment? Making them cookies?

 

[Endoxifen]

I know quite a few Sailors/Soldiers/Airmen/Marines who wonder what the heck you think they were doing with ISIS on deployment? Making them cookies?

Shaka, when the walls fell.

 

[BombsAway]

War is not an extracurricular activity. When you refer to it as such you trivialize the plight of those caught inside.

I'm literally listing it as one of my 15 activities, so....

 

[BombsAway]

Wew that was an attention grabbing title
Alright say hypothetically you are one of the few Americans who volunteered to fight against ISIS and were a with the Kurdish Peshmerga for n period of time. What would most adcoms think of this?

80% of them would be appalled and need a safe space/therapy after reading such an app. 10% would be be silently supportive. 10% would think its awesome but not go to bat for you at the committee meeting.
But with a 600 mcat, why bother?

 

[Geo16]

War...
If Trump initiates Korean War again, I am actually off to go (lol). I'm scared and actually thinking about going to church.

 

[MCATISEZ]

Many years ago I read an application from an Afghanistan student who was older as he spent his early and late teens fighting the soviets. It certainly intrigued the committee chair but we could not verify his academic record and had to reject.

How does that work? I thought if you submitted through AMCAS/AACOMAS... they would verify the transcripts/MCAT scores?

 

[Nucleus Accumbens]

Depends on your K/D ratio

Omg LMFAO


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[Lost In Transcription]

Shaka, when the walls fell.

HA

 

[DrHart]

oo in b4 close this thread no bueno

 

[Endoxifen]

HA

I'm so glad at least one person got that.

 

[LizzyM]

If you are motivated to fight ISIS, join the US military. My estimation is that US military service is as good as increasing your GPA by 0.5 in the eyes of adcoms.

 

[BombsAway]

If you are motivated to fight ISIS, join the US military. My estimation is that US military service is as good as increasing your GPA by 0.5 in the eyes of adcoms.

Any mcat bump if the gpa is already solid?

 

[Medic741]

There's an HPSP for that 😉

 

[LizzyM]

Any mcat bump if the gpa is already solid?

Yes. A GPA of 4.45 really gets the adcom's attention. 😉 Seriously. I know a guy who had a decent but not extraordinary MCAT and a GPA of ~3.95 and ~7-8 years in the service. Golden application cycle. Had to turn down Harvard to attend a school in a better geographic location for his family.

 

[Lost In Transcription]

I'm so glad at least one person got that.

Well I mean I *did* have JeanLuc as my avatar for like a year so..

 

[Endoxifen]

Well I mean I *did* have JeanLuc as my avatar for like a year so..

You might like this.

 

[Turkishking]

If you are motivated to fight ISIS, join the US military. My estimation is that US military service is as good as increasing your GPA by 0.5 in the eyes of adcoms.

Does the peace-corps increase GPA in your book?

 

[LizzyM]

Does the peace-corps increase GPA in your book?

I have not seen as many Peace Corps volunteers. I do remember interviewing one who impressed me. I don't really have enough observations to draw a conclusion.

 

[Lost In Transcription]

Only a premed would ask if war would improve their app.

 

[Endoxifen]

Only a premed would ask if war would improve their app.

I do genuinely love the rationalization that must have gone into this question. "My ultimate goal is to save lives, so I will take lives to show my altruism and aptitude as a healer."

 

[Vlad321]

Wew that was an attention grabbing title

Alright say hypothetically you are one of the few Americans who volunteered to fight against ISIS and were a with the Kurdish Peshmerga for n period of time. What would most adcoms think of this?

Read very similar experience "I am a Cossack-spearhead in Putin's hands" kindle edition

 

[HuskyMD Emeritus]

this was in the 1980s before AMCAS existed. currently AMCAS does not verify or evaluate foriegn transcripts

AMCAS actually existed in the 1980's, (maybe late 70's because I applied in the 1980-1981 cycle!). I used a type writer to complete the application form.....

 

[TehTeddy]

How I imagine OP. Terrorist's reaction accurate.

 

[Princeton Medical Student]

How I imagine OP. Terrorist's reaction accurate.

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This is the greatest thing Ive seen in my life!

 

[Professional Student]

I think this is much better left for secondaries when you are asked "is there anything else not on your AMCAS application that would be useful in evaluating you," or some similar question. Use it for what it is, a diverse experience not a volunteer or leadership experience.

 

[getdown]

what a dumb question.