Ucf medical school scholarship

Me (13F) wants to be a Cardiac or Cardiothoracic surgeon. Or at least some type of doctor although leaning more towards the heart. I'm trying to prepare myself and make a to-do list of the stuff i want to do in high school to get into a nice program/school. Finding problems/diseases we have today that i could help solve in the future. I'm really excited and looking more into it. My dad is a Civil Engineer and believes that everyone should be a engineer in high school so they know a bit about how the world works. And that would make society better. Which i do somewhat agree on. Although, he wants me to be an Electrical Engineer first and get my bachelors degree on it. I just wanna go straight into the BM/MD program and finish. I don't wanna go anywhere else but the medical field.

Hi, im currently 19 on a gap year from 1.5 ish year and now have to make the decision of getting into uni which means i have to choose a field i did my schooling and college from pre med (in my country it goes like school, college, mdcat and then uni) so i gave my mdcat last year but was very unsure about it but gave it anyway , but situation happend (alot of cheating took place in the exam ig) anywho the exam got cancelled and it got rescheduled again after 2 months and us students were just informed 15 days prior i was already very afraid of mdact in the first place and i felt like i had forgotten everything so eventually i didn't take the rescheduled exam (this all happend in 2023) fast forward this year i found my self being interested in business so i decided to start to start from scratch and started learning maths and all again for the entery test( my test is on june30th) but i keep having these thoughts of my prior feild aka medical i find myself fascinated toward that feild still! idk what is wrong with me , is it the comfort zone in the med feild or this unknowing fear of doing something new ,im tired of this divided mindest i cant afford another gap year. pls i need sincere advice and thankyou for reading this much!

Hey everyone! I was recently accepted off the waitlist and deciding between these two schools. Here are some pros and cons for each. I would love some insight into which to choose lol
USF

• Tiered grading (H/HP/P/F) for preclinical and clinical
• tuition is higher (around 10K per year)
• higher-ranked (~50)
• AOA after matching
• class size is about 130
• Have home residencies for all specialties
• Tampa has a higher cost of living but would be a cool place to live
• both NBME and in-house exams
• no internal rank (i think)
• haven't said anything about scholarships yet and are super delayed with it

Cooper

• P/F preclinical and tiered grading for clinical
• cheaper tuition
• in house exams only
• class size is about 112
• in state/closer to family and friends
• lower-ranked (~110)
• the tour of the school was given by the assistant dean and he seemed nice and involved with the students
• AOA before matching
• Have home residencies for all specialties (i believe)
• internally ranks students
• 100% match rate, mostly in the northeast

I need some help guys and gals. Dreamt of flying since my grandpa gave me the bug when I was in elementary school. Spent two years in CAP during jr high. Graduated high school and enrolled in my local community college commercial aviation program. Loved learning about flight but was introduced to marijuana and beautiful girls. Dropped out of school to pursue what I thought was more important. Came to my senses 6 years later and was about to go live with family in San Francisco area to do rotor flight school. Met my (now) ex wife before leaving and “fell in love”, she suggested that we wait for her to finish nursing school, then it became waiting until after our son was a bit older, then it was waiting until after our daughter was a bit older, then it was waiting until we settled into our new house, then it was time for a divorce.
Bringing this current, I am now 38 years old, living 4 hours away from my kids, working in construction which I hate, and feeling lost about which step to take. I have my first class medical, and mentally ready to go to school.
My issue is financial, I have a paid off 2005 f250 that I don’t trust to not break down while I’m giving school the full time it deserves, a $15k loan on a motorcycle that I’m having trouble getting rid of, a $23k fifth wheel that I am having trouble getting rid of. I have an option to live in Palm Springs area with my mom ten minutes away from thermal airport when I would love to attend a part 141 school called SoCal Pilot Center. Seems like a great school with the right type of instruction for my learning type. Unfortunately my loan was denied without a co-signer. I spoke with the financial company (stratus financial) on the phone and had them run numbers without the motorcycle and trailer loans and I still didn’t qualify. Family and friends aren’t in a position to co-sign.
Please throw some ideas at me and help me work through this speed bump, I know there is a way, because there is a will. I’m open to ANY ideas, no ideas are off the table aside from leaving the area, I still need to see my kids, I will not abandon them.

