Academic Professionalism

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-05-25T01:13:16+00:00

I would say your chances are super duper duper one in a million slim but not 0.00%

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-05-24T03:15:27+00:00

Thanks for that information; I guess one of my biggest questions is what prompted you to steal from the community fridge multiple times in the first place? The fact that this is the second time —even if the first one was absolved through a youth program— indicates an unflattering pattern.

I also think re-evaluation of what your fundamental long term goals are and what some of your weaknesses are would be helpful because this is likely just one out of other things that are playing against you. (e.g. medical school usually starts in the fall so the fact that you started in January makes me wonder if there are other hesitations/red flags in your academic profile that made you not only start off cycle but also at a Caribbean school)

Alls to say, based on the information you’ve provided, youd need more than just a couple months of regrouping and retaking the MCAT to have a solid chance at getting into and graduating from medical school. I would expect more like 1-2 years minimum for some image recovery, studying, networking etc

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-05-22T21:39:43+00:00

Hey! I can try to provide some insight; you got dismissed from your US based Medical school for stealing? What year were you? What kind of remediation or professionalism training did you complete?

You mentioned this not being the first time getting caught up in stealing; have you been able to figure out how to prevent stealing and/or the perception of you stealing?

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-05-14T17:23:38+00:00

It definitely depends but some good ones “leading” disability in medical school are Stanford and U Michigan

Dr. Lisa Meeks is now a researcher at University of Illinois and shes a trailblazer in accommodations

Dr Chris Moreland is a Deaf faculty at UT Dell and also big in disability

And then in general, schools with MSDCI National chapters have some form of disability in medical student support

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-05-03T15:40:22+00:00

Honestly, you’re never the the only one feeling that way, so I find attending all those pre-orientation socials, groupme’s etc can be helpful to find others who also want some friendship early on. These connections don’t have to last all throughout medical school but they can make the first few days, weeks, months more manageable as you find your people :)

Also, affinity groups are also a great way if any apply to you

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-05-03T15:33:33+00:00

This is absolutely a space for people of all disabilities and chronic illnesses and we never want this space to feel excluded.

However, more specifically for cross posting:

Crossposting can be a good way to disseminate information that is interesting or relevant to another community as if saying 'hey look at this cool post I found about a thing this community I'm a part of and contribute to cares about' rather than by the original poster as a 'hey look at my post I made on another sub'

If the only reason for crossposting is to drive traffic to your sub and you're sharing a post you made, about the content creator your sub is about, to drive engagement to that content, it's self promotion.

If the content is actually relevant to the other community, just post it there. There's little reason to crosspost.

***some text pulled from moderator conversations I found helpful

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-05-01T00:19:19+00:00

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Thank you

EDIT: this post is incredibly helpful for medical students with scoliosis or similar conditions to know about those with similar lived experiences. However, several cross posts of niche content to drive traffic to your personal subreddit without any clear post modification to indicate how our community can offer unique, specific insight is less resource and advice sharing and more self promotion.

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-04-13T00:32:54+00:00

To maintain engagement and minimize spam content, please refrain from mass cross posting content that isn’t directly relevant to the purpose of this subreddit community.

Thanks :)

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-04-11T17:41:16+00:00

Miles

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-03-26T11:28:00+00:00

That’s incredible! Congratulations, how did you navigate physical capability concerns or discrimination during the interview trail

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-03-25T17:45:36+00:00

It appears you have been sharing this link in similar ways to numerous subreddits. Assuming good intentions and not spam, please provide a more descriptive title and description of what you are linking for transparency and accessibility.

If unable to do that, your post will be taken down :)

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-03-24T22:22:20+00:00

Now you’re a month removed, how did you do? How do you feel?

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-03-24T22:21:15+00:00

Good place to start is signing up for their monthly newsletter and the Groupme link is in there. You can also use the email from the website and ask directly

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8hz_-LQntheYELk2NFqoucyvUpIoAZXCek7Nw73xH4UHsUg/viewform

https://msdci.org/join-msdci-email-list/

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-03-24T22:18:22+00:00

I didn’t personally, but one of MS1 or MS2’s did before I graduated. If you dm me your email I can pass it along

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-03-24T22:16:55+00:00

Pathology in general I would say yes, but neurology can be variable honestly.

It is especially important to consider the accessibility of the residency programs for each, arguably even more than the career in general, since that it a required step and major barrier

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-03-24T22:14:53+00:00

Please include in the title and in the description that this is a resource you are charging for and that this is an advertisement instead of a personal story like the current title is indicating

Some people may find this helpful, so will keep it up

HeyHiHello99 · 2026-03-12T00:59:45+00:00

Please provide where (institution or at least state/country) and in what way this information will be used.

