Reality hurts.

[aphobic]

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So I'm sitting here, thinking of my chances of getting into a med school. Any med school, not just an MD one. Heck, I'd go to Caribbeans if it weren't so highly discouraged.

But the more I thought about it, the more depressed I get. Why? :

-I'm not disadvantaged in any way, be it race, ordeal, or background.
-My grades are good, but not THAT good. (THAT good=3.6+)
-I have some nice ECs, but no awards and certainly nothing unique. Now, if I can claim I climbed Mt. Everest instead of Mt. Whitney or something, maybe I can get some gloss.
-I have clinical experience consisting in it's entirety to be shadowing and volunteering at a hospital/shelter/free clinic. Shiny, but not shiny enough.

And I bet thousands of people have a similar profile. And thousands can claim hardship; the closest thing I've probably come to hardship is getting cut off on the highway by some batty driver. So why would ADCOMs choose me?

No special reason.

 

[Mithril]

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[BenUstudent]

So why would ADCOMs choose me?

Think about this, try to meditate and figure out why should they?
There has to be a reason, dig deep and find why you want to do this. this was a hard question for myself it took me almost 3 weeks to find it.

 

[Danlee07]

pretty sure you can only answer that question, but I feel that for the application process, you're putting yourself in a position where you show that you can be what everyone else...but you have the uniqueness about you that is just that extra amount that no on else can touch.

 

[Doctor246853]

So I'm sitting here, thinking of my chances of getting into a med school. Any med school, not just an MD one. Heck, I'd go to Caribbeans if it weren't so highly discouraged.

But the more I thought about it, the more depressed I get. Why? :

-I'm not disadvantaged in any way, be it race, ordeal, or background.
-My grades are good, but not THAT good. (THAT good=3.6+)
-I have some nice ECs, but no awards and certainly nothing unique. Now, if I can claim I climbed Mt. Everest instead of Mt. Whitney or something, maybe I can get some gloss.
-I have clinical experience consisting in it's entirety to be shadowing and volunteering at a hospital/shelter/free clinic. Shiny, but not shiny enough.

And I bet thousands of people have a similar profile. And thousands can claim hardship; the closest thing I've probably come to hardship is getting cut off on the highway by some batty driver. So why would ADCOMs choose me?

No special reason.

Fishing huh🙄 Truth: You sound like one of those Dr. Reed types. You need to grow a pair and get your ass in med school. If you have to take a year off to do extreme ec's or gpa repair well hell so be it. Premeds with excuses= rejected applicant; Premeds with heart, thick skin and determination= Medical student. Get'er done!

 

[Barcu]

Thousands of people do have a similar profile. And many of them get into a med school.

Just because you don't have some crazy, unique experiences does not mean you won't get into med school.

If you have a good gpa/mcat combo, some average to good ECs, and can articulate your passion for medicine well in interviews, you have a shot to get in.

 

[slatermd]

Adcoms choose thousands of profiles similar to yours because those people have the confidence that one needs to rock the interview and get into med school.

Or just suck it up and climb Mount Everest.

Yeah. Sounds like you're having a bad day/week.

It can be really hard to decide what sets you apart from other applicants. You don't need to be an exceptional applicant. You just need to be a good person who is a good fit for a particular school.

Plenty of a-holes get accepted because they are confident, and several shy applicants get accepted because they are genuinely good people.

And you should definitely go to Ross if it is the only school that accepts you. That place may be a sketchy profit mill but some people succeed in using it as their ticket to the big time. And good lord, you'll spend 16 months on a Caribbean island.

 

[slatermd]

Fishing huh🙄 Truth: You sound like one of those Dr. Reed types. You need to grow a pair and get your ass in med school. If you have to take a year off to do extreme ec's or gpa repair well hell so be it. Premeds with excuses= rejected applicant; Premeds with heart, thick skin and determination= Medical student. Get'er done!

Agree. Even if you don't make it in the first round, do a post bacc or SMP plus mad ec's.

Can't wear skinny jeans cause my knots don't fit.