ACADEMICS:
I have a 3.93 GPA, Honors, and Dean's list. I am a Premed at a Cal State. I'm majoring in Psychology and minoring in both Biology and Chemistry, but I've applied to the Neuroscience major which isn't offered at my university (this is part of my reason to seek transfer). I discovered I love neuroscience at a course I took last year, and this past summer I took a summer course on neuroscience at JHU which further showed me that I wanted to study neuroscience.
EXTRACURRICULARS:

• The Neuroscience course at Hopkins
• I have shadowed 2 physicians for a total of 130h
• I founded a community for awareness of Eating Disorders and to offer support to those going through it.
• I conducted an independent research study as a senior in high school which I presented at a convention, and I did a research paper of over 60 pages on the study and findings (It was about the effects of COVID-19 on menstrual cycles).
• I did a summer course on cancer genomics.
• Just finished and got a certificate from a course by the UChicago medical school.
• I am the National Liaison for the American Medical Women's Association chapter at my uni.
• I'm conducting a second independent research study.
• I'm volunteering at a postsurgical wing of a hospital
• I got accepted for the HCOP Internship at NYU this summer at the surgical department and I sent it to them as an update. I also got a nomination for an award of excellence which I updated as well.

LETTERS:
I got letters from 3 professors (human physiology, cognitive psychology, and physiological correlates of human behavior), a personal letter from a family friend who knows me well and went to both Stanford and Columbia, a letter from a cardiologist I shadowed, another from a college advisor, and one from my highschool advisor.
SCHOOLS:
Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Harvard, Brown, Hopkins, and Cornell(rejected).
WORRIES:
I feel like my application is good but since I am an international student from Barcelona I feel that my chances are lower. I also asked for aid and my high school grades weren't that good (which I've explained and justified). My list is only IVYs because some other schools I'd have liked to apply to didn't give me aid as an international transfer so I wasn't able to apply (Ex: Vanderbilt, WashU, Northwestern, etc)

I just came back home from college for the summer, and decided to do get an AD in nursing instead of a BA for graduation. I also tried to enlist in the military (the Air Force), but I am temporarily DQ because of my past medication that I took for my anxiety and I would have to wait for two more years, 2026, to try to re-enlist again. That would mean I have to stay with my parents because my parents and I are very different in thinking and perspectives, since they are AP and very conservative; however I was born from here and am very open-minded. My mother and I aren't on good terms since middle school because of my grades, and has physically abused me if I came home with a grade she didn't like. Especially my dad, he was a bystander and also joined my mother in taking turns in hitting me, it changed my view of respecting Asian parents and my own culture as an Asian American.
I have a boyfriend who isn't even Asian, and she demanded and threatened me to give her his phone number which I should've gave her my friend's instead, but today with an amused look on her face, she taunted me by saying that she texted him and stuff, and there was me panicking and crying relentlessly on the floor on my knees, begging her to not do that. She said since I wasn't a virgin no more, I shamed her and the church saying that I have to attend every Sunday mass and confession since i have "sinned", and told me that I have to sign up for altar server. I have told her about family therapy for years, and now she claimed that she wants me and her to talk to the father and deacon with some counselor from the CHURCH. HAS to be from the church, HAS to be Christian. I believe that this is too much. My fear is that my friends would eventually meet my parents, especially my boyfriend in the future, which I don't want to. Growing up, I am still very insecure about myself and fear that no one would love me (like with my current parental issues still going on, I am scared that my current boyfriend or any guy I would end up with HYPOTHETICALLY would abandon me and such). My dad, while she abuses her power with joy, just says nothing to her whenever I get verbally abused, but if I say something, do something, then I get criticized. I have no love from both parents, and am indifferent towards them as I am trying to find a way for a no contact until forever.
My current plan is to not take any medication that would again DQ me from the Air Force, but during those two years, I would study really hard for my Nursing ADN and in 2026 reapply again for the military. Once I get accepted with a professional note from the pyschiatrist with a PhD saying That I am mentally stable, I am able to get into the AF, and cut contact with my parents because my profession will most likely be Nursing. Please help me, I don't have enough money to move out yet, but I do not want to be forced to go to Church against my will - even though I am not that religious as my mother is because I have some disagreements about the Church.

