j/m.d. writes:"You have a 95% chances of acceptance if you can show the dedication that you obviously have and the amazing desire to want to undergo a rigorous profession. You did great, my friend. If nothing goes, you get on the waiting list which is automatic acceptance for the following semester, NO fears at all. I was accepted the day after, however I began to realize what studying medicine

Anonymous writes:"Hey!I really enjoyed reading your blog man! I have been out of school for 7 years working in I.T Field but now once again I have an urge to pursue my dream of being a doc. I am 32 and have a 1 year old. Lets see I am thinking to just study for the MCATs and write it and then just leave it to God.Wish me luck"First of all, good luck.Secondly, since I'm in the

Anonymous writes:"this is really helpful. I am a junior at a Business School, majoring in Accounting. And I am presently 17 years old. I was just wondering if I have to go to medical school i will have to start college allover again. this was really helpful"As long as you finish your degree in Business, all you have to do is make sure you've taken the required sciences classes. These classes

I'm going to do something a little different today. One of my classes this semesters (and one of the graduation requirements that I was missing) is Ethics. I going to talk about my stance on the issue of Euthanasia. My perspective is that of a wide-eyed college student who isn't really facing these issues as they happen, in the moment, face-to-face with the families and loved ones that are

Here is a link to my interview feedback for Ross University on The Student Doctor Network: LINK.For all those out there curious about specific questions that were asked, here's a list of just about every question that was asked (with follow-up questions):Tell me about your family?What interests you about becoming a doctor?When did you first hear about Ross?What does your family think about

One of the schools I'm applying to only allows a Personal Statement of 300 words or less. This is very short considering the lengths required by most schools. According to their website, they do this for two reasons:They take pride in the fact that they read every single word of every single application. (They don't dismiss students outright because of a single score.) Doing this takes up

Ha! This will be my last blog entry on this blog.About 4 hours ago, I got the acceptance email I've been waiting for from Ross University School of Medicine. I applied for their January 2009 class. The January class was full and I'm bumped to May -- but I'm in!It's been a long time coming.I'll probably edit this post in the future to tell more of the details, but this is the last entry. I

Here's the corrected version of yesterday's essay: In the Fall of 2002, a co-worker of mine asked me to take an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification class with him and it changed my life forever. This class was exactly what I needed. The subject matter was raw, the weekly hands-on testing was intense and the consequences were serious. What we learned in this class would have a

Anonymous writes:"Where did you do EMT training at? I'm trying to find a good place. (P.S: You're blog is extremely helpful and inspiring. I rely on it for my motivational boost to work harder in order to get into Med school) :-)"I'm afraid I won't be of too much help in this area. I can only tell you about my own experience and in my experience I was just really lucky.I was fortunate that the

Anonymous responds to this and writes:"is this jonathan that went to brazil in the summer of 2006? if so, i think this blog might be about me 😀 i heard from a classmate here at keck about this blog and i wanted to check it out! good luck on the app process!"Ha!Yes, it is. Don't read this. How embarrassing.Like I said to you before when you weren't sure if you got accepted or not, if you can't

I've been hinting towards this. I've talked about it. And I know a lot of people aren't interested in this school because it's international.Ross UniversitySay what you want, but I've done my homework on the school. It's a good school.I've just completed and filled out their online application. Yesterday, I spent all day driving around to all my former schools ordering transcripts. My

You should already know this, but if you didn't already how the application process works for the majority of U.S. medical schools, it's done through the AMCAS service found on the AAMC website: HERE.Here's a re-post of their own self-description:The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) is a non-profit, centralized application processing service for applicants to the first-year