I'm about to homeless. Where do I go from here?

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WhizoMD said:
very melodramatic thread title.... you have $20,000, an Ivy League degree, research experience, and a home to go to. The suggestion that you're going to be homeless borders on insulting.

Put bluntly, you applied like an idiot last cycle (very late submission, and to a whose who list of US med schools). If you apply early (June submission) and broadly, you'll get in. Just do some research or something like that while you reapply.
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This. You are waaayyyyyyyyyyy better off than I am. 20k in the bank. I swear to god I work two jobs and have less than 1k. I have a carnote, bills, tution and child care. No ivy school, horrible high schools, ect. GTF outta here with this thread...
 
Darn I don't even know what to say here. You clearly haven't experienced true verge-of-homelessness, or any actual "desperate times."

Good God, first world problems. Ivy league college degree, decent mcat, a LOT of money for one person, work experience.... millions, yes millions in the USA, literally envy you OP.
 
$20K in the bank and you are going homeless? This is a typical white girl problem. LOL I know, I am a white girl. :laugh:
 
Try going to a homeless shelter OP, like the rest of the homeless do. I'm sure you can find a soup kitchen around, or maybe you can get some food stamps.
 
Maybe this year apply to a school that isn't ****ing Harvard med. You deserve to be a reapplicant after thinking that list of schools was a good choice.
 
Bella Swan said:
Commencement is next week. Lots of people cry out of happiness when they receive their college diploma. I've been crying all this weekend, but it hasn't been out of happiness.

This year has come as a bit of shock to me, from getting my scores back to rejections down the line of schools. I graduated as Salutatorian of my high school (one of the best academies), got a 2300 on my SAT with Verbal being my weak point that I could never bring above 700, and got accepted to nearly every Ivy I applied to except Harvard. I attended an Ivy League school, busted my tail to get the highest marks in my concentration, and worked hard to build a diverse background. Everyone's always told I would make a great doctor someday. It's sad to see everyone else around me going to big name MD and Phd programs next year, but I have nowhere to go.

I guess I would be the last person to believe that after a near 4.0 and numerous awards from one of the best schools in the nation, that I would be homeless by the end of the month. I have about $20,000 in my bank account and I have to find something to do as my apartment lease expires on May 31st.

I can't stay in New England anymore, I don't feel wanted here after all the medical schools that rejected me. I can't move back home because as much as I love my parents I'll loose my mind and honestly they are furious with me. Also, moving back home will make me feel like I'm no better than the kids that didn't make it through high school (which I do feel like now anyway).

I guess I can apply for research jobs (I have 4 years of experience and a publication with another just being accepted). I just don't know where to go? I've always wanted to go to Europe, but I'm afraid I'll never make it back to medical school if I leave the US. I'm afraid I'll forget what it is like to study.

I wish I hadn't have applied to medical school this year and just kept working on my application. I know I can't change that now and I have bigger problems looming.

For those of you who will ask where I applied to and what my resume looked like, I've posted in the WAMC before:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=883973
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Pro troll.
 
OP come stay with me in dc we can study together.
 
So what's the wager on the OP applying "disadvantaged" in the next cycle after this?
 
WhizoMD said:
very melodramatic thread title.... you have $20,000, an Ivy League degree, research experience, and a home to go to. The suggestion that you're going to be homeless borders on insulting.

Put bluntly, you applied like an idiot last cycle (very late submission, and to a whose who list of US med schools). If you apply early (June submission) and broadly, you'll get in. Just do some research or something like that while you reapply.
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This.

Except I would go the next step and say that saying you'll be homeless is WAY offensive.... Try no degree, no high school, no money, no qualifications, and no family because they kicked you out because they didn't agree with your life (this isn't me but it's the majority of actually homeless people I volunteer with).
 
TriagePreMed said:
So what's the wager on the OP applying "disadvantaged" in the next cycle after this?
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When are you applying and taking the MCAT? I want to laugh while you go through the process.























