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Greetings and Salutations all!
I have been reading your post related to medical school acceptance for about a week, and finally decided to jump in.
From the literature, one really gets the impression that medical schools are looking for pampered academics to lead our medical arsenal into the future. It would be nice to have had the opportunity to jump straight from high school into college, and to have all the basic sciences done by the end of the sophomore year. Never having to worry about earning a living, or support a family would be nice too.
"Don't work while in college.." Sure, if you don't mind your family starving!
I found your reply post to the young lady with the disability particularly encouraging. But what about the average working Jo? If I could become a minority, or produce a disability I would be all set.
I spent years (4) just trying to accomplish 2 years worth of work, at a Community College no less. All while working an average of 55 hours per week. I have been, or worked as just about everything in medicine except a physician, just to be close to that which I love. I have worked with some of the best surgeons and physicians in Houston, Texas at least, and they are pampered academics, spoiled absolutely rotten!
I have just recruited my family into supporting my final assault, at 33 y/o. I have been accepted at a private college, I have a 3.2 GPA, and I'm no where near ready for the MCAT. Next year I will work part time, and study full time.
Hell all I want to do is help people, I've seen what the average family practitioner does, I know I can do it. It's the ivy walls that scare the heck out of me.
Is this a pipe dream or what?
(Sorry so long!)
Elric
I have been reading your post related to medical school acceptance for about a week, and finally decided to jump in.
From the literature, one really gets the impression that medical schools are looking for pampered academics to lead our medical arsenal into the future. It would be nice to have had the opportunity to jump straight from high school into college, and to have all the basic sciences done by the end of the sophomore year. Never having to worry about earning a living, or support a family would be nice too.
"Don't work while in college.." Sure, if you don't mind your family starving!
I found your reply post to the young lady with the disability particularly encouraging. But what about the average working Jo? If I could become a minority, or produce a disability I would be all set.
I spent years (4) just trying to accomplish 2 years worth of work, at a Community College no less. All while working an average of 55 hours per week. I have been, or worked as just about everything in medicine except a physician, just to be close to that which I love. I have worked with some of the best surgeons and physicians in Houston, Texas at least, and they are pampered academics, spoiled absolutely rotten!
I have just recruited my family into supporting my final assault, at 33 y/o. I have been accepted at a private college, I have a 3.2 GPA, and I'm no where near ready for the MCAT. Next year I will work part time, and study full time.
Hell all I want to do is help people, I've seen what the average family practitioner does, I know I can do it. It's the ivy walls that scare the heck out of me.
Is this a pipe dream or what?
(Sorry so long!)
Elric