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So I was just surfing and came across this....what do you guys think?

http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2013/4/723852.php

Its sad...

Someday one of them is going to have a DO resident or attending pimp them so bad they'll cry.

There are still racists, anti-Semites, xenophobes, etc. There will always be haters. Judge each individual person by his or her character. Period.

Meh.

Doesn't really bother me. There are idiots on both sides of the fence. You've got to be pretty thin-skinned to let some yahoo on a random message board get to you.

Originally Posted by bocciball

There are still racists, anti-Semites, xenophobes, etc. There will always be haters. Judge each individual person by his or her character. Period.

Amen.

Originally Posted by jypat84

So I was just surfing and came across this....what do you guys think?

http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2013/4/723852.php

Its sad...

Island MD students. Who cares, life isn't based on whats fair. They can't play the game right, it's their own fault.

lol which one of you registered as usphysdo?

Forum has such bad web design, I couldn't bear to read the topic

wow, that forum looks like it was a high school computer science project that someone threw together overnight.

The people on that forum are largely Caribbean students and thus want to feel superior to someone, so they attack DOs. Rest assured that a majority of us US MD students think DOs are equivalents.

After burning my eyes to read that topic, it doesn't mean much. Let them think that. At the end of the day, DOs will have a residency while they will be lucky to get something!

I'm sure that website serves its purpose for USMLE questions, albeit some of the questions being asked are things first-years should know. Apparently that forum is not devoid of the same type of people here that love to to point out that they are an allopathic student in their own special way. Don't let it rustle your jimmies. The vast majority of people know those types of people are just making a fool of themselves when they act in that manner.

I couldn't help but notice a direct link for SOAP support on the left side of the site.

Originally Posted by thepoopologist

Island MD students

i don't know about that. an FMG friend visits that site for usmle preparation. she recommended it to me and referred to it as an "Indian forum."

Originally Posted by DrNoo

i don't know about that. an FMG friend visits that site for usmle preparation. she recommended it to me and referred to it as an "Indian forum."

Yea, I always thought it was just an IMG forum. I wouldn't worry about what they have to say.

BTW, ostepath freaks have never out performed anyone. Look at the data! You should hear how attendings talk about DO's. They have to deal with you FREAKS because they have to fill a quota!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO freaks have just added to the MATCH crowd and the number of applicants. That is why people are pissed.

The truth hurts, but if you are not a MD-"MEDICAL" DOC, THEN go stick to your holistic ****.

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEE is there one DO out there who isn't dying of jealousy!

Keep typing that from your little hurricane magnet of an island as you try to pay off your 300k in loans for your two year USMLE prep course by stitching up cuts using coconut fibers.

I'll be up here, with a real job, not dying in a hurricane.

That thread is special. As is the whole site judging by that color scheme.

I think they are trying to push their insecurities of possibly not being able to match and taking it out on DOs.


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The Caribbean has nice weather.

LOL! clearly they are jealous and scared of the DO students...I mean theres a reason why someone would waste their time to make a thread on a crapy forum and take out their anger on others instead of studying for their boards lol

Originally Posted by costales

The Caribbean has nice weather.

Sometimes. It rains a lot. And there are hurricanes.

Originally Posted by KnuxNole

Forum has such bad web design, I couldn't bear to read the topic

Originally Posted by 113

Sometimes. It rains a lot. And there are hurricanes.

yeah but hurricanes are simply a small price to pay





















compared to the large price to pay for attending one of those schools for 4+ years only to realize that you are the only dishwasher in your restaurant with 300k in debt.

Originally Posted by SpecterGT260

Yay cuddly bear

Looks like DrFraud found a new home on the internet.

Originally Posted by KnuxNole

Forum has such bad web design, I couldn't bear to read the topic

Pretty much this.

actually read through the whole thing (for the adrenaline rush just like reading any other troll posts)

interesting post from a trolling point of view, but they should stop posting things like this, they are only depreciating themselves

Originally Posted by DrNoo

i don't know about that. an FMG friend visits that site for usmle preparation. she recommended it to me and referred to it as an "Indian forum."

