12 Interviews and 10 Acceptances: What Made His App Amazing? | Mission: Accepted S2 Ep. 9

Mission: Accepted features successful med school applicants. We dive into their full applications, looking at specifically what worked well, along with what they could've done even better.

[sterben]

the amount of clinical experience and variety this guy has on his application is insane.

[algamer]

After watching this I can’t believe he didn’t get more interviews, how are you going to see that and not offer this guy an interview…

[edwmac]

Great application. And great illustration of medical schools not looking at stats as the be all and end all. This guy is more motivated than most, and likely to be a good physician. I get so sick of people complaining about students with perfect stats not getting into school. They assume it has to do with race or ethnicity, but it does not.

[mr.least]

10 acceptances!🎉 Congrats, I wonder how he’s doing now. I’m also shocked by the 37 rejections, his application was incredible.

[yoonmin]

He has a great application, no wonder why he got 12 interviews. My application belongs in the trash compared to his lol

[thebeatles]

"I just self-studied all of OCHEM" goddamn what a soldier. *Never give up, never be defeated, * - The Soldier's Creed. I fucking miss the Army.

[lalola]

I submitted my amcas app on december 1 and got into medical school

[campbeja]

It would be nice to hear an update from this candidate

[BrianErwin]

great mcat for having self studied ochem, biochem, no physics 2, and no psych

[MultiAngelluv]

Mehn! This guy is gold! I’m so inspired

[solstice]

One impactful story that I might use is being a secondhand witness to my dad’s decline with paranoid schizophrenia and how traumatizing it was but it wasn’t until psychiatrists helped him and got him on meds that our lives and family became whole and not so broken anymore because dad had power over his life again. I know there’s still stigma around mental health but I’ve suffered with a lot of ptsd and depression but have always managed to come out on top due to doctors and medicine.. would this be too risky to state? Or do you think it would be impactful? I’ve truly never felt such an academic passion grow inside of me until I realized that I want to become a psychiatrist.

[onetime]

The army job is what really made a difference.

[joaquinvazquez]

I was not expecting to see "white house". THAT'S INCREDIBLE

[PlaysPlaystation]

seems like hes a good interviewer as well

[sw]

So I think this might be a good topic of discussion on a podcast/video/etc. I’m an ER tech and had the opportunity to shadow many specialties just by striking up a conversation during consults. Because I work at the hospital, surgery let’s me scrub into cases, retract, and get a bit more “hands on” than a general shadowing opportunity that you say are usually boring. We do anatomy review before every case and I get teaching points during everything, from equipment to the steps of the procedure. Are there implications to listing how it was impactful? Or should I just list the specialities like you say here. I have 4000+ clinical hours and a year before I apply so it wouldn’t be to bolster the clinical section of my app, it’s just an amazing opportunity that I do weekly after my shift.

[Scriabin_fan]

Does it look bad if my most meaningful experience is not medically related?

[millenniumteacher]

oh my gosh where did he end up going!!! I want updates. :D

[ruthies]

Do you ever review any TMDSAS applications?

[Jazzyblackdrummer]

Wow Dr Gray I didn’t know that you’re prior service. Ooh rah I’m prior service Marine Corps and Army reserves.

[mohammedshamil]

What are those two schools that didn't accept him?