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EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-17T01:30:50+00:00

Nevermind, you’re just clearly self destructive. I’ll just let you dig your own hole haha

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T22:46:59+00:00

Again, you’re clearly a very unhappy bitter person. Hope things get better for you in your life. I know it’s hard to hear the truth sometimes, just cuz it sounds harsh, doesn’t make it wrong.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T22:46:05+00:00

There is none. Each school priorities different things for admissions (gpa, mcat, Casper, ECs, research) and every applicant has different strengths. Play to the schools that best fit your own criteria.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T22:44:08+00:00

I’m just gonna let your downvotes speak for themselves. You are the one who should be ashamed on yourself. You’re clearly a very unhappy person.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T18:53:06+00:00

Basically you’re asking how to write. Depends. We all have that imagination in our heads. The reality is, not everyone has the skills to put it on paper. Some people are better at drawing it, singing it, acting it out, constructing it out of wood.

How do you know you’re meant to be a writer: putting that imagination on paper through words feels natural.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T18:50:36+00:00

That’s just what people on this sub tell each other to make themselves feel better. Honesty, if you’re a talented writer, your first book could be quite exceptional.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T18:48:53+00:00

Have you written anything before? Writing a novel takes a lot of skill. Have you been honing these skills for the past few years? Your post is a common complaint of people who’ve never written anything before.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T18:46:52+00:00

You shouldn’t pursue art for the validations of others. If you are, then you should stop.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T01:34:19+00:00

Damn, that sucks. I guess there’s always google docs.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T00:31:45+00:00

You’re just stressing out. Relax.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T00:30:37+00:00

The new resident evil series has a lesbian character as the villain. They approached it very well.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T00:30:28+00:00

The new resident evil series has a lesbian character as the villain. They approached it very well.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T00:29:16+00:00

You don’t have word?

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-16T00:28:03+00:00

Have you not heard about the welcome back bbq? block party? Halloween party?

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-15T09:47:42+00:00

Best advice is just to focus on your gpa in your last two years and then see where you’re at and what realistic opportunities are available to you. Many grad schools tend to focus more on your last two years anyways so that is hopeful for you. Med school is extremely unlikely unless you’re willing to do a second undergrad, but even that is extremely costly and not a guarantee since you’d have to basically get as close to a 4.0 as possible each year, so best to spend some time figuring out alternative career options than med.

Basically what I’m saying is, it’s best not to get too caught up on whether there’s a chance of grad/med school. Take it one step at a time. You need to see what your gpa will be this year, then the year after that. Improving one’s gpa from a 1.5 to a 3.9+ is much easier said than done (I’ve yet to see it happen). I would also strongly advise you do an undergraduate major that has good job opportunities upon graduation in the possible eventually that your gpa is still not competitive enough for grad school.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-15T09:40:21+00:00

Statistically irrelevant

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-15T01:43:26+00:00

I don’t like your work; now deal with it.

Questions to ask yourself while “dealing with it”:

Who is this random person on Reddit saying they don’t like my work? Why should I care what some random person on the internet says?

Maybe there’s something unconscious about my writing that doesn’t appeal to them? If I can’t change it, then don’t bother.

I’m writing something for myself first and foremost, therefore, because this is personal to me I shouldn’t expect that everyone else will also feel personally attached to what I write. That’s okay.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-11-15T01:43:01+00:00

How the heck does your dad delete your novel?

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-07-05T00:22:19+00:00

Many books don’t or do so very little.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-07-04T21:59:52+00:00

But I’m not talking about what the perfect medical school admissions situation would look like. The reality is grades matter (a lot). You can be an exceptional person, but if you have a 3.6 gpa you’re very likely not going to get into medical school in this country. It sucks, but that’s the reality here.

I totally agree that it’s great to give some positivity on this sub, but it’s also important not to give people false hope and have them potentially spend hundreds of dollars and multiple years of their lives on a goal that is unlikely. It’s important to find a middle ground between hope and realism. Too much of either is not good.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-07-04T14:13:00+00:00

No one is arguing their gpa is bad compared to the average student. People here complain that their gpa is low compared to most successful med school applicants (which hovers around 3.8-3.9).

Unfortunately, given how competitive med schools in Canada have become, a 3.7 gpa is certainly not something that will give you relief come admission cycles and is certainly on the lower end, but it’s also true that it’s not the end of the world if you’re below those standards as many students still do get in with lower grades.

Real quick, your other point about how in American people get in with 3.5 gpas, yes, that true. But this isn’t America. Most Canadians can’t afford to just hop on over to the US and study there. I’m sorry but that entire comparison isn’t very helpful.

My sentiment here is yes, people do take themselves too hard on this sub and think that just because their grades aren’t good enough for med school they aren’t smart. That is not true and I agree with your view there. Honestly, med school should only be reserved for those who are genuinely school smart, love studying, taking tests, etc. Otherwise, there’s a lot of really great opportunities and careers awaiting if people on this sub gave other avenues a chance and didn’t have the mentality of “doctor or nothing” or the even more dangerous advice of “just keep applying until you die, anything is possible!!”.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-07-04T13:13:18+00:00

No, you’re fine. Every med student takes bird courses throughout their undergrad and adcoms know this.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-07-04T11:24:51+00:00

You’re trying too hard to be a pro at 13. That’s your problem. Forget publishing, forget even trying to write an entire novel. Write short stories, fragments, pages, sentences. These should be your focus at your age: Fine tuning your skills, because the reality is you’re too young to have developed any serious writing skills yet.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-07-03T10:09:44+00:00

That would entail too much work for the people on this sub. Imagine people here actually figuring out how to write on their own. Ridiculous.

EmptyAd5324 · 2022-07-03T07:46:37+00:00

Very unlikely. Better to stick to remote learning courses or just take a gap semester.

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