This is so exciting! For reference there are currently four other HBCU medical schools open which are Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. This is a huge win! XULA's school of medicine is also the first HBCU school of medicine operating in the gulf south as well.

"The College of Medicine will begin recruiting students in coming weeks for its inaugural class starting in 2027, advancing the vision for America's next historically Black college of medicine."

This is great news and I look forward to the success of the school. What are your thoughts?

Read more here: https://www.xula.edu/xocom/historic-milestone-americas-newest-medical-school-earns-preliminary-accreditation.pdf

like not even a single rejection??? I mean thank god but not hearing a single thing so far I’m like did my application even go through… complete silence from MD and DO schools and I know people with lower and higher stats than me that have already heard so I’m starting to panic (trying not to but I can feel a crash out coming soon). and don’t even get me started on those emails that schools send that end up being info session invites.

Hey… I got the A today!!!!!!! From my two top schools.

I wanted to call my girlfriend to tell her on the phone but she kept shutting me down over text and telling me she’s studying in the library and she has a lot of work and cannot call. I told her to tell me when she’s free so that I can tell her over the phone.

She finally got the hint and realized that since it’s Oct 15 I must have found something out about med schools. But she continued to ask me to just send her a text or voice note and got increasingly frustrated when I told her that I want to wait to call until she’s free. She told me she hates waiting and that she doesn’t have the time right now.

She’s now mad at me for not just texting her. I’m lost because this is a huge day for me and I just wanted her to be proud and happy. I’m just lost here. Pre med relationships are not easy.

Should I just end it with her? Should I just wait? Am I the A hole…????

EDIT: thanks for everyone’s input. We ended up talking afterward and it went really well. We both apologized and she was really ecstatic for me. Everything is good :) and I’m going to relax😵‍💫

I know it’s not the end of the world and that I have a solid chance but I’m feeling so inadequate right now. 1 waitlist and radio silence from everyone else after applying to 30+ schools… I just feel so tired. currently procrastinating on telling my parents

Just sad ngl

Just wanted to brag because I originally thought i’d crash and burn in this class and tank my gpa.

However, thanks to some study tips from this subreddit and the chem subreddit I can officially say I got 100% course grade in Gen Chem 1! Starting gen chem 2 today so any tips are appreciated.

Thank you all and to all good luck on whatever it is that may be challenging you!

Is it possible to get ghosted even though the school sends out R and IIs to other people.
I turned in my secondaries july and early aug but haven’t heard anything back…. I’ve seen ppl get rejected or WL from those schools, but it’s crickets for me….

Sure I applied MD-PhD so it's probably different, but still hurts nonetheless. Interview wasn't great so I didn't have high expectations, but genuinely one of the worst feelings in the world. I'm just staring at my phone praying they call me and just kinda knowing it's not gonna happen.

submitted primary June 1st, verified first week July.

All secondaries sent within roughly 14 days of receiving, most completed July-August, with the last few late August/early September. 28 schools.
School list in post history if interested. 520 4.0

I know it’s still early but see a lot of ppl with IIs so always wondering lol, anybody in the same boat?

If in the first application cycle you only applied to a few schools and did not get in, but in the next cycle apply to new schools, is it true you are not a reapplicant to the new schools in your second cycle?

I believe this is what AMCAS says, but also that the new schools you apply to might ask in secondaries if you have applied to medicial school in general at all.

If you apply to a new school in your second cycle, that doesn't have a secondary prompt about reapplication, is it best to ask letters of recommendation writers to not mention that you are a reapplicant in their letters of recommendation when they resubmit their letters?

hi! i have my first MD interview next week and am looking for advice. i've only had traditional formats so far and ive done well w those, just haven't done an MMI before. i have adhd lol and my biggest struggle is slowing down and piecing everything together in a way that makes sense to the other person. in other words, i can be a bit sporadic and tend to ramble. any advice is much appreciated!

First R that actually hurt because it was my top pick. 8 points above their mean mcat (!?!??) but not a good fit I guess. I got interviews from the two other states I’m tied to so thought I was writing well about connections. Even more frustrating because this was my shot at in-state tuition vs out of state at Alma Mater and hometown state. Fmllll not even an interview guys rly

I have been waiting all day for mcgovern, and only seen 4 prematches sent. Last year it looks like a lot more were sent, any idea whats up?

Basically I am a junior electrical engineering major at a top 10 university. I’ve been doing pre-med since freshman year along with this. What happened was in an intro programming class my first semester, I was hella depressed and lazy back then and essentially copy pasted an entire assignment from chat a minute before the due date like a dumbass and got caught. I got on probation for two quarters, but don’t think it shows in the transcript though. I’m obviously going to tell the truth about it on the application but I have two options for the future: either continue on this path or turn to engineering full time as I was able to get a good internship for next year. Does anyone have any success stories or advice with a similar situation? I’m not trying to waste a bunch of time and money as from what I’ve seen on the internet it’s over if you get something like this. Im wondering if there is a chance.

If you can help out at all, please send me a message!! I have a lot of time to practice and would be grateful for any help! Thank you!

I am currently applying to colleges right now. I’m wanting to major in aerospace engineering but I know it’s a really hard major and it might screw up my gpa and not make it as competitive. Now I could go something easier like biology or finance, but if I weren’t to be accepted into med school I was wanting to do engineering instead. Is it worth the risk of not getting into med school for a major I’d want to pursue as a backup, or should I just go the easy path and do an easier major?

I’m sorry if this post doesn’t belong here but people in my lab are frequent users of the usual research subreddits and I’m trying to protect my anonymity.

