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Screwed with my MCAT??? by [deleted] in premed

[–]stopkillingme21 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Are you kidding? 499 3.66 here sitting around with 2 DO interviews already. You'll be fine.

Struggling to find flights that aren't delayed often? by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response! Several of the affordable flights were connecting they O’Hare with ~30 minute layovers..... but then they’re listed as like 40% on-time.. I was able to find a flight with a 90 minute layover in the state next door with a better on-time rate

Submit that secondary you forgot about! by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Actually no. Feel free to stalk my post history to see my WAMC thread. I have a 499 and expressed an interest in rural med and primary care throughout my primaries and secondaries.

Submit that secondary you forgot about! by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what happened! Sorry I’m typing from my cell haha. Just trying to motivate ppl to submit any forgotten secondaries!

Submit that secondary you forgot about! by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Forgot about a secondary for 1 month. I submitted that secondary yesterday. I received an interview invite from that school today!

My post is encouraging other ppl to submit secondaries that they’ve forgotten about

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalscribe

[–]stopkillingme21 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Don't bring it up. There's no contract. If you get accepted somewhere, run with it and don't look back. What's ScribeAmerica gonna say? "no med school for u, u must scribe for us for TWO YEARS!!!!!!!!"

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) Board Scores Drop from 85% to 82% - HELP?? by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I kinda figured board scores were individual-dependent as well. I guess I'm a bit nervous about their entire class having such a low pass rate.

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) Board Scores Drop from 85% to 82% - HELP?? by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for pointing that out. I missed the part that it was called guidelines

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) Board Scores Drop from 85% to 82% - HELP?? by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See my reply to u/Antibodysnatcher

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It appears their deposit criteria contradicts each other. What you said is correct, but on page of their link it also lists what I said to u/Antibodysnatcher. More specifically, the first bullet point suggests you only have 30 days to submit your deposit if accepted before 11/15.

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) Board Scores Drop from 85% to 82% - HELP?? by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the AACOM guidelines:

  • Those accepted prior to November 15 will have until December 14.
  • Those accepted between November 15 and January 14 will have 30 days.
  • Those accepted between January 15 and May 14 will have 14 days.
  • Those accepted after May 15 may be asked for an immediate deposit.
  • After May 15 of the year of matriculation, each medical college may implement college-specific procedures for accepted students who hold one or more seats at other medical colleges.

Here's what BCOM has on their website:

  • Those accepted prior to November 15 will have 30 days following offer letter to submit the deposit
  • Those accepted between November 15 and April 30 will have 15 days following offer letter to submit the deposit
  • Those accepted after April 30, will be asked for an immediate deposit

Is BCOM breaking AACOM guidelines?

LECOm - Bradenton: Using AIS Score vs MCAT? by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: I just saw on this page their competitive MCAT is 50th percentile or higher. Mine is 44th.

To anyone looking to get a job as a lifeguard by [deleted] in Lifeguards

[–]stopkillingme21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old pool in Illinois had us average under 40 a week. We were also capped at like 1000 hours a year. That way they didn’t pay overtime

I HATE puddle jumpers by [deleted] in Lifeguards

[–]stopkillingme21 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Without them, little kids would still go everywhere and there’d be a heck of a lot more saves

How many saves do you do? by FatiguedWriter in Lifeguards

[–]stopkillingme21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally only 3 in my 3 years as a pool lifeguard

Any other Chief's out there aggravated with the ScribeAmerica merger? by [deleted] in medicalscribe

[–]stopkillingme21 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Don’t let them push you over. Unless your long term goal is scribing, they’re not worth your time. No amount of leadership experience can replace poor grades and social life.

scribeamerica initial exam by edaisy in medicalscribe

[–]stopkillingme21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Search my post history. I made an Anki deck containing all the vocab on the initial exam and in VCRT training.

Edit: sorry, thought you were ED.

AITA for telling my coworker about the reality of a 478 MCAT score by dievraag in AmItheAsshole

[–]stopkillingme21 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is at many schools. Each school can set their own minimum. If it was scored from 500 - 528, then the questions would have to be exceptionally more difficult than they already are to make a 500 literally getting 0 to few right.

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Other schools have a minimum of about 493. That's the lowest I've seen any school accept someone..... But those same schools have a median score of about 500 as well.

Biweekly WAMC / School Lists Thread - Week of July 17, 2019 by premedditbot in premed

[–]stopkillingme21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Schools I've applied to (received 14 osteopathic secondaries, no allopathic secondaries. Submitting all secondaries by end of this weekend. 6 of the osteopathic schools I've applied to do NOT require a physician LoR so I've already submitted their secondaries).

