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If you were the admissions officer and it was YOUR decision to crunk or junk Hisashi based soley on the information provided in his WEBSITE, wouldn't that ONE bit (about the throw up) send off an alarm? Throw up a red flag? (no pun intended) Despite the fact that really good people get depressed, I would expect that the application presents the applicant in the BEST POSSIBLE LIGHT. Even if Hisashi is struggling with personal issues, the application is a professional document.
Who knows? I am left with questions: The story could be a fake. He may have taken the MCAT a bunch of times prior to 1997 and scored thirteens. Being perceived as "older" may not have been advantageous at schools where he applied. He probably should have stuck more towards schools on his side of the country after his second year of disappointment. Maybe he did poorly at interviews or perhaps one of his letter-writers held a grudge against him. Maybe whoever said he was "too Asian" had some insight and was correct; the admission committees may have been nothing more than a bunch of racists. Maybe.
Of course, what everybody's affraid of is this: what if he just had bad luck? What if his string of rejections represents a fault in the system through which truly-qualified applicants get rejected? A stubborn chad on the election ballot, so to speak. Maybe he's that 1 in 1000 who experiences life threatening side-effects from a commonly prescribed allergy medication. He's the one who gets picked for jury duty twice a year! It's not a comfortable feeling, thinking about how much of this entire process is completely out of our control. It's rather disconcerting.
On a cheerier note: finishing premed and just getting to the place where you are able to apply to medical school is an accomplishment in and of itself. We've all come a long way. We've all tried our best and succeeded. And now all we can do is continue to try out best and stay optimistic! Hard work often pays off.
Who knows? I am left with questions: The story could be a fake. He may have taken the MCAT a bunch of times prior to 1997 and scored thirteens. Being perceived as "older" may not have been advantageous at schools where he applied. He probably should have stuck more towards schools on his side of the country after his second year of disappointment. Maybe he did poorly at interviews or perhaps one of his letter-writers held a grudge against him. Maybe whoever said he was "too Asian" had some insight and was correct; the admission committees may have been nothing more than a bunch of racists. Maybe.
Of course, what everybody's affraid of is this: what if he just had bad luck? What if his string of rejections represents a fault in the system through which truly-qualified applicants get rejected? A stubborn chad on the election ballot, so to speak. Maybe he's that 1 in 1000 who experiences life threatening side-effects from a commonly prescribed allergy medication. He's the one who gets picked for jury duty twice a year! It's not a comfortable feeling, thinking about how much of this entire process is completely out of our control. It's rather disconcerting.
On a cheerier note: finishing premed and just getting to the place where you are able to apply to medical school is an accomplishment in and of itself. We've all come a long way. We've all tried our best and succeeded. And now all we can do is continue to try out best and stay optimistic! Hard work often pays off.
