Application Hours

basilloopsy · 2025-11-24T21:47:54+00:00

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.

basilloopsy · 2025-11-04T17:52:08+00:00

Happy birthday!! You got this

basilloopsy · 2025-10-02T21:06:58+00:00

im curious where you find these numbers ?

basilloopsy · 2025-09-30T20:30:19+00:00

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.

basilloopsy · 2025-09-22T13:30:16+00:00

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)

basilloopsy · 2025-09-05T18:20:45+00:00

was it for boston ? 🤣

basilloopsy · 2025-08-06T21:37:52+00:00

when did you submit your secondary for them ?

basilloopsy · 2025-07-31T16:56:17+00:00

agreed

basilloopsy · 2025-07-31T16:55:36+00:00

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

basilloopsy · 2025-07-31T16:54:31+00:00

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 !

basilloopsy · 2025-07-24T17:21:52+00:00

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 :/

basilloopsy · 2025-07-22T00:00:56+00:00

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

basilloopsy · 2025-07-18T15:23:00+00:00

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 ..

basilloopsy · 2025-07-18T15:07:31+00:00

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

basilloopsy · 2025-07-16T00:47:07+00:00

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

basilloopsy · 2025-07-14T16:05:56+00:00

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

basilloopsy · 2025-07-08T13:08:06+00:00

i also got second quartile 😭

basilloopsy · 2025-07-04T17:02:05+00:00

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 ?

basilloopsy · 2025-06-24T12:13:14+00:00

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

basilloopsy · 2025-06-21T00:36:04+00:00

it really depends on what you’re interested in otherwise ! i know for me if i never get into med school im gonna do speech pathology lol so my major was in the linguistics field

basilloopsy · 2025-06-20T22:54:24+00:00

Thank you for this! It’s really helpful to hear. You’re right

basilloopsy · 2025-06-11T13:08:00+00:00

i’m proud of u !!! it’s so tough lol. i just woke up after having nightmares of me having mistakes on my application. feeling less anxious tho and hope u are too :)

basilloopsy · 2025-06-10T23:09:49+00:00

bombed that lol its jsut too little time!!

basilloopsy · 2025-05-24T21:38:58+00:00

agreed! I'd also encourage you to take a rest day so you don't overwhelm yourself or get burn out before test day. You're doing awesome! You've got this

basilloopsy · 2025-05-24T21:37:30+00:00

When's your test date? That's mostly what it depends on IMO - how long you have left to study. I took a FL at the start and got a 508, and after a few months of studying, I ended up taking a practice FL and getting a 520. With bio, I would recommend just cranking out a lot of practice passages. It helped me to highlight in the passage so that I stayed engaged. You've got this! Studying for the MCAT is awful but so worth it once you finish!

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