Process of rejection
 
Hemorrage said:
hope you PMed for a pic first 😀
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already did, this is what I got in return



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Bella Swan said:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=883973
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Unfortunately that's what happens when your test scores are well below the average for the places that you are applying. A 3.95/29 is even a risk at mid-tier programs, so why they thought you would get into top 20 schools is beyond me.

Best of luck with the waitlist and applying next year. You're not the cream of the crop anymore, so gain some humility and apply to places that you stand a chance of getting into.
 
WhizoMD said:
very melodramatic thread title.... you have $20,000, an Ivy League degree, research experience, and a home to go to. The suggestion that you're going to be homeless borders on insulting.
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I came here just to say this.

You're an overly entitled, and probably borderline egomaniac, who is choosing to be homeless.

Also, my jaw dropped when I read this, so I made this. http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3p9kis/
 
shinbeats said:
When are you applying and taking the MCAT? I want to laugh while you go through the process.
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Had to move it to July for personal reasons, but I will be applying this cycle. It's always good to see who gets the last laugh.
 
TriagePreMed said:
Had to move it to July for personal reasons, but I will be applying this cycle. It's always good to see who gets the last laugh.
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The real question is whether you will be willing to downgrade from your amazing community college to medical school like some bumpkin clodhopper.
 
Homeless with 20k in the bank? I believe you're exaggerating because you didn't get in this cycle. Keep your chin up and apply again next year; you'll be fine if you apply early to lower tier schools.
 
sliceofbread136 said:
The real question is whether you will be willing to downgrade from your amazing community college to medical school like some bumpkin clodhopper.
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It'll be hard leave the Harvard Stanford Community College for a lowly medical school, but I'll try to cope. The sacrifices I must make for healing others :prof:
 
I love how people don't think there is a world to go to if they don't get into med school. You have and IVY LEAGUE degree summa cum laude and 20k in start up funds. If you were any kind of smart you could turn money into more money.
 
29 MCAT when you had a 2300 SAT with a 700 verbal? Clearly it's not any intellectual ability/lack of test taking ability/struggle with the English language.

You just haven't studied for the MCAT enough or worked hard enough, thinking that scoring in the 99th percentile on a high school exam will get you a top score on the hardest professional test in the country. This is reality. Wake up. Nobody is entitled to anything in life without hard work.

I'm not going to even comment on your homelessness hyperbole. It's been overly beaten by the other posters quite enough now.

What I recommend:

1) Actually work hard on studying for the MCAT. Seriously. Stop thinking your natural smarts will do anything. A 4.0 at an Ivy League school (maybe not Cornell) is easy with their huge amount of grade inflation. Try doing the same at Cal or MIT and you'll realize how little standardization a GPA is.

2) Either suck it up and move in with your parents or find another place to live and get a job. Stop being an entitled princess.

3) Apply to a better range of schools. Your list was ridiculous, given your MCAT score.

4) Visit a homeless shelter. Seriously. I WISH I had 20k lying in the bank for me. More than 99% of this country would envy to be in your soft privileged shoes.

Sorry if I came off mean, but you haven't opened your eyes to the world yet. If you're going to take a GAP year, try volunteering in a third world country. You seriously haven't seen real poverty yet.
 
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Wow really? Suck it up and move home. I've crashed on a couch for the past few days now I'm going home til med school starts
 
this thread is hilarious. regular bella right there, melodramatic white girl.

i especially enjoyed the line about "not feeling welcome in the NE, due to being rejected by med schools here" LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. if I couldn't live in an area where I'd been rejected by a med school, I would currently be moving out of the country.
 
TriagePreMed said:
Had to move it to July for personal reasons, but I will be applying this cycle. It's always good to see who gets the last laugh.
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"Personal reasons" sounds like someone was scoring pretty crappy on the practice AAMC exams. The last laugh will be mine when in a year you say, "I'm reapplying for personal reasons". LOL
 
I don't know where you're from, but in my universe, $20k is enough to live on for 3 years. 3 years is enough time to figure things out.
 
Wow.
You're probably the same type of person that gripes about how some underprivileged URM stole your spot.
 
