Recent content by Bruin4Life

Just wondering what the weather is like in Michigan. I have an interview in early January and I'm wondering if I should buy a warm jacket. All I own is thin sweat shirts living in California. WOuld I need gloves and a scarf?

In a few more days I'll be at my first interview. I was just wondering what you guys think about the lunch-ins at the interviews. In general how are they set up? Are you paired up with a med student and then chat over lunch or do you sit among the med students and chat in a group? Can you...

A buddy of mine didn't get any love from Stanford but got accepted to UCLA School of Medicine. There is something in particular they are looking for. Maybe ECs with under-served populations. I know my friend was pretty active but had zero activities that would qualifiy him as working with...

I cut and paste the following question from the new feature on SDN interview feedback. It was asked at the university of Utah according to the poster. "Woman getting a Cesarian and her platelets are low. Of course, her religion calls for no infusion of blood products. She says no blood...

Hi Modelgirl, Don't fret, trying typing your responses on your computer. Print out your responses and literally cut and paste them on the application. I haven't done this yet on the Drew application simply because I haven't gotten to it, but I did this for 2 other secondaries.

I guess if they feel you're a total fit with the school they'll dismiss a subpar MCAT section score or less than stellar GPA. I guess they can guage the fit with your AMCAS essays and letters of recommendation. I really don't know exacty what criteria they refer to. Check out their school...

That's interesting. There are quite a few people with zero to very little research yet successful applications. By the way two years of research wouldn't qualify for litte or minimal research. By little I would refer to a semester or quarter of research or even less.

I'm just curious if anyone else has little to no research experience and how you've fared in the process thus far. It almost seemed to me that research was a requirement since every premed I knew or heard about had research experience. Personally I knew early on that I wanted to be a...

What is the best way to prepare? Without a prep course, your best bet is to start as early as possible. Make yourself a schedule and keep to it. Study preferablly outside the home (to many distractions in the house). Pull out a piece of paper right now and prepare to take notes if you want...

You guys are awesome. Thanks to each one of you that took the time to reply with suggestions. The nearest dillards is a good 2 hour drive from my house so it's a little too far. Like a couple of you guys assumed, yes I'm in Southern Ca., and luckily there's a 3-day suit broker relatively...

I was checking out the Men's Warehouse and the average price for a nice suit is $300, not including everything else. I would proably spend about $600 bucks if I buy the whole thing there including shoes. Anyone know of a cheaper store?

It depends on the school. Yes some schools are pretty booked, but some school aren't. Albany offered me an interview just yesterday and it was scheduled for early December. On the other hand, MCP Hahnemann scheduled me an interview for the middle of January, and this was two weeks ago. Don't...

No shame in the game: I'm a 23 y.o. Latino male, 5-9, medium built, brown eyes, brown hair. I live in Los Angeles and I'm currently finishing my B.A. in psychology. I've worked as a Child Counselor. My hobbies include taking pictures, baseball, camping. I'm more on the liberal side. I like...

The kid had to be on drugs to say something like that. Immature wouldn't describe his behavior. More like he was sprung-out on dope. Some dope will make people feel like a "god" and thus say or do utterly stupid things thinking they can get away with it. ""The Dean then called the...