My PI is incredibly biased against pre-med students not interested in MD-PhD. I’m interested in my MD/DO and the other student (exact same position I’m in, started at the same time) is debating MD or MD-PhD. From the jump, my PI preferred to them even if not purposefully. I was constantly being quizzed, everything I did was questioned and put under the guise of “teaching.” While the other student had fun light hearted conversations with the PI. The PI also told the other student that they think MDs aren’t critical thinkers, are bad at engaging in research, and doesn’t like working with them despite being an MD/PhD themselves.

They have taken a very hands off approach to mentoring me, to the point where the only time he’ll talk to me is during our pre scheduled monthly one on ones. But even those feel rushed and like he doesn’t want to be there. While the other student ends up getting 1 hr+ meetings. They speak frequently outside of their meetings and he’s very interested in how the students work is going. For me, couldn’t be bothered. If the PI has any interest in what I’m doing they go to the scientist i work with. I’ve even been sat at my desk and the two of them were discussing my new data without me. I tried to get involved in the conversation but was barely acknowledged.

And now I find out the other student is getting more learning opportunities, more responsibilities, a more independent project, and was damn near promised their own first author paper by the end of their time in the lab. I was told to not expect authorship in this position. The student was also told they would stop working on something that we both do together because it’s not worth her time with this bigger project. So now all of it will fall on me, and it’s also not worth my time. Yes we have different projects and potentially different career goals. But the lack of interest in me, my work, my goals, and my energy I’ve put in this lab is so frustrating.

At first I thought I was just overthinking, being too anxious, and maybe we just weren’t clicking. But I come to find out there were other students with the same career goals as me who had terrible experiences with this same PI. Some have quit because of the PIs treatment, there have been yelling matches between the PI and former students, and others have left talking to him extremely upset.

I know I haven’t always been my bosses or coaches favorites but I’ve never been made to feel undervalued or completely invisible blike I do now. And it being a pattern is extremely distressing.

Hey everyone, I'm super conflicted about taking a gap year versus not and I'm trying to sort it out before I schedule my mcat. Here is what my stats are.

My biggest concern is my GPA. I had a hard time adjusting to college level classes freshmen year so my GPA took a hit at first. I've been better and even made the deans list last year (I'm a junior for reference). This puts my gpa at about a 3.5.

For ECs:

Research: I work in two labs and I already have 400 hours as of right now with two posters in the works that I will be presenting at two conferences at the end of this academic year. I'm also gonna be working on an honors thesis. I'm expecting to have about 650-700 by the time I graduate.

Clinical: I work as a peds MA right now and by the end of junior year I expect to have 250-300ish hours from that job alone, but I'm trying to get another PRN/per-diem role in the meantime (if it works out, fingers-crossed since I've gotten auto-rejected some 40 million times). I also have clinical volunteering in pediatrics from my local hospital where I interact 1:1 with the patients.

Non-clinical volunteering: I just started volunteering as a tutor for children with neuro-developmental disabilities, and I plan to do this for about 2.5 hours every week starting in November (once I finish all my training for it). I additionally have about 100 hours from non-clinical work at the hospital (inventory, transport), and

Leadership: VP of a club on campus - 150 hours projected

My main dilemma: Take MCAT in April and assess whether I can apply this May based on my score, or decide to take a gap year and push MCAT to summer 2027.

Either way I will be under-loading in the spring 2027 semester to study for the mcat, and I am taking biochem (my last pre-req).

Given my GPA and ECs, what are your guy's thoughts? Thanks!!

I don’t apply until next cycle but I get so frustrated looking at my overall application sometimes. Specifically my science gpa (I didn’t do too hot my sophomore year). It’s at a 3.5 and as a Texas resident ik that’s not competitive.

I look at all my other stats and the numbers are great which makes me even more frustrated cause it’s one singular number that ik drags my application down

I know i’m applying to MED school so research questions wouldn’t be entirely relevant but i would have thought i would have been asked at least one question about research. Like especially with how emphasized research is in applying to med school?

I’ve only had 2 interviews so far so maybe it makes sense but really? The two schools were also pretty research heavy

Hi everyone. I just graduated with my bio pre-med degree in May. It’s always been my dream to be a doctor, however, I’m wondering if I even have a chance or if I should just pursue something else and not even waste my time.

The reason I’m wondering this is because of my grades. Here are the main issues:

3.57 cumulative GPA, 3.2 science GPA

D+ in gen chem 1 freshmen year; retook and got a B and got an A in gen chem 2

C+ in ochem 1 but got an A in ochem 2 and A- in biochem 1

The rest of my prerequisites and other grades are either As or Bs, and my semester GPAs did improve to approximately 3.7 my later semesters from around 3.3 my earlier semesters.

Besides the grades, I have plenty going for me. I was a student-athlete on our NCAA swim team all 4 years, team captain for the last 2 years, on the student athlete advisory committee for 3 years, and on the executive committee the last 2, and I worked as an EMT for a private company part-time during my senior year. Now I work as an EMT part-time for an extremely busy fire department and I’m also a full-time ER tech. By the time I’d apply I’d have 2.5k-3.5k clinical hours between all jobs. I don’t have any research experience.

If I did apply I’d definitely plan on getting some shadowing/volunteering as well.

Between everything, does anyone know if I should even waste my time studying for the MCAT and waiting for application cycles? I’m wondering if I should consider something else like nursing, PA, or even firefighter paramedic.

Thank you so much to whoever decided to read this and respond, hopefully I can make a decision soon and fall asleep easier lol.