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

[TriagePreMed]

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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.

I'm not sure if I'm dealing with a troll or not anymore. If not, I'm seriously concerned about your ability to grasp reality within the context of the real world. Surely you can't believe that solely you are right and everyone else is wrong?

 

[Frazier]

Well, I would assume, if the LSAT requires almost no foundational knowledge, its critical thinking should be stepped up a bit, or else it would be just like SAT.

I took the SAT back when you were in kindergarden apparently...perhaps it has since changed, but back then it had very little in common with the LSAT beyond one if its sections requiring watered down reading passages.

 

[StudyShy]

It took this long for someone to finally put the pieces together?

I thought so immediately, but then saw past threads, etc. I thought, "if this is a troll then it's the biggest loser in the history of losers."

Oh well. Back to dungeons and dragons. Jk. Hehehe.

She's been trolling for a while. I previously thought that her MCAT + school choices were way too suspect for anyone who has spent 2 minutes on SDN. Ultimate troll is ultimate long-term troll. Some people haz skillz.

 

[TXKnight]

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.

This👍👍👍. No pitty here. You have everything going for you. There are people with real problems that have like 10 dollars in the bank and are busting their tails to get into a school...and don't complain as much.
Get to work, go to Europe, travel, open your eyes, appreciate what you have got and what you have achieved, come back more mature and get into med school.

 

[drizzt3117]

Fwiw I've taken (and scored in the 99% on) the MCAT, GMAT, and LSAT. I have a MBA and applied concurrently to med and law schools but obviously decided to go to med school. The MCAT and LSAT are very different tests. I don't think you can really say any of them is "harder" than the other (although that being said, I took the paper MCAT, not the dumbed down computer one).

The GMAT is much easier than the other two.

 

[drizzt3117]

Tldr, but...

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

 

[Aerus]

Fwiw I've taken (and scored in the 99% on) the MCAT, GMAT, and LSAT. I have a MBA and applied concurrently to med and law schools but obviously decided to go to med school. The MCAT and LSAT are very different tests. I don't think you can really say any of them is "harder" than the other (although that being said, I took the paper MCAT, not the dumbed down computer one).

The GMAT is much easier than the other two.

That's a fair statement. 👍

 

[shezadeh]

Tell me then, what professional test is harder than the MCAT in the US?

I love hearing statements like this from pre-meds.

*cough*

It depends on skill set but Id say the CPA, CFA, CCIE, and SOA/CAS or any actuarial exam are probably all more difficult and more intense than the MCAT.

*cough*

Oh, and those boards too

 

[sliceofbread136]

I think invoker is the most overpowered hero in DOTA 2. How do you guys think he should be nerfed?

 

[Flamen04]

Successful Troll is successful.

 

[flodhi1]

Thank you. I live to entertain.




I'm not going to even comment on the overdose of verbal irony in my post. 😉


So it's a false statement because you took both and got your ass kicked on the LSAT? I supported mine with anecdotal evidence as well, but that doesn't validate the claim anymore than yours does with your claim.

As I said earlier, the LSAT can be prepped for with a good practice course and/or study prep. The MCAT, on the other hand, requires basic mastery of the subjects at the bare minimum, with a practice course and/or study prep.

The LSAT = reasoning with critical thinking
The MCAT = reasoning with critical thinking, applying science concepts

It makes sense if you got your ass kicked by the LSAT, since you haven't properly prepared for it. Would you expect to get your ass kicked if you had the same amount of prep as you did for the LSAT when you took the MCAT for the first time? If you did prepare for it with the same amount of effort and time as you had on the MCAT, chances are you probably would have scored something close to stellar, assuming you had quite respectable MCAT scores to begin with.

You just dont get it but that's ok your're in middle school. Any ways I have to study for medical school now, good luck with your 8th grade.

 

[Aerus]

I love hearing statements like this from pre-meds.

*cough*

*cough*

Oh, and those boards too

I love statements like this from people who rush through posts, not reading carefully...

I'm not talking about licensing exams, as far as the CPA goes. I'm talking about exams when considering professions (Pre-Professional, as someone told me), which would be like the LSAT, GMAT, GRE, DAT sort of type.

It would be fair to compare the CPA/BAR and the like to the USMLE. The CPA has a low pass rate, definitely, but I'm pretty sure the USMLE would have an even lower pass rate if one took it after obtaining an undergrad degree, like the CPA.

You just dont get it but that's ok your're in middle school. Any ways I have to study for medical school now, good luck with your 8th grade.

So, I beat your logic by giving an example and you give up because you either don't understand my example or have nothing to counter it? Okay....

 

[flodhi1]

I'm not talking about licensing exams, as far as the CPA goes. I'm talking about exams to enter professions (Pre-Professional, as someone told me), which would be like the LSAT, GMAT, GRE, DAT sort of type.

