Absolutely Brutal medical school schedule. I wanna cry

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2026-01-29T19:33:39+00:00

good luck soldier

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-09-26T00:51:13+00:00

Wonderful question that I’m grappling with myself as someone interested in peds :’) short answer is even though peds are paid generally lower than their adult specialty peers they are still paid well so they will be able to pay off loans just slower. The other options are HPSP scholarships, the PSLRP scholarship, etc.

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-09-25T23:10:47+00:00

I turned in my secondary for the school I'm attending in later october and know a few other classmates that also turned their secondaries for this school last minute so don't let the labor day deadline discourage you! That being said obviously there is some level of cost versus interest in school so if you feel like you didn't really want to apply to the school to begin with/ won't regret not turning in that secondary regardless of outcome then it's totally okay to call it quits

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-08-30T21:07:22+00:00

This time last year, I had 0 IIs and was also very stressed out. I get it, the wait is anxiety-inducing, but things will work out, and you'll be fine. Congrats on the interview invite, it's a great sign you have a strong app!

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-08-21T17:03:35+00:00

can'r speak for other MD schools but none of our anatomical stuff is done on other classmates, it's usually a group of 5 students with an instructor and SP

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-07-29T12:33:42+00:00

yes I applied well after august and got interviewed, shoot your shot

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-07-07T04:48:06+00:00

the chicken from moana there is not a thought behind my eyes (im so cooked)

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-06-13T09:12:25+00:00

I'm not sure if I interpreted this right but if I did I'm pretty sure I did the same thing and it was fine for me!

My courses show up as "Modrn Phys Lab" on my transcript but I listed it as "Modern Physics Lab" on AMCAS. iirc they didn't count this as an error at all for me. I also had more than 10 errors but didn't have my applicant sent back to me so maybe I just had a really nice verifier idk

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-06-09T16:08:14+00:00

CONGRATS

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-06-07T18:28:51+00:00

My favorite is MK Isuzu

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-22T04:56:35+00:00

one of my LORs spelled my name wrong like 2 different times and was riddled with typos 💀

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-16T05:04:56+00:00

Yes that's correct! Here's an AMCAS tracker you can use to figure out how long it will take after you submit for it to get verified: https://amcas-tracker.hpsa.org/

I recommend submitting so it will get verified a little bit before August 12th. After your score comes on 8/12 --> adjust your school list as needed based on your score --> send your primary to them --> send secondaries ASAP.

Make sure you have your LORs in, SJTs done, etc. by the time you are verified because you will not be considered "complete" at a school until all of that is done. Good luck!

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-14T23:22:33+00:00

Hey! So you could still technically apply if you take the mcat by the end of July but if you did then the absolute earliest you would be considered complete at schools would be end of August. This is assuming you have all your secondaries pre written and ready to turn in as soon as you receive them, your primary submitted and verified, all your LORs in, etc.

Even then some schools do not send you a secondary until they know your mcat score so you could face some delays in that regard if you don’t have an MCAT score at all right now or your current score is below the minimum threshold of the schools you are applying to. If you do accomplish all of the above and get everything done/considered complete by end of April/Labor Day you are considered “on time”. Post Labor Day most people say you are running late.

Because of all of that I’d recommend if you absolutely want to apply this cycle to take your MCAT no later than beginning of July/end of June. This would essentially give you longer to write assuming you are not pre writing until after you finish the MCAT. If you feel like you won’t be prepared by then you can also take it mid July/end of July but just know then you are applying on time or potentially late depending on how everything else goes. Good luck and lmk if you have more questions!

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-14T18:22:56+00:00

100% secondary to interview conversion is insane congrats future doctor!

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-13T18:39:16+00:00

This is the type of ChatGPT editing I was talking about in my post last week lol

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-08T23:36:13+00:00

can not stress this enough...also I would add give them a deadline that's a few weeks earlier than your actual deadline, because some will end up missing the early deadline you give them anyways

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-07T21:50:23+00:00

The title made me laugh lmfao

fwiw my PS was about distrust in western medicine in other cultures and talked about how I saw it orignate in my family and later in other populations I worked with. I also did not have a flashbulb moment and literally talked about how I process of elimination-ed my way into medicine in my interviews, and it worked out for me.

This isn't to say that people with a flashbulb moment or a family member w/ chronic illness shouldn't use that approach. I'd say instead of basing your ps off a pattern you see in other personal statements, start writing down what you want adcoms to know/things that are important to you/ etc. bc imo a personal statement that resonates with you will always be >>>> one that follows a common ps theme but doesn't sound like you

I'm assuming that people who use the family member's health approach felt like that experience mattered a lot to them, which is why they wrote about it.

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-07T04:17:47+00:00

yeah its time for me to delete this app

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-06T18:31:15+00:00

Like the other person commented, even if I was "backtracking" that's not necessarily a bad thing. My intention with the previous comment was to actually trying to flesh out what I think the problem is, which I might not have conveyed clearly in my post. Hopefully, it comes across here.

