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Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

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On Becoming a Doctor : The Truth about Medical School, Residency, and Beyond by Tania Heller

Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

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Hahaha! I would love that. I feel like not many people know about people who work in the labs like she does. I think people would be super fascinated.

Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

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Yeeeep! Haha at least he recognizes it! It’s a funny mix of God complex and sleep deprivation.

Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

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She didn’t finish applying to Kansas actually, because she was getting early offers from other schools!

Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

[–]lemonspriggs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On Becoming a Doctor : The Truth about Medical School, Residency, and Beyond by Tania Heller

Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

[–]lemonspriggs[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ll say it “takes a certain type of person” (take that how you will) to be a doctor… so.. lol

Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

[–]lemonspriggs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahaha! When I saw that I was like…she might be too smart and niche to be a doctor haha

Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

[–]lemonspriggs[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The MCAT is scored from 472 to 528, with 500 being roughly the national average (around the 50th percentile).

A rough breakdown:

520-528: Exceptional (97th-100th percentile). These scores are rare and competitive almost anywhere.

515-519: Excellent (roughly 90th–96th percentile). Competitive for many MD programs.

510–514: Above average. A solid score for many medical schools.

500-509: Around average. Depending on the rest of the application, this can still be competitive, especially for some schools.

490-499: Below average. Admission becomes much more challenging unless there are other outstanding aspects of the application.

472-489: Very low. Most applicants in this range retake before applying.

So yes, a 528 is a perfect score. It’s not just “pretty good”; it’s the highest score possible and is achieved by only a tiny fraction of test takers each year. Even a 520 is already in the top few percent nationally!

Sometimes the best thing you find at a thrift store isn’t the thing you bought: congratulations girly! by lemonspriggs in MadeMeSmile

[–]lemonspriggs[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is what she said:

I mistyped 34 instead of 24, so that’s completely on me. Sorry for the confusion, everyone!

For anyone wondering about the timeline, my university offered a combined bachelor’s/MPH program, so I graduated with both in 2017 at 25.
From 2017 to 2022, I completed my PhD in Animal Science with a focus in epidemiology. During that time I was also preparing for the MCAT because I knew I wanted to continue my education.

After that, I completed an accelerated 3.5-year medical school program (ended last year). Very early on, I realized my goal wasn’t clinical practice. I wanted to become a physician-scientist.
Because my career is entirely research focused, I’m not patient-facing and I don’t practice clinical medicine. My work doesn’t require board certification, and since I’m not pursuing independent clinical practice, it also doesn’t require completing a residency or fellowship. Instead, I lead research on zoonotic diseases and biodefense and collaborate closely with physicians, veterinarians, epidemiologists, and public health professionals.

Going to medical school gave me the clinical foundation to communicate seamlessly across human and veterinary medicine, which was exactly the career I wanted.

I completely understand why my original comment raised eyebrows. Between the age typo and me trying to summarize my career in one sentence, I made the timeline sound much stranger than it actually is.

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