-Jay Z

 

[Etzio]

So I'm sitting here, thinking of my chances of getting into a med school. Any med school, not just an MD one. Heck, I'd go to Caribbeans if it weren't so highly discouraged.

But the more I thought about it, the more depressed I get. Why? :

-I'm not disadvantaged in any way, be it race, ordeal, or background.
-My grades are good, but not THAT good. (THAT good=3.6+)
-I have some nice ECs, but no awards and certainly nothing unique. Now, if I can claim I climbed Mt. Everest instead of Mt. Whitney or something, maybe I can get some gloss.
-I have clinical experience consisting in it's entirety to be shadowing and volunteering at a hospital/shelter/free clinic. Shiny, but not shiny enough.

And I bet thousands of people have a similar profile. And thousands can claim hardship; the closest thing I've probably come to hardship is getting cut off on the highway by some batty driver. So why would ADCOMs choose me?

No special reason.

This is just sad. I actually have a very bad GPA right now, but yet have the audacity to shoot only for US MD schools. If you think you can't - then you won't, if you think you can - then you will. Thats how reality works my friend.

 

[aphobic]

Adcoms choose thousands of profiles similar to yours because those people have the confidence that one needs to rock the interview and get into med school.

Or just suck it up and climb Mount Everest.

You're probably right.

On a different note, imagine the headlines: 'Stupid California Kid dies climbing Mt. Everest for Med school'

 

[StudyShy]

If the blind can climb mountains, so can we! We should have a group SDN trip. 😀

I think that we could learn a lot from these kids.

 

[Doctor246853]

If the blind can climb mountains, so can we! We should have a group SDN trip. 😀

I think that we could learn a lot from these kids:

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Uhh hell no. We are premeds, most are pre-allo to say the least. Can you imagine climbing a dangerous mountain with gunners and cut-throats? 3000 students begin climb 500 make it to the top...alive... kinda sounds like appling to med school🙄

 

[StudyShy]

Uhh hell no. We are premeds, most are pre-allo to say the least. Can you imagine climbing a dangerous mountain with gunners and cut-throats? 3000 students begin climb 500 make it to the top...alive... kinda sounds like appling to med school🙄

LMAO! Yeah, I'm pretty sure that a few of us would end up getting thrown off the mountain. Opps! There goes another one!

We'd also have to eat each if things got really rough...or huddle for warmth. I want a hot pre-med if I have to share a sleeping bag. 😀

 

[Etzio]

Uhh hell no. We are premeds, most are pre-allo to say the least. Can you imagine climbing a dangerous mountain with gunners and cut-throats? 3000 students begin climb 500 make it to the top...alive... kinda sounds like appling to med school🙄

More like 10,000 begin climbing and 1,000 make it to the top alive. Dibs on the shotgun and flamethrower.

 

[Doctor246853]

LMAO! Yeah, I'm pretty sure that a few of us would end up getting thrown off the mountain. Opps! There goes another one!

We'd also have to eat each if things got really rough...or huddle for warmth. I want a hot pre-med if I have to share a sleeping bag. 😀

Well in that case.. I VOTE YES FOR MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.🙂 ( Im so lame..I looked at your profile first to make sure you were female🙄)

 

[StudyShy]

More like 10,000 begin climbing and 1,000 make it to the top alive. Dibs on the shotgun and flamethrower.

This would make an even better movie than blind students climbing Mount Everest.

 

[Doctor246853]

More like 10,000 begin climbing and 1,000 make it to the top alive. Dibs on the shotgun and flamethrower.

If I made it to the top a day late Ill use my urm status lol ok ok jk (I really would tho😳)

 

[slatermd]

I want a hot pre-med if I have to share a sleeping bag. 😀

dibs

 

[Doctor246853]

dibs

hey dude not cool... I already got that

 

[StudyShy]

Well in that case.. I VOTE YES FOR MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.🙂 ( Im so lame..I looked at your profile first to make sure you were female🙄)

Yes, I've been proven to be female at least three times over.

I don't think that I will be able to shave my legs very often on a mountain. Things might get hairy (no pun intended). 🙂

I would need me a good pre-med to cut my toes off when I get some really bad frostbite and have gangrene set in...and still love me when my nose turns black.

