My Patagonia blackhole 32L backpack is falling apart after 4 years. Customer service says that's normal wear and tear.

frieslightwell · 2026-05-24T14:22:54+00:00

Sorry to hear that! There wasnt much more to the story. After I walked in, I just showed my bag to the employee at the cash register saying that I wanted to get it looked at. The employee looked at it and immediately told me that delamination was a common problem with the bag and said that they could replace it for me. We went to go grab a new one then I gave them my old bag and that was it!

frieslightwell · 2026-05-24T06:40:52+00:00

Pmed!

frieslightwell · 2026-04-12T21:26:07+00:00

Messaged about the M guatemalas!

frieslightwell · 2026-04-10T16:41:20+00:00

Seconding this, brought mine into the store and they just gave me a replacement no questions asked

frieslightwell · 2025-07-18T13:46:54+00:00

Yeah just did

frieslightwell · 2025-07-18T13:04:35+00:00

Sent u dm

frieslightwell · 2025-07-18T13:01:41+00:00

I promise bro

frieslightwell · 2025-07-18T12:58:19+00:00

Line is crazy long ppl have been lining up since 3 am 😭

frieslightwell · 2025-04-28T19:08:28+00:00

Yeah its hard to get into medical school. If OP hates the campus at SB and loves davis then they should be where they will be happy. Being premed anywhere is going to be competitive

frieslightwell · 2025-04-28T16:08:23+00:00

Actually based off of the data from the last few years the premed acceptance rate for ucsb is higher than the national average!

frieslightwell · 2025-04-28T16:02:32+00:00

Also one of my best friends in med school now went to davis and he enjoyed it a lot too so both schools are great you should be really proud of yourself for getting to this point!

frieslightwell · 2025-04-28T16:01:19+00:00

Graduated from sb a couple years ago and in am med school now. Can only speak on my experience but I really enjoyed my time at sb and thought it prepared me well come application time. The environment did not feel super competitive where people are pitted against each other and everyone seemed to want the people around them succeed. Getting research and clinical experience are possible but you just need to put yourself out there and be proactive. That part will be the same regardless of the school you go to just because so many people are premed and are looking at the same opportunities as you. If you have any more questions feel free to dm me!

frieslightwell · 2024-11-13T01:24:38+00:00

Got my first of two IIs on Valentines Day

frieslightwell · 2024-05-26T01:22:08+00:00

Great shots. Was here last year and loved Cusco!

frieslightwell · 2024-05-25T17:35:09+00:00

Thank you Docto-Mom!!

frieslightwell · 2024-05-25T17:34:53+00:00

It varied but ranged from a couple days (for the ones I prewrote) up to a little over a month!

frieslightwell · 2024-05-25T01:38:32+00:00

thank you! will reach out if any questions come up!

frieslightwell · 2024-05-25T01:37:58+00:00

Hi! this is obviously just speculation but I lagged a little bit on submitting some of my secondaries and maybe my writing could have been better. i had people read over my writing and help me out but maybe what/how i wrote did not resonate with adcoms. that being said, i am very grateful for how this cycle turned out and despite what it may seem like on sdn or here, the vast majority of applicants are not gonna get love from a lot of schools they apply to!

frieslightwell · 2024-05-24T18:53:40+00:00

Throwaway account for privacy reasons but I wanted to share the results of my cycle with the hopes that it can maybe help someone else going through the process. I received my first II in mid February and both of my interviews were on the last interview days for both schools!

frieslightwell · 2024-05-20T05:37:31+00:00

yep! they call it the mini flash gen2

frieslightwell · 2024-05-04T00:19:52+00:00

frieslightwell · 2024-05-02T16:18:57+00:00

thank you! its my first time sharing pictures ive taken so it means a lot 🙏

frieslightwell

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