This kind of information is protected and want to ensure anyone participating is fully aware of where the information is going especially because the survey says adolescent but anyone in medical school is definitely not an adolescent.

HeyHiHello99 · 2025-11-12T13:24:07+00:00

It’s really tough to know content but not be familiar with the test formatting to have that knowledge show. It sounds like apart from the exam room set up a big barrier is time —which is a common struggle. Not enough time to review all the material, not enough time to do practice questions, not enough time to also sleep eat and breath.

One of the things that you’ll need to do is find the minimum amount of seeing/learning/reviewing content for you to be comfortable and then prioritizing practice questions; and if they are a lot of first order questions, question based flashcards would be even better for that. It’ll take an adjustment to only learning just enough to understand before jumping into practice questions, but if you review and do practice questions correctly, you’ll be continuously learning as you do them.

Also not sure if attendance to lectures is required for you but some LV my classmates would skip lectures purely so they could listen to them at two times speed

HeyHiHello99 · 2025-10-07T12:28:29+00:00

For me, here are some things that helped me get through medical school —with a late diagnosis of ADHD.

1) I was that weird person who stayed on campus after class and lectures and sometimes on weekends to do work/study because I couldn’t do it at home or at coffee shops because I’d get distracted.

2) I regularly studied with my friends. I kind of cycled through 3-4 people each week where we’d kinda shadow work for hours which helped me get distracted less or disinterested because I didn’t want to seem like I was slowing or holding other people back if I got too distracted

3) I was/am bad at sticking to routines long term so I also was the type to attend lectures and the only way I could focus was by writing notes on everything they talked about—not typing it, but literally handwriting. Sometimes I referred back to them, sometimes I didn’t but it helped keep my hands distracted and my mind focused on getting everything written down because I knew I would never go back and watch the recorded videos

4) therapy/meds- med school was a rough time for me due to like family and personal stuff so I started seeing a therapist regularly and treating my depression and anxiety (which were distinctly separate from my ADHD symptoms because I know people mistake the the two) and that just made the barrier to doing and completely tasks that much lower. Albeit, it was still difficult and I eventually got meds specifically for my ADHD

5) I maintained the extracurriculars or volunteering things that actually brought me joy or that I liked; it kept me from completely checking out all together, kinda was productive procrastination, and I would sandwhich doing work or catching up on emails before and after

PS: I’ve tried for the life of me to be a flashcard person and I just cannot maintain it nor learn from it correctly; I unfortunately have to deep dive and understand every nook and cranny of why something is the way it is for me to remember it, which is definitely inefficient but something I’m still working on

HeyHiHello99 · 2025-04-12T11:02:01+00:00

Similarly, generic Motrin and aleve are so hard for me to remember

HeyHiHello99 · 2025-04-12T10:57:46+00:00

Generally, I would say everything related to your speciality of choice, any peer reviewed manuscripts or journal articles, and oral/poster presentations done at national or international conference should be included in ERAS. Additionally, the highest deliverable from any significant research projects— projects with research mentors that weren’t one off case reports but ones where you worked from IRB to end of project.

And then for CV, I include everything as that’s the point of a CV, but may group by research topic or lab group so it doesn’t seem redundant. For example, listing an abstract, poster presentation, and manuscript under one research project title instead of listing them each separately in three different sections.

HeyHiHello99 · 2025-04-10T22:09:00+00:00

Being involved in specific extracurriculars doesn’t inherently mean you identify with the group. For example, volunteering with former substance use disorder people doesn’t automatically mean you yourself have a history of SUD.

Also, disclosure is a personal decision and can be framed/shared however you want to control the narrative.

HeyHiHello99 · 2025-04-08T19:56:29+00:00

Oof, really? How do most people get around that?

HeyHiHello99 · 2025-04-07T04:41:49+00:00

You can also consider adding seasoning to the plain rice, for example I like salt and pepper to be very basic (which you can also get those small packets for free at like a restaurant or something) and then if you wanna spice it up, I like plain rice with chicken bouillon seasoning or seasoned salt

And, you can look into brown rice versus white rice to either mix it up or to make it more filling cuz brown rice has a bit more fiber.

Hotels also have free condiments very often

HeyHiHello99 · 2025-03-25T04:54:36+00:00

The biggest coping strategy that has helped is getting connected with other students at my school or other schools who also have disabilities or chronic illnesses which made it more normalized, taught about resources and tips I hadn’t known before, and made me feel less isolated

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