I've been experiencing symptoms of depression since high school. It's always been a feeling of not wanting to do anything. Since it's my last year of college I decided to try therapy. Now I rarely feel like how I did when I was depressed.
But therapy has also made me face really uncomfortable things about me as a person and has caused a lot of anxiety for me. There are times here I feel a huge lump in my chest and I feel as if I am paralyzed. I think medication might be the solution at least until I get over the fear of having things I care about. But I'm also really scared of addiction/ side effects. Please let me know your advice. Thank you.

I'm looking to start flight school and have both my parents onboard, everything is planned out we just need to start like getting a discovery flight and medical etc. We've been looking into this for about half a year now and I don't want my parents to forget about it.
How can I get my parents to want to start the enrollment process earlier and or be more interested in enrolling me? I'm exited and urging to get started but the months of making no progress is harsh.

A bit of background. Back in 2022 of June, I wasn't at the best mental state, so I decided to seek some light counseling to figure out some ways to cope. Counseling started around December of '22 I ended up going on an SSRI for 3 and a half months. The reason why it was so short was due to the side-effects I was experiencing from the medication.
My counseling stopped around end-May of '23 (5-6 months total of counseling). Ever since I've been able to keep my High School grades up to par, and have seen some academic achievements ever since then.
I'm aware that MEPS has their own decision on each case. However, I would greatly appreciate some insight on the chances of me being able to enlist under that 36-month period. Better to know earlier than later, haha.

Hi all,
I have had the dream of being apart of the wrestling business since I was 15. Looking to start schooling up in a few months as I have been working on my cardio/strength. One question that I really can’t seem to find the answer online and figured members of this subreddit might have their own experience with getting into wrestling with a preexisting medical condition.
I was diagnosed a year half ago with a rare blood cancer called essential thrombocythemia which causes my body to create extra platelets. Physically it does not affect me and I am in the best shape of my life. The one concern with ET is that I have issues clotting. I take oral chemo to battle this.
I am concerned that I would go through schooling but woudnt get any booking/ issues after with state regulations.
I am in Massachusetts which as far as I can tell doesn’t require paperwork/physical etc like other states.
Any insight or personal stories would be greatly appreciated!

Hello!
I am asking advice on what programs I need to apply to and in what order so that I can restart my path to medical school. I have a bachelor’s of arts degree in Romance Languages & Literature with a concentration in Spanish from 2021 at the University of Michigan. During my undergrad, my intention was to follow the pre-med course of study. My plans for medical school fell through in my juniosenior year due to unforeseen life circumstances. Due to the covid pandemic, severe emotional immaturity, and crippling depression, I was not performing where I needed to in order to graduate on time with the credentials I was working for. I made the poor decision of graduating early with just a major in Spanish and no double major or minor degree rather than taking extra semesters or even taking time off to continue my education.
I am now stuck with this degree and am having difficulty finding my next option with what I have. There are a decent amount of core science classes I would have to retake and some I still need to take such as physics and am fighting with a 2.7 GPA.
I thought my options were a graduate certificate program to help my GPA and supplement my sciences, but I am finding that I am not qualified without a science based degree.
I realize that second bachelors degrees are rare but do I really need to restart my entire education? Where do I begin?

