Briefly: AMCAS, SDN, MDapps

First, I caved and finally joined SDN and MDapplicants.  I’m not sure how often, if ever, I’ll post there, but at least I now have the option.
Second, I met with one of the physicians in my department, and got some really great advice for working on my personal statement.  After that meeting, I spent time [...]

Biochem fail.

As if my biochem class weren’t bad enough (it is the bane of my existence at the moment), I have to come home to find that some Smartass McPremed has made an asinine post over at SDN about the topic.
Kill me.  At least the premed gods smiled upon me: the person who wrote this was [...]

Where I want to be in one year

A year ago, I had my first (of 4) interviews at SUNY Downstate.  It was an overcast day, my interviewer seemed very preoccupied, and although I had nothing to compare the experience to, I didn’t really like it.  The facilities were very outdated, and our student tourguides didn’t convince me that they themselves liked attending [...]

Your lack of interviews is not because some black applicant stole them

Troll or not, SDN poster “hug me” brought up one of the most controversial topics in the past week.  Here is his post:
Topic: color blind?
My best friend is black. We went through undergrad together and pretty much have the same EC’s. my GPA IS 3.8/MCAT 34 his is 3.4 and MCAT 29. Strangely enough. he [...]

Have some Valtrex

The award goes to “naynaysaysay” for Best Topic of the Day in the Pre-Allopathic forums at SDN.  Here is the topic.  How tragic. 

MCAT talk on SDN is narrow-minded

I read the forums over at Student Doctor Network fairly frequently (maybe once a day).  In the few months I’ve been reading the posts, I’ve come to expect a few things.  First, people are always going to worry about getting into medical school, no matter their scores, their letters of recommendation, or their extra-curriculars.  After [...]