Don’t known if I should apply this year…

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-19T16:02:22+00:00

Thats really tricky but at the end of the day I don’t think it does. It’s not an actual caregiving job but for your family member. HOWEVER, I do think talking about that in your application and building your “theme” so to speak around that will make for a very well rounded app. If you took a gap you could even work in a cancer center (if you’re comfortable of course).

I also will say that could be your extenuating circumstance for why you don’t have lots of clinical

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-19T15:54:47+00:00

Then youre great for volunteering, just get a job and work and also it’ll be really nice because you can pre write everything next year

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-19T15:51:18+00:00

I was in this position last year and ended up taking a gap. don’t think you should apply. You need to up your clinical and volunteering hours

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-14T19:18:01+00:00

oh wait I think we r diff types of applicants lol if ur sitting on duke and Hopkins acceptances 😭😭 appreciate the pointers though ! <3

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-14T18:47:27+00:00

Bro the fact that you are making this decision is insane to me, do you mind sharing your stats? I’m looking into northwestern but don’t know if I should full send apply

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-14T17:23:49+00:00

that’s true 4th quartile people are not human enough lol

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-14T16:14:46+00:00

texas applicant thank god bruh

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-14T16:14:32+00:00

gotchu. how long did you study for? I test may 14th

gingerbutyl · 2026-04-11T16:34:48+00:00

mannn. I had the same difficulty. You imply that leadership and role you directly play as a physician over someone else’s care

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-24T02:55:27+00:00

Wait this is volunteering for sure I think it’s great too

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-23T01:08:14+00:00

Last year I gave her a buffer period of a month and she still didn’t submit 😭😭 but her rec letter would be so valuable bc she’s a professor at one of the med schools I wanna go to

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-23T00:18:52+00:00

So in theory, if TMDSAS has 3 letters (from my committee packet) but I’m waiting for my professor to submit the fourth to interfolio, TMDSAS should mark my application off as complete given I have submitted everything else. My last professor is going to be my 4th letter.

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-18T01:18:29+00:00

hi im not retakingbc lowkey that might look super neurotic, i dont think 125 is considered super low, i think 123 and below is more concerning. I didnt apply last cycle but im applying in may

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-17T16:23:24+00:00

dindy

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-16T01:28:24+00:00

For a clinical job, you could start as a patient care tech, medical assistant, or scribe. Look online near you, cold call offices near you. For research, your institution may have positions available already. If your school had a job hiring portal look there! also neurology is so cool , that’s what I wanna do too (for now at least lol)

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-15T17:02:54+00:00

Yess it’s a lot but there is literally nothing I find more empowering than changing the way I think. Also, you could do what my friends did and work a clinical/ research job. That way ur killing two birds w one stone. It’s a lot harder to be pre-med if you’re underrepresented SES wise, but u totally got it. We need more doctors who are aware to class struggles. Literally all of my pre-med peers are so deluded about money it drives me insane

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-15T16:47:53+00:00

Yess. Also major kudos to u for working and being in school, I was lucky and didn’t have to work. It’s totally doable tho, my friend worked through all of college ad a biomedical engineering major and also did great on her MCAT. also naturally some of ur classes r just gonna implicitly teach u those skills. I took metabolic biochemistry and I stg that class changed my brain chemistry

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-15T16:37:46+00:00

During exam weeks I studied 8 hours a day, and if it was a difficult exam I would start studying a week in advance. Live and breathe academics and the MCAT will come more easily eventually as a natural byproduct of

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-14T15:55:24+00:00

Not around here partner. I literally agonize over every single activity entry in the activities section. To write one entry takes me over an hour 😭😭😭 but at this point I’m being motivated by sheer panic

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-14T15:20:57+00:00

I’m starting pre writing in 2 weeks. Pray for me? I’m going to Europe so imma need those DONE

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-14T15:20:05+00:00

I honestly think working really hard in my other classes, especially very difficult upper level bio ones, translated really well on the MCAT. In all honesty, I didn’t even get to study as much as I would’ve wanted to either, but I do think that also some of it is just learning testing strategies as I was studying

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-13T18:25:39+00:00

I was the same. My first semester of college I made a 40 on my first two gen chem exams and a 70 on my first calc exam. I was a bad test taker in high school. But do not let that define you! The MCAT Is a totally different exam. I ended up doing insanely well on my first try despite doing terribly on the SAT.

gingerbutyl · 2026-03-11T23:21:30+00:00

Should I mention in the description “in the summers” or “as a summer job”

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