From a 2.37 Freshman GPA to Her Top-Choice Med School | Mission: Accepted Ep. 1

[@jonathanholmes8408]

Yes, this is an extremely important series. That way students can see a successful application and contrast that with one that wasn't successful!

[@ayanadharrampaul7549]

She was my bonding teacher. Always super nice and took time to make sure we understood concepts. I'm so happy for her.

[@alvint4485]

what is a bonding teacher

[@ayanadharrampaul7549]

@@alvint4485 our school offers an extra supplementary course for intruductory science courses ie gen chem, biology, orgo that is usually taught by TAs. They give you extra practice problems , tips and tricks etc to help improve your understanding in the subject

[@JN-wn1kw]

@@alvint4485 you you

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[@lexywithay7768]

Seeing incredible applicants like her with a life journey and full of resilience really makes me wonder why she only got into 2 schools!! So glad she’s gonna be a doctor she seems amazing

[@nnette21]

There is an element of transparency that is missing in that story ...her story is not unique, people who deal with emigrants are already familiar with these Journeys ...all emigrants are resilient !

[@lilyzhong7458]

As an ESL student who is always self-conscious about my accent and slow reading speed (Killer for MCAT), this is a huge encouragement to me! Thank you so much!

[@zhouduck]

没问题的，英语什么的最简单了👌加油

[@juliusmendoza7108]

I really enjoy seeing people who are able to bounce back from low gpa from their freshman year of college and get accepted from their top medical medical school. Academically, I used to be proficient in all things academics when it came to grammar school and highschool but when it came to college my whole life turned around. I have a low gpa for my freshman year but hopeful for my future year that I can do better

[@alphaa.9151]

Same here! Moved to the US when I was 17. I have my BSN and MSN, completing Premed reqs now as a Post Bac student 🙂

[@alphaa.9151]

Laura Morales Thanks 😊

[@DoctorFashion]

Thanks for the great content ! Stuff like this keeps me going .. 🙏🏾💛

[@adwoatumtum]

*I really like her and her perseverance* 😩 *Edit: She went to my hometown Ghana, even better* 🇬🇭

[@adwoatumtum]

Larenza Elbert *omggg. I love that*

[@yiela_]

Also from Ghana 🇬🇭

[@gabrieladalmeida]

I also moved to the US by myself when I was 17. I started school with a 2.1 and now finishing it with >3.6 and 3.94 major GPA! I'm applying next year! My story is so similar to hers

[@M16xDr0pSh0tz]

Glad she decided to share her story with us -- very courageous. Thank you.

[@makhloufbannoud644]

Thank you so much for finally doing this series we appreciate you so much :”)

[@jonathonchio4724]

While it's good to compare applications in this series to those from Application Renovation, it's always important to remember it is not exactly apples-to-apples. Everyone's story and application is different. But with that being said, I have learned so much with these series :) Thank you Dr. Gray for providing an extremely valuable resource for us pre-meds!

[@madeautonomous]

ESL student here as well since 16, can relate to MCAT in terms of wordings in the passage and questions... Great video overall and some good points to learn from.

[@ddfelder2]

Now this one truly helped me understand how the application is supposed to be... from the personal statement to activities... just a complete well rounded example of an application. Awesome example and congratulations to her and May her endeavors into medicine be excellent!

[@jenjencurls]

She went to FIU! This makes me so happy and hopeful! I'm a student at FIU, and I'm so scared of not being accepted.

[@maraldarya8599]

Just to clarify, I went to FAU :)

[@godschild163]

She said FAU

[@aryansaeedi7618]

Go Maral!! I’m from Iran as well and came to US in 2016, I’ll apply to med-school as soon as I get my citizenship (currently I’m a green card holder), and I’m at CC as well. Good luck please if you read my comment, make a YT channel and share your story with us. Thank you Dr. Ryan for doing this for free for all of us struggling with the process

[@chineloigbo1894]

I love this so much! Please keep them coming. I love her energy and I wish the best for Maral.

[@Nora_Malloy]

Awesome new series, this is exactly what I've been looking forward to from the channel! Thanks Dr. Gray!

[@nataliaorso1649]

Yesss!!!!!!!!! So excited for this series. Great to see both sides.

[@chewacco]

Congratulations Maral, you’re awesome!!!

[@maraldarya8599]

Thank you!

[@marya4340]

So excited for this series!

[@valeriefigueroacruz3906]

Thank you so much for this! Great example specially when most of the resources out there does not really match ESL, Disadvantage, minority and nontraditional! I appreciate this it gives me some perspective on how to go through the process while being a representation of all of the above mentioned.

[@breynoso19]

Same!

[@CarsoroniAndCheese]

Yes! The medical field needs more of y'all!

