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i'm old. can i be doctor?
Just a bit of humor to start off the New Year. Did I miss any? 😉
(I've never understood why people complaint when people ask questions, any questions, on sites like this. Isn't that what this place is about?
I completely agree with this and would never discourage questions...however, here's an addition to the ambitious highschoolers category:
So I'm a senior in highschool and I took the MCAT and got a 15! The test was so superfluous (random SAT word thrown in). Will I be able to improve and get into....derm or plastics?!
I apologize![]()
I am a 6 guy. Will girls look at me as 10 if I get into medical school??
Ballin' thread.
Why are (most) pre-meds so damn annoying?
Because most premeds aren't actually premed, but rather pre-starbucksbarista. "Sir, would you like me to draw the molecular structure of caffeine on your cup?"
1. I tried using the search function but couldn't find any results so I'm going to ask here - what's a DO and how is it different than MD? Can I be a surgeon?
2. I have a 1.7 GPA and a 1.5 science GPA (including 6 retakes), got a 9 on my MCAT .... I tried applying MD but now it's January and I've gotten no interviews, I just discovered osteopathic medicine and really like its philosophy - is it too late to apply DO?
3. I know DOs are physicians and are the same as MD, but my mom'
s best friend's uncle has a neighbor whose son works as a CNA at a local middle-of-nowhere hospital and he said that DOs can't be surgeons .... OMG!!! Is this true? Someone please tell me that isn't true. Please provide at least 50 examples to disprove what this person is saying.
4. I want to be a DO but my parents know someone from somewhere who without any research or direct knowledge of osteopathic medicine, said something bad about osteopathic medicine. How do I convince my parents that DOs are really doctors and not a janitorial assistant (or janitorial associate)
Ughhhh I have a 3.97 GPA because I got an A- in advanced nuclearorgano rocket science for docoral students my freshman year. I have a 44T MCAT, cured cancer, racked up 50,000 volunteering/shadowing hours, and I can walk on water (and turn it into wine). Will that A- keep me out of med school?
Bejesus what happened to the days when "pre-meds" used to be regular students as opposed to grade-obsessed nuerotic robots?
Because most premeds aren't actually premed, but rather pre-starbucksbarista. "Sir, would you like me to draw the molecular structure of caffeine on your cup?"
Did anyone else automatically ready this in a nerd voice?...before reading it once through before?
"I have a 1.7 GPA and a 1.5 science GPA (including 6 retakes), got a 9 on my MCAT .... I tried applying MD but now it's January and I've gotten no interviews, I just discovered osteopathic medicine and really like its philosophy - is it too late to apply DO?"... so true.
I have a really good memory and remember about the day that I was born. Since I watched the OBGYN deliver me and remember everything that happened that day, can I use that as shadowing experience on my application?