Quick history…. In my family we had three boys, my older brother is actually my mother’s child she had prior to her marriage to my father, although my father adopted him and we were all raised together as a family. I’m the middle child. Our older brother was always getting into trouble from high school on, into drugs, drinking etc. He created a terrible atmosphere in our home and stole from all of us, but my mom could never bring herself to kick him out. For me it was far worse as my brother never liked me and was the big brother from hell and I endured abuse and bullying. I moved out in my mid twenties but my brothers still lived at home. My mom passed away unexpectedly at 53 and not long after my dad and brother had an awful fight which ended with my dad telling him to get. That was almost 30 years ago. I haven’t seen him since. My younger brother has only seen or talked to him a few times, mostly by accidental run ins like shopping. Neither of us knew where he was living or had a phone number. We didn’t even know how to contact him when our dad died to let him know. A few weeks ago my younger brother got a call from a local hospital letting him know our brother was in intensive care and not doing well. I was incredibly conflicted in what to do, my health isn’t great and I suffer from chronic pain among many other issues and am unable to work. I did end up visiting him twice, once because I was already there for a medical appointment and then when my younger brother called to let me know the hospital called as our older brother was dying and wouldn’t make it through the day. I decided to go with him both to be supportive and not let him die alone. Neither my younger brother or I think we should be responsible for him in planning anything or paying for burial expenses. We don’t really know anything about him or his life. Not an address, phone number, friends, anything. Plus neither of us is in a financial position to do this without going into debt and also worry if we take responsibility we could be held responsible for other debt he may have. He was also disabled and on low income housing so very doubtful there is any money or life insurance. We have done some research and siblings are not financially responsible for each other so we haven’t made any arrangements and will let the State take care of him. I feel like I’m doing what’s good for me and my family and my younger brother is adamant he can’t afford it either. But there is that little voice in back of my mind asking are we awful people?

I recently got accepted into a nursing program in my state. The tuition per semester is very affordable coming to around 2k per semester (4 semesters total) for the whole program (not including textbooks or uniforms just tuition itself).
I am supposed to hear back from my top choice nursing program the first week of June. I initially was very excited to attend and when I attended their information session and saw their health science building I was very impressed. They have one of the best nursing programs in my state and has a 97% NCLEX passing rate (the other program I got accepted to has a 85% passing rate). They constantly get #1 ADN program in the state. Their facilities are very modern and the technology they use for stimulation labs are some of the best. I’ve read the own a 120k mannequin that will mimic peeing, sweating, and bleeding. An article also mentioned that some nurses will get job offers before even graduating because the employers know the school prepares their students.
The problem is their tuition is triple the other program I got into. It would cost approximately 17.5k for the entire program (just tuition). My financial aid would be able to cover some but definitely not all. I have been going back and forth with my family about this and they all say I should choose the school I truly want irregardless of the cost. That school gives out around a million dollars yearly in scholarships but it’s not even a guarantee I would qualify for any of them. I would mostly likely have to take out a loan to cover (probably most) of the tuition.
Do you think it’s worth going to the more expensive program? If it wasn’t for the cost I wouldn’t even be going back and forth with myself. I just don’t know if triple the tuition of the other program is justifiable. I also don’t want to end up regretting not going if I get accepted.

Hello! I am 20 and I'm currently a rising junior. Since getting diagnosed in high school (yay), whenever the semester starts I start very hopeful and actually finishing assignments, to then procrastinating, even ignoring deadlines because I don't want to work on them. For example, right now I have a couple of assignments to do, but I don't want to because the moment I sat down in this booth (I'm at the library), I felt this wave of sadness and just wanting to burst into tears. It's awful. It doesn't help that I also have bipolar disorder (depression kind) and unmedicated. As of right now, once the semester is done I'll look into getting medication, because it's taking a toll on my mental health and well being. I wonder if anyone feels this way, especially when attempting to study or a college student. Thank you for reading this post

(Sorry for my bad english) 17m some times i sleep 8-9 hours a day from 4 am to 12 pm and some days sleep 12 hours. I I'm a private student (don't go to school/college) but I always feel sleepy and tired all day especially after dinner but whenever I try to sleep I can't and end up using my phone, it's been like this for more then a year now and i tried not sleeping whole day so the next day I might get a good sleep but it didn't work. I have no medical condition except IBS-D, Thanks.

