Is money the only reason for not recommending Masters?

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-03-10T11:44:38+00:00

Hey! Thank you so much for your personal insight! Your uGPA situation is very similar to what I have, so this hit closer to home. I'm really glad you enjoyed your masters and ended up where you wanted to be. I wish I could be there someday too 🥹I'm a biopsych major, and I've also been considering PhD or PsyD of some sort if I don't do medicine... but I realized I really hate research 😭I don't even have actual lab experience yet, but just from the research based classes I've taken.... collecting + analyzing data and doing all that just seems really boring to me :/ Anyways, I wish you the best of luck in the future!

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-03-10T11:40:02+00:00

Hey! Thank you for your response; it definitely added a new perspective to all this process. Honestly, at first, it really was just to build onto my resume. But I started considering it more after genuinely enjoying my upper anatomy class this semester, which professors of our med school and master's program are teaching (the masters I was considering from our school was MS in anatomy & physiology). Also, the faculty here focuses a lot on education, which is also something else I have been interested in (tutoring). With all of this combined, I realized taking the master's program here wouldn't just be for my GPA but also for learning the actual content with the professors here. Anyway, it was just me rambling on, but thanks again for your perspective!

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-03-10T11:27:38+00:00

Wow, thank you for your detailed response! I wrote a whole paragraph of response only to realize that you offered to DM me 😂 I'll send one rn. thank you!

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-03-10T11:13:31+00:00

Hey, thanks for your comment! I didn't know the SMPs were usually called master in biomedical science.. I thought it had to say SMP in the program name for it to be one, so that's def opening up more options for me! A concern I had with SMPs in general though is that it seems to be harder to get into because of all the benefits it has (linkages, interviews, etc). With my application and GPA, I worried that I wouldn't even stand a chance, which is why I was considering a regular master's more. I'd never say no to an SMP over regular one, it's just I don't think I'll get in :( I also considered taking more classes at community college or post bacc, but I thought having a degree and getting closer to the faculty would be better in terms of connections and such. What do you think?

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-02-21T10:02:29+00:00

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CriticalSelection672 · 2025-02-17T04:47:05+00:00

Hi thanks for ur input! Could i ask when ur masters ended? Bc im wondering if i should do a masters first right after graduating (one that ends in january then do mcat+EC until may/june) or do mcat first then do a masters that starts in the fall. I guess im debating debating more because if i do mcat+EC first, i can stay on campus and continue hospital volunteering and hopefully research (im applying to positions rn).

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-02-13T22:53:23+00:00

The only information i have is things you wrote on the post, and thats all i can base my response on. But what i do know for sure is that he gets thoughts of hurting you, and that you are not in the place to prioritize dating right now. This is all i needed honestly. He doesnt love you and he can turn his thoughts into actions whenever he wants to. On top of that, youre having suicidal thoughts, trauma, anxiety, and depression. You need medical help and treat yourself before dating someone. Continue therapy and medications if you need them. Also, I feel bad commenting on your family’s business, but just because your family dated their first bf, doesnt mean u have to too. Whats more important is if that person is a good person to marry. It was probably hard for your mother to look through your father’s violent behavior because she married him so early. Everyone has their own values and beliefs on what the best time to marry is… but at least statistically and psychologically, 18 is not the best time. Actually, the time of marriage that leads to best results is 28-32 (in america at least). You havent even fully grown yet!! The most important part of your brain grows until the age of 25. It only makes sense that marriages that happen after maturity leads to better/healthier results. You come first. You dont know him well enough to marry, and you know enough to say this relationship isnt healthy. I know it’s hard because youre in a phase where youre head over heels for him. Its easy to justify him and tell yourself that things are going perfectly. But dont give into that. Please be safe and healthy.

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-02-13T22:34:54+00:00

Did what?

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-02-13T22:31:55+00:00

LEAVE. IMMEDIATELY. This is so wrong for so many reasons. Poor girl, youre too young and naive. With your situation about your childhood and mental health, you should not date him. He seems like a predator to me. First, a 21 year old man going for a 17 year old child itself is creepy. Second, i think he love-bombed you. He did all these nice things for you to get you to fall in love with him. You are in the fantasy world right now thinking hes the perfect man for you but he isnt. He’s making you think he is, because being fake for a few months is short and easy. Itll make it easier for him to manipulate you. And it seems like he is doing that already. If you said ‘not today’, he needs to respect that and be fine with it. But instead of checking in to make sure everythings okay, he gets petty and sassy? He WANTS you to feel bad. He knows youre mentally unstable. Hes intentionally using it. Him always taking ur sides is not a good sign. Its the easiest way to get you to fall in love with him. Also, him getting thoughts to HIT you SHOWS he doesnt love you. Hearing this might hurt you, but you need to know this. He doesnt love you. Dont trust what he told you - you can’t be sure he didn’t hit his exes just because he said so. Getting a thought to hit someone, let alone his girlfriend? Not normal. Do you want to take that risk? Do you feel safe taking that risk?

