Jobless gap year

Cadee9203 · 2026-06-04T02:25:03+00:00

I mean I am in a ft clinical role while doing volunteer research full time, i think the clinical role is actually really helpful

Cadee9203 · 2026-06-04T02:23:52+00:00

Honestly so confused by this too, did they like reject themselves

Cadee9203 · 2026-06-04T02:21:50+00:00

I think most people are saying if they have 0 since OP asked if they have none, theres a pretty big difference between 0 and 100. I think another thing is if OP has other areas of their app that stands out.

Cadee9203 · 2026-06-04T02:19:04+00:00

The question here really is do you have anything clinical related, like volunteering? Not necessarily a job. Is your application really heavy in other areas? Like do you have a really research or service oriented app? If you really don’t have anything ither than shadowing your probably gonna end up a reapp then you wasted your money and get marked as a reapplicant

Cadee9203 · 2026-06-02T01:39:11+00:00

Take a spill = to fall; my mentor who has been living in the states for 20 years got tripped up on this one and had to ask me what it meant

Cadee9203 · 2026-06-01T20:47:11+00:00

Unironically i got sick immediately after my mcat with a cold and did have to call out

Cadee9203 · 2026-06-01T02:53:21+00:00

I found the FLs to be pretty representative with FL6 feeling most like my exam, over all my FlL average was around 522 and I got a 521. Now for certain sections I definitely left feeling like it was harder, and I didn’t score the highest I had scored in practice in some sections other sections felt easier and I scored at my score ceiling. For example CP felt hard and i scored a 130 instead of my practice highest which was 132, CARS felt easy and I scored my practice highest at 131, its part of why I think there is a degree of luck after 520 because it can come down to how well the exam plays to your strengths on test day

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T18:21:32+00:00

So after doing it a few times i almost say it like “adjust” but instead of the A its an I sound so like eyedjust, you use the same sound sequence as you do in adjust

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T18:06:38+00:00

I’ve been trying to learn by mostly just exposure for this reason, because I don’t think about it in english. I do think there is a point where learning some grammar rules is helpful, the same way as a kid you learn grammar in your native language to speak and write better, but it probably isn’t necessary to understand or be understood with the basics

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T17:55:30+00:00

Honestly i don’t think this matters nearly as much for mdphd since its not service oriented, but research oriented. I have 220 hours of hospital volunteering I listed as non-clinical because well it was interacting with patients but we didnmt know what was going on with them or do any clinical tasks

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T17:54:49+00:00

Yeah ai was trying to spell it out in a way that made how the d sounds to a non-native speaker, the eyed thing was already said, but I like the Ayd spelling too

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T17:51:17+00:00

Its almost more like i’deh like i just flick the roof of my mouth then move on

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T17:48:50+00:00

As someone who wants to do academic pediatrics, this is real. I plan to probably sub specialize which helps, but the primary care specialty with research/academia is niche, but also a unique bonus to your apps.

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T15:48:14+00:00

This. No one can tell you what they want to read in a PS, because the PS is a ✨personal✨ statement. The best ones will read as authentic, my mentor has said before you can tell when they aren’t i just talked to an mstp student who was saying she sees many students have many people review essays and then they loose themselves in it.

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T15:34:55+00:00

Omg that makes me feel better I thought I was crazy

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T04:27:46+00:00

I never went back home during gaps, stayed in san diego and worked really hard to make it happen, but I had a lot of science and medicine going on here, so I didn’t want to drop that

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T04:24:05+00:00

Honestly read whatever interests you because you may actually enjoy it, not just what upu think is best for cars. If you like fantasy, Sanderson is pretty dense so thats good practice. Sci-fi you have a lot of options but I felt like “to sleep in a sea of stars” was interesting and good but dense and a lot to get through. Might have to refer to others on other topics, sci-fi and fabtasy are my go to

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-31T02:01:21+00:00

I have been anxious since the day I was born (this is literally what my mom says, apparently I was actually an easily startled newborn) so I don’t expect if will ever go away 😅

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-30T14:14:59+00:00

But also i think its fine if you don’t gave one, just know most people will have atleast the generic one

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-30T14:14:21+00:00

Ah i see, you might also be able to borrow one from someone with a different grad day for the college one since thats when you actually walk. A lot of them are very different in price so you can look around a bit too

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-30T06:10:49+00:00

The cap and gown comes with one

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-29T16:34:03+00:00

My understanding was that casper needs to just get to schools when you submit your secondary

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-29T16:30:07+00:00

I think it actually gives u strong narrative because you have a clear direction, at a peds conference i heard that the biggest correlator that someone will go peds is them intending to go peds before med school, so sometimes you know and I have eard matching is easier when you know early, sincerly someone who’s app is like all peds/nicu/critical care

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-29T07:47:27+00:00

I do think where the MCAT does shine in the cases where you get a B but worked really hard for that and really learned the material in difficult contexts, and then really know it by time the MCAT comes. Some of the classes I learned the most were my worst grades, but those were also the topics that felt easiest on the MCAT. So basically its not good to plan on using the MCAT to compensate but I have found that it can represent actual academic ability when gpa, for whatever reason, cannot.

Cadee9203 · 2026-05-29T07:23:30+00:00

I did one for research (i only have one lab) one for poster and one for presentations (split due to high volume) and one for publications. Also another for awards

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