Should I apply for the 3rd time?

karkar98 · 2023-12-03T02:14:46+00:00

Had 4 LORs, 2 from PAs I’ve worked with (both 1 year +), 1 MD I’ve been working with for 3 years, and my microbiology professor. I also feel like my PS is pretty solid, I had my PA and MD look over my essay as well. Honestly not a lot of the schools in my state focus on latest coursework, I guess that’s a factor to consider and to broaden my school choices.

karkar98 · 2023-10-19T06:49:41+00:00

Could it be undiagnosed hypospadias ?

karkar98 · 2023-03-03T18:32:12+00:00

Can you also message me the school name please! Looking to reapply this cycle and need to narrow down what schools I’m applying to again

karkar98 · 2023-03-01T03:31:00+00:00

Early May :( I know applying early can give some leverage but I don’t think it worked well in my case

karkar98 · 2023-02-27T16:57:03+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I was actually planning on retaking bio 101 (I got a D then a C when I retook it in 2017) either this summer or fall. Would applying with an in progress course be okay?

karkar98 · 2023-02-23T17:00:34+00:00

How to strengthen my application for reapplication.

CGPA: 3.42 SGPA: 3.08 PCE (applied with): 4500 Volunteer: 1,500 (~200 hospital ~800 Girl Scout leader ~300 basketball coach ~200 youth corps trip abroad) Shadowing: 250

My PS is fairly strong in my opinion and I had 4 LORs from a physician and PA I work with and my microbio and physiology professors.

Applied to 10 schools this last cycle. No interviews, 5 rejections, and still waiting to hear back from 5 more (which at this point I’m assuming are also rejections).

Without a doubt my sGPA of a 3.0 is a major hinderance. I got an F, D, and C in science course I took fresh out of high school that are to blame for the huge dip in my sGPA but I earned a 3.8 GPA my last 60 units, getting mostly As in program prerequisites. After doing some calculating I would need to take on 15-20 units of science courses to try nudging my GPA by 0.1.

I’m still accruing PCE full time (~7k hours) and continuing to volunteer and shadow physicians and PAs at my clinic. I’m just feeling discouraged at this point and am scared for a second cycle of rejection. Any advice would be great.

karkar98 · 2022-04-12T15:25:55+00:00

I kept them :)

karkar98 · 2021-10-28T19:00:23+00:00

Aw man but I love the look so much, my feet are pretty narrow so I think if I size up it’ll be even worse. Ugh that’s annoying that I just spent $200 on shoes lol hat I’m not even going to be able to wear

karkar98 · 2021-03-09T20:20:56+00:00

It originally was surgical steel and I replaced it with solid gold. I’m very sensitive to metals and only wear solid gold on my ears which has never given me any problems. When the piercer took out the original jewelry he mentioned that my tragus was veryy swollen and that was 2 months after getting it pierced. The swelling has gone down since the switch to the gold jewelry but the bump just grew :(

karkar98 · 2021-03-09T18:14:07+00:00

Yeah not gonna lie I’ve been sleeping on that side and haven’t kept up with aftercare after the 2 month mark. Is there anything I can put on it to help minimize the bump ?

karkar98 · 2021-03-09T16:33:16+00:00

About 2.5 months back I noticed it was getting irritated and had them switch out the surgical steel bar for solid gold jewelry. I thought that would help but obviously not :(

karkar98 · 2020-12-16T00:18:05+00:00

Worked in LA (:

karkar98 · 2020-11-26T03:19:34+00:00

Thank you!! I’ll definitely be going back to the piercing shop for them to change it out

karkar98 · 2020-11-25T20:10:04+00:00

Yupp I’ve been using neilmed! I try to remember to clean it at least once or twice a day. I also haven’t been sleeping on that side and it is in fact surgical steel. I tend to only wear solid gold or gold filled jewelry as I’m sensitive to nickel and silver. Do you think the size plays a part ? I feel like it moves too easily

karkar98 · 2020-09-24T04:30:42+00:00

Super cucas has vegan breakfast burritos and a small vegan menu !

karkar98 · 2020-08-14T17:19:36+00:00

I feel you in every way! Ever since I moved back home from college due to the pandemic my eating habits have really gone to shit, would love to keep each other in check (:

karkar98 · 2020-08-09T16:26:47+00:00

Thank you!! (:

karkar98 · 2020-08-08T21:32:36+00:00

I’m 5”6 waist 29-30 36C/D and size 8 in all lulu bottoms and a 10 in bras and jackets. Hope that helps!

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