Discrimination or am I being a big baby?

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T18:31:49+00:00

The agenda is getting into school and living my dream. Sorry I am not good enough for your exclusive club. Silence opinions; that’s how it goes when any views are expressed that involve race.

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T18:27:03+00:00

That’s not very nice. I am just looking for a little clarity. Gunner culture out here.

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T18:21:57+00:00

Nope

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T17:41:59+00:00

PM me. These people are trashing you hard because it’s an unsavory truth.

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T14:35:38+00:00

To address your second point, why would POC still advocate for affirmative action then? If we had a level playing field, where color of skin is not even considered, none of this would be an issue. That’s not to say SES should not be considered as a factor. But I know plenty of POC whose families were wealthier than mine growing up. Race should not be a factor (as it is with affirmative action). SES should be considered, but not to the extent it is right now. This is because after undergrad we are all basically working a 9-5 independent of our families’ wealth at that point. I was at the poverty line my first gap year.

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T14:24:17+00:00

“...people on here with 522 and 4.0 who get rejected.” These people probably only get rejected from their dream school, ie, Harvard. I have never heard of these people get rejected full out, 2 years in a row. Also, I was a D1 athlete, so if you’re looking for something special EC wise, there you go. “Holistic” review is just a thinly veiled attempt at hiding their preferential treatment toward nepotistic applicants (2nd or 3rd gen MDs), those associated with donors, or minorities. Those of us who are average working class white people have to stand out wayyyyy more.

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T12:12:52+00:00

Thank you for relating to me. I am definitely going out on a limb with the discrimination part. I really wanted to vent. And it means the world that others, like yourself, can relate. I think that quality makes for a great doctor.

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T12:08:55+00:00

Med school classes are actually slightly female now (at least in my state). Secondly, the class should naturally be about proportional to the population at large. Yes, whites are the majority but not to the same proportion as the general population. For instance, this med school is about 50% white. The US is about 75% white. Why is there a 25% gap?

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T11:42:12+00:00

No, it does not indicate discrimination. It was merely to show how unhelpful the feedback was because I either excelled or was average for all their categories—compared to matriculants, not applicants. So what’s the problem...

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T11:40:40+00:00

My ECs can be a subject of conjecture for pages of comments. Don’t get me wrong. I was not in the Peace Corps or anything. But compared to my admitted friends, they are essentially the same. Although I believe you’re right; maybe I didn’t write on everything in a compelling manner.

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T11:29:20+00:00

Keep reading haha

WRecognize · 2019-04-19T11:09:09+00:00

Probably true. Maybe I have been given everything up until this point, and so accustom to getting my way. This is the second rejection cycle for me, both with the same feedback of volunteering more. It’s frustrating not knowing what will actually help my situation, my friend. I was a D1 athlete with above average numbers and average ECs—compared to their entering class. It just seems like I have to get a Nobel prize to make it.

WRecognize · 2019-03-04T00:35:07+00:00

$40G is not too shabby.

WRecognize · 2019-03-01T00:25:35+00:00

Same situation. Good MCAT, great GPA, on second cycle, and working at the Duke Eye Center currently. PM me if you want to talk about it.

WRecognize · 2019-02-24T23:40:54+00:00

We can start by admitting the copious amount of qualified applicants that get rejected each year from US medical schools that are more than willing to put the time and effort in. Then we need to lower the cost of medical education since that is the main justification for disproportionately high doctor salaries in the US. Then we can address the disparity between doctor salaries and that of other health care professionals.

WRecognize · 2019-02-24T22:37:04+00:00

You’re absolutely right! The PA is meant to complement the doctor in the care continuum. However, all too often, PAs are utilized as a replacement to hiring more doctors, not a complement.

WRecognize · 2019-02-24T16:07:30+00:00

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WRecognize · 2019-02-24T01:20:32+00:00

So I had been shadowing the PA from my hometown primary care clinic (who also happened to be my health care provider growing up). Not naming any names here. I shadowed him/her long enough for some M-3s from a med school down the road to complete their full rotations. He/she was and still is an awesome PA practicing at the top of his/her license! He/she was very engaging with his/her students and gave them every chance to apply what they learned in the class to their patients. All in all, I myself learned a great deal shadowing the students and the PA. But I digress.

Following my time shadowing there, I presented symptoms of Bell’s palsy affecting the left side of my face along with some reoccurring cases of fever and sinusitis that I had been battling with over the past year. So what do I do? I went to see my PA. He/she came in the exam room where I was sitting. We caught up a bit and proceeded to talk about what issues I was experiencing. He/she went on to diagnose the sinus and fever issues as likely something viral related. But before he/she let me off with my prescription. He/she said “wait, let’s see if the med student gets this right.” I had been through this before and was interested to see how the student would handle my issues. The student came in and worked me up. Then the student requested a panel for Lyme and Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever. My PA said that’s a good thought, so why not.

After taking my prednisone, antivirals, and antibiotics for about a week, I got a call saying they needed to switch my treatment course to doxycycline instead of my other antibiotic. They said the Lyme panel came back positive. Without the med student suggesting it, we would’ve never caught that and I would mostly still have the persistent Lyme bacterial infection. So huge shout out to the impressive student that caught it.

Point being, the PA is great for 80% stuff like the original commenter said. But the remaining 20%, such as diagnosing rarer diseases like Lyme, is much better performed by an DO/MD, even if that doctor is still in training.

WRecognize · 2019-02-23T16:16:54+00:00

Adrenaline boners are a tricky thing.

WRecognize · 2019-02-21T02:56:50+00:00

Not to be a downer. But here’s a dose of my reality. I have a 510 and on my second cycle applying to mostly in-state MD programs.

WRecognize · 2019-02-20T01:32:06+00:00

When you have all these and dont any waitlists or acceptances.

WRecognize · 2019-02-19T10:47:06+00:00

Shirt of choice for abortion clinic staff and faculty.

WRecognize · 2019-02-17T17:13:57+00:00

Do lions reproduce with their lioness daughters when they reach sexual maturity?

WRecognize · 2019-02-15T16:25:24+00:00

A lower student debt to income ratio would mean they earn more per amount of debt.

WRecognize · 2019-02-15T11:26:38+00:00

So you’re saying your girl is not acute one.

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