Recent content by LizzyM

I highly doubt that any medical school hands a research project to a medical student and says, "here you go, this is your research project and this is your mentor." I think that schools vary in terms of the amount of research that students can be involved in (some research at medical centers...

If you want to graduate college in the spring and start medical school in the fall (which is actually July at some schools) then you make your application to the medical schools, in the spring/summer the year before you graduate. The primary (also known as AMCAS) application is very time...

If you look at the "you asked, we did it" section right below the information on accreditation, you might surmise that some of the issues were related to curriculum expansion.

You will not be verified until AMCAS has your transcript(s). Another thing.... if you took any coursework elsewhere, such as while in HS or in the summer, be sure to request those transcripts. Otherwise, you'll be asked for them later and it will slow things down.

"muchos anos"??

Watch out for "ano" in Spanish. Without the tilda, those three letters mean something very different.

Wonderful volunteer work but not what we are looking for here which is face-to-face work with people in very vulnerable populations.

If they don't have room for you now, what makes you think letting them know of another offer with a deadline will move the needle and open up a seat for you??

I'd call it "applicant contribution" since you did work for it.

Schools are unlikely to talk to one another about specific applicants (ain't nobody got time for that) but next year or the year after someone may look at your application, your MCAT, your graduation date and say, "this one should have gotten in earlier... I wonder why not? might be arrogant...

Depending on your role, sitting with a person in hospice care may not be clinical. If they are a patient, and you are doing things to them that require a license, then yes, but if you are chatting, listening or playing music, reading aloud, it really isn't clinical.... Are there any homeless...

Well, given that there is a discrepancy between what you had (electric kettle) and what they said you had (toaster) it just seemed easier to call it an appliance.

Keep looking! Have you looked at VolunteerMatch.org ?

This is bizarre. You should give him the AMCAS guide for letter writers. You should emphasize that adcoms want his observations and his opinion based on his past experiences and how he's seen you perform in comparison to other students he's worked with.

I just don't like it. You just can't predict something that will happen in the future aside from a statement such as "I will keep breathing until the day I die."