Medical Schools Update

Well, it has definitely being a wild ride to say the least. This whole medical school application process and the waiting phase in particular can be very stressful because literary, your future is in the hands of doctors.

It is leap day today, it has been a while since I have written any post but unfortunately I did not have any updates for the most part. But here I am today, meaning I finally have some updates.

Let's recap on the schools I applied for this past 2015-2016 cycle. I applied to three Jesuit schools and my state school; Creighton University, St. Louis University in Missouri, Stritch School of Medicine and University of Nebraska Medical Center. So far, I have had an interview at UNMC and that is that. My luck stops there as no other schools have offered me an interview and probably won't since it is already March. In fact, I received rejection letters from Creighton University and St. Louis University in February 8th and February 15th, 2016, respectively. Stritch has given me the silence treatment, which I believe it is unfair as I put a lot of thought in the secondary application. Stritch almost reminds of my a previous relationship, no matter how thoughtful and courteous one is, one single misstep and you are done. They should of have at least taken some time to write me a rejection letter, so I think. I am not going to lie, receiving those rejection letters via email and the silence treatment had a significant psychological impact on me. Not only did I feel rejected, no pun intended, but I felt that all my hard work was for nothing and perhaps I was not meant to be a doctor. Perhaps I should reconsider the career. Now I am aware that my GPA and my MCAT score were at the bottom 10% percentile of accepted medical students at all these schools (my GPA not so much though) but that does not mean I don't have what it takes to take on the medical school curriculum, graduate and become a successful medical practitioner. MCAT score (anything above 24 per research I have read) does not correlate significantly with success of medical school. As long as someone meets the "minimum" standards, that person is just as successful as a person who got a better score given everything else is the same; family and socioeconomic support i.e. But obviously, medical schools want only the best because their reputation matters. Unfortunately, sometimes the best cannot be extrapolated from GPA and MCAT or your curriculum vitae, sometimes personality and getting to know someone is just as important.

Those are just my thoughts on that subject.

Boo to CUMC...


 Boo to St. Louis University...
 

and finally Boo to Stritch school of Medicine...