Recent content by Fluidity of Movement

Move to Texas. they are the only ones to have a grade forgiveness program afaik since DO schools stopped.

None of this is a good reason to make career-impacting decisions. You have literally the entire summer to study for an August mcat, and still be early for DO. Applying with a 495 imo shows poor judgment, and will make re-applying even more difficult. Get your stuff sorted and apply once, with a...

You don't need to question, the answer is a resounding "yes" unfortunately, unless there was some miscommunication or perhaps they were just referencing that particular school(s). The people here with all of the fancy badges under their names are the ones you can trust. Most have decades of...

ChatGPT is great for brainstorming things like this.

The mcat doesn't work like "oh I did bad let me just do it again". 10 months of study while working + school full time isn't even enough time for you to do content review, much less be fully prepared for the actual exam. Maybe I missed your timeline of trying to cram everything in now, before...

I was unaware of this. Strange since they just expanded medicare billing rights to LPCs so you should see a lot more of them in hospitals.

If I could add to the list that Crisis Counselors generally only need BS or equivalent experience. Also, Psych Techs vary a lot by state, and generally provide interventions or lead group / recreational therapies (which also may be a separate job offered by the hospital). It's more of in the...

I didn't even start college until 23. Then life and illness kept getting in the way. I'm hoping to finally have my bachelor by 35 and matriculated by 36. I have a friend down the road who just matched IM at 45.

start handing out sandwiches to people under the bridge. and dont run off when they start talking to you.

there's no way you got a deferral based on debt, lol. best wishes.

Would avoid any intel chip due to battery issues, unless you are getting one with a pen. HP Dragonfly Pro is the only laptop with macbook comparable battery and performance. Would get a good AMD laptop and an ipad for annotation, best of both worlds. If you don't care about battery, then go...

This is an intentional necrobump. I frequently still see this post cited in various pre-med circles however many of the schools no longer have advisories against community college on their website. And in general, a handful of schools out of ~200 should not dissuade one from pursuing their...

The cliche / funny premed mantra is "I like science and want to help people." If you can't muster even that then you are in this for the wrong reason. Getting experience on your application is more about proving to yourself that you want to go to medical school, rather than proving it to an adcom.

This is the curse of being young, when 1 year is ~10% of your current total remembered life, so it seems like a lot.

when you enter medical school you will be exactly 0 years behind every other M1. It's unlikely your age will be anything other than an *asset* to your studies and peers. It's getting closer to 25. I've worked with teenagers for years and my new job at the hospital the teens are shock emoji...