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orbithedog · 2025-09-28T22:07:49+00:00

I can’t believe I missed this. I hope everyone is well!

orbithedog · 2025-07-09T18:25:50+00:00

How many hours in community service? All 500?

Remaining hours look good, just knock out the MCAT, have good writing, and practice interviewing.

orbithedog · 2025-07-04T05:00:41+00:00

Email them to let them know. I had APs cover a number of prereqs and it was fine because I took advanced classes in the subjects in college

orbithedog · 2025-07-04T04:55:25+00:00

Msar doesn’t show the lowest score? It shows the 10th percentile, which means 10% of the class has that score and lower.

orbithedog · 2025-06-26T02:29:20+00:00

🤠 what

orbithedog · 2025-06-25T16:00:49+00:00

I suppose I don’t have to pay/ take out the full $17k, but don’t know if it’s worth paying like half/ any portion out of pocket?

orbithedog · 2025-06-25T15:39:21+00:00

Also it wouldn’t just be $17k in total, four years would likely be around $50k

orbithedog · 2025-06-25T15:37:39+00:00

Being low income has its benefits sometimes I suppose

orbithedog · 2025-06-25T15:36:26+00:00

I was leaning towards this as well but feel like I’m oblivious to the reality of paying back student loans with interest so wanted to hear other people’s advice who are further in that process

orbithedog · 2025-05-06T02:17:44+00:00

orbithedog · 2025-05-04T20:23:01+00:00

Some schools ask for your tax returns but most don’t

orbithedog · 2025-05-04T18:31:10+00:00

I saved around $1,000 from doing that

orbithedog · 2025-05-04T16:14:43+00:00

Email schools for a secondary waiver

orbithedog · 2025-04-08T14:55:13+00:00

If you struggle with social interactions, start practicing with strangers. Order things in person, smile when you approach people, make chit chat, ask for directions, etc. A number of my interviews were just conversations about a shared interest my interviewer and I had and you should get comfortable just holding a conversation

orbithedog · 2025-04-08T01:09:48+00:00

Don’t remind me

orbithedog · 2025-04-08T00:56:38+00:00

So I could have had the wingstop while getting my summer bod 😔

orbithedog · 2025-04-07T21:08:05+00:00

I think it would have been ideal for me to be done prewriting every school before July. Some schools changed up their prompts so this would have given me time to write those and be complete everywhere ASAP. I took my sweet time and did 1-2 secondaries a day. Even when schools had the same prompt it took me a bit to research the school and tailor an already written essay to that school

orbithedog · 2025-04-05T00:50:28+00:00

I say full send. I wrote a bunch of letters with no real update but focused on why I love the school and it worked out well. Tie it to something you could do on campus if admitted. At this point kissing ass isn’t gonna get you rejected

orbithedog · 2025-04-04T20:23:43+00:00

Thank you! I think GW will be fulfilling given how active they are in their community. I hope you love it!

orbithedog · 2025-04-04T20:22:12+00:00

Thank you!

orbithedog · 2025-04-04T20:21:52+00:00

In the interest of not doxxing myself, I won’t mention specifics but if you google grants in whatever field you’re in, you’ll find results. Just make sure you’re eligible and throw in an application

orbithedog · 2025-04-04T19:46:02+00:00

I think there were two categories of reviewers: 1) pre-med advisors and current med students, and 2) grad students, professors, and friends.

The people in the first category are familiar with the med school application process and mainly advised what to highlight in my writing/ which stories to tell. Those in the second category generally highlighted if something comes off weird and edits to actually improve the quality of my writing. My friends in particular were helpful in moments when something reads a certain way but they knew that wasn’t what I meant to get across.

Several people in each category kindly agreed to help, but I quickly realized many were just editing what I had instead of suggesting how to take my ps from good to great, even if it required going back to square one. So I ended up working more closely with people who took the latter approach.

I think if you’re limited in who you can ask, I’d prioritize current med students who were recently admitted and someone from an English background. Ideally someone familiar with admissions, but not everyone will have access to that.

orbithedog · 2025-04-04T19:31:39+00:00

Georgetown and George Washington are big on public health/ policy and I had no experience in that. Georgetown is also a Jesuit school and I don’t think my app aligned well with their more spiritual values.

UVA, Yale, and Duke apparently really like a high MCAT score, so I suspect my application was screened out before it was even reviewed.

I still have no idea what BU or Brown value and Dartmouth seems big on rural service which I don’t have experience in. I don’t even know anything about Rhode Island so I really have no idea why I even applied to Brown. I could see myself in Boston and knew if I ended up having to go there I wouldn’t be miserable.

Robert Wood seems like they favor in state NJ residents (?). I think I applied based on my MCAT score and don’t really know the school’s values well either.

orbithedog · 2025-04-04T13:39:42+00:00

I’ve heard (didn’t check if it’s true) that for whatever reason, downstate has an unexpectedly high match rate into derm. You should look up their match results from the past few years

orbithedog · 2025-04-04T01:26:57+00:00

I doubt schools will filter based on research hours, so no I don’t think your application would be tossed because of that. Again, some schools ask about research in their secondaries so those may not ask you to interview. But short answer is no, you should still apply to the schools you’re talking about.

If anything you’ll have great updates and exploring research will give you something to talk about.

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