[@dibagabbary2066]

Im persian too and i’m literally in the same situation as you; i hope i can get accepted to medical school... such a relief was this video😍

[@DallasFort1857]

I have a 3rd degree grand theft to my record when I was 20 yrs old. I am now 33 with a 3.8 GPA in BSN, 515 MCAT. Is it legally possible to become a doctor? After several research, It has been said that any applicant with a record cannot prescribe medicine therefore the only medical specialist available would be pathologist. Any help and recommendation will help greatly. Thank you.

[@daveyjones3016]

Of course.

[@bigmanstevens592]

Thanks for making this series! Super helpful to have this alongside renovation!

[@RainbowGage]

Her hours are very reasonable. When watching the wait-list feedback videos the norm is 600+ hours.

[@kg-ke1fw]

Misleading video, going from a 2.37 in FR year to 4.0 after that is blowing it up! That's a huge boon.

[@godschild163]

Yay! She went to my schools . Palm Beach States College and Florida Atlantic University

[@frebaamin9909]

Love this. Hope to see more videos like this one!

[@luigismedjourney9879]

Dr. Gray, how much weight do you think personal statement and activities weigh compared to stats? For example if I’m 5 MCAT points lower than a school, should I still apply if I feel like my PS and activities are good? Or will I not even make it out of the first cut?

[@NapFroCentrics]

I know you focus on pre-meds but please tell me you would consider working with pre-PA students 😭 I’ve always dreamed of you renovating my CASPA application, you’re so well versed!!

[@tailorforeman7082]

Do you have an insta?

[@browndiamond779]

I've been interested in this too!! I'm Pre-PA too and I've learned alot from him!

[@jaidenwalker9930]

yes thank you for this new series!

[@catpet9201]

Love this series!

[@blapspblamaster]

Subscribed! Please do more of these, preferably prior to June 15th if possible!

[@B-5102]

Great job Dr.Gray

[@brandoutmusic]

What did he mean by "needing to classify yourself as white"? I'm a bit confused since obviously you can't falsify that sort of thing. Does anyone know what he meant?

[@moohendischi]

So Its a bit weird. People of middle eastern descent (Arabs and Persians) don’t have their own category and must classify as ‘white’ despite not being Caucasian. The only exception I can think of are Sudanese, reason being they are considered Arab due to being Arabic speakers but due to them being darker in color it doesn’t make sense to classify white.

[@katford8422]

Awesome concept!!

[@MrXxColexX1]

I hope she still visits her brother

[@arianhajihassani3099]

I was wondering if she is an international student?

[@rowanhaffner1882]

Thanks so much!

[@samirakouchakzadeh3383]

her grades were brighter than my future

[@bernardlz]

thank you for the video

[@guethsaaltena6621]

How do we let med school know as she said at the end? Applied this cycle, also in Florida. All looking great so far, just still waiting on my MCAT score. Ps. Hope we met somedays Maral, you did it, yayyyyy😍

[@erickotlyarov2724]

How many interviews did she get? There was a lot of talk about the good things she did but having been accepted to only 2 schools, what were her most significant weaknesses? Was it mostly bad interviews?

[@andinonyong2149]

Thank you so much for this. My first year I got. 2.0 and especially because of Covid 19. So this really gave me hope

[@mariahslittlelamb8049]

Not a good thing. You should retake a lot of those classes if you had a C average your freshman year.

[@zenith12417]

@@mariahslittlelamb8049 Depends on what those classes are though.

[@davidmonroy1666]

Separating all the physicians that you shadow (in my case scribe)for is better? or does it look like a lazy move ? Also, what if they're in a similar specialty (general ortho and ortho trauma/surgery)?

[@aynurny]

Did she need to bring her transcripts from Melbourne? I have a few transcripts transferred from an overseas university, and I don't know if I have to collect it?

[@Kyle-vp2dk]

LOVE THIS DR. GRAY!!

[@timgarner123]

Can you explain why it would be a waste to apply to public out of state schools?

[@zenith12417]

I believe they tend to favor their in-state applicants. There are schools with no out of state students but it's important to look at each school individually to make sure.

[@kendallmontgomery3510]

yes! most public out of state schools accept very few out of state students so odds-wise it is much harder to get in. MSAR is a great way to find out which public schools are friendly to out of students because they are not all created equally, but some actually take none

[@timgarner123]

@@zenith12417 Thank you!

[@timgarner123]

@@kendallmontgomery3510 Thank you!

[@shaheerkhan3262]

i love her

[@leslierajendran157]

yess thank you!!!!

[@gomurphy1]

It's been 4 years, is she a doctor?

[@JenCheng1]

The Fee Assistance Program only helps a little...how would you endure four years of medical school and paying the rent each month? Can you help me out and tell me how it is you are paying the rent portion?

[@rjkbuny]

Unfortunately I would say unless u get a scholarship (rare that it would be enough to cover more than tuition), students usually have to take out loans for rent

[@JenCheng1]

@@rjkbuny And owe like $250,000 right? Is this real?