I currently work full time (3 12s) on a rural medical surgical unit as a CNA. I’ve been accepted to an ADN program in the fall and need to continue working as much as I can! I’m wondering if any of you worked through school, what are your tips? Is it totally unrealistic for me to think I could still work full time?

My mom is about 40 and she’s diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. My sisters and I shaved off all her hair since she was losing it during chemo. She’s still currently in chemo but for the past few weeks, my little sister has gone to the doctors for some issue whether it’s her eyes, ankle, arm, you name it. She pretended to hurt her ankle so she could “see what they did to the elevator at school and they only allow injured kids to go in there.” Once her friend knocks on the door to play outside, she’s no longer hurt. It’s been her ankle for the past few weeks. She was crying saying that she needed medical attention then an hour later could all of a sudden walk because her friend wanted to play. She goes to school with crutches frequently and she’s never actually broken a bone. She “slipped” in the shower 3 fucking times. Now, she’s telling my mom and I that she wants to shave all her hair off. Screaming and crying and saying she doesn’t care if people thinks she has cancer. She hates having knots in her hair because she doesn’t brush it frequently and she hates the color(brown). She said she hates her hair and wants to shave it all off. She thinks it’s cool and wants to be different since no other people are bald. She said she doesn’t care what other people think. She said it’s her body and she should be able to do what she wants with it. I agree but like wtf? Should we just do it and let her deal with natural consequences?

17-year-old female has been experiencing significant mood swings, feelings of sadness, and anxiety for several months. She reports feeling angry and annoyed at loved ones, often yelling at them, and experiences moments of crying and feeling out of place in her own life. These mood swings occur almost daily and can last for several hours, with no specific pattern identified. The patient also describes feelings of paranoia, particularly in situations where she feels overwhelmed or when asked too many questions. She finds some relief through sleeping, deep breaths, and trying to not feel alone. Additionally, she has been dealing with sadness for three years, feeling alone and upset when things do not go according to plan, despite her life being consistent. Anxiety is triggered in loud crowds, enclosed spaces, or when meeting new people, though the duration of these feelings is unclear. Difficulty falling asleep has been an issue for three years, often not falling asleep until 3 or 4 in the morning. The patient also mentions feelings of general discontent since 2018, feeling out of place even in familiar settings. Feelings of guilt have been present since 2018, associated with failing school and feeling like she is failing friends and others around her. Feelings of hopelessness, particularly regarding school life, have been present for four years. Unwanted thoughts of feeling unwanted by friends and a partner have been occurring for six months. The patient denies experiencing delusions but has had difficulty concentrating for a couple of years, with a lack of focus on tasks. The duration of racing thoughts is unclear, and the patient has expressed a desire to not continue discussing her symptoms further at this time.
What do I do about all of this? Any natural things I can do? I’m scared of getting pills or any type of medication for this situation.

Hi nurses of Reddit, I hope everyone is well. I have 2 questions regarding medication parameters.
I am a new grad RN resident, currently in orientation on a step-down unit. I have found that the charting platform my hospital uses only RARELY provides medication parameters (there have only been a couple of instances in which I can remember the MAR providing parameters out of the hundreds of meds I’ve administered in the month I’ve been there), which has raised the following questions:
•1. I feel silly asking this, but is it normal for MARs to only rarely provide parameters? Given my limited experience/exposure to different settings, I can’t tell if my expectations regarding being provided parameters were just too high, or if my hospital’s charting system is outdated. Nursing school gave me the impression parameters in the MAR were a commonplace safeguard and would be provided frequently.
And
•2. I’ve been really struggling with the lack of parameters provided. For example, a lot of my patients take 4-5 BP meds PO during morning med pass, along with supplemental doses throughout the rest of day. Without any parameters, it’s been hard for me to assess when it’s okay to give them all their meds, and when I should hold them. Additionally (sticking with the BP meds example), when someone’s BP is hanging right around that fine line that separates them from being either an appropriate or inappropriate candidate to receive certain meds, it’s been difficult for me to decide which ones are still okay to administer and which ones I should hold. I have asked my preceptor and the other nurses on my unit for guidance on this, but they all just tell me “I’ll get the hang of it eventually,” without explaining the rationale behind their decision. I know they are right, and I trust that I will eventually get the hang of things and that my clinical judgment will further develop in time, but in the meantime, I am in desperate need of some resources to help me get there. Having said that, are there any resources you’d recommend to help me expand my clinical judgment? Reference guides, books, videos—anything would be great.
Thank you so much.

