Sounds great! Obviously, do what you gotta do. I'm just not sure giving them an update letting them know you're good if the med school thing doesn't work out is actually going to help you here, notwithstanding how impressive your achievement may be.
It’s not update worthy at all. It doesn’t enhance your application and you have just started, if you’ve started at all(can’t tell from what you shared). Maybe later in the cycle you could have a big update with this and other things like increases in shadowing, clinical experiences, nonclinical volunteering, a semester of straight As. You know, things that are relevant to your application.
don't overthink about what schools are thinking 🙂
Yo bro, I see you commenting everywhere and you're clearly in a panic. I saw your original post, and I was confused why everyone was saying you would be DOA. You ultimately were only convicted of possession, several years ago. Just don't mention that you were a dealer and pled down the charges. A lot of applicants have IA or charges for alcohol or marijuana, it's not exactly an application killer. Unless you were caught with heroin or something.
Nope, not at all. The Admissions Dean is not going to run out of his/her office screaming the the Admin: "We have to invite this kid for an interview!!! They just got a new job at Major League Biotech!"
Oh damn, that sucks. Out of curiosity, does the background check say exactly what the crime done was, or just its classification. For example, does it just say "misdemeanor: possession of illegal substance" or would it name the exact substance.
How much worse is this than say theft, possession of an illicit substance without selling, or driving while intoxicated. I’m not excusing any of these and realize how serious they are, just think a comparison would be interesting.
Let's say arrested for heroin possession....End of medical career
Background checks are outside my knowledge base.
With all due respect, what's the point of speculation with an anonymous adcom at this stage? You are a reapplicant with an otherwise great application, so you are going to know definitively in a few short months. Not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but definitely soon.
