Who /medschool/ here? I have put some thought into possibly applying for Med School in the future as I am only a freshman but am not entirely sure what the pros and cons are of going to top schools or how applying to residencies go or even how you go about choosing your specialty when you decide on being a Dr or specializing in Surgery. What were your guys' gpa's, undergrad major, volunteer experiences/recommendations, and all other listings on your application that you feel are necessary to be competitive to get accepted?
Who /medschool/ here...
Jacob Martinez
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Landon Reed
I'm not pre-med but most my friends in undergrad were.
>GPA
most had a 3.7-4. Some of the more delusional ones had like 3-3.5.
>Major
most were biology. biochemistry was the graduate school major.
>volunteer experiences
Most of the ones accepted into programs volunteered at hospitals and eventually worked as scribes. This is pretty essential, you need hospital experience, if anything to make sure you are ok with the environment.
>other listings
literally anything and everything you can think of, including undergrad research projects, silly departmental recognition, anything.
overall process is undergrad -> med school -> residency (for assured job) -> specialty.
I think you go into surgery specialty in medical school, not entirely sure though.
i will warn you, make sure you either love medicine, helping people, or both. Because burnout of pre-med and medical students is astounding. It's an assload of work, memorization, and money, at least 6 years of offset earning potential, and a lifestyle you have to work around.
Sebastian Martinez
You won't obtain anything from here, you are better off going to the subreddits. Veeky Forums hates medfags.
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Joshua Lee
it's because you guys do little science, you are just input/output machines based on statistically what a patient is most likely to have. Any actual science is passed on to labs with researchers.
that being said, thanks for what you do, i cant stand the sight of free flowing blood
Jordan Morales
I know, I'm not mad. I love you too.
Isaiah Moore
Anyone here involved in the md/phd meme?
Hudson Richardson
i almost did but im not that crazy or smart. Apparently i'll regret it when they get priority on all the funding
Ryder Reyes
they usually get priority on their first grant, don't achieve anything notable, fail to get a grant renewal or second grant, and then fall back to working as a doctor.
Ryder Anderson
ahaha you just made my night, i really hope that's true though, my adviser makes it sounds like MD/PhDs swoop out of nowhere and steal your money (only to do nothing with it, of course)
Hudson Walker
Well, I've seen that too many of them try to juggle being a researcher and being a doctor. There really aren't enough hours in the day for this lifestyle though. I'm also pretty sure med school trains you to have no critical thinking ability.