Well, I got accepted to Med School

[Adam Smasher]

Yesterday, I received a call from the Dean of my #1 school, the school I'd hoped for, the school I'd spent years planning around, the school that crushed me when they put me on their waitlist, that my number had come up and I was in.

I got this after applying to 14 schools, culminating in 11 rejections (one post interview) and 3 waitlists.

After a lifetime of grade grubbing and butt kissing.

After hundreds of dollars and as many hours filling out applications, secondaries, and traveling to interviews.

After becoming so discouraged when no one wanted to interview me after November that I hired a consultant to do mock interviews with me.

After she advised me to get more clinical experience, in any field, as long as it's a health care setting, and so I shadowed a local podiatrist.

After he convinced me to send in my pod school application, even though it was really late in the cycle.

After being accepted to every pod school I applied to.

After I did such a thorough job convincing my parents that podiatry is just as great a career as "real medicine," if not a better one, that I even convinced myself.

After I became so disillusioned with school in general since my entire undergraduate career was nothing but A's and that wasn't enough to get me into med school.

After I stopped caring about my grades to the point that I aimed for straight C's this past semester and even sent a harshly critical e-mail to one of my profs for being a lazy teacher (who by the way is affiliated with the above mentioned school).

After all this, a year long nightmare, I got a call from the dean of my dream medical school, my top pick, and I'm in.



And you know what? I told him to suck my fat one.

DPM, FTW!

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[Adam Smasher]

Edit: this should have been in the pre-pod forum, so if a mod would be so kind as to move it for me...

 

[Feli]

Congrats... work hard in pod school.

You will probably be very satisfied with your decision, esp when you begin clinicals and residency and start seeing vaious job quality, income, and general work/call hours among the different specialties.

 

[G0dFather]

hahaha!! GOOD STUFF!!! Ur the man!

 

[NatCh]

That was awesome.

 

[phillypd]

this was by far the funiest thing i heard all day.........

 

[shava9865]

More power to ya! I don't think you will be disappointed with your decision!

 

[DaveApple]

Great post

 

[PoddyMan]

My wife and I LOL after reading this! We wish you the best!

 

[chocolaterie]

 

[mathlegend]

Heh good job and good luck

 

[Adam Smasher]

I also forgot to mention that I at one point answered "yes" to a premed survey a while back asking, "Would you eat a poop hot dog to get into med school?"

 

[tdhtim09]

awesome. so which podiatry school are you going to?

 

[dropfoot]

I made my wife read this story to me before bed last night; i sleeped like a baby and woke up laughing my @$$ off.

 

[244869]

That was an awesome read!

Which pod school will you be attending in the fall?

 

[Adam Smasher]

I'm going to Scholl, gotta get my life in order to move to Chicago now...

 

[ohpodologia]

I'm going to scholl too! Guess I'll see you in a couple months!

 

[Huntr]

EDIT.......you got into PODIATRY SCHOOL.....not medical school

 

[jonwill]

EDIT.......you got into PODIATRY SCHOOL.....not medical school

No, I don't think you understand the post.

 

[165007]

No, I don't think you understand the post.

pwned

 

[244869]

edit.......you got into podiatry school.....not medical school

fail

 

[mathlegend]

EDIT.......you got into PODIATRY SCHOOL.....not medical school

LOL it wasn't that had to understand

 

[prepodirfan]

EDIT.......you got into PODIATRY SCHOOL.....not medical school

hahahaha what a tool!

 

[244869]

Is it just me or are the majority of these med student/pre-med naysayers DO?

 

[podpod]

EDIT.......you got into PODIATRY SCHOOL.....not medical school

1) how bout u stay on ur f***ing med forums

2) im sure ur low mcat verbal score got u into a low rated DO program.... congrats ahole

 

[podpod]

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[prepodirfan]

Its all good. lets leave this MD reject alone. Were all MEDICAL students here and happy ones at that. People like this, who simply have superiority complexes, dont bother me.

 

[Adam Smasher]

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[prepodirfan]

Adam Smasher, sorry u took it that way but I was talking about that idiot Huntr who is infact a DO student thus an MD reject as well as an egotistical d-bag. You, my friend, rejected an MD school for Pod school. Thats true love for the field.

 

[tkim]

Adam Smasher, sorry u took it that way but I was talking about that idiot Huntr who is infact a DO student thus an MD reject as well as an egotistical d-bag. You, my friend, rejected an MD school for Pod school. Thats true love for the field.

