Honestly Running Out of Options
I am not going to post my whole history here, as I'm pretty sure everyone knows it already. The abbreviated version of my application cycles goes like this:
-Year 1: Sick. In and out of the hospital multiple times. Sent no secondaries because I was on too many meds and decided to try again next year.
-Year 2: A relative offered to pay app fees, but, the day after I submitted my primaries, they saw the price and backed out. I used some of my student loans to complete a couple,...
Honestly Running Out of Options (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 26, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Spinach Dip Source Type: forums
Hello, my name is spinach&avocado!
Forum: Introduce yourself
Posted By: spinach&avocado
Post Time: 18-05-2016 at 19:49 (Source: The Student Room)
Source: The Student Room - May 18, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: forums
Any DO schools that take 4 year old MCATs?
Does anyone know?
Or should I start emailing adcoms? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 27, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Spinach Dip Source Type: forums
Should I even bother applying a fourth time?
The abbreviated story:
3.4 GPA
40 MCAT
BS in Animal Bio
MS in Biochem
2 pubs (1 complete, 1 in press)
A couple hundred hours working in animal labs (swine/macaques/ferrets/etc)
Worked as CNA for a few months
Shadowing: yes.
Other standard checkbox activities
Self-employed as a Ochem tutor the past year.
Had 3 bad cycles already, for the following reasons:
1. Serious illness which required hospitalization and 2+ trips to the OR (as a patient! What fun!). Decided to put off applications...
Should I even bother applying a fourth time? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 25, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Spinach Dip Source Type: forums
Do current 'unwritten requirements' select for the wealthy?
short answer: yes.
Working as a tutor has put me in contact with a large number of very interesting pre-meds. One of these cases I related here before (in a thread which was closed far before its time): http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/this-is-who-you-are-competing-against.1181975/
It has become apparent to me that the path we call "pre-med" is nothing more than a game wherein one puts in the minimum amount of effort to check off boxes of activities...
Do current 'unwritten requirements' select for the wealthy? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 11, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Spinach Dip Source Type: forums
Green Smoothies
Thanks to a couple of you I am now on the green smoothie kick! So far, the only ones I have made have strawberries, spinach, and one banana in them. I know there are a ton of recipes online but are there any specific ones people like? I would love to know, so I can vary it up!
And a huge thank you to those of you that have posted blogs on the more "natural" medicines for CF. It has helped me a ton! (Source: Cystic Fibrosis Alternative Medicine Forum)
Source: Cystic Fibrosis Alternative Medicine Forum - April 19, 2012 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: sue35 Tags: Alternative Medicine Source Type: forums