I don't have any friends in person, and the friends I do have constantly misgender me. I don't want to cut them out because otherwise I'd have absolutely no one in my social circle.
I can't drive so I can't go out to socialize either. I survived entirely off of rides from my family because they're amazing, but that's mostly for necessities like work/medications/school. I could ask my friends for rides, but constantly asking for rides when we hang out has got to be really annoying so I don't.
I'm working on getting my license now, but it's taking time
I had a classmate over recently to study and I thought it was going well, until she mentioned she doesn't really ever leave the house except once a month and she's very happy with her fiance being her entire social life. I hadn't mentioned anything about wanting to hang out more, and after that I'm definitely not going to ask again.
It was my birthday earlier in April. Now historically birthday isn't a day I really have liked, as a kid I had a birthday party where none of the 20+ guests showed up and after that i would routinely struggle to find people to celebrate with outside of my family. The worst birthday was my 18th, though. My grandpa had been struggling with pneumonia and passed away that day. I didn't know he had died until the next day and I still feel guilty for celebrating my birthday instead of being with him.
Anyways earlier this year I accepted I'd just have a disappointing birthday again. A few people reached out but otherwise it was just me and my family. One friend reached out and asked if I wanted to hang out the following Monday and I immediately say yes. Eventually we decide to reschedule for the next week cuz of planning issues. Cut to the day before she texts me, her car is having issues and she needs to reschedule. I say ok, unavoidable. We reschedule for the next week and the day before she cancels again because she double booked on her grandma's birthday and she didn't want to miss that. Eventually we finally managed to hang out, and it was fun, but the whole beginning part kind of put a damper on my birthday.
Finally a couple weeks ago I get in an argument with my brother and he managed to get the final word in about how I'm bad with people and communicating with them. I can't stop thinking about that because he's right. I just don't have friends. Even the friends I've had in the past, I considered us a lot closer than we actually are.
I'm really trying. I try to be social at school and work, I try to start conversations and I try to read body language and stuff but I feel like I keep doing something wrong. I'm so lonely and it's killing me.

Hello!
I am a 30 year old female who has been working as a civilian dental assistant (dental tech) for ten years at a private office in Halifax NS. I am considering applying to the CAF as I see my career is in demand, offering a signing bonus and says there are accelerated pay increments, whatever that exactly means.
My questions are.. Does anyone know what pay rate id be starting at? Where I already have my education and experience? I’ve been reading some trades are newly being exempted from the CFAT if they already possess a diploma or degree.. is this true? would I qualify?
I’m pretty nervous about writing the CFAT as i’ve been out of high school for over ten years now and haven’t done a lick of math in forever other than very basic stuff. I’ve had a really bad experience writing an aptitude test prior to starting college.. essentially I scored super low marks and i almost didn’t get sponsored through a program I was signing up for that would fund my college education. They took a risk on me after having to fight it and I ended up graduating with honours..which was amazing cause they basically told me i wouldn’t be successful.. I’ve basically had a fear of any type of aptitude test since even though I was able to do exceptionally well in my studies..
How long should I expect to wait from the time i submit my application? How much time do they give you for notice of starting basic? I’m a mom of two but have a spouse who would be staying with them while i was away at basic. What are the chances I’d be stationed somewhere else other than my province after graduation?
I’ve also suffered with some post partum anxiety in the past after having my son almost 5 years ago and only recently came off a SSIR med.. i’ve read this can disqualify you medically. Any advice?
Is there any other dental tech out there that can let me know how the job outlook is in the canadian forces? I love what I do but i’m wondering how it compares to dentistry and how a dental tech operates in the AFs.
Thanks!