Is it necessary to hate on an entire class of doctors as 'MD' rejects?

 

[podpod]

Is it necessary to hate on an entire class of doctors as 'MD' rejects?

only when they make it a point to come on our forum and troll

 

[air bud]

Its all good. lets leave this MD reject alone. Were all MEDICAL students here and happy ones at that. People like this, who simply have superiority complexes, dont bother me.

when you come out and say stupid crap like this, you show your inferiority complex.

 

[prepodirfan]

i dont see how thats remotely possible from what I said, but youre totally entitled to your opinion. nonetheless, someones gotta shut these trash talkers up....why not fight fire with fire. its fun.

 

[tkim]

only when they make it a point to come on our forum and troll

Uh, very professional.

 

[Phizz29]

Hahaha this forum is AWESOME!

 

[PodunkUDPM]

Hahaha this forum is AWESOME!

Thanks to quality posters like you!

 

[Handy388]

pod school is awesome brah.

 

[PharoPod]

You know what you want and this is enough to expect great success for people like you. Good luck

 

[air bud]

yeah theta...you might want to change your "flagstaff...soon the be oakland" if you want your new name to be somewhat anonymous. i also think you might want to develop a second personality too, since it is not too hard to figure out when you post stuff under new identities.

 

[phospho]

Yesterday, I received a call from the Dean of my #1 school, the school I'd hoped for, the school I'd spent years planning around, the school that crushed me when they put me on their waitlist, that my number had come up and I was in.

I got this after applying to 14 schools, culminating in 11 rejections (one post interview) and 3 waitlists.

After a lifetime of grade grubbing and butt kissing.

After hundreds of dollars and as many hours filling out applications, secondaries, and traveling to interviews.

After becoming so discouraged when no one wanted to interview me after November that I hired a consultant to do mock interviews with me.

After she advised me to get more clinical experience, in any field, as long as it's a health care setting, and so I shadowed a local podiatrist.

After he convinced me to send in my pod school application, even though it was really late in the cycle.

After being accepted to every pod school I applied to.

After I did such a thorough job convincing my parents that podiatry is just as great a career as "real medicine," if not a better one, that I even convinced myself.

After I became so disillusioned with school in general since my entire undergraduate career was nothing but A's and that wasn't enough to get me into med school.

After I stopped caring about my grades to the point that I aimed for straight C's this past semester and even sent a harshly critical e-mail to one of my profs for being a lazy teacher (who by the way is affiliated with the above mentioned school).

After all this, a year long nightmare, I got a call from the dean of my dream medical school, my top pick, and I'm in.



And you know what? I told him to suck my fat one.

DPM, FTW!

Best of luck to you!

 

[ThetaChiNAU]

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[PADPM]

FYI, the (one) med school I was talking about was the University of Miami, which is an MD program, not that it really matters. I didn't want to post the name originally, but I guess with a tiny bit of sleuthing you'd be able to figure it out just by looking at which pre-med threads I've been posting to.

Oh yes, and one of the other schools I got waitlisted at rejected me, and the only school in question is...Rosalind Franklin University.

I hope I get a rejection (from the Chicago Medical School). The guy who interviewed with me was a squirrely little pissant and I think there was mutual disdain between the two of us. If rejected, on the first day of school at Scholl, I want to pop by his office and tell him "Surprise, cockfag!"

Come on "Adam", show a little humility and a little class. If you learn anything, it's to never burn your bridges.

Although I'm sure everyone will jump all over my post, I have some questions for you. I've been in practice for over 20 years and podiatry was my first choice from day ONE. Therefore, I'm happy with my career choice.

It appears that your career choice was always to obtain your MD degree and after not seeming to obtain success, you decided to change directions and pursue the DPM degree.

Now your decision to stay with the DPM degree almost seems an act of "spite" to prove something.

Are you sure that your plans are really well thought out and that you REALLY want to limit your career to the scope of practice of podiatry vs an unlimited MD license??

As stated, I made my choice a long time ago and I'm happy with my decision. Please make sure that you're REALLY making your decision for the right reason(s).

Not everyone has the ability to be accepted to medical school, and medical school allows you to practice with an unlimited license and also allows you 4 years to decide which field of medicine you want to choose as your specialty, after your rotations. Once you choose podiatric medicine, your path is set.