It would be fair to compare the CPA/BAR and the like to the USMLE. The CPA has a low pass rate, definitely, but I'm pretty sure the USMLE would have an even lower pass rate if one took it after obtaining an undergrad degree, like the CPA.




So, I beat your logic by giving an example and you give up because you either don't understand my example or have nothing to counter it? Okay....

I'm on this forum to help others not argue with a middle school kid. I don't feel like investing my energy into this. If you need advice concerning applying to medical school or taking the MCAT I will help you as much as I can other than that we are done here. Good luck with school.

 

[Aerus]

I'm on this forum to help others not argue with a middle school kid. I don't feel like investing my energy into this. If you need advice concerning applying to medical school or taking the MCAT I will help you as much as I can other than that we are done here. Good luck with school.

I don't argue either. Rather, this is a friendly exchange of points, supporting one's main claims. I wasn't the one to start this:

Out of curiosity have you actually taken the actual MCAT?

So to think automatically that the MCAT is the most vigorous and the toughest "professional" test out there is not only a false statement but slightly cocky coming from a pre-med.

There goes the fire. 🙄


But whatever, I don't know why this has gotten so off topic, but we should probably stop, wait for OP's reply to her need of a wake up call (if she chooses to even respond), and carry on from there.

 

[somekindof]

You're level of drama makes it sound like you have lost your home and all of your money and are forced to beg on the streets. After reading your actual situation, there are people on this forum that would probably kill to be in your situation with those stats, but instead you're complaining that you would have to move in with your parents and wait for the next application cycle? Grow up.

You weren't accepted this cycle because you applied to probably the only schools in the US that wouldn't take you with those stats. If you had applied to less prestigious places you would have gotten in no problem assuming you aren't a drama queen in an interview. I mean Christ, most people don't even apply to any of those schools with better stats than you. Suck it up and try again if this is what you want. I was rejected with no interviews my first try, applied again with some interviews and got waitlisted, and then got accepted right before sending in my third re-application, and all the while I was working as a research assistant and I took the MCAT 3 times. If this is what it takes to break you, then you might need to re-consider what you want to do.


And apply earlier next time.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

Edit: Also my parents won't pay for any more applications or MCATs, I have to use the sum I have. I'm essentially on my own.

This whole thread is hilarious but here's one of my favorite parts.

A mere 20K left to retake and reapply next year? My heart goes out to you.

About 2 weeks ago was the first time I've had 10K in a bank account ever...my net worth is still around -100K though so it doesn't help that much. Please excuse us for not shedding too many tears.

 

[Ashley1989]

For the record Bella Swan you really should go to your Commencement. You've worked too hard and your parents have spent too much money for you not to not go. Just my two cents.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

Fwiw I've taken (and scored in the 99% on) the MCAT, GMAT, and LSAT. I have a MBA and applied concurrently to med and law schools but obviously decided to go to med school. The MCAT and LSAT are very different tests. I don't think you can really say any of them is "harder" than the other (although that being said, I took the paper MCAT, not the dumbed down computer one).

The GMAT is much easier than the other two.

Wow, you must be, like, Jesus or something. I want to have your babies.

 

[shinbeats]

Wow, you must be, like, Jesus or something. I want to have your babies.

You can have my babies if you're hot and Italian.

 

[Morsetlis]

You can have my babies if you're hot and Italian.

But wait you're not drizzt 😕

 

[MedPR]

This whole thread is hilarious but here's one of my favorite parts.

A mere 20K left to retake and reapply next year? My heart goes out to you.

About 2 weeks ago was the first time I've had 10K in a bank account ever...my net worth is still around -100K though so it doesn't help that much. Please excuse us for not shedding too many tears.

Me too. We're filthy poor 👍

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

Oh cry me a f-ing river you spoiled brat. You have 20k in your bank account and the ability to go home or travel through Europe. Chances are you haven't even tried to get a job. You're not homeless. You're just awakening to reality that your entitled little world doesn't extend to the real world. I hope something actually bad happens to you so that you learn some maturity.

And seriously, you applied (almost) exclusively to top 20 schools and are disappointed when your 29 didn't get you in?

I'm sorry OP, but this is the one time I will have to agree with Triage. You should have applied to lower division schools, you should have retaken the MCAT, you should realize that you will not have money thrown at you throughout life, and your mother and father cannot always do and pay for everything for you. You came to the wrong place if you are looking for pity with $20,000 in the bank. Get off of here and find a part time job. I know it sounds terrible, but welcome to the real world.

 

[Ebola4Breakfast]

Be careful about moving around prior to applying. If you're going for this application season, you likely won't have time to establish residency (unless you're moving to your home state). Applying without a state of residency will be even less fun than your current application cycle. Do yourself a favor and check with the public schools in the state you're moving to for their residency requirement. It can differ from state to state and school to school.

 

[kaysquared]

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[Ignatius M.D.]

Wow, you must be, like, Jesus or something. I want to have your babies.

I know, total swoon. Especially the bit where we found out our test was dumbed-down. Oh my stars!