[@rjkbuny]

@@JenCheng1 If u go in state, u may be able to make it with about $160-$200k depending on how frugal u r, but out of state/private with living expenses can easily add up to $300+ esp in a big city

[@hagertyfootball12]

Does anyone know if Guamanian/ Pacific Islander is considered URM? How would that effect my application, if at all. Ty!

[@aubrip7465]

Hey! Fellow Guamie here. Native Pacific Islander (Chamorro) would be considered URM 👍🏽

[@luigismedjourney9879]

I wish Philippines was considered URM too 😭

[@aubrip7465]

Luigi's Med Journey ditto!!! In an old AAMC report, it shows how small the proportion of Filipino physicians is compared to other Asian ethnicities. It sucks that although Filipinos are one of the fastest growing Asian groups in the US, that they are still considered ORM because systems fail to recognize the diversity in the Asian racial experience

[@user-zl4ch7ux2n]

@@luigismedjourney9879 There are a few schools that consider Filipino URM. At UC San Francisco, Filipino is considered an URM (Source: diversity.ucsf.edu/URM-definition ). I think Utah Med might consider filipino URM as well, but I'm not sure.

[@kathleengomez682]

It only takes one!

[@claus1225]

It seems you just need to graduate from any 4 year college with decent GPA. Why bother with working hard in high school?

[@aryansaeedi7618]

Also who disliked this video? Are you guys crazy???

[@amill1387]

Bitter people who didn’t get into med school

[@shellyoerman2901]

I have like 5 F’s from my freshman year because I didn’t know about the withdrawal process as a new student. Since I have a 4.0 should I worry about those bad grades since my gpa is better?

[@kevinblain6632]

Which school was she accepted to?

[@paulodybala9521]

I like how all of you are finding reasons like she is nice and has so much experience but if she was black you guys would be saying diversity acceptance and complaining.

[@doctorsoggy5563]

It's kind of a nitpick but "MD candidate" isn't really a thing; it's used for degrees where you have to write some sort of thesis like a PhD candidate would. I get that people use it to highlight the "MD" part but technically speaking it's a bastardization of PhD terminology. Great episode though.

[@what_do_you_want898]

People use that phrase all the time. ‘medical student’ can be interpreted of lots of things. ‘MD’ candidate is the professional way of stating your tittle.

[@neemarafi]

Mobarak khanoom!

[@nnette21]

Rayan I appreciate this video! Not that impressed with the invited speaker. Interesting how She said that she emigrated alone, but when she received her accepted phone call she was with her grandmother at a medical visit in the USA! So...hard to believe that she immigrated alone! ... She explains that the Iranian education system is inadequate and that she immigrated for better education ...and then she mentioned that her BSc was way easier than the Iranian school. Also mentioned that she had support from her family ...oh I thoughts that she immigrated by herself...I immigrated by myself and I can pick up on those that really did the real thing!

[@KMartha22]

I think that the bit about how she is disadvantaged explains all of your concerns.

[@makhloufbannoud644]

Maybe she immigrated alone without her (Mom/Dad .... ) but had other family meme era here that supported her a little. Also when she said her family supported her maybe emotionally or maybe they followed her few years after. I’m not saying that you’re wrong but maybe she’s using her story to her advantage and not saying everything which isn’t a bad thing in my opinion.

[@boxerpete4261]

if she is asian? would she get accepted?

[@user-zl4ch7ux2n]

I'm pretty sure Persians are not considered URM. Also the myth that Asian and White students can't get in with lower stats needs to stop. This is a gpa mcat grid showing acceptance rates: schools.studentdoctor.net/data/factstablea24-3.pdf . Even though the chances are lower for non-URM groups, this grid shows 2,240 Asian students getting accepted to MD schools with a 29 or lower on the old mcat (which is equivalent to a 506 or lower on the new MCAT).

[@boxerpete4261]

A. Blacks and Hispanics with scores of X will get into colleges, med school, and law school easier than Asians and Whites

[@boxerpete4261]

Prove me wrong

[@user-zl4ch7ux2n]

@@boxerpete4261 That's true, but I never made that argument. I don't think you understand how normal distributions and averages work. The bell curves for asian and white stats are shifted to the right against the black and hispanic ones, but that's not the same to saying it's impossible to get in with low stats as a white or asian person. It's just less likely. There are thousands of whites and asians that get accepted to medical schools with well below average MCATs but there are way more whites and asians that get into medical school with competitive MCATs.

[@user-zl4ch7ux2n]

@@boxerpete4261 If you paid attention, you would have noticed that she is from Iran which is in the continent of Asia. Averages don't equal cutoffs. Each race has a bell curve and on average it's harder for Asian and White students. However, bell curves have people who fall below the average and who are above the average. I made the point that there are a lot of Asian and White students who get in with lower numbers. It's just lower probability. I literally said in my first comment "Even though the chances are lower for non-URM groups" (which means Asians and Whites).

[@catpet9201]

Wow she’s so attractive... why is everyone on here so attractive