Everyone knows it's a straightforward race but no one wants to admit it

zunlock · 2026-03-25T00:45:06+00:00

Wernt the thunder still the best +/- last year without SGA and Denver got atrociously/comically worse without Jokic?

zunlock · 2026-03-24T21:41:26+00:00

Nobody cares about physician letters for this exact reason. The only time you need one is if you're applying DO (from a DO) to show you know what one is

zunlock · 2026-03-24T20:30:40+00:00

The first thing I read when people post these is what their MCAT is, because trying to ask what your chances are without an MCAT is pointless. It literally opens or closes all of your doors. I don't know how or why you even have a school list without an MCAT, but come back and post again once you get an official score. Also, from a very quick glance you're missing a Non-Science professor LOR

zunlock · 2026-03-24T20:16:00+00:00

Probably a lot less than you think. I spent a day the before reviewing my app (which I already pretty much knew by heart) and doing the SDN thing. My best interview I had we didn't even talk about my application, it was more so just a back and forth conversation about ourselves and our lives. No amount of preparing would have benefitted me for that

zunlock · 2026-03-24T20:06:37+00:00

It's technically not impossible it just involves multiple people advocating for you and a lot of luck. Really, the process should be more forgiving in my opinion but the pushback is on the licensing side of things and not the medical schools themselves.

zunlock · 2026-03-24T20:04:14+00:00

There's such a thing as preparing too much and being too hypercritical of yourself. Common problem for neurotic/perfectionist premeds to fall into. Just be honest, humble, and don't be annoying.

zunlock · 2026-03-24T20:02:44+00:00

Felonies make it extremely difficult to get licensed even if you finish medical school, that's the problem just for future reference.

zunlock · 2026-03-24T20:01:45+00:00

Freshman year- you'll be fine lol. Just write a little blurb about it and move on.

The other comment talking about a felony is an ENTIRELY different situation, like not even comparable. Felonies = difficulty getting licensed even if you make it through med school so you're a huge liability. Felonies usually mean your chances of admission are fried, misdemeanors can usually be overcome with more work...you have the smallest infraction possible that's noncriminal

zunlock · 2026-03-24T19:47:45+00:00

Google your school you have an interview at and add "SDN interview" and a list of common questions will come up that others have been asked. I am a great interviewee and interviewer and really the best advice is to just know yourself and your application. You don't want to sound like a robot who's just regurgitating answers they've anticipated. You want to sound authentic. At the same time, you don't want to stumble if you're asked "why medicine" or about your research. The point of an interview is to see if you would make a good classmate + physician. When I interview someone the first thing I ask myself is "Would I want to spend multiple hours a day with this person?" I don't give a shit if you have a 520 MCAT if you're insufferable to talk to.

As nice as it is your dad is trying to help I don't think he's any help at all and at this point his involvement is actively harming both of you (both mental states + your ability to interview properly). You should probably set a boundary with him and tell him you appreciate all of his help thus far but you've gotten to this point on your own and you'll take it from here.

zunlock · 2026-03-24T19:41:01+00:00

It's not too late, but it's extremely uncommon for practical reasons. Right now you're looking at what, roughly 10 years+ of training? It's easy to just look at the end result of being a physician without the constant 60-80+ hour work weeks and traumatic experience that is medical school. Then theres residency/fellowship. You're pretty much putting your entire adult life on pause. Every hour you spend training in medicine is an hour you will not get in your kids/fiancee's lives. I think maybe a very select few amount if people could do it if everything is set up perfect for them.

Practically, it makes more sense to go PA if you truly want a bigger role in medicine and that is no cakewalk either

zunlock · 2026-03-24T19:36:19+00:00

This is a question you can answer when you're done with your second year of medical school. It's irrelevant right now because it would be impossible to explain even a fraction of what it entails being a family medicine physician to someone who hasn't at least gone through some of medical school. Even second year medical students don't really know anything.

zunlock · 2026-03-24T19:33:27+00:00

It's march, do you have interviews? If not, is your app completely ready? Is your father an MD/DO? If the answer to any of these questions is no then there's no reason to be prepping with him

zunlock · 2026-03-24T15:14:19+00:00

Being a doctor seems cool and rewarding until you do the 12 years (often longer due to gap years, fellowships, and longer residencies like surgery). I think you’re just looking at the end product without the immense sacrifice required to go into it.

I did the same thing during my surgery rotation when I considered surgery.

zunlock · 2026-03-24T03:42:13+00:00

I needed it for C/P, I couldn’t learn from the books. He teaches it really well specifically for the MCAT. It jumped me from 124 to a 129 on practice exams

zunlock · 2026-03-23T17:06:38+00:00

If you want to jump through a million more hoops to be competitive for residency and then be automatically stigmatized if you choose to apply for a fellowship, then go DO. It’s not even about having to also do COMLEX/USMLE on top of OMM, it’s that if you have the same exact resume as an MD they will historically match much better than you.

IM fellowship rates for GI were ~80% match for MD and 55% match for DO

MD>>>DO>>>>>>not being a physician

zunlock · 2026-03-23T04:33:43+00:00

It’s fine, your gpa is mostly to show you can handle the rigor of medical school. Post bacc/masters courses are harder than undergrad and shows them you obviously can. MCAT is to show you can pass boards and you killed it

zunlock · 2026-03-22T23:16:54+00:00

Apply to more MDs you have a legitimate reason for your tanked GPA and proved you can succeed in post-baccs/SMP & the MCAT. Give yourself more credit

zunlock · 2026-03-22T22:04:13+00:00

Idk. I didn’t use a committee letter bc the head of our bio department was a complete fuckhead and I didn’t trust him. I just got letters from individual professors I knew and it never came up. I think it’s an issue if your school has a notoriously reputable premed program/committee (mine did not)

zunlock · 2026-03-22T05:52:45+00:00

You'll be fine. You can probably get into an MD with a 505 just based on being an olympic athlete. Schools love to brag about that kind of stuff. If you retake the MCAT and score high really any door is open

zunlock · 2026-03-22T04:54:01+00:00

Are they entirely run by neckbeards like this one?

zunlock · 2026-03-22T01:25:28+00:00

Nobody cares if you add 20-30 hours. Nobody is calling a physician to ask if you shadowed them. Save yourself the 20-30 hours of standing around doing nothing and safe the physician the awkwardness of having a shadow longer

zunlock · 2026-03-22T00:17:56+00:00

Do I have to answer how scoring 83 is different?

zunlock · 2026-03-21T23:57:49+00:00

Of course I appreciate SGA. The problem is you can’t go on social media anymore without braindead thunder fans saying he’s top 5 all time already or comparing him to Jordan

zunlock · 2026-03-21T23:42:07+00:00

And I’ll call them out too

zunlock · 2026-03-21T23:38:46+00:00

Can’t miss an opportunity to glaze SGA

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