Current List of Medical Schools

Below is my list of schools that I will being applying to. I complied my list mainly on the fact did they previously accept people with my GPA and MCAT score. Unfortunately my GPA suffered one year because of a full time job and even with getting good grades the two years after, my GPA was unable to recover. My MCAT score was good and was liked by many admission counselors that I talked to about my current situation.

• Central Michigan University
• Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
• Cooper Medical School Of Rowan University
• Drexel University
• Duke University (Dream School)
• Howard University
• Meharry Medical College
• University Of Nevada Reno School of Medicine (Dream School_

Although this is below the average number of 13 medical schools that everyone applies to, I feel with at least half of them I have a decent chance of getting in. Now just to find the money apply. I am thinking of applying to a few DO schools. I would just like to get this medical school journey started. I've been working full time for almost two months now and I just want to go back to school. Lame I know.

After a long soul searching break

I unfortunately let this blog slide mainly because I was no longer sure if medicine was a career path I wanted anymore. After working in the real world, pursuing some educational interests and graduating, I am ready to apply to medical school again. This time with far greater insight. Over a year ago, I was rejected from the only school I applied to. A huge mistake on my part, I should've applied to more schools. I applied with the wrong kind of mindset. I applied because I thought I should apply not because I was ready to apply. I did not have enough medical experience and I did not have a recommendation from a doctor.

Currently I still have the one problem of a letter of recommendation. I worked for a doctor for a year and was allowed to shadow her. I asked for a letter and was met with great enthusiasm. But after a week I received a call from the office manager telling me the doctor was pulling out because she didn't feel she could write a strong letter. Partially I am not upset by this because it is better to have no letter than a horrible letter. But I believe the loss of my letter actually had to do with the crazy office manager who made my life a living hell for a year rather than the actual doctor.

I want to make this blog more about my life and not just applying to medical school. This is in part because there is simply more to write about even if it is terribly. Because lets face it, much of applying is all about the waiting game.

So while I wait at least I achieved one accomplishment. I am now a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno with a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry and a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science. Hooray for me!