 

[goldenwest]

Thing.

For everyone reading this that's applying to medical school: if you don't think you will make a good doctor then why should the adcoms? Self confidence without hubris is key. If you think you'll be a good doctor then show them why. Apply early and broad enough with good evidence towards that claim and you will be accepted somewhere.

 

[slatermd]

hey dude not cool... I already got that

ugghhh. Ok, fight to the death at base camp 1

 

[Doctor246853]

Yes, I've been proven to be female at least three times over.

I don't think that I will be able to shave my legs very often on a mountain. Things might get hairy (no pun intended). 🙂

I would need me a good pre-med to cut my toes off when I get some really bad frostbite and have gangrene set in...and still love me when my nose turns black.

Ok medzealot shes all yours buddy!

 

[Geneticist]

OP: If you take it one step at a time, it's not that hard to achieve above average stats and above average EC's. You just have to put in the effort required and make a few personal sacrifices.

e-z, np brah

 

[StudyShy]

Ok medzealot shes all yours buddy!

I don't know. I think that I would look pretty hot with a bling bling Tycho Brache nose and no phalanges.

 

[slatermd]

Ok medzealot shes all yours buddy!

huh. that was easy.

I don't know. I think that I would look pretty hot with a bling bling Tycho Brache nose and no phalanges.

As long as I don't have to bankroll all that ice.

 

[StudyShy]

huh. that was easy.



As long as I don't have to bankroll all that ice.

I'm a greedy girl. I like the diamond rings and shiny things! You guys better get into a good med school.

This all reminds me of playing Mario 64 today with my son, and we were throwing the giant boss Bomb-Bomb over the mountain side. My son (4) was laughing like a maniac -kind of like when he was <1 and laughed hysterically when the indian head rolled down the temple in Apocalypto.

*I thought that he wouldn't know that the movie was wickedly bad because he was so young, but I knew that he thought death was funny when he laughed again when the jaguar got his face ripped off later in the movie.

 

[HawaiiHereICome]

So I'm sitting here, thinking of my chances of getting into a med school. Any med school, not just an MD one. Heck, I'd go to Caribbeans if it weren't so highly discouraged.

But the more I thought about it, the more depressed I get. Why? :

-I'm not disadvantaged in any way, be it race, ordeal, or background.
-My grades are good, but not THAT good. (THAT good=3.6+)
-I have some nice ECs, but no awards and certainly nothing unique. Now, if I can claim I climbed Mt. Everest instead of Mt. Whitney or something, maybe I can get some gloss.
-I have clinical experience consisting in it's entirety to be shadowing and volunteering at a hospital/shelter/free clinic. Shiny, but not shiny enough.

And I bet thousands of people have a similar profile. And thousands can claim hardship; the closest thing I've probably come to hardship is getting cut off on the highway by some batty driver. So why would ADCOMs choose me?

No special reason.

Go enter you stats into that medschool spreadsheet floating around on SDN. You'll be fine just apply broadly and don't be an ass on the interview.

 

[theWUbear]

i feel your pain man, it just sucks not being disadvantaged

 

[slatermd]

I'm a greedy girl. I like the diamond rings and shiny things! You guys better get into a good med school.

This all reminds me of playing Mario 64 today with my son, and we were throwing the giant boss Bomb-Bomb over the mountain side. My son (4) was laughing like a maniac -kind of like when he was <1 and laughed hysterically when the indian head rolled down the temple in Apocalypto.

*I thought that he wouldn't know that the movie was wickedly bad because he was so young, but I knew that he thought death was funny when he laughed again when the jaguar got his face ripped off later in the movie.

Great. I love little kids who love death.

and in all fairness, some of the gruesome scenes in that movie were kinda funny. Thank you Mel Gibson.

 

[raltima07]

Or just suck it up and climb Mount Everest.

Did you know (I just looked this up BTW [to increase my chances at med school admission]) that climbing Mt. Everest with a guided group is $65,000?@?!#@$>#>!@$@!