 

[Laboratorian]

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.

Very damn insulting. 👎

 

[mikejm11]

What were you thinking applying to those schools with a 29 MCAT? That was foolish and a waste of money. You must have had the worst advisor ever or didn't listen to the one you had. Ivy league status means nothing without an MCAT to back it up.

 

[deleted103644]

What were you thinking applying to those schools with a 29 MCAT? That was foolish and a waste of money. You must have had the worst advisor ever or didn't listen to the one you had. Ivy league status means nothing without an MCAT to back it up.

With a Cell article (assuming a co-authorship), could have been possible , but only if the OP applied MSTP.

 

[Tatiana3325]

Oh, I wasn't expecting this. Thank you?

You're welcome?

 

[Ashley1989]

You're welcome?

Sounds good?

 

[BA11]

I don't mean to be an *******, but somebody with your MCAT score should not be applying to the majority of the schools you did. That's just a hard fact of the application process, you applied EXTREMELY top heavy with ambition that frankly was unfounded based upon your score.

Now this isnt meant to be elitist or anything as I certainly have no business in most of those schools either with my stats, but you should really reconsider where you apply next time. Without everything else on your application there are dozens of schools you could get into with your current MCAT.

 

[dxb8307]

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.

👍

 

[Tatiana3325]

Oh come on guys! 🙂 I can't believe so many people think its her MCAT score that got her rejected. Such innocent naive little lambs 😉

 

[CopaceticOne]

I'm not talking about licensing exams, as far as the CPA goes. I'm talking about exams when considering professions (Pre-Professional, as someone told me), which would be like the LSAT, GMAT, GRE, DAT sort of type.

I felt very humbled after I took the ASVAB. Maybe that is the hardest one out there? 🙄

 

[411309]

OP, have you given serious thought to prostitution?

 

[Ashley1989]

Why are there stars next to this thread?

 

[411309]

maybe you really did get into all of those schools and your acceptance letters got lost in the mail.

 

[Tatiana3325]

OP, have you given serious thought to prostitution?

Brilliant. Don't those high priced hookers make some serious cash?

 

[411309]

Brilliant. Don't those high priced hookers make some serious cash?

yeah I always pay them well.

 

[lobo.solo]

yeah I always pay them well.

I was going to suggest the same thing. One year of full time prostitution + 20k can serve you to pay for med school.

 

[SeminoleVesicle]

I'm sorry but unless your parents are of the abusive kind, then this is just blatant stupidity...I don't even know what to say right now.

Totally agree with this post. You can't live in the Northeast because it makes you feel like a failure?

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdsL4kvp_I[/YOUTUBE]

Are you the first person to not be accepted to medical school in their first cycle? No. You know what you did wrong, so suck it up and grind for one more year. You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself.

 

[flodhi1]

OP, have you given serious thought to prostitution?

You're a completely inappropriate idiot.

 

[Ashley1989]

you're a completely inappropriate idiot.

+1

I was like what the hell when read the first comment about being a prostitute but then thought mehhhh I'm not going to say anything. But yes, I agree flodhi1

 

[Tatiana3325]

yeah I always pay them well.

HAHAhahaha..... Ha ha 🙂 🙂

 

[FattySlug]

After reading the OP I seriously thought it was a troll post. How can anyone be this out of touch with reality?

 

[CaptainSSO]

Fwiw I've taken (and scored in the 99% on) the MCAT, GMAT, and LSAT. I have a MBA and applied concurrently to med and law schools but obviously decided to go to med school. The MCAT and LSAT are very different tests. I don't think you can really say any of them is "harder" than the other (although that being said, I took the paper MCAT, not the dumbed down computer one).

The GMAT is much easier than the other two.

loLz

 

[Tatiana3325]

Oh. My. Gosh. I was a teenager when South Park came out. The Underpants Gnomes are probably the funniest thing ever. Note: this was right around the time the dotcom bubble was bursting.
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Whoa whoa whoa!..... Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Gnomes is one of the WORST episodes of South Park.....

 

[Psychkaytic]

For the record Bella Swan you really should go to your Commencement. You've worked too hard and your parents have spent too much money for you not to not go. Just my two cents.

This. Your gpa is solid, and you made it through college.

Also OP, I think you should consider moving to Hawaii, Florida, or South Carolina for your year off. If you need somewhere that's nothing like New England then I can't think of anything better than warm beaches to spend your free time on. 😍

 

[Tatiana3325]

Fwiw I've taken (and scored in the 99% on) the MCAT, GMAT, and LSAT. I have a MBA and applied concurrently to med and law schools but obviously decided to go to med school. The MCAT and LSAT are very different tests. I don't think you can really say any of them is "harder" than the other (although that being said, I took the paper MCAT, not the dumbed down computer one).

The GMAT is much easier than the other two.

That's impressive! Why did you decide to go to medical school after getting your MBA? (if you don't mind me asking).....

 

[pre med 2014]

you need to get a job