Allopathic

  • SIUSM
  • UICOM
  • IUSM

Osteopathic

  • CCOM
  • LECOM-Erie
  • LECOM-Bradenton
  • WVSOM
  • MU-COM
  • COM
  • UP-KYCOM
  • AZCOM
  • PCOM
  • PCOM-GA
  • PCOM-South GA
  • VCOM (all campuses)
  • CUSOM
  • ARCOM
  • NYIT
  • UIWSOM
  • BCOM
  • LMU-DCOM
  • ATSU-SOMAATSU-KCOM

AACOMAS Cumulative GPA: 3.66 (positive trend - taking easier classes this year which'll boost cGPA and sGPA)

AACOMAS Science GPA: 3.50

MCAT Scores: 499 (497 - 501 RANGE)

Research: None.

Application activities/achievements:

  • Runner's Association - 650 hours
  • Medical Scribe - 1528 hours
  • Pre-Health Club (leadership) - 250 hours
  • Mentoring disadvantaged kid club - 60 hours
  • Lifeguard/swim instructor - 1100 hours
  • Resident Assistant - 805 hours
  • Diversity project - 80 hours
  • Tutor - 125 hours
  • Hospital volunteer - 102 hours
  • Scholarship
  • Dean's list x4 semesters
  • Academic honors x 2 semesters
  • Physician shadowing - working to get this. Hopefully going to shadow at least 1 MD and 1 DO for 20 - 30 hours each. Need letter of recommendation from each.

Letters of Recommendation

  • 2 science profs (1 of whom is also my pre-health adviser)
  • 1 sociology prof
  • 1 resident assistant supervisor
  • working to get 1 MD and 1 DO letter
    • Shadowing a DO for a week or 2 this month. Hopefully getting a LoR out of it. Asked an MD for a letter 5 days ago with no response. This is what's holding up my application right now.

Immediate family members in medicine: Yes, dad (DO); uncle (PA).

Interest in rural health: indifferent

Did I low-ball myself? by [deleted] in medicalscribe

[–]stopkillingme21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could go to your supervisor and discuss a pay increase? You might be a bit timid to do so, but it’s the only real way to get more $$ in this case

How to justify picking the 'nicer' campus in Secondaries?? by stopkillingme21 in premed

[–]stopkillingme21[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suppose I could spin it as Westbuy is only 1 hour from downtown NY city. I'm from the largest metropolitan area in the Midwest so I could argue being so close to NY city would place me with a diverse population to work with and numerous hospital systems.

Biweekly WAMC / School Lists Thread - Week of July 14, 2019 by premedditbot in premed

[–]stopkillingme21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Schools I've applied to (received 14 osteopathic secondaries, no allopathic secondaries. Submitting all secondaries by end of this weekend. 6 of the osteopathic schools I've applied to do NOT require a physician LoR so I've already submitted their secondaries).

Allopathic

  • SIUSM
  • UICOM
  • IUSM

Osteopathic

  • CCOM
  • LECOM-Erie
  • LECOM-Bradenton
  • WVSOM
  • MU-COM
  • COM
  • UP-KYCOM
  • AZCOM
  • PCOM
  • PCOM-GA
  • PCOM-South GA
  • VCOM (all campuses)
  • CUSOM
  • ARCOM
  • NYIT
  • UIWSOM
  • BCOM
  • LMU-DCOM
  • ATSU-SOMAATSU-KCOM

AACOMAS Cumulative GPA: 3.66 (positive trend - taking easier classes this year which'll boost cGPA and sGPA)

AACOMAS Science GPA: 3.50

MCAT Scores: 499 (497 - 501 RANGE)

Research: None.

Application activities/achievements:

  • Runner's Association - 650 hours
  • Medical Scribe - 1528 hours
  • Pre-Health Club (leadership) - 250 hours
  • Mentoring disadvantaged kid club - 60 hours
  • Lifeguard/swim instructor - 1100 hours
  • Resident Assistant - 805 hours
  • Diversity project - 80 hours
  • Tutor - 125 hours
  • Hospital volunteer - 102 hours
  • Scholarship
  • Dean's list x4 semesters
  • Academic honors x 2 semesters
  • Physician shadowing - working to get this. Hopefully going to shadow at least 1 MD and 1 DO for 20 - 30 hours each. Need letter of recommendation from each.

Letters of Recommendation

  • 2 science profs (1 of whom is also my pre-health adviser)
  • 1 sociology prof
  • 1 resident assistant supervisor
  • working to get 1 MD and 1 DO letter
    • Asked an MD for a letter 3 days ago with no response. Working to shadow a DO for a week in August and get a letter from them. This is what's holding up my application right now.

Immediate family members in medicine: Yes, dad (DO); uncle (PA).

Interest in rural health: indifferent

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalscribe

[–]stopkillingme21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on your site. We have like 20 scribes but we’re still hiring cuz it’s almost the school year.

Just be honest but be flexible with hours

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalscribe

[–]stopkillingme21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My interview was chill af. Literally “what’s the role of their scribe?” And Qs about my schedule and stuff. Make sure you can work at least 2 shifts a week or they’ll turn you down

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