As of about an hour ago, I have officially applied to medical school. I've applied to Morehouse, SUNY - Buffalo, Marshall, both UMDNJ campuses, Florida State, Northeastern Ohio and Wright State.
The entire application process was really daunting - you write one application (courtesy of AMCAS) for all of your schools. And that's really great, except it's hard to tailor your essays and work experience to each individual school. They allow you to send certain letters of recommendation to certain schools (which I guess makes sense if you have lots of connections), but the material that's really in your hands is just what it is. For example, Marshall only accepts residents of West Virginia, or people with "strong ties" to the state. Well, my dad, his dad, his mom, and both of my great grandmothers were born and raised in the same town as Marshall. But is that listed anywhere on my application? Nope. Instead, my grandmother's sister (an instructor at the non-medical side of Marshall) is going to let them know I'm from "good Huntington stock". It just seems so bizarre that they can have these hand-wavy requirements, and then give you no way to justify them. The school system is seriously broken.
But regardless, I have applied. Aside from keeping up on my letter-writers and making sure my transcript gets in, it's out of my hands. Wish me luck!
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