Med School opportunities after the USNA

Whistle_Pig
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:01:57 +0000

I concur …it would seem most of the issues have been ferreted out in this thread, and a good, healthy, even modestly civil discussion to boot.

One notion, and I confess it’s chest-pounding about the Mids we love and nurture …and it is based on some personal, 1st hand exposure to med school admissions engagement and I’m venturing to extrapolate its meaning …

All things equal or even close, a USNA kid gets the nod most everytime absent politics if it’s him/her vs. a relatively similarly profiled civilian student. And it may not necessarily be because the USNA candidate is “better.” It’s because of what they’ve accomplished, done, experienced in a vastly different milieu.

One of the glaringly critical factors concerning med school committees is the too-often absence of evidence of being able to consistently convey compassion, concern, caring bed-side manner. And no doubt, in some ways, ability to cope with the grossly magnified stress of USNA environment vs. Another U. would be point-USNA candidate.

I’ve heard my med school dean talk of this often, wishing some of the egg-head candidates had done something, anything more intriguing and relatable than the fascinations of the elemental table or delight of that physics experiment.

So, I’m done beating this swine-flu ridden pony. GO NAVY! GO ANY/ALL MIDS w/ hearts and heads and hands set on becoming LT. Ben Casey or Capt. Kildare. We’re all for you!