It is Thursday Sept 17th, 2015 3:22PM and the clock just keeps ticking... I am trying to be patient...
I really have no updates on my medical school applications. Last week, I was sort of freaking myself out because I had not received any updates on any of the schools I applied to--Creighton and St Louis University. I was even considering finishing up the secondary apps for KU and UIC to add more statistical chances to my pool but decided not to. The reason is, as stated in another post, because my stats are not too impressive for KU (in-state oriented) and the tuition at UIC is outrageous and I am not feeling the school either. I realized that applying to medical schools is quite expensive, one must really plan ahead because MCAT, AMCAS, Secondary apps and transcripts all add up. This is not including the travel expenses once you get invited for an interview! I am also planning my wedding, I am getting married in Guatemala next year :) I really haven't discuss much of my personal life. Perhaps on a different post.
I do have one update, after waiting a two weeks of not receiving a secondary app from Loyola, I decided to call the admissions office. It turns out they had send me one back on August 27th but for some reason I just never received it. The lady was kind enough and e-mailed it to me again and got it a few minutes later. The secondary for Loyola was tough! I completed the secondary and submitted it on Sept 14th.
Now it is just a matter of waiting, I just hope that Creighton, SLU, Loyola do not take their precious time as I can be patient but everyone has a limit. Come to think of it, all those are Jesuit schools!! Hopefully I get some love from the Jesuits ;D
In the meantime, I will just continue on with my life and prepare for next month's interview at UNMC.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Friday, September 4, 2015
AMCAS and Med Schools Apps.
It has been some time since I have published anything on my blogs, my apologies. I do have some excited news to share though!
As I had stated on a previous post, I am a DACA recipient which comes with its advantages but also with a handful of challenges. Well, recently (early Aug 2015) I was granted permanent residence status!!! That changes everything because what that means for me is that I am finally able to apply to any medical school in the country (along with other perks of course)! ahhh the excitement!!.
I submitted my AMCAS application on August 4th, 2015 and I was verified at the end of August which had me a little worry since I wanted to apply early rather than later. Due to costs, I was only able to apply to my 2 state schools; UNMC and Creighton University, and 4 out of state schools; KU, Stritch (Loyola), SLU, UIC (Chicago). I started receiving secondary applications a few days after I was verified by AMCAS so around late August with the exception of Loyola--I am still waiting for it--bummer. The first secondary I submitted was to UNMC and a 3 days later I received the interview invite! I was so happy since I had always dreamed of this moment. In addition, I submitted my secondary app to SLU on Sept 1st and to Creighton on Sept 2 so I am trying to be patient. I have yet to finish my secondary app for KU and UIC since KU is mostly an in-state school and my stats are not that impressive so I doubt they would consider me and UIC's OOS tuition just scares me.
I am mentally preparing for the UNMC II which is on Oct 30th, 2015. Two of the physicians who I work with were kind enough and offered to mentor me and help me prepare for the med school interviews--I have had a lot of great support from these fantastic persons. I should also mention that those two physicians have been of tremendous help and support--they were the ones who wrote LOR for my med schools application--- I cannot thank them enough!
I am really excited yet scared for the UNMC interview as they will be the deciding factor whether or not I get into medical school (at least for this upcoming year). My hope is that I do get in at UNMC since this is the community that has seen me grow both professionally and personally. My hope is that one day I can give back to my south Omaha community as much as they have given me.
As I had stated on a previous post, I am a DACA recipient which comes with its advantages but also with a handful of challenges. Well, recently (early Aug 2015) I was granted permanent residence status!!! That changes everything because what that means for me is that I am finally able to apply to any medical school in the country (along with other perks of course)! ahhh the excitement!!.
I submitted my AMCAS application on August 4th, 2015 and I was verified at the end of August which had me a little worry since I wanted to apply early rather than later. Due to costs, I was only able to apply to my 2 state schools; UNMC and Creighton University, and 4 out of state schools; KU, Stritch (Loyola), SLU, UIC (Chicago). I started receiving secondary applications a few days after I was verified by AMCAS so around late August with the exception of Loyola--I am still waiting for it--bummer. The first secondary I submitted was to UNMC and a 3 days later I received the interview invite! I was so happy since I had always dreamed of this moment. In addition, I submitted my secondary app to SLU on Sept 1st and to Creighton on Sept 2 so I am trying to be patient. I have yet to finish my secondary app for KU and UIC since KU is mostly an in-state school and my stats are not that impressive so I doubt they would consider me and UIC's OOS tuition just scares me.
I am mentally preparing for the UNMC II which is on Oct 30th, 2015. Two of the physicians who I work with were kind enough and offered to mentor me and help me prepare for the med school interviews--I have had a lot of great support from these fantastic persons. I should also mention that those two physicians have been of tremendous help and support--they were the ones who wrote LOR for my med schools application--- I cannot thank them enough!
I am really excited yet scared for the UNMC interview as they will be the deciding factor whether or not I get into medical school (at least for this upcoming year). My hope is that I do get in at UNMC since this is the community that has seen me grow both professionally and personally. My hope is that one day I can give back to my south Omaha community as much as they have given me.
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