Failing Medical School: What Happened After? 

Well first of all I’m sorry. That sounds extremely difficult and I think i would probably go insane if that happened to me. There’s not a lot of advice I can give you for two reasons: 1) I don’t know you and I don’t know the full situation 2) I’m sure anything I say will therefore come across as insensitive because I’m not in your shoes. However, I have a tendency of giving advice when not wanted so here it goes. For thirteen years I trained for the olympics. I gave absolutely everything I had to this sport. Thousands of dollars which bankrupted my parents, didn’t finish a full education grade until sophomore year of high school, SAT were so low I didn’t qualify for my pre-med courses or get into a competitive college, and the worst of all, after thirteen years my coach told me the Olympic were never going to happen. I was so completely lost at the end of this, skating was my identity & when I lost it i went through an 8 year depression & suicidal. Here comes the cliche, be warned, but now I feel more comfortable give you a generic answer because I lived it. Now, almost 15 years later I’m living out my new passion which I never would have found if it hadn’t been forced into my hands. Every single road block beautifully shaped the path I’m on right now. I couldn’t understand the hardship in the moment and I let it literally eat me from the inside out. I became a shell of my existence because I couldn’t see outside of my current situation. I hurt everyone around me including myself. Until one day, which I attribute everything to Christ, I woke up and decided I have a lot more to give, a lot more to do. I didn’t know what my new purpose was or how I was going to find it but I pushed forward. Every single day I was on my knees praying. And then slowly, I started to stand up. One day I woke up and I was filled with the most overwhelming joy. No hardship had a chance against the amount of purpose I knew I had. All of this rambling to say, I don’t know you’re situation and it could be even more difficult than you are saying. However, I do know you have a purpose and identity beyond PT school. If it becomes impossible for you to complete, this will not be the end of what you have to give this world. However, it will be the end if you choose it to be. Time to start looking at what you have today and leave all the other stuff behind you. You can’t change it and it’s holding you back from what’s in front of you. The most meaningful lives aren’t the easy ones, no one is promised smooth sailing in this life. It’s your job to turn something horrible into something amazing that’s going to impact you and everyone else. Let me know if there’s anything I can do for you.

@@lifetime_learner Thank you for taking the time to type all this. Thank you for sharing.

Something should happen to the doctor that failed you...

Ah man sorry to hear this. I hope you are doing better now. When you are doing better in a few years and wanna restart. Why don’t you start med school in a foreign country? As getting into med school again MIGHT put you on track mentally. Just a suggestion. Not a psychiatrist but in another specialty.

This makes no sense. Why not email a few PT schools and tell them your situation? Did they even give you another chance? Sounds unethical.

thank you & I will pray for you as well. you sound like you have your head on your shoulders and you are doing all of the right steps. You got this :) keep striving for your goals and remember how fortunate we are to pursue this amazing career!

Thank you!! Appreciate you 😊

Thank you for watching 😊

I’m so glad to be of some help 😊 what year are you? How has your experience been? It varies by school actually. For mine, they recorded it as incomplete until retaking & passing my midterm & final. Now it will not be on my record. If I were to fail the retake exams then it would go on my record from my understanding. Take a look at your syllabus or contact a school advisor! My best advice I could give (the knowledge of a third year who hasn’t applied yet lol), keep working hard with your classes if you’re a 1st/2nd year. Figure out a study schedule where you don’t have to compromise healthy time for yourself (church, hobbies, exercise, eating well, etc) and family/friends. Stick with it even if its just getting you over the hump to pass. Because nothing helps your grades more than a healthy lifestyle. On your clinical rotations enjoy every minute because finallyyy you are graded based on your kindness to patients and hard work. Isn’t that awesome!? And besides boards, clinical grades hold good weight for residency. Then when it comes time to apply just get those community hospitals into your application and across the country. Hopefully that helps! That’s my plan so far. Let me know if you have more questions :)

My pleasure Joy, I am so glad they could be of some help for your own journey

I guess I'm kinda randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to stream newly released tv shows online ?

@Devon Kenneth i use FlixZone. Just search on google for it =)

@Kye Sullivan Yea, been watching on Flixzone for since march myself :)

@Kye Sullivan Thank you, I went there and it seems to work :D I appreciate it!!

I made a video on this :)

Would have totally changed my first year. So glad to have figured it out eventually! So frustrating thinking you need to memorize the little details you’ll never use again.

I have a video on what resources I used & I how studied :) Pathoma, Boards & Beyond, & Sketchy only. Never Anki!

Depends on the specialty and program. I’m sure there are programs who would consider this a red flag. But med students are human and aren’t exempt from trial and error. I gave up apologizing for mistakes that bettered me as a person a long time ago and I feel content if that means the bigger names programs don’t accept me.

No, its just one test. We are humans that make mistakes its ok. Residencies care about other things much more.

I am finishing up my first year of residency in Pediatrics. I am much happier than I’ve been in a while. Praying each year gets better and better.

You are the 1st person online who has said they were happy in year 1 of residency on RU-vid. I guess you've found your niche!!!