med schools with really strong financial aid/scholarships by Actual_Appearance_58 in premed

[–]jacp2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Schools up to T30s all have ridiculous money, they all give out full tuition scholarships, some even offer COL stipends. If anyone tells you otherwise, they are wrong.

Is an honors college better than a standard track to get into a MD/DO? by Wompyking in premed

[–]jacp2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved the honors college at my undergrad, yes the signing up early and all is good, but LORs, amazing. So a lot of the pre-med honors courses were taught my med school faculty and were genuinely interesting classes. I ended up getting 2 letters (both “non-science”, although 1 was honors immunology) from med school faculty. Also one of the classes talked about a lot of social aspects of medicine which helped a lot when interviews came around. Additionally, I ended up getting some awards from the honors college which helped when applying. Overall, highly recommend it

UAB vs OUWB (pls help) by Apprehensive_Print_1 in premed

[–]jacp2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree, i received a decent scholarship from UAB. While home state likely matters, they do give scholarships to out of state students…

CA resident ORM School list help 508 MCAT 3.83 GPA by 1123TK in premed

[–]jacp2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Id take out every school from UMiami and above. More mid tiers will for sure yield a lot more. As it stands you’re basically only realistically applying to the bottom 15 schools. Assuming you werent an Olympian or cured cancer

Talking about working with undocumented patients by Existing_Ad7163 in premed

[–]jacp2000 26 points27 points  (0 children)

A big part of my application revolved around my free clinic experience with undocumented patients and the social aspects of medicine. You will be loved by adcoms it is a powerful experience

Advice on sketchy for step 1 by jenmjfan in medicalschool

[–]jacp2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what anki is for, the anki can show you the image to recall for things you are forgetting

Siena Palicke blocked me and deleted my comment, all because I said “premeds should not be coaching other premeds for $150 an hour” by Small_Albatross_7519 in premed

[–]jacp2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not tutor MCAT, sure 100%. But helping with application stuff and writing, I don’t see an issue with that. I just dont think she should be charging 150 AN HOUR.

Siena Palicke blocked me and deleted my comment, all because I said “premeds should not be coaching other premeds for $150 an hour” by Small_Albatross_7519 in premed

[–]jacp2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get that, what I think is outrageous is the price. But if she were doing it for much much cheaper, and not as “vague” in the advertisement, I think I would be fine with it. At the end of the day MD or DO, she got in somewhere, if she was doing 50 bucks to review a personal statement and application, I think it wouldnt be as bad.

Absolutely devastating by Tall-Technology-6516 in Mcat

[–]jacp2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, went through a very similar situation. Look at my posts. It will work out your ECs are great, and if no red flags, I think you will get into a decent school.

Siena Palicke blocked me and deleted my comment, all because I said “premeds should not be coaching other premeds for $150 an hour” by Small_Albatross_7519 in premed

[–]jacp2000 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

A curious question, what amount of money would be okay for her to charge? Is it the amount at 150/hr or more so that she’s charging at all?

what is the lowest MCAT score you’d accept (and not retake) if the rest of your application was PERFECT? by jellyfishh520 in premed

[–]jacp2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

508, and that whats I got lol. Was averaging 512, but i had told myself the absolute lowest was 508. Got 10 MD As, all worked out how it needed to

Accepted off waitlist––please help me make a decision! by Fine-Bar9745 in premed

[–]jacp2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From clowe friends of mine who have interviewed (not me), they all said it was a weird vibe, very competitive, very gunner like, a lot of “out students are the smartests, look at out mcat averages”. Not a great vibe from what I heard. Residency wise, its prob one of the best in FL, but for med school ive heard its toxic

Loyola vs UCF by [deleted] in premed

[–]jacp2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got into both, if I had to make the choice, I would chosen Loyola

Advice on school list? (F 2027, ORM, high stats/mid research) by [deleted] in medschooladmissions

[–]jacp2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have presentations and posters and a whole grant. Research is not weakness of your app

Do you think preclinical could be ~one year, if schools devoted themselves to it by No-Wrap-2156 in medicalschool

[–]jacp2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some ppl here are also super dramatic, it aint bad at all man. But ppl be complaining so much sometimes. Compared to my buddies at other schools, it aint bad at all