r/premed • u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD • 1d ago
📈 Cycle Results 19-year-old accepted MD "it only takes one" ahh sankey
I posted (and was heavily downvoted) here a year ago about my plan to apply at 19. Super happy to finally get to make one of these! All of my interviews were between August and October and I received my A right on 10/15. Sad not to have gotten as much love as expected from my state schools and to be moving across the country, but super excited to start school in a few months!!
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u/Physical_Cup_4735 POST-BACC 1d ago
As a 20 yo almost applicant thank u for ur service
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u/Prestigious_Act4793 ADMITTED-MD 10h ago
I applied at 20 and I only got asked about it a couple of times
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u/DrTdub ADMITTED-DO 1d ago
Congrats Doc!
I’ll be 30 once I finish med school. The fact you will be 23-24 is awesome. Don’t listen to anyone hating on you and be proud of yourself.
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u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD 18h ago
Thank you and see you at the finish line future doc – I'm sure these next 4 years will fly by!
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u/Playful-Present-5437 1d ago
I’m also a WA resident! Did you apply to WSU as well?
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u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD 1d ago
Yep – that is one of my WLs!
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u/Playful-Present-5437 1d ago
I’m very shocked that they waitlisted you since you have such amazing stats and ECs
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u/jojcece 1d ago
Genuinely how
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u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD 1d ago
2 yrs of college in high school, worked 24 hrs/week junior yr and studied/took mcat in the winter :)
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u/biking3 ADMITTED 1d ago
Congrats! Idk y people are so against "young" applicants. Like 19 ain't even that young, if it was like 17, it would make more sense. It's not uncommon for 20-yo applicants (I was one this last cycle) as it's not uncommon to graduate at 21 so be 20 at time of application if you're trad, so y is just one year younger looked so down upon.
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u/halmhawk MS3 22h ago
Omg!! I applied and started med school at 18/19 and my acceptance graph looked almost the exact same. I applied to 26 schools, got 4 interviews, and accepted to 1! Congrats bro!!
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u/sansley700 1d ago
Congratulations MD/PhD is beast mode !!!
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u/North-Percentage3768 ADMITTED-MD 1d ago
You were 19 as a junior? I was 21. You skipped some grades in elementary school?
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with applying at 19. You did what most people do which is apply at the end of your junior year. It’s normal. You’ve still had 3 years of college to get the pre reqs and get clinical experience, and clearly you’ve known you wanted to be a doctor for quite some time.
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u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD 18h ago
Just to clarify, I was technically in my "freshman" year, but I had junior status due to having a little over 2 years of college credits transfer from the CC I was dual-enrolled at in high school. I really only had <1 year to get clinical experience as a phlebotomist since I couldn't even start my schooling until I turned 18, so this was not nearly as sustained clinical experience as a typical applicant. I graduated high school the year before applying to put things into perspective
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u/Jell0___ 15h ago
I'm doing the same dual credit hs-college program at my school, how did you manage to shadow people? I want to be a radiologist so any help would be much appreciated!
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u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD 15h ago
Shadowing opportunities can be as simple as cold emailing physicians, though you’ll have much better luck through a connection / networking. my health scholars program placed me in family medicine clinics to shadow physicians. I also had my PI (a biostatistician) reach out to some hem-onc physicians she collaborates with who let me shadow them.
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u/Jell0___ 15h ago
Thank you! My schools an engineering based one so I don't have a specific advisor I could talk to, but I'll definitely start emailing this summer.
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u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD 11h ago
FYI if it's a bigger healthcare system there may be more red tape to navigate before you can shadow. I'd reach out at least a few weeks ahead of time to get any paperwork sorted out
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u/ObjectiveLab1152 1d ago
Quick question, when you mentioned that you are queer, was this mentioned in interviews? Did u think schools cared or talked about it? I’m also queer so I want to know if I should talk about it since I can speak meaningfully about my struggle.
Additionally for your 3 posters, were they all first author? I got added to a poster but I’m like the 6th author and I did not present it, so I think I’ll add one sentence about it in my activity description but I hope it’s not useless?
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u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD 1d ago
Yes I did mention my passion for sexual and gender minority health through my research in secondaries and interviews and how it aligns with my identity. Schools care in the sense that you meaningfully tie it into your values of advancing health equity and promoting diversity, but they can see through the BS if you're just throwing it in as a buzzword.
Yes the posters were first author but they were all at undergrad research conferences so very very low in terms of prestige. I did have my poster presented at an international HIV conference in October, which is another reason why I could've been more successful had I applied a year later. I think it's still worth adding your poster under a separate activity section for poster presentations unless you truly have 15 activities to list, since it is one of the few ways schools can actually measure the productivity and quality of your research hours
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u/Low-Disaster-1086 19h ago
Mind if I PM? This is an amazing accomplishment. I’m also planning to study public health.
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u/granny_chiy0 ADMITTED-MD 19h ago
Of course, happy to answer anything premed or public health related :)
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u/emmyb00 NON-TRADITIONAL 1d ago
At 19??? ABSOLUTELY INSANE accomplishment. Congratulations future doc!!!