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Hey! Been lurking for a few years!
Background info:
I was suspended from my first college 6 years ago for underage drinking and later dropped out. I am an alcoholic and have been sober for 5 and a half years now, am applying this June.
I have decided to write my statement based on my alcoholism and I know this is a big risk, have done a lot of research on this. but I have to be honest. I honestly would rather not get into medical school because I was honest than get in based on a lie. Not to mention the entire reason I decided I wanted to become a physician was because of my journey through Alcoholics Anonymous.
So my question is:
Will my status as a URM ( full blood Native American female, tribally enrolled) help cancel out my suspension? Or will it least get my application looked at? As long as I get looked at, my personal statement can take it from there.
Other major stats:
Sgpa 4.0
Cgpa 3.96
Mcat 51x
Clinical employment: 5000 hours
Nonclinical volunteering 3,000 hours
NO RESEARCH EXPERIENCE- hate research. Doesn't interest me.
Responses are much appreciated 🙂 I know how messy URM threads can get, not interested in a debate. Lol
Background info:
I was suspended from my first college 6 years ago for underage drinking and later dropped out. I am an alcoholic and have been sober for 5 and a half years now, am applying this June.
I have decided to write my statement based on my alcoholism and I know this is a big risk, have done a lot of research on this. but I have to be honest. I honestly would rather not get into medical school because I was honest than get in based on a lie. Not to mention the entire reason I decided I wanted to become a physician was because of my journey through Alcoholics Anonymous.
So my question is:
Will my status as a URM ( full blood Native American female, tribally enrolled) help cancel out my suspension? Or will it least get my application looked at? As long as I get looked at, my personal statement can take it from there.
Other major stats:
Sgpa 4.0
Cgpa 3.96
Mcat 51x
Clinical employment: 5000 hours
Nonclinical volunteering 3,000 hours
NO RESEARCH EXPERIENCE- hate research. Doesn't interest me.
Responses are much appreciated 🙂 I know how messy URM threads can get, not interested in a debate. Lol