I've been happy with my decision, I just want to make sure you made your decision for the right reasons.

 

[Darklord]

you REALLY want to limit your career to the scope of practice of podiatry vs an unlimited MD license??

This has really been making me think for a while now.

 

[mathlegend]

Is MD really that unlimited? Doesnt it really just give you a few more years to decide what specialty you want, while as a DPM, you decide it 4 years before a MD does?

 

[air bud]

This has really been making me think for a while now.

an hour and twenty one minutes?

 

[podpod]

Is MD really that unlimited? Doesnt it really just give you a few more years to decide what specialty you want, while as a DPM, you decide it 4 years before a MD does?

yea im def gonna have to say md is def not that unlimited. i doubt if you were a cardiologist ud be taking ppl into ur practice for the common cold. lets face it, md just buys u 4 years to screw up or do really well to get into the right residency. im sure very few ppl actually want "internal medicine"... dermatology FTW!!!

 

[PADPM]

Yes, I was very careful to state it basically gives you 4 extra years to make that decision, and allows you to make that decision following your rotations.

Although a cardiologist or any other specialist really does practice within a limited scope, by law he/she can do ANYTHING he/she wants. Additionally, many surgery residents "moonlight" in hospital ER's to earn extra money, many internal medicine residents "moonlight" for on-call rotation as in-house officers for extra money, etc. Unfortunately, that's not available in our profession.

Additionally, I know MANY MD's of all specialties that have left private practice to take positions as consultants with medical firms, pharmaceutical firms, consulting firms, research companies, technology companies, etc., and those positions are rarely if ever available to DPM's.

Once again, I'm happy with my decision, I just wanted to make sure that Adam's decision was well thought out, and not a knee jerk reflex.

 

[phillypd]

For those who don't know.......the MD lic. is very unlimited......i don't agree with alot PADPM says but this is true. Although you pick a specific field at the end..you can still do lots of other things that include the entire body...and there is alot of opportunity to make LOTS of extra cash moonlighting....you can't do anything even simular as a DPM...i know GYN's that do surgery, and surgeons that do emergency med.....so although you choose a specific field to concentrate on......you can do so much more.......and you can also pick up an additional residency and be doubled qualified for many things..........can't do that as a DPM....

i'm just saying............

 

[NatCh]

i know GYN's that do surgery, and surgeons the do emergency med

An obstetrician/gynecologist performs obstetric/gynecologic surgery, but I don't think they do appendectomies and laparoscopic cholecystectomies. If you were a patient who had colon cancer, would you ask or allow your OB to remove your colon when there are general surgeons available?

Gen. surgeons do emergency general surgery, but why would they choose to take shifts in the ER for basic emergency medicine? They already have ridiculously strenuous work schedules and call schedules, and the last I heard they were not hurting for income. Is there a hospital out where you live that allows non-ER physicians to act as an ER physician? Is there a shortage of emergency medicine residency-trained ER physicians there?

An M.D. degree has unlimited potential (unless you include dental work) but once they have picked their area of specialty I think that they pretty much stick to it. I can't imagine why a specialist would want to dabble in other areas of medicine, risking his reputation, malpractice, and the demise of his livelihood.

I guess the biggest problem would be if you had your heart set on a certain specialty and never got selected for that residency, then ended up in a specialty that you really don't care for. Let's say you had your heart set on being an ophthalmologist but did not get accepted into an ophthalmology residency. Then what?

Podiatry is definitely limited in options, but you know at the start what you are getting into (hopefully). The original poster did say that he shadowed a podiatrist, so hopefully he has an idea of what he is getting into.

 

[Podmeister]

While selecting a medical specialty, the average medical student will change his or her mind at least 2-3 times upon graduation and may continue to do so even after residency training.

For example, my brother started out wanting to be a pediatrician. After his first pediatric rotation, he lost interest and decided on internal medicine/cardiology. He completed the 3 yr internal medicine residency, worked for 1 year, and decided to switch to rheumatology, which requires 2 more years of fellowship. I have a cousin who was interested in pathology in med school but later chose pediatrics. After residency and working for 1 yr, she too lost interest and switched to allergy/immunology.

If you are unsure of an area of interest, medical school will provide the opportunity for exploration while podiatry does not. That is why shadowing a podiatrist and researching the profession is so crucial in your decision making.