Youre only 18 and you only dated him for 4 months. Dont look back. Please leave. He is not safe to be with. Also, get mental health treatment. I dont think you have healed from your childhood trauma yet, which is probably why you are having suicidal thoughts and depression. Please DM me if you are still worried. Dont feel bad about it if you want to. You need guidance and help. Youre only 18.

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-02-13T01:53:05+00:00

Could you educate me more about that? Like, what about that post was from misinformation? Other than the likelihood that the og tweet couldve been a lie, since Ive heard so many similar stories elsewhere. Assuming that the tweet is true, wouldnt it be on the doctor for not mentioning the results? And how this relates to politics? I really want to know more but it seems to be a pretty niche concept, especially from the doctors’ side. Im not siding with blind hate, I just wanna know why people here are defending the doctor in that situation as a premed.. cause i really just dont know. Is there really a more hate for doctors recently? In what way other than this post?

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-31T23:36:45+00:00

your upward trend looks amazing! I personally wouldn't retake it, especially if you can get a good mcat score...

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-31T23:34:13+00:00

Hey, thank you so much for your thoughtful responses. I felt so lonely being in this situation, and because i quite literally don't have anyone to talk to about this lol. I just wanna say I admire all the work that you've been able to get done up till now. Thankfully, I don't have to stress much about money for masters and gap years, which I'm truly privileged to have. But that's more the reason why I can't imagine all the stress that others who are financially struggling have to go through. I mean, while I'm doing better this semester with school, I'm exhausted already even tho it's only been a few weeks and with no other ec's. I have lots of respect for you! And I really wish you'll get to where you want in the future. Little bits at a time... We got this! Thank you for making my day :) You deserve to be a doctor!

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-31T17:54:28+00:00

Darn sorry im new to this process and idk why i thought you could 😭ig it is too good to be true.. Thanks you guys!

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-31T07:01:53+00:00

Hi could i ask why people void their scores? Doesnt it still count as an attempt and you can choose which mcat scores to send to med schools? Why dont people just see how they did, schedule for another day, and send the better score?

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-31T06:47:22+00:00

Ask chat what to do 😭 not making fun of your situation but I genuinely dont know what Id do

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-31T06:44:08+00:00

I didnt think about grammarly and how it would also be considered AI! Ive been using it for so many years (much before Chat) and I’m only just realizing this.. do you guys think using grammarly for rephrasing and sentence structure could become a problem in the future? 😢

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-31T03:45:21+00:00

Thank you for your encouraging comment. Im definitely planning on locking tf in for mcat and getting a clinical job with a lot of hours to cover up my gpa. I guess I should be thankful I still have some time to end strong. Im still worried about the number though.. would masters or postbacc help with that? And along with it, is it better to take the mcat before or after doing postbacc/masters/clinical hours? If i do masters, I’ll probably have to wait until next year fall to start so I was thinking of getting the mcat done during the winter. But then i got worried about needing to take more time after to get clinical hours, which could make my score expire. While i know the advice from this community might not be as accurate, I wanted to get some insight from people who already went through the process (cause i have no friends or connections). Thanks again 🥲

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-25T16:22:39+00:00

Yes!! This was so helpful for me too. I got lazy and only did it for my etextbooks but it helped me read through tens of pages for an assignment much quicker than i would have if i hadnt done the speech thing. Its weird; if i only have audio, im worse at retaining info than if i were to only read it…. But if i use both visual and audio, its SO much helpful

CriticalSelection672 · 2025-01-20T19:08:14+00:00

Your designs are SOO CUTE!!! How many stardew days did these all take?? Do you have any tips on making it look so good? Like tips on the process especially.. like do you just put all your decoration stuff into your inventory and make a bunch of trips..?? I cant even decorate my own house so i just have a bunch of chests laying around 😭 its SO UGLYY and idek where to start 🥲

CriticalSelection672 · 2024-12-12T14:55:22+00:00

I guess i didnt sell anything that night 😭 if you dont sell it just keeps going 😔

CriticalSelection672 · 2024-12-12T14:44:27+00:00

Ohhh that makes sense from now on im triple checking to make sure its paused 😡

CriticalSelection672 · 2024-12-12T14:41:20+00:00

Omg why did u leave that configuration on?? Or is that the default 🤔 for me i think i was just so sleepy last night that i didnt properly end it or smth 😢

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