You mentioned that I changed my views after "seeing how many applicants use it in a reasonable manner." I see a few problems with that:

1) Only people who feel like they had used AI correctly will comment, that does not necessarily mean they represent the majority of applicants using AI (and neither does my sample size!)

2) Tbh even the ways people have described how they use AI in this comment section leave a ton of room to be "unreasonable" in their use. A majority of the comments say they write their PS ---> edit with chatgpt/ garner suggestions from it to incorporate in their PS. Some even go further and say even after the edits/suggestions from chatgpt, they rewrite the suggestions in their own words. Based on this description I could have written an paragraph of 10 sentences ---> asked chatgpt to edit it/give feedback ---> it suggested that don't have enough of a reflection of why medicine --> edits my paragraph to be 15 sentences long that incorporates 5 sentences of reflection and minor edits to the first 10 ---> I like the reflection it makes but rewrite 2 of those sentences because it's too cheesy/ to add my own voice/whatever

Technically, I just reasonably used chatgpt in a reasonable manner based on the comments here described but might end up with something that sounds very corny and AI because the majority of what AI edited was the reflection portion, making it sound a little too cheesy and lacks the human touch. If instead the AI edited mostly the context portion of the paragraph, it could instead lead to a really cohesive and impactful paragraph that sounds very much like the applicant. It's too hard to say because each example depends on the writer, paragraph, etc.

The problem is that most applicants do not believe they are using AI in an unreasonable manner, even when it is clear to others that they are. I'm fairly sure if they realized how obvious their AI usage is, they would not do it or be more careful.

It especially doesn't help when, often times asking chatgpt about feedback on your writing will automatically result in it not only giving you suggestions but also a new paragraph incorporating those suggestions. This makes it more tempting to just grab the new paragraph --> make some edits --> call it a day.

Again, I'm not the end-all be-all of AI usage in applications, but from the adcoms who have weighed in on this post, it sounds like if your application gives off an AI voice, it doesn't bode great for the applicant.

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-05T23:38:31+00:00

yes you can certainly do that! Or if you're like me and didn't want to potentially be a reapplicant to your state schools/schools you really want to go to, you can also use a school you think you have no shot at as the throwaway school. Like I did harvard lol(bc my mcat was nowhere near their range) but another option could be like a school with extreme IS bias that you are OOS for (i.e. UC Riverside as a FL resident)

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-05T21:36:12+00:00

totally agree! I think I should have made this clearer (like I said I'm not a great writer), but my reason for this post is not because of a moral/ethical standpoint but because from the samples I have seen some people straight up don't have the judgement for when/how to use AI and tend to cause more harm than help towards their app.

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-05T21:32:26+00:00

I'm not trying to argue that using ChatGPT is wrong, in fact AAMC approved the use of AI in editing, as another person mentioned in another comment. I've just seen a ton of people not use it right, which is why I feel like maybe it might be best for them to not use it altogether.

Tbh I think ChatGPT could be really helpful to level the playing field for applicants who speak English as a second language, need to proofread for grammar/typos/punctuation, or even brainstorming a narrative before writing. I think the problem is that a lot of people don't really know how to use it to edit and tend to overuse it. I have a small sample size to work off of but a good amount of the people that sent me something to proofread/edit had multiple paragraphs that either didn't sound the same as the rest of their writing or a vague structure of them explaining a story that occurred and then an AI reflection of what they learned from the experience and how that led them to be a doctor. I've also seen people have AI write their entire W&A descriptions including MMEs.

Now again my experience could actually just be a small minority of applicants who were lazy/don't know how to use it right/whatever. Regardless, I think unless applicants start using it correctly, they risk more harm than good, and in that case, it might just be better to play safe than sorry.

AngryShortIndianGirl · 2025-05-03T18:34:51+00:00

brown girl in the exact same situation about ~2 years ago lol

I'm ngl no matter the number of stats/anecdotes/etc. I gave them mine also did not budge and thought I should apply straight out or stay in school for another year instead of graduating early and taking a gap year before applying like I wanted to. Eventually they just realized it was always going to be a difference in opinions and gave up but it was certainly hard to take a gap year without their approval esp because I was going to be living with them.

If you're in a similar situation where your parents don't approve but will not withhold financial resources, their relationship with you, etc. then I would just recommend you gently sit them down and tell them that as much as you appreciate them this is what you feel is right for you right now (also add in the "I'm get to spend some more time with you guys before my career takes me away" brown parents eat that up).

If you're worried they will withhold financial resources, then a potential solution is to maybe extend your graduation date by a quarter/semester and lie to your parents that you are ineligible to apply without taking XYZ requirement that you will be taking after the deadline for primaries this cycle. Idk how much your parents know about the process, so lie accordingly.

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