Me too man. Part of me still thinks Facebook feels bad for us thus does it’s best to give us a break. Either that or sdn has some kind of deal with them to keep all the neuroticism on here lol
True. But then wouldn’t that also mean people were getting more II/acceptances since they’re so strong thus there should be more spots open now or am I thinking about this wrong
Not yet.
Sure, but I think it makes it more difficult for applicants to consistently stand out and leads to admissions committees to split hairs between applicants. This application process has become more subjective (and random) over recent years. Overall, my point is less people are receiving multiple acceptances and I think that is due to a drop in the average number of IIs per applicant.
I would like to think enough of them do to give us a decent estimate of movement. Most of the people at my interviews looked at past years threads to prep. I like to estimate that for every 1 post on here there’s probably 5-7 IRL people who’re in the same situation
I liked all the free stuff I could find. Then I used altius for a lot of my tests. They usually have great deals for a dozen or so tests. I think I got a dozen for a couple hundred, then their system messed up and gave me the entire site's content lmao
Now that I'm thinking about it, I think those tests came out to be about $10 per test
If you're planning to take the mcat in Aug, you won't get your scores back until Sept. Are you not worried that may put you at a disadvantage?
Lol I know just wanted a chance to use this gif
I mean yes I am worried about that but without taking an additional gap year my options are limited and the testing days in July are already filled in my area. I have a decent score to apply with and most schools send secondaries to all applicants so my initial score that's okay will hopefully tide me over until my next test.
I'm also worried about not giving myself an appropriate amount of time to study. There is 1 July test date I could do but that basically gives me a month to prepare.
my bad lol for some reason I read the name as kush32111 instead of kesh32111
mid July could work. Since you already have an mcat I don't think it's as bad. For reference I took my retake last May after a month or so of studying and didn't submit til mid June and I was still in the first batch. If you can get your primary verified before than that'll be good. Only drawback I see is schools may judge you by your initial score
A month is really pushing it unless you just got out of an intense cram session or remember most of the stuff you learned first time around. Are there any late july ones you think you'd be ready for?
Okay, thanks so much for the advice!
I think I could try to do a late july, there’s a handful of spots still open. I’m going to wait one more week before I shell out the $300 to register again
No they definitely do make good points. At the end of the day it is a non-binding contract that some applicants have abused and ruined for the rest of us, but I'm just reminding everyone that if you hear directly from schools you're interested in, nothing any of the adcoms on SDN say should take precedence with respect to those specific schools. If you haven't heard anything from your schools, then their advice is worth taking into consideration
It won't hurt to try but you're likely to get a 'we don't release that info' type message. At this point you might be better off just going with the acceptance since that's more concrete than any WL chance. You could also just call admissions
i think skepticism is a healthy trait to have as a future healer. But big picture-wise, how much of what you can say can't have genuinely been addressed before? I believe in a fit-fit situation between you and your schools. If they had not been convinced that you'd fit that fall's matriculating class with all the sweat you put into your primaries, MCAT, secondaries, and cheerful attitude at the interview, how will an email somehow save that? Maybe they don't 'deserve' or fit with you as a medical scholar and i think that's okay
and to add briefly, I think we as premeds are hardwired to attempt to control the outcomes of anything we do. But in the grand scheme of life, an important lesson that we would benefit from practising early on is that we cannot, indeed, control everything. Our patient's health, their compliance with their treatment regimen, their trust in our abilities, and even if an adcom chooses us over say, another applicant.