You can always play guitar on the sidewalk.

Sell some eggs.
 
Aerus said:
You just haven't studied for the MCAT enough or worked hard enough, thinking that scoring in the 99th percentile on a high school exam will get you a top score on the hardest professional test in the country. This is reality. Wake up. Nobody is entitled to anything in life without hard work.
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Hardest professional test in the country? Hardly. The MCAT is NOTHING compared to what comes later.
 
thesauce said:
Hardest professional test in the country? Hardly. The MCAT is NOTHING compared to what comes later.
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Tell me then, what professional test is harder than the MCAT in the US?
 
MuAgonist said:
You can always play guitar on the sidewalk.

Sell some eggs.
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She should sell some eggs especially with an ivy league degree, 4.0, and incredible SAT. I bet some people would pay a TON of money
 
Nymphicus said:
I think you mean pre-professional test.
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Oh, I can see how that could have been misinterpreted then. I am not talking about the USMLE. I meant test/exam to get into a profession (Ex. The LSAT is an exam for those interested in a profession in law), but yes, 'pre-profession' works just as well.
 
Reading through this I can only say one thing: What the f...k? Are you freaking kidding me? The sense of entitlement that comes across in every word of you post is unbelievable. If one of my friends told me that he is about to be homeless with 20k in the bank I would punch him in the face.
 
Aerus said:
Oh, I can see how that could have been misinterpreted then. I am not talking about the USMLE. I meant test/exam to get into a profession (Ex. The LSAT is an exam for those interested in a profession in law), but yes, 'pre-profession' works just as well.
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Have you taken both? How do you know what is harder and what is easier?
 
shinbeats said:
"Personal reasons" sounds like someone was scoring pretty crappy on the practice AAMC exams. The last laugh will be mine when in a year you say, "I'm reapplying for personal reasons". LOL
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You're just jealous, the only reason he would reapply is so he could brag about how he got into Harvard med two times instead of just one like the rest of the peasants.
 
Thank you to all the posts in the beginning, they were helpful and insightful. The last half of the posts have not been.

I will be skipping my commencement ceremonies after all. I am going to take the suggestion to find a temporary home while I continue to prepare for the MCAT. After that I'll be moving to Missouri or California to work as a lab tech. Hopefully my waitlist does end up pulling through, though at this point I doubt it.

I don't feel entitled to anything. The money I have in the bank was not given to me. I worked very hard each summer and throughout the school year at our research institute here earning $9 a hour. This in addition to a large scholarship I won in undergrad accounts for the money in the bank. My parents only supported me with tuition and room and board.

For those of you who feel it is right to kick someone when the are down, I hope you don't act this way towards your patients. My world has been turned upside down, and even if you can't relate to it, please show some respect.
 
Quit being such a prima donna.
 
SunsFun said:
Have you taken both? How do you know what is harder and what is easier?
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I think it's just a general consensus. I do know a person who has taken both and his opinion is the same. But personal experiences don't mean much.

I guess it's just how the test is designed. X amount of effort to prepare for LSAT will yield a higher percentile score than the same X amount of effort to prepare for the MCAT. Rigor of the testing material is the thing we're talking about.
 
Aerus said:
I think it's just a general consensus. I do know a person who has taken both and his opinion is the same. But personal experiences don't mean much.

I guess it's just how the test is designed. X amount of effort to prepare for LSAT will yield a higher percentile score than the same X amount of effort to prepare for the MCAT. Rigor of the testing material is the thing we're talking about.
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Yeah but you can actually study the content for MCAT, same cannot be said about LSAT. Not that it really matter but I don't think one is necessarily harder or easier than another.
 
SunsFun said:
Yeah but you can actually study the content for MCAT, same cannot be said about LSAT. Not that it really matter but I don't think one is necessarily harder or easier than another.
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Mcat is harder. Had a friend who did both. Said Mcat was way worse. Fwiw he went to law school straight out of ugrad, got his jd, and went to a do school after passing the bar
 
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