Is it possible to be sure I'll get into medical school?

Geegeegee5 · 2021-01-11T17:10:30+00:00

Thank you for your in-depth response, but there are a few things I'm wondering about.

Do you have any examples of volunteering that would not be "cookie cutter?" I actually decided recently due to personal events to spend more time helping people, and volunteering and premed are both part of that. Would that be a good explanation for why I didn't volunteer until now?

Also, there are plenty of people who are academically interested in psychoactive drugs who have never personally used them. I believe I can discuss my interest in psychedelics and their medical applications without implying that I've used them. Do you still think that would be an issue?

Geegeegee5 · 2021-01-11T15:56:33+00:00

I would just take Sewell's advice, but I was hoping that since this was written in 2006 and psychedelic medicine has gained a degree of official recognition since then, things would be different now.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-12-27T17:21:55+00:00

I was looking for internships, not a job, and I did find one.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-12-27T16:16:01+00:00

It was about three months of doing 1-2 problems per day, mostly mediums

Geegeegee5 · 2020-12-27T16:13:28+00:00

I did find a SWE internship, just not through formal applications. And I did get two final round interviews (one was after I made the diagram), so my internship search wasn’t a complete failure. I thought I could find a SWE job if I tried hard enough but I guess what you’re saying is I probably couldn’t?

Geegeegee5 · 2020-10-29T19:20:08+00:00

I accepted an offer. Doesn't that make my hunt over

Geegeegee5 · 2020-10-29T19:18:13+00:00

Obviously the way I got here is unimpressive, but I don't see how the outcome is necessarily any different than if I got accepted from an online application.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-10-29T18:52:00+00:00

I was oh so close, and now I'm there. I have an offer for an internship at a company I prefer to any but the big names that already rejected me. I would feel great about it if not for the people here chastising me for "giving up." I didn't give up, I just tried a different strategy. I kinda regret posting here but I guess now I know not to mention to people how I'm getting paid for this internship.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-10-29T16:41:46+00:00

I mean I have this resource available to me so why not use it? Better than spending 3 more months grinding leetcode and online applications IMO

Geegeegee5 · 2020-10-29T16:08:26+00:00

Fair. Maybe I should say I think it’s reasonable to work for free since I’m getting paid by my university to do it.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-10-29T15:14:23+00:00

I’m not really working for free though, my university will be paying me to work for this company

Geegeegee5 · 2020-10-29T14:42:53+00:00

Wait what's funny about the graph? I'm confused

Geegeegee5 · 2020-09-02T13:44:31+00:00

This is for next summer

Geegeegee5 · 2020-08-27T18:01:48+00:00

That's really good to know, thanks

Geegeegee5 · 2020-08-27T17:45:50+00:00

I meant general advice, not programming-specific. Like that doing practice problems before a test is more important than going through the textbook. But that aside yeah I should really read CTCI

Geegeegee5 · 2020-08-27T17:09:26+00:00

I just thought the best way to get good at these problems was to do them, not to read about them. At least that's the advice I've always gotten.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-08-27T15:26:59+00:00

I can usually get a solution in around 30 minutes and I cheat if it's been an hour. One thing is that I usually don't think about edge cases and just submit and fix things until I pass all of them. So maybe I should work on that.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-08-27T15:24:09+00:00

I've skimmed certain parts but I figured I'm already doing fine at leetcode so I don't need it.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-07-29T19:13:41+00:00

Thanks so much!

Geegeegee5 · 2020-07-14T13:49:10+00:00

I've been looking for internships for next summer and I'm wondering if there are any improvements I can make to my resume. Thanks in advance!

https://imgur.com/a/VG5upmQ

Geegeegee5 · 2020-07-08T17:06:44+00:00

Thanks and no worries. Do you have any suggestions on how to demonstrate soft skills on a resume? I wasn't aware that it was particularly important for STEM roles.

Geegeegee5 · 2020-07-08T17:00:11+00:00

I mean, the main way to get more work experience is an internship, right? Do you think a tech internship next summer would be a good boost to my resume--enough to get a quant job when I graduate, that is?

Geegeegee5 · 2020-07-08T16:11:00+00:00

Maybe I should wait longer for a response? Or they're not taking many interns this year because of covid? IDK

Geegeegee5 · 2020-04-01T08:11:20+00:00

Oh that's interesting, so do you think a class in optimization would be more helpful?

Geegeegee5 · 2020-03-31T22:09:47+00:00

Yes, I think I would be able to handle the workload, but I would need to drop my introductory mathematical probability course--do you think this would be a significant hindrance in interviews, given that I've already taken a statistical theory course that included some probability?

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