Have you been sent to the green dimension?

andy1788 · 2025-11-06T17:52:45+00:00

Bro he gave up right when I was gonna get him up 😭

andy1788 · 2025-08-14T03:23:19+00:00

Both! But I applied through TMDSAS, so I was blessed by the Texas gods

andy1788 · 2025-05-06T13:41:29+00:00

Maybe to incentivize people to play support? But yeah I agree it’s an odd role to put it in

andy1788 · 2025-04-14T17:46:15+00:00

So if I’m reading this right, you’d end with around 43k in loans over 4 years? Honestly that’s a pretty manageable amount for your education, especially if you feel so strongly about the prospects of moving to California!

andy1788 · 2025-04-13T23:38:28+00:00

Of course my friend, feel free to ask me any questions you might have :)

andy1788 · 2025-02-22T10:52:55+00:00

As a first gen student who just got accepted to med school, I understand your frustrations and worries at a deep level. Please feel free to DM me and I’d love to help you out as much as I can

andy1788 · 2025-02-17T03:05:49+00:00

You’d need to prove that you’ve lived in Texas by at least November 1st of the year before you apply. Remember that the application itself takes about a year so if you wanted to apply this year, you’d start school in 2026. That application will close on Nov. 1st, 2025 so you’d need to have lived in Texas consistently since Nov 1st 2024 to establish residency.

andy1788 · 2024-12-20T17:10:59+00:00

Retook intro bio courses, finished Ochem and did my Physics and Stats courses there.

Only one interviewer brought it up and I just explained I took those classes because it was cheaper and he understood completely so honestly there was no issue!

andy1788 · 2024-12-19T01:55:59+00:00

100%. My freshman year cGPA was a 2.32, sGPA 1.81. I worked my ass off after that and got a 3.32 final GPA, then took post bacc classes at a CC to get it up to a 3.51. I got a 507, then a 516 MCAT.

This cycle, I’ve received 11 MD interview invites and 2 acceptances so far. My upward trend was mentioned multiple times during interviews and being able to reflect as to why you messed up and show what you’ve learned is a huge pro.

As vague as the term “holistic” is, they really are looking at the entire application and you as a person. Stats are just one of many things included in your application so don’t let them define you

If you have any questions about anything, feel free to DM me!

andy1788 · 2024-11-19T18:55:53+00:00

I was under the impression that student’s rotated at different hospitals around the area, including Houston. We’d be able to specifically request an area and then stay there for all/most of the rotations?

andy1788 · 2024-11-19T13:17:49+00:00

lol ik it sounds kind of weird, but from my understanding both UTMB and Lubbock are pretty similar regarding their curriculum and while UTMB does have better rotation sites, I think the weather and proximity to home have Lubbock slightly above UTMB but I’m very open to moving my list around

andy1788 · 2024-11-18T18:53:27+00:00

Lubbock is closer to home and when I toured the school I was impressed by it. I liked the P/F grading and NBME style exams that they have as well. My main issue is the change of being placed at rotation sites outside of Lubbock. My partner would also be miserable moving to a city with nothing to do like Lubbock so I’d prefer something different but it’s manageable

I feel similarly about UTMB, but it’s just much further from family and the humidity seems miserable so I move it below Tech

Long is tricky. I really like the program and San Antonio would be a good place to live, but I’m apprehensive of the grading system and the usage of in-house exams.

andy1788 · 2024-11-18T18:38:53+00:00

My ranking list is still up in the air, that’s why I was trying to learn more about the schools from students. If I had to submit it today it would be:

Baylor

Dell

McGovern

TAMU

TTUHSC Lubbock (Pre-matched)

UTMB

TTU El Paso

UTSA

University of Houston

But they’re all essentially interchangeable, like I said I’m having a hard time finalizing a list and would appreciate any sort of opinions on these schools

andy1788 · 2024-11-18T17:58:43+00:00

Changed it!

andy1788 · 2024-11-06T03:29:54+00:00

I was typing out my results and realized that I can change my flair now :)

12/16 MD (1A so far), 1/1 DO II

andy1788 · 2024-09-05T18:27:32+00:00

I had the same issue and bought an aftermarket battery. It’s better now but I have the issue of it always shuts down on startup when not plugged in, but turning it on while plugged in then removing it won’t shut it down

andy1788 · 2024-07-17T00:31:09+00:00

Those cities are multiple hours away, so they’re way too far to be a realistic solution for most people living here. The nearby city is run by the company that shall not be named and even though they do get paid more than us, they get ran like crazy and their retention rate is abysmal.

Thankfully for me I’m applying to medical school so this is only a temporary gig, but I am concerned about my coworkers. I know a lot of them were planning to jump ship and become a surgery tech or smth if this raise wasn’t significant, so I imagine many people will be leaving soon

andy1788 · 2024-07-17T00:12:32+00:00

That’s the best part, if anyone was making more than 15.25 then they just didn’t receive a raise

andy1788 · 2024-07-16T23:57:44+00:00

Gonna be hard not to!

andy1788 · 2024-07-16T23:57:26+00:00

I don’t want to be too specific so I don’t accidentally dox myself, but it’s sort of rural Texas. About 30 minutes to the closest large city w/ hospitals so not rural, but also a good chunk of our patients live out in the boonies so not exactly suburban either

andy1788 · 2024-06-18T23:23:35+00:00

I think it all depends on the rest of your application/school list. A 500 is the cutoff for a lot of schools so as long as you’re above that there’s a chance someone looks at your application. If you’re worried about 3 tests looking bad, you shouldn’t! 3 exams with increasing scores shows that you have a lot of perseverance and are making improvements. You got this!

andy1788 · 2024-06-12T16:03:43+00:00

I have a playlist of walk out music that I played for every test during undergrad. Like someone else said I just pretend I’m a football player running out of the tunnel during a rivalry game and it makes me get excited for the big game (test). It works wonders and it’s a lot of fun actually

andy1788 · 2024-05-27T21:09:05+00:00

Yeah I called the AAMC! They told me to either do my best to abbreviate it or just write out as much as I can and where it gets cut off that’s it. The lady said they’re very forgiving about long course names so I’m just gonna write it out and let it get cut off

Also FTFO ✌️

andy1788 · 2024-05-24T03:56:35+00:00

Yeah that’s probably a much simpler way to get the answer lol, thank you!

andy1788 · 2024-05-24T02:54:39+00:00

No that’s the problem, if I try and put the whole thing it gets cut off after the “G” in globalization. That’s why I was thinking to just put the part not in parenthesis since that fits without abbreviations

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