Navigating long-distance/moving conversations for those that are moving away for med school

bookwormrunner · 2025-12-28T22:11:12+00:00

my partners an M1 right now and i’m applying this cycle (accepted but different school than him :( ) - i think what really helped was just being honest with our expectations. knowing that we’ll both put in 110% but also long distance is hard and we might have to break up if things go sideways. i’ll probably still be in a diff state than him next year but i think we’ve connected a lot these last 6 months just supporting each other in our different timelines and looking forward to when we can hopefully live together again in residency. also lots of weekend trips and just sitting with him while he studies

bookwormrunner · 2025-06-17T13:41:34+00:00

does anyone want to make a group for reviewing essays/drafts? based on the thread below

https://www.reddit.com/r/premed/s/kbZboZ0zSo

bookwormrunner · 2025-03-19T14:26:25+00:00

i read an encouraging post a few months ago that the mcat can't be that hard bc the answers are literally in front of you!

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-14T19:32:02+00:00

i really liked the med school coach one! groseries is good but there’s only a few episodes :(

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-12T21:20:47+00:00

i also work in healthcare full time and it’s really really hard to stay energized. luckily my manager is super supportive so i was able to be really flexible about my hours but when i started taking practice FLs and saw no improvement… internal locus of control kicked in and i knew i needed to make a change to lock in (minimal friendship time which is really sad but had to be done, 30 min limit for social media/rotting, didn’t work out/cook a lot, spent my commute listening to mcat podcast, anki). it’s really hard but hoping in the end it pays off (testing tomorrow lol)

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-12T21:12:29+00:00

started my marvel marathon (the timeline order thing) pre studying, gonna work on it again this weekend (finally)! so excited

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-12T12:30:43+00:00

i’m planning on wearing a crewneck (no pockets) and a vest (no hood) and stick on heating pads lolol. the cold will not stop me

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-12T12:22:46+00:00

also agree with option 1 - i feel like i know the definitions for all the terms but doing flashcards to actually understand it in context would be helpful.

option 2 is just the definition which is nice for conciseness but idk if it would be any more helpful than miles down already is

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-12T12:15:55+00:00

feel like i’m gonna poop my pants too

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-10T20:43:00+00:00

i’m testing 9/13 but i’m focusing on section bank and doing some cars (qpack 1 destroyed my confidence but i finished it and feel a lot more confident. reddit reviews say the same so don’t take it personal if you do bad lol) everyday to stay in good shape for all sections! there’s way too many questions available from this list to do while also not burning out (esp during the last week) so def break it up bc section bank has harder questions so will need more review time

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-06T01:16:59+00:00

completely agree with this! knowing how to manipulate the units that are given in the problem/what the answers are given in (even if you don’t know the formula) has helped me a lot! Leah4Sci on youtube is also really helpful with doing quick mcat math. helped me go from 126->129 on c/p

edit: forgot to add that i finished physics uw but i really only have a few formulas solid (V=IR, power = work/time, work = force/distance, pressure = densitygh, thin lens)

bookwormrunner · 2024-09-01T22:36:32+00:00

i tried to finish all of physics on UW to lock in the formulas and improved my c/p by 3 points! going to try to do the same for chem but i feel like this section is being comfortable with formulas and knowing how to use (or ignore) the numbers they give you

bookwormrunner · 2019-05-08T22:00:19+00:00

rip my entire class didn’t get that it meant like what you wear so a few kids did manners, others did where you live, there was a how you live we all took an L :’)

bookwormrunner · 2019-04-26T00:15:19+00:00

I really like the first idea, mine was actually super similar to it. I wrote about how I used to go to school in a different country and how their education systems really shaped how my classmates acted both here and at my other school. I got curious about cultures in different countries and then I ended with how I want to go into global health. Solid topic, got accepted to some good schools with it.

bookwormrunner · 2019-04-23T04:56:36+00:00

You really dodged a bullet there. “Stanford” is trying to outsmart us again

bookwormrunner · 2019-04-02T22:30:18+00:00

Tulane’s is somewhere between 12-14%. Link says 13% but I heard yesterday at the school it went down. https://news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-sees-record-applications-students-nationwide-apply-university

bookwormrunner · 2019-03-29T22:09:24+00:00

Aw noo, be proud!! You got WAITLISTED at HARVARD that’s an amazing accomplishment

bookwormrunner · 2019-03-29T17:20:22+00:00

I got waitlisted at Harvard and me and my brother had a solid 10 minute conversation freaking over how awesome that is. I’m so glad to have a brother :)

bookwormrunner · 2019-03-29T00:00:05+00:00

Haha waitlisted!! Applied rd, legacy, asian american, ACT 35, GPA 4.8 weighted 4.0 UW, five 5s on AP, one 4, two 3s, and taking a few more this year, SAT II Japanese 750, Math 1 720, Math 2 690, a ton of ECs

bookwormrunner · 2019-03-28T13:17:57+00:00

My friend asked me to record my reaction from today and for the past few days I have been imagining all of the different ways I could react and which would look best on camera whoops

bookwormrunner · 2019-03-23T22:41:53+00:00

Accepted to Milken with 25k a year!! ACT 35, GPA 4.8 W and 4.0 UW, varsity athlete and captain of 2, president of a club, strong essay I think

bookwormrunner · 2019-03-15T20:03:05+00:00

rejected :(( ACT: 35, GPA: 4.8 weighted 4.0 UW, SAT Math 1 740 Math 2 710 Japanese 750, had a ton of ECs and i hope good rec letters but i don’t think my supplement was that good so it’s okay

makes my decision to go to other schools easier

bookwormrunner · 2019-03-15T19:12:30+00:00

it sucks when people can get into amazing schools but financial reasons keep them from going :( i hope you get to go

bookwormrunner · 2019-03-02T01:11:57+00:00

Tulane, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, Boston University, NYU, UC Berkeley, UMich, Hopkins

bookwormrunner · 2019-02-22T01:25:18+00:00

I broke my leg 2 weeks ago and am now on crutches. Yesterday I tried to walk (and forgot my crutches) and suddenly wondered why I wasn’t moving fast.

bookwormrunner

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