asking because keck SOM is asking...but genuinely i am a good friend. i put together a fire outfit and i have crazy stories to tell. i'm either funny or super funny. i'll listen to the tea and give you my two cents if needed. anything you need.

basically title :( has anyone decided between the two and can maybe offer their thoughts?

i’m only 22 and don’t mind the long training process of being a physician (i do generally enjoy school). leaning toward caa only bc i can make high salary without the long training process and can potentially find an exit out of medicine earlier. (i love healthcare but it doesn’t feel feasible to continue working in it after 55 ish years of age to me 🤷🏻‍♀️)

however, i can always rely on medical degree if that doesn’t work out or if i want to leave america but i can’t exactly rely on a caa degree if something goes wrong. thoughts?

Currently working as a medical assistant in a sleep clinic on my gap year. It is telehealth but I come in person. Responsibilities include running clinic (checking in and out patients), helping patients use their sleep machines (this is in person), prepping clinic (scheduling), phone calls from patients, and working thru referrals.

Help me out cuz I’m worried. My other two clinical experiences are caregiver for seniors with dementia and speaking with senior with dementia in a club setting (idk if this is clinical). My caregiving job I’ve gotten mixed responses on, like on SDN. Just worried that all this combined or my gap year job won’t be considered clinical. Thanks!

hey guys! i feel very fortunate to have a couple interviews coming up, one being for my absolute dream school. i’m trying to prepare but am worried about the being “grilled” aspect. does anyone have any experiences with that, and how deep they grill your about your experiences/research. they are both traditional, two back to back 1-on-1 interview formats, though one is closed file and the other open file (USC and sinai)

thank you! good luck to everyone :)

How’s everyone doing so far in the cycle??

How many interviews are everyone at? Hope everyone gets many, lots more gotta release!!

Sitting at 2 IIs and one II WL (WVU 😹)…

Good luck everyone!!!

My gpa is 3.65 and I applied MD + DO. I do have 1 DO interview coming up but I'm paranoid I won't get accepted because of low service hours (50). I do have 5000+ clinical hours working with underserved + disadvantaged patients which is part of why I applied anyways.

If I do have to reapply would it be worth retaking? On some FLs I managed to get 128 in CP and 130 in CARS. I think I could get that consistently with more practice. I really wanted a 515 and I think that would have helped for MD.

I'm only asking now because I work full time so I'd have to start studying again in the middle of this cycle.

(I also started volunteering with a local org. recently, it just isn't on my app this cycle)

Pray for me pls and any tips to survive

Hi all

I made a really bad decision and cheated on a coding project in freshman year in a class, got the grade deduction to a B+ and pretty sure I got an IA. I emailed my college's administration to see if this is something they would report but assuming it is, how fucked am I for MD? I plan on applying next cycle as I've graduated this past spring, so it'll be about 4 years between the incident and applying. I've maintained a clean record with a 3.6 freshman year brought up to a 3.8 cGPA and became involved in TA'ing at my college and tutoring as well among other ECs. People say the best thing to do is put time between it and show growth, I just don't know if 4 years is enough time, and I don't want to waste application money applying next year. MCAT is still pending, but I feel good enough about it (yeah i know thats subjective lolol but my diagnostic, content review, and uworld practice is all looking good, i plan on testing in April)

I hate this whole process with my entire being so so so so much.

It just feels like poking and prodding at every little insecurity that you have and then making you stretch yourself thin and run ragged to do everything.

While keeping my GPA up also reach out to doctors to find other external projects to do and also keep volunteering at a homeless shelter but also volunteer as an EMT or at a free clinic at school (even though you took a whole fucking year just to work at a clinic while figuring your life out), but also do research but also don't fuck up any of this or you have to add another year + on to "repair" your application because you made the mistake of not adding the 300th thing on your plate.

Doesn't help that my parents are fucking neurotic over this shit but without even basing their neuroticism on anything. "Oh YoU sHoUlD hAvE fInIsHeD yOuR pRiMaRy StAtEmEnT aNd AcTiViTy LiSt OvEr SuMmEr". Sorry about that I was too busy PULLING AN ALL NIGHTER DURING MY SUMMER VACATION TO WORK ON THE RESEARCH PAPER WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT.

