Name: Daphne Samuel
Major(s) and minor(s): BCN
Favorite class you took at Michigan: AnthrBio 363: Genes, Disease and Culture
When/How did you study for the MCAT: Studied from May 2017 through Jan 2018, Took the in-person Kaplan course fall 2017
When did you take the MCAT: Jan 2018
What was your pre-med experience: I think my pre-med was kind of brutal. I definitely had to put in a lot of effort in things that I couldn’t see the end of. The pre-med community I had around me was competitive and I found myself looking around, comparing myself to other uber-smart students rather than looking ahead at my goal of being a physician. I looked to other non-medically related organizations such as my student ministry and my a cappella group for community instead and found so much solace in the fact that being pre-med did not have to be my life.
Recommendations/advice for current students: Find a community that supports you regardless of whether you become a doctor or not. You need balance, and they will be the first ones to put things in perspective when it seems like nothing is going your way.
Classes:
| 1st year | 2nd year | 3rd year | 4th year | |
Fall |
CHEM 210
CHEM 211 GTBOOKS 191 PSYCH 250 UC 150 (FY Sem) |
BIOLOGY 225
PHYSICS 135 PHYSICS 136 PSYCH 230 PSYCH 326 (Research) STATS 250 |
ANTHRBIO 363
BIOLOGY 226 PSYCH 308 PSYCH 326 (Research) PSYCH 347 |
BIOLOGY 305
PSYCH 423 (Research) PUBHLTH 200 |
Winter |
BIOLOGY 173
CHEM 215 CHEM 216 HONORS 232 PSYCH 240 ** |
MCDB 310
PHYSICS 235 PHYSICS 236 PSYCH 326 (Research) PSYCH 337 WOMENSTD 220 |
ANATOMY 403
ANTHRCUL 344 PSYCH 330 (Sem) PSYCH 401 (Sem) |
NONE (I graduated) |