Would you wait to apply for a friend or not?

[45408]

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OP: Statistically, you and your friend would be lucky to both get into medical school, let alone get accepted at the same university.

Apply without him.

Meh, me and a few of my friends all were accepted to both of our in-state schools. It's really not nearly as unlikely as everyone here on SDN makes it sound, unless you're from California. Yes, I realize the OP is from California, but he can also apply out-of-state.

 

[Concordia]

Eh, I'd say go on without your friend. If he gets in a year after you at the same school--you get to help him out.

 

[PreMedMommy]

Sorry, I didn't read the whole thread, but my $0.02 is that you can't garauntee [sic?] you'll get into the same med school as your pal, or even that you will both get in anywhere. With that being said...

If you feel personally the 3 year track is more to your personal advantage, then do 3 years. However, if you are ready in 2, do 2. I would not gauge when I applied to med school based off of when my friends were applying to med school. This is a personal decision, not a buddy-buddy, wow-that-would-be-neato thing.

 

[Daydreamer2008]

So here's the situation....I'm sure I'll get plenty of idiotic and/or ******ed answers because this is SDN, obviously, but I'm hoping for at least a couple serious responses so I can kinda get an idea of what you guys would do.

Basically, my best friend who I've known for 10+ years decided halfway through medic school that he wants to be a doctor. Downside? He's a year behind me in college because he started later than I did. So I have two options. Do three years at the UC I transfer to, and get a double major, so I can apply at the same time as him, or do two years and apply to med school a year early.

The advantages to waiting would be obviously if we get lucky enough to get into the same med school, I can room with him and cut down on rent by a significant amount, and I'd have a guaranteed study partner who doesn't screw around. I'd also be able to get my pre-med reqs done in enough time that I could take my MCAT and know my score before I apply. Disadvantages would obviously be taking one extra year and racking up that much more undergrad debt.

Advantages to not waiting would basically just be not taking an extra year and accruing more undergrad debt. Disadvantages would be (but not limited to) having to take the MCAT the same summer I apply so I'd have no idea what my MCAT score was, I'd have to room on my own since I've had too many bad experiences with roommates to trust anyone I don't know, etc.

Thoughts, opinions, etc.?

You really need to do what's right for YOU. I know you've had bad experiences, but you really need to move on and get over it. What kind of doctor can you really be if you can't adapt to difficult situations and learn from them rather than just give up and say "oh i just can't live with anyone else." The chance of you and your friend getting into the SAME med school are little to none. med schools look for so many different attributes that it's hard to predict what type of person they really want. anyway, this is your life, and unless it was a fiancee or spouse you were waiting for, it really just makes no sense.

 

[Daydreamer2008]

Meh, me and a few of my friends all were accepted to both of our in-state schools. It's really not nearly as unlikely as everyone here on SDN makes it sound, unless you're from California. Yes, I realize the OP is from California, but he can also apply out-of-state.

ya, u and ur friends must have above average GPA and MCAT scores that most of us don't have...

 

[searun]

Sorry OP, the whole thing strikes me as odd. I agree with trying to structure your life around your spouse and kids, that is what is most important. I get annoyed with folks who post about trying to structure med school selection around boyfriends or girlfriends. Please, get on with your life, and if your relationship is lasting and profound, great. But trying to structure your life around your male buddy, unless there is some repressed eroticism going on here that you have not figured out, I just cannot make sense out of it.

 

[45408]

ya, u and ur friends must have above average GPA and MCAT scores that most of us don't have...

That's how I roll.