WTF? That's like a used Maserati or a MBGL450, M3, C63 AMG, or a IS-F.

Screw Everest...

 

[Cmaj7th]

It sounds like you don't want it bad enough. You have yet to exhaust all of your options; can always beef your application up with research, more volunteering, or a masters or post bacc.

If being a doctor is what you truly want then you will find a way. If it's not then you wont. I'm not trying to be a d-bag I just want you to realize this is in your control and yours alone.

 

[rafflecopter]

You didn't mention your MCAT score. Kick its ass and you WILL stand out. Oh, and $65k for a trip up Everest actually sounds reasonable to me given the inherent danger involved.

 

[Mr Hippopotamus]

You didn't mention your MCAT score. Kick its ass and you WILL stand out. Oh, and $65k for a trip up Everest actually sounds reasonable to me given the inherent danger involved.

This. Nailing your MCAT is a lot cheaper then climbing Everest, and probably more relevant to your application. Also, given that a guy with no legs managed to do it, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4774989.stm> Everest is losing its mystique.

 

[rafflecopter]

This. Nailing your MCAT is a lot cheaper then climbing Everest, and probably more relevant to your application. Also, given that a guy with no legs managed to do it, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4774989.stm> Everest is losing its mystique.

My guess would be due to advances in climbing gear and better predictions of weather.

 

[Mr Hippopotamus]

My guess would be due to advances in climbing gear and better predictions of weather.

Also, paying thousands of dollars (65?) for sherpas to do all the work.

 

[Etzio]

You're probably right.

On a different note, imagine the headlines: 'Stupid California Kid dies climbing Mt. Everest for Med school'

MTFU and do your work. stop B*tching about how bad you have it. Some of us have it a lot worse than you but still manage to keep going. Its called balls - go get some.

 

[Frazier]

MTFU and do your work. stop B*tching about how bad you have it. Some of us have it a lot worse than you but still manage to keep going. Its called balls - go get some.

Translation:

SUZUKI! and do your martial arts. stop B*tching about how bad you have it, grasshopper. Some of us have it a rot worse than you - rike being oriental. Its called shrimp fried rice - go dim sum.

 

[Political]

MTFU and do your work. stop B*tching about how bad you have it. Some of us have it a lot worse than you but still manage to keep going. Its called balls - go get some.

Dude can you stop trolling pre-allo, seriously you're like the new protagonistic, posting in every topic; contributing absolutely and utterly nothing and completely derailing an otherwise interesting interesting topic with your spam.

Get a life man.

 

[LEUNIT]

Dude can you stop trolling pre-allo, seriously you're like the new protagonistic, posting in every topic; contributing absolutely and utterly nothing and completely derailing an otherwise interesting interesting topic with your spam.

Get a life man.

inb4 etzio calling you an internet geek.

 

[MedIsInMyBlood]

So I'm sitting here, thinking of my chances of getting into a med school. Any med school, not just an MD one. Heck, I'd go to Caribbeans if it weren't so highly discouraged.

But the more I thought about it, the more depressed I get. Why? :

-I'm not disadvantaged in any way, be it race, ordeal, or background.
-My grades are good, but not THAT good. (THAT good=3.6+)
-I have some nice ECs, but no awards and certainly nothing unique. Now, if I can claim I climbed Mt. Everest instead of Mt. Whitney or something, maybe I can get some gloss.
-I have clinical experience consisting in it's entirety to be shadowing and volunteering at a hospital/shelter/free clinic. Shiny, but not shiny enough.

And I bet thousands of people have a similar profile. And thousands can claim hardship; the closest thing I've probably come to hardship is getting cut off on the highway by some batty driver. So why would ADCOMs choose me?

No special reason.

Why isn't that shiny enough?

If you've been doing it long enough and have shown you enjoy it and put a lot of effort into it, it looks good to me.

 

[Political]

inb4 etzio calling you an internet geek.

ironic no?

 

[Ginger Ale]

Or just suck it up and climb Mount Everest.

hahaha that seriously just made my day

 

[patel2]

agreed...reality can be very painful with this process