If you could redo your premed experience, what would you change?

[DingoPingo]

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Personally, I would have tried to connect more with professors I cared about. Unfortunate circumstances made it difficult for me to do so, but I think it was definitely something that I didn't consider enough.

 

[MareNostrummm]

I would have actually been premed my first 2 years of college and started looking for research positions early on. Instead I changed my major a couple of times and didn't do as well as I would have liked the first 2 years. Last 2 years were straight A's...

 

[wanderingorion]

I would've accepted a little bit of student loans so I could've lived a little easier and not worried about money so much. And have less credit card debt at the end of it all.

 

[libertyyne]

I would have taken student loans so I could focus on my grades. I would also majored in basket weaving or something else obsecure that is equally as useless in the real world as a biology degree. I would have spent summers doing research and volunteering instead of working. I would have also started prep for the mcat at the end of sophomore year.

 

[Dagrimsta1]

Picked up my grades as freshman. Change my major to math/physics, but I don't regret anything.

 

[Cotterpin]

I would have done more research.

 

[bananafish94]

I would have taken the MCAT in a more realistic way. As it stands, I had to teach myself Physics II because I was desperate to take the old one. In retrospect, that was a mistake that lowered my score. Although I would be hesitant to change anything about my pre-med experience because it all worked out exactly as I could have hoped and I wouldn't want to create some weird butterfly effect.

 

[Frogger27]

I would have picked an easy major, graduated with a >3.9, and then done a year of pre-reqs when I was mature and not an immature 18 year old

 

[FCMike11]

Definitely a bummer I goofed my first 2 years of classes. Dropped my GPA badly. Maintained a 3.75 over the next 80 credit hours, but my app is still judged by those first two years despite a good MCAT score..

DO schools have been incredibly friendly to me, but I would definitely have a better chance of staying in-state for MD schools.

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[PriamTRH]

I would have tried to become financially independent from my parents.

 

[NotASerialKiller]

I'd have sabotaged more of my friends' applications. Don't second guess yourself, you have to just go for it!

 

[EEtoPre-Med]

I would have done research earlier. I also would have taken an ethics class.

 

[Chelsea FC]

I would have smashed more chicks. They were couple that got away that shouldn't have. Other than that nothing other than I wished I spent my time learning Spanish.

 

[Michael_Scott]

I would have smashed more chicks. They were couple that got away that shouldn't have. Other than that nothing other than I wished I spent my time learning Spanish.

if you have the need to display it here likely means " you didn't get any "...

 

[Chelsea FC]

if you have the need to display it here likely means " you didn't get any "...

u found me out bro.

 

[Cotterpin]

I would have smashed more chicks. They were couple that got away that shouldn't have. Other than that nothing other than I wished I spent my time learning Spanish.

Not to derail the thread, but that sounds so predatory! Like you had them in a trap and they escaped. I know you didn't mean it that way, but I'm just saying...

 

[Chelsea FC]

Not to derail the thread, but that sounds so predatory! Like you had them in a trap and they escaped. I know you didn't mean it that way, but I'm just saying...

It was a passing comment lolz not trying to derail but I agree with u.

 

[designdoc566]

I would also majored in basket weaving or something else obscure that is equally as useless in the real world as a biology degree.

THIS.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Picked up my grades as freshman. Change my major to math/physics, but I don't regret anything.

Took me forever to realize I should major in math. I definitely would have made the switch way sooner that I did and saved myself a bunch of pointless courses.