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.