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Is there anyone who is in med school or is now successfully a doctor who has had a misdemeanor pot conviction? i know thats an odd question but i just want to see where i stand thanks
Is there anyone who is in med school or is now successfully a doctor who has had a misdemeanor pot conviction? i know thats an odd question but i just want to see where i stand thanks
Yes. I'd also like to know who else on SDN has experience with this.
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Damn, I think I would rather have the misdemeanor than the heart attack.If you do happen to get one of these and let it go as a misdemeanor on your record you kind of deserve your chances being hurt...
For this, and in the case of an MIP (minor in possession of alcohol) you best damn show up to your court date and get it moved to an infarction. It is very easy to do and nearly every judge will let you do it, mind you it entails a lot more community service. But if that's the case just put the x hours of community service as an extra curricular on ur AMCAS.
Win, Win.
Fixed! I'm a bio major not an English, and clearly have medicine way too much on my mind 😀Damn, I think I would rather have the misdemeanor than the heart attack.
Is there anyone who is in med school or is now successfully a doctor who has had a misdemeanor pot conviction? i know thats an odd question but i just want to see where i stand thanks
Are you charged as a dealer or a user? I think it makes a difference. If you were dealing pot to make money, that is not good. If you had some weed and smoked it, well, who didn't between the ages of 18 and 22. Big deal.
i was arrested for smoking with a friend and now everyone tells me im done and i can never be a doctor
Not necessarily, but remember that admissions committees are also getting applications from thousands of other students without a criminal history
Most of whom smoked weed on many occasions. We need to change the weed laws.
Is there anyone who is in med school or is now successfully a doctor who has had a misdemeanor pot conviction? i know thats an odd question but i just want to see where i stand thanks
Is there anyone who is in med school or is now successfully a doctor who has had a misdemeanor pot conviction? i know thats an odd question but i just want to see where i stand thanks
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i was arrested for smoking with a friend and now everyone tells me im done and i can never be a doctor
Is there anyone who is in med school or is now successfully a doctor who has had a misdemeanor pot conviction? i know thats an odd question but i just want to see where i stand thanks
I hope it works out for you OP. The best case would what everyone else said, where its an infraction (haha, not an MI), and you don't have to even report it. Even if that doesn't work out, I don't think it'd close the door to becoming a doctor. Everybody makes mistakes or gets caught doing silly things sometimes, and hopefully adcoms would understand that.
The I in MI is for Infarction 😕
The I in MI is for Infarction 😕
Is there anyone who is in med school or is now successfully a doctor who has had a misdemeanor pot conviction? i know thats an odd question but i just want to see where i stand thanks
i was arrested for smoking with a friend and now everyone tells me im done and i can never be a doctor
I've got a brilliant plan for you...
Adcoms are always looking for people who have overcome great challenges right? In this case you did it to yourself for doing something stupid considering what direction you want your life to go. Your best option is to turn this into a positive. Turn it into an ah ha moment. Consider doing some sort of community service that revolves around pot. No don't grow it. I'm talking about Marijuana Anonymous or some other kind of rehabilitation program. Then when you write your application you can say that getting in trouble really opened your eyes and now you want to help people like yourself. By doing this you will effectively turn something that was hurting you into something that makes you stick out in a positive way.
Aren't you glad I didn't just troll?
The one area that pot could really screw you is with federal loans. There is a box you have to check on FASFA if you have been caught with illegal substances. Not sure what the fed will do if you check this box, but it would suck not to have federal loans with their awesome interest rates.