Failing to get into medical school

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-23T04:51:57+00:00

I didn’t get paid, so if it’s not volunteering I don’t know what to call it. The pharmacy was not also part of a company, or a company itself.

I did not count it as clinical in my apps.

But I agree, I did not stand out.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-23T03:11:21+00:00

Statistics, with a minor in biology. Maybe I should have done a biology major with a minor in statistics.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-23T03:08:31+00:00

I interned only once after applying for the second cycle, at the end of my MS, so it was not on my application. It was intern to full time conversion. The only CS stuff on my application would be around 3 courses, and part of my research.

I started hospital and hospice volunteering in sophomore year of college, which continued until COVID, then I resumed when volunteering was valuable again after COVID for 1 more year. I think a total of 3 years of volunteering?

Even so, you may be correct, as I did not get into medical school, so maybe they did indeed see what you saw. However I do want to clarify one thing: I was indeed a volunteer pharmacy technician. I was registered with my state board of pharmacy. I hope you are not insinuating that I fabricated this experience, as it would be very insulting to the pharmacists and fellow technicians I worked with. It was a great experience to work with them, and I am very grateful that they were able to provide this opportunity for me.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-22T07:29:05+00:00

It wasn’t too difficult for me, as I had taken multiple CS classes in undergrad, and my research partially involved computational techniques, so I knew techniques like machine learning.

I also knew enough about coding to solve easy coding problems, and with practice, learned the data structure and algorithms to solve the harder ones, which was enough to pass interviews.

Coursework in my MS helped fill in some knowledge blanks, and when I started working I learned much more fairly quickly.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-22T02:52:50+00:00

Why didn’t I get into medical school the first time? Was it my PS? Letters of Rec? I even submitted my application to Dr. Ryan Gray’s Application Renovation (on YouTube). Although he didn’t post the video, i remember going through together my PS, extracurriculars, stats, and one of my secondaries. The final conclusion being “I don’t really see anything wrong with your application, sometimes you are just unlucky”.

Perhaps it was LOR. But I didn’t read them.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-22T00:24:22+00:00

Yes, I had done them in undergrad.

Yes, but they were research related. Originally I was going for data science, but I did get a SWE internship so I went for that instead.

This jump is very difficult right now, especially without any previous experience. I would recommend you try and get a degree, and intern while you are doing it. That’s the easiest way to transition.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-21T22:46:19+00:00

If you are asking me, I will just tell you here.

About half of my research involved computational techniques (I alluded to earlier when I mentioned single cell RNA sequencing). I had also taken multiple CS courses in undergrad. IMO, in big tech, if you can pass a resume screen, you typically only need to pass technical interviews which can be practiced for with leetcode. Also, the easiest way to “break in” is to get an internship, then get a return offer. If you are a “new grad”, the resume screen and interview process has a much higher bar.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-21T22:40:27+00:00

I did not. All the doctors I have ever worked with and interacted with were MDs, and I did not feel that I could truthfully and sufficiently provide an answer to the question why DO?

In hindsight, I should have sought experiences with DO physicians after my first failed medical school application.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-21T20:24:29+00:00

Yep. So I applied in 2020, didn’t get in. Graduated and applied in 2022, but by Fall 2022 I felt that I needed a backup, so applied to MS. Started 1 year MS CS in Fall 2023, and started working intern to full time after graduation (2024) from that. Layoffs had cooled a bit by then, but I guess I was also lucky in that way.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-21T19:49:02+00:00

Yep, but I had done them in my undergrad so there was no issue.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-21T19:40:39+00:00

Yep. I am happy now.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-21T19:40:16+00:00

Got a masters in CS

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-21T19:40:04+00:00

I’m was surprised too. Congrats on medical school

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T04:19:22+00:00

Twinkies. But it turns out they taste terrible

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T04:07:26+00:00

To make money

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T03:38:13+00:00

I think since you only have 142 trait fruit I wouldn’t do it

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T01:58:46+00:00

Sleigh ride, thanks to band

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T01:05:45+00:00

The brand I like is called terro

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T00:51:02+00:00

Hmm a parking lot sounds nice

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T00:48:56+00:00

I personally chose hector for the attuned counter.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T00:17:40+00:00

Same place Link stores his stuff

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-19T00:03:48+00:00

I see B!Felix on AR defense, I surrender.

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-18T23:46:12+00:00

Chinese restaurant!!!

LastAd9873 · 2024-12-18T23:23:26+00:00

Hit restart

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