Med school woes again
I can't eat, I can't sleep. I am totally wired and anxious thinking about med school applications opening next monday. Totally wired.
People I know are being accepted, and I have never even received an interview. Ever. And I have applied 3 years now. I flunked out of UBC in 1999, and basically it's screwed me over ever since.
I have kind of a weird background, and I have a chance at only a few Canadian schools. I have been researching which schools have which requirements for years now.
My applications have SUCH low non-academic marks, and I don't understand why. I need some better volunteer experience, I guess? How is it that I have less life experience than the average 24-yr old?
I have a shot at UBC and Queens. Queens is a better shot if I take 6 courses over the next year, ace them, and apply again. Their interviews are offered only to very specific people who get a very high (like, top 3%) mark on the writing section of the MCAT. I do have that mark, but as of now, my GPA is a little tiny bit too low.
It's all SO convoluted. You can tailor your courses, your life, to one particular school to help give you a shot at that school, but it might hurt your chances at another school.
I'm sorry this is so desperate sounding. I want this so badly, and I can't believe that one year of youthful indiscretion has cost me so much.
I can't WAIT for the applications to open on Monday. I am itching to start it. I am going to KILL it, and SELL myself.
ARgghhhededdrrrrgh!
(LOL)
People I know are being accepted, and I have never even received an interview. Ever. And I have applied 3 years now. I flunked out of UBC in 1999, and basically it's screwed me over ever since.
I have kind of a weird background, and I have a chance at only a few Canadian schools. I have been researching which schools have which requirements for years now.
My applications have SUCH low non-academic marks, and I don't understand why. I need some better volunteer experience, I guess? How is it that I have less life experience than the average 24-yr old?
I have a shot at UBC and Queens. Queens is a better shot if I take 6 courses over the next year, ace them, and apply again. Their interviews are offered only to very specific people who get a very high (like, top 3%) mark on the writing section of the MCAT. I do have that mark, but as of now, my GPA is a little tiny bit too low.
It's all SO convoluted. You can tailor your courses, your life, to one particular school to help give you a shot at that school, but it might hurt your chances at another school.
I'm sorry this is so desperate sounding. I want this so badly, and I can't believe that one year of youthful indiscretion has cost me so much.
I can't WAIT for the applications to open on Monday. I am itching to start it. I am going to KILL it, and SELL myself.
ARgghhhededdrrrrgh!
(LOL)