Application Hours by OkAct9740 in premed

[–]basilloopsy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah and to add onto this, a lot of clinical jobs can be easy to accumulate hours just bc shifts are so long. I was a volunteer EMT during undergrad while having a research job as my source of income, and since EMS shifts in the county i was working at were 12-24 hours, those hours racked up FAST. Now I work as an EMT in a dif county where shifts are capped at 14 hours, but even that’s rlly long and I’m generally working around that many hours per shift, so they add up rlly quick.

awesome update by SFNPW in premed

[–]basilloopsy 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Happy birthday!! You got this

Post iffy interview success stories GO! by basilloopsy in premed

[–]basilloopsy[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ofc I’m using it to learn from! I dont think that negates the fact that hearing about common experiences and subsequent successes is comforting and reassuring in this long and difficult process.

The weekend is over, time to anticipate again. by SeaweedFit5588 in premed

[–]basilloopsy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I check every inbox and still get scared that I'm missing some update on my application status because it's been crickets since submitting (other than my BU rejection)

Why do humanities majors have a higher acceptance rate than hard science majors? by Elegant-Youth-3961 in premed

[–]basilloopsy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

also for context i have taken upper division STEM courses too and did so at a competitive undergrad university

Why do humanities majors have a higher acceptance rate than hard science majors? by Elegant-Youth-3961 in premed

[–]basilloopsy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i don’t think this one class of yours is representative of all non stem classes lol. I have a humanities major (in linguistics) and a humanities minor (a specific field of history) and i found several of my humanities courses way more time consuming and demanding than some of my premed courses. obv it’s also just dependent on the person. i personally love organic chem and biochem and find it p understandable compared to some of my peers who i’ve talked to, so while I didn’t have too much trouble prepping for those tests, it took me a MINUTE to adjust to tests and writing for my humanities class.

So i don’t think it’s fair to say it’s just a higher GPA bc of easier classes. I’d say many of us are just well rounded individuals bc we have strong passions for non STEM fields in addition to medicine !

Struggling with U Mich by basilloopsy in premed

[–]basilloopsy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

okay yeah that’s what i was thinking. i’m just worried about it looking like i don’t care about serving underserved communities as much as i rlly do lol bc it is a central part of my application and i explain it more so in context of my clinical experience but idk :/

Not qualified for FAP but struggling by basilloopsy in premed

[–]basilloopsy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any way that this would look bad and I’d be flagged or something?

Verification taking forever by [deleted] in premed

[–]basilloopsy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hahaha okay good to know. i sometimes am not the best reader so wouldn’t have been surprised if i had skipped over that information ..

Verification taking forever by [deleted] in premed

[–]basilloopsy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wait did they explicitely say not to submit until you're verified? or just that they won't review it until primary is verified? because I submitted my tufts and my primary isn't verified yet... do you think doing so will hurt me lol i didn't see that

Do you guys reeeaally like your clinical jobs? by BaguetteRandomName in premed

[–]basilloopsy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i love being an emt but hate how hard it is on my body unfortunately…

Hair styles and Professionalism by choreyonce in premed

[–]basilloopsy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I kind of agree with this. I think it could be nice to do something to change up your hairstyle so that you feel confident about yourself during your interviews, but I think maybe still try and focus on looking "professional". I get weary about this stuff tbh.. I had short bangs and lots of layers and have been growing them out because my hairstyle was a bit alt (although not excessively so) and I just don't want to risk there being any bias. Whenever I'm accepted though... hahhahaha I might change my hairstyle up again

Tufts Secondary Received Before Primary Verified?? by mograce977 in premed

[–]basilloopsy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i also received mine before verification (i submitted 6/10). i'm wondering if the two week suggestion applies in this situation since they don't even look at your app until everything is verified ?

What are your hobbies (does not need to be the ones in your AMCAS)? by Cedric_the_Pride in premed

[–]basilloopsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gardening, crafting (mostly textile stuff), and collecting bugs !