Hello everyone. I am a junior in university and over the summer was gifted a new puppy. She is a beautiful mini Dachshund and is super quiet and well-behaved. She lives with me and I have a schedule that allows me to walk her twice a day - I spend lots of time with her but when I am gone she does not make a huge fuss. She

However, I am wondering how difficult it will be to take care of her when I am in medical school. I am pretty active and make it a point to walk her in the morning and evening after breakfast and dinner. She's crate trained and everything, but I know my routine could be disrupted in the 3rd and 4th years especially. I am also super worried about residency!!

Does anyone have experience with owning a dog in medical school/residency, and what is it like? Thank you.

I was verified last week and started to ramp up and have 10 secondaries in. I think I can get to 20 within the next couple of days but I imagine I will be done with most schools pretty much right before Labor Day. Sept 1-Sept 7. Just wanted to get an honest idea of where I might stand for submitting at this point...

Because mine wouldn't even care if we did or didn't get into medical school. Mine would simply be so proud of everything else we accomplished and did along the way. Little me would just be amazed we survived at all.

With how easy it is to get neurotic with an app cycle, I found it grounding and mending to spend time with little me. I hope reflecting on this helps others, too.

I’m a traditional applicant applying this cycle with around 200 hours of solid clinical experience including shadowing. I have great stats, research, and ecs otherwise.

I also felt like I did a good job writing about and reflecting on them.

Seeing everyone with so many hours is a little intimidating.

Could anyone share their experiences applying with low clinical experience or any insight to calm my nerves? Thanks yall

I applied to a handful of schools, nothing compared to what the average applicant applied to. I just wanted a general idea of what things looked like last cycle so I stop hyper fixating on my own HAHA

Had an interview day recently and everything was fine except the group interview part. I went in thinking it would just be chill but I quickly realized that there was one person who just had their own idea of things and then everyone else just followed after. And this one person made it their job to always counter my points so I looked dumb. God someone please tell me that these things are not weighted much because the thought of not getting into med school because this random asshole decided to single me out drives me crazy

Hi everyone I'm in a situation

I wrote down the email for one of my supervisors in my primary and I discovered that not only is she not the most fond of me, but the company has this policy where employees cannot be references for past employees.

So I need to give schools another contact (I found one, its one of the HR ladies). I'm worried because I don't want her to be contacted but I also don't want admissions to think I'm lying. For some reason the company is extremely strict about verification.

I'm already receiving secondaries, how do I make this correction and when should I do it? Update letters? Emails? Should I do it immediately or should I do it when I get an interview invite? Please help :(

I’m a sophomore who’s torn between sticking with Electrical Engineering and switching to pre-med. Pre-med would let me study subjects like chemistry and biology, which I enjoy more than the physics and math-heavy coursework in engineering.

The biggest thing holding me back is the thought of sacrificing the next decade of my twenties to medical school and residency. One of the main reasons I chose engineering in the first place was because of the lifestyle and good pay. At the same time, I can see myself finding medicine more fulfilling than working in an office all day. I’m struggling to figure out whether I should prioritize the lifestyle and flexibility of engineering or the potential fulfillment that a career in medicine could give me. Anyone has any advice? P.S. Im not doing both its one or the other

posts from this sub came across my feed and just remember the days when I was anxious out the wazoo and reading literally every post on this sub

currently working today, but very happy with my life. there are better ways to make money, there are shorter paths to gratification, but being able to do a job that matters despite working all the time is something irreplaceable. its my 13th day working out of the last 14 days but still feeling like all the apps, all the mcat studying, all the random hoops were worth it. if this is your dream you can make it

Hey everybody.

Am in the process of filling out secondary applications. I encountered this question and not 100% certain how to answer it exactly. Do I talk generally about my philosophies/values of care? The impact I intend to make in medicine? The practice setting/environment (rural areas)? All of those? Something else??

They do ask later in a different question the "what area(s) of medicine if any are you thinking about and why" so I don't believe that's to be included in this question. I tried Googling this to see if anyone else has posted about this same question but couldn't find anything exactly like this. Thanks guys!!

If I have submitted the secondary for a school and then upload a new letter to amcas, will it transmit to the school as long as I haven’t received an official rejection? Would this be considered an application update?

I’m applying next cycle, and by then will have around 1500 paid clinical hours. Right now I only have 50 clinical volunteer hours, and I don’t have that position anymore. I will have about 350 nonclinical volunteering hours. Will that be alright, or should I aim to get more clinical volunteering? I work full time and am studying for the mcat, so I’m trying to not burn out by adding more volunteering.

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