http://forums.studentdoctor.net/ MD student topics. For current medical students. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:32:04 GMT vBulletin 20 http://img1.studentdoctor.net/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.studentdoctor.net/ http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=680921&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:49 GMT I'm not applying to residency this year but will be next year. I have many things on the internet that are about me: sports, research, but I'm not really worried about any of it. What I'm most worried about is someone has my name as their twitter name. My name isn't that common, but I guess there are a couple in the country, and some younger girl twitters a lot and it comes up on google searches. I really don't agree with anything she says and most of it is about drinking and illegal drugs. I hear about being careful about blogging and such so I'd assume people could look at this and think its me. Is anyone worried about stuff like that coming up while applying? I remember reading an article on student doctor about googling yourself and making sure your internet persona was clean and well mine is but she has the same name and portrays herself in a way I would not. I imagine I can't do much about it. I wish twitter didn't rank so high on relevance in searches so that its on the first page. Should I be worried or will this likely not matter. ]]> Allopathic fleetgoddess http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=680921 http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=680794&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:14:50 GMT So here's the deal. I'm at my state school (MD program) and I'm having a hell of a time. School began in August. Thus far, I have to remediate Gross Anatomy over the summer, I have yet to pass an exam, and currently I'm in such a deep hole that I'm about to fail the whole semester.

Coming in, I had a decent GPA (3.7) and a decent MCAT (31) so it's not like I'm an academic loser, but I sure feel like one in med school. I don't know what my problem is. I study and study and I forget everything come test time. I pick wrong answers and I know good and well AFTER THE TEST that they're wrong. If only my reasoning during the test hadn't been so wrong. We have a mix of memorization and conceptual questions on the exams and both confuse me but especially the conceptual. For the first time in my life, I've lost all faith in my abilities and I fear I'm about to be dismissed.

I tried going to class. Didn't work. I tried not going to class and watching lectures from home. Didn't work. I tried study groups. Fail. I'm now back to going to class and it still doesn't work. I go to professors and ask questions. It doesn't improve my test grades. I do all the extra assignments. It doesn't help. I talk to my advisor. She doesn't know what to say to me. I'm fresh out of ideas and I'm considering cutting my losses before I'm kicked out, but I don't know what to do next. I don't really want to try nursing and NP/PA school probably won't take me after I flunked out here. I really want to be a doctor. I just don't know how to get it done.

Anyone else been in this position? How did you get past it? Please, any idea/thoughts are welcome even the ones that'll no doubt say "maybe you're not smart enough to be a doctor". I'm putting myself out there because I'm at the end of my rope. ]]> Allopathic LostFirstYear http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=680794 http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=680788&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:43:36 GMT If you decided to delay residency after graduating from med school and getting your MD, for lets say 2 to 3 years. What are your chances of matching into a residency slot? I mean can you even apply for the match that many years after graduating? ... If you decided to delay residency after graduating from med school and getting your MD, for lets say 2 to 3 years. What are your chances of matching into a residency slot? I mean can you even apply for the match that many years after graduating?

Seriously, being IN medical school does not mean I know **** about anything lol... I'm still confused about the whole matching system I guess... ]]> Allopathic SomeRandomGuy http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=680788