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<p>Whether you realized it or not a “chance me” thread is a request to be critiqued. You are asking a group of anonymous posters to evaluate your profile and to provide insight as to how it stacks up vis a vis other applicants to the schools on your list. By asking for a “chancing” you’re asking people to highlight where you are a strong applicant as well as point out weak points and flaws in logic. Useful feedback is not all sweetness and light, it should also contain insights that you have over-looked or criticism of positions that are essentially indefensible. Complaining about criticism in a chance me thread is like ordering hot coffee then squawking when it burns your mouth.</p>
<p>As for your specific complaints…</p>
<p>Go back to my post #7. Where do I criticize either of the two campuses? I merely point out that UCSD is a large California public university - sprawling, relatively modern, replete with towering eucalyptus and numerous outdoor spots ideal for studying. BC is in many ways the prototypical Northeastern private college - compact, green, Gothic and ivy-covered, even the new buildings are built and designed to look old. Where is the criticism?</p>
<p>As for your strategy of applying to BC to study English in order to get into medical school, yes I am critical, but probably not as much as you read into it. I simply do not understand the logic. You are applying for a major that you say you are good at but isn’t supported by repeated standardized tests. You ultimately want to pursue a career in medicine which is almost exclusively science and mathematics based, yet you are by your own admission performing poorly as a senior in these subjects. I just don’t get the connection.</p>
<p>If you want to major in English, then by all means major in English. However, if you truly want to become a doctor, it’s reasonable to assume that any medical school is going to ask the questions: Why didn’t this person major in one of the sciences? Why didn’t they take more than the minimum classes to get into med school? It’s true that a person’s job prospects go up the more effective a communicator they are, but those skills don’t replace proficiency and depth of study in the technical side of their profession. If I’m hiring an engineer to build a bridge, while it might be interesting if she was a History major, it’s more likely she’ll be hired if she shows that she’s mastered the rigors of structural design.</p>