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Hi everyone,
I think there's always AMAs out there but few people are willing to be upfront about things
I was a non-trad student. I had a lot of struggles in life in general. I went to a decent University of California undergrad originally thinking of a different career and graduated with a 3.0. I worked a few jobs and along the way I found out I wanted to do medicine. I did post-bacc at a community college and had like a 3.7 there. I took the MCAT and got a 28 (this is around 505 for you guys). I went to Western. I wasn't a great student. I failed my infectious disease class, graduated in the 4th quartile, passed step 1 with like a 205 or so then all three levels with 450ish score. I wanted to go into Neurology but failed to match and got into my backup IM, which was actually a blessing because I enjoy it more than Neuro. Now I'm going to go into fellowship for infectious disease. Yes, from failing ID to becoming the ID doc
Why am I doing this? Because I saw a post of someone that wasn't sure if they should be proud that they got into DO school. What kind of **** is that? Look at me, I struggled all the way and I'm very proud of everything I accomplished. I'm also not ashamed of the hardships because I made sure to learn from them rather than let them shame me. Would I have wanted to go to Harvard and found the cure for COVID? Sure, but that wasn't me and that's okay. Still, I know I'm a very good doctor and there are people alive thanks to me
Ask me anything. It doesn't mean I'll answer anything, but if there's something you want to know, go ahead. If you're struggling and in the shadows, you're not alone. You can PM me if you prefer
I think there's always AMAs out there but few people are willing to be upfront about things
I was a non-trad student. I had a lot of struggles in life in general. I went to a decent University of California undergrad originally thinking of a different career and graduated with a 3.0. I worked a few jobs and along the way I found out I wanted to do medicine. I did post-bacc at a community college and had like a 3.7 there. I took the MCAT and got a 28 (this is around 505 for you guys). I went to Western. I wasn't a great student. I failed my infectious disease class, graduated in the 4th quartile, passed step 1 with like a 205 or so then all three levels with 450ish score. I wanted to go into Neurology but failed to match and got into my backup IM, which was actually a blessing because I enjoy it more than Neuro. Now I'm going to go into fellowship for infectious disease. Yes, from failing ID to becoming the ID doc
Why am I doing this? Because I saw a post of someone that wasn't sure if they should be proud that they got into DO school. What kind of **** is that? Look at me, I struggled all the way and I'm very proud of everything I accomplished. I'm also not ashamed of the hardships because I made sure to learn from them rather than let them shame me. Would I have wanted to go to Harvard and found the cure for COVID? Sure, but that wasn't me and that's okay. Still, I know I'm a very good doctor and there are people alive thanks to me
Ask me anything. It doesn't mean I'll answer anything, but if there's something you want to know, go ahead. If you're struggling and in the shadows, you're not alone. You can PM me if you prefer