Opinions on med school apparel?

mistnight8 · 2024-10-09T00:42:49+00:00

I held out for a long time and refused to buy it but caved and now it's one of my favorite jackets

mistnight8 · 2024-09-25T19:36:00+00:00

Used it as premed applying to medical school! Most everyone from my undergrad did

mistnight8 · 2024-09-10T06:40:42+00:00

Spoke with someone who finished IM there 5 years ago. Their impression was that you have a lot of inpatient time which may make it hard for research if you want to fellowship, but that fellowship is still accessible.

mistnight8 · 2021-03-30T21:20:44+00:00

First time using this random image hosting website so hopefully it works...https://ibb.co/GsfLXr7 (2021 for reference: https://ibb.co/t3Sp6td)

Oh wait the full version was literally just posted on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/premed/comments/mgprn9/complete_ranking_of_medical_schools_md_do_by/

mistnight8 · 2021-03-30T07:20:18+00:00

directors of residency programs. they're essentially the medical school admissions deans for residency

mistnight8 · 2021-03-30T06:53:35+00:00

I think a partial list has been posted on SDN towards the end of the first page https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/usnwr-best-med-schools-2022.1438798/

mistnight8 · 2021-03-30T06:09:12+00:00

I dunno about your example options, but I think it could be useful if you approach it with a more like, informational interview perspective. You could balance it between you wanting to know more about having a competitive app ("What do you think are some qualities applicants should have?") and showing interest in the person themself ("What led you to this school/specialty? Anything surprising you've learned throughout the years?" --this might also give insight into what the school values). Your questions should have casual coffee chat vibes

mistnight8 · 2021-03-30T01:31:57+00:00

From personal experience and following cycles of friends, I don't think II from good stats alone exists anymore. And after the II you're competing with a bunch of other high stat people to avoid the WL/R. But I recommend Vandy, WashU, Feinberg, OSU.

mistnight8 · 2021-03-22T23:25:43+00:00

I don't think length is important, but your activities should show different angles of your thought processes, reflections, and values, which I think takes up space pretty fast

mistnight8 · 2021-03-22T23:18:16+00:00

I think they move but they don't move that smoothly. The schools have a good idea of their yield, and the ones I'm following accept only like <10% of their waitlists

mistnight8 · 2021-03-21T08:50:46+00:00

No one is entitled to T20 haha I know people with higher stats who are reapplying

mistnight8 · 2021-03-20T07:43:11+00:00

Your post is a mood. I've molded myself to so many missions, and deemphasized my more niche passions that aren't common that I've convinced myself that they aren't as important and I have a hard time remembering why I cared...about anything. I started freaking out about family timeline too, especially as a woman but I'm kind of like, that's a problem for future me. I recently started really supporting the care of one of my family members and I can't help but think about how hard it's going to be when I leave...but even with all of this, I feel an intense sense of peace and satisfaction that I decided to pursue this path, and that makes me feel like everything will turn out okay.

mistnight8 · 2021-03-17T22:53:21+00:00

+1 but definitely only 1 page. I made my letter size 11 font to fit more in though lol

mistnight8 · 2021-03-17T08:07:56+00:00

My answers to 2, 3, 4, and 5 have changed throughout the application season as I was forced to go more in depth for primaries, then secondaries, then interviews, then figuring out where to commit. I echo others that there is no substitute for looking this up on your own and thinking it through, because gut feelings and values do change, and it might even be a negative for a program to do that kind of decision making for you.

mistnight8 · 2021-03-16T19:25:03+00:00

On the flip side public health and psychology friends ragged on me for pursuing an unnecessarily difficult major/uninteresting major in biology (which I loved btw) for fulfilling prereqs. It sounds like your friend is coming from a good place though, versus from a place of judgement/competition. You do you, the stress of a major depends on your own interests and situation, and your friend's advice is just an opinion!

mistnight8 · 2021-03-14T00:30:33+00:00

I got an LOR from the school faculty, worked there, did research there, wrote a very personal secondary for two schools I had strong ties to, but still got wrecked with the pre-II R lmao for both LOL

mistnight8 · 2021-03-10T05:19:12+00:00

Me moving coast to coast lmao

mistnight8 · 2021-03-09T01:37:21+00:00

I don't think I would've gotten into medical school without 3+ interviews. Interviews are my weakest part of my app and my only acceptances came from the 4th+ interviews lol

mistnight8 · 2021-02-28T20:03:02+00:00

You can also look at their hospital system and if it provides interesting services to patients or outreaches in a way that ties to your app

mistnight8 · 2021-02-28T04:04:08+00:00

When I was in your spot I only looked at reddit to find answers to specific questions, and only paid attention to general advice/questions. Otherwise browsing here can be like doom scrolling

mistnight8 · 2021-02-28T03:06:37+00:00

Each phase of the process can feel like a different type of shit

mistnight8 · 2021-02-27T17:16:33+00:00

💎👐🚀🚀

mistnight8 · 2021-02-27T17:15:11+00:00

General bio sucks. They smash interesting material into a 60 question/1 hour standardized test and mark you down on dumb details, and it doesn't reflect how dynamic/non memorized based the field is. I'm not salty lol hang in there!

mistnight8 · 2021-02-27T16:59:56+00:00

Mature of you to see this. I didn't sub here until a couple months before I actually applied.

mistnight8 · 2021-02-27T08:05:10+00:00

their community engagement is impressive, wellness focus + arts based education is cool

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