The person who began that thread:
1. Is a Ross graduate with "average" scores on the USMLE
2. Is applying for prelim surgery but only had three interviews which didn't go well and is preparing for SOAP
3. Previously received a master's degree from UCLA before heading to Ross.

http://www.usmleforum.com/files/foru...4/723561-1.php
http://www.usmleforum.com/files/foru...4/723803-1.php
http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2013/4/723996.php

Gee, wonder why those interviews didn't go well....


I guess SDN isn't nearly as bad as I thought. Forget board scores and grades, people with those attitudes have no business being in medicine until they have another 10 years of maturity added at least.

This is the result of living in the islands. It's like prison there. Having 3 interviews for a prelim surgery spot...Sucks for him. He's just upset that DOs are doing great and are getting the spots he wants in the NRMP match.

Originally Posted by thepoopologist

The person who began that thread:
1. Is a Ross graduate with "average" scores on the USMLE

He also admits to "several" attempts and a "gap" in time spent in medical school. I don't think we need to worry about this guy getting into a residency program.

Originally Posted by NurWollen

Someday one of them is going to have a DO resident or attending pimp them so bad they'll cry.

Or set foot in Texas, and discover that the president of the Texas Medical Board is a DO (who succeeded another DO).

Originally Posted by swlabr1980

He also admits to "several" attempts and a "gap" in time spent in medical school. I don't think we need to worry about this guy getting into a residency program.

I sincerely hope he can find a job to repay his nondischargeable debt.

Originally Posted by swlabr1980

He also admits to "several" attempts and a "gap" in time spent in medical school. I don't think we need to worry about this guy getting into a residency program.

Oh really? Didn't know that, couldn't find any of those posts.

Originally Posted by costales

I sincerely hope he can find a job to repay his nondischargeable debt.

I hope the job is working directly under several DO's that "enlighten" him on a daily basis.

Don't feed the trolls, people are just trying to make others angry.

....and didn't find the clitoris until gross anatomy

Originally Posted by thepoopologist

Oh really? Didn't know that, couldn't find any of those posts.

Maybe it was a different poster. It's hard to tell with that site's horrific formatting. Either way, we probably won't see the troll as a resident.

What makes me laugh is that he says MDs like "us", as a us md student DOs are docs similar to us (they trained for medicine in the US), whereas IMGs trained outside of the US and hold no US accreditation, or residency.
I've never met a US MD that considered an IMG one of "us" just by nature of their degree. If they kill their USMLE and residency, then they are a physician. The title MD or DO means nothing without residency.

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Originally Posted by trogghunter

....and didn't find the clitoris until gross anatomy

10/10

Originally Posted by swlabr1980

Maybe it was a different poster. It's hard to tell with that site's horrific formatting. Either way, we probably won't see the troll as a resident.

You're probably right, but just in case...

Originally Posted by thepoopologist

The person who began that thread:
1. Is a Ross graduate with "average" scores on the USMLE
2. Is applying for prelim surgery but only had three interviews which didn't go well and is preparing for SOAP
3. Previously received a master's degree from UCLA before heading to Ross.

http://www.usmleforum.com/files/foru...4/723561-1.php
http://www.usmleforum.com/files/foru...4/723803-1.php
http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2013/4/723996.php

I'm unfamiliar with the way ERAS filters for program directors, but this should be specific enough to narrow down the field I think.

Originally Posted by Trogghunter

....and didn't find the clitoris until gross anatomy

Oh that's just not fair.

Cadaver female genitalia is all sorts of wonky, especially when the pelvis is hemisected.

Oh maaaan, the eye bleedage! Thread made me chuckle so hardcore.
I wonder how many people like this actually make it as physicians o.o

Originally Posted by thepoopologist

The person who began that thread:
1. Is a Ross graduate with "average" scores on the USMLE
2. Is applying for prelim surgery but only had three interviews which didn't go well and is preparing for SOAP
3. Previously received a master's degree from UCLA before heading to Ross.

http://www.usmleforum.com/files/foru...4/723561-1.php
http://www.usmleforum.com/files/foru...4/723803-1.php
http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2013/4/723996.php

I think we put a link to these on every thread that begins with 'Should I drop my DO acceptance and apply Carib'?'

This is the reason that I knew that if I didn't get in anywhere this year--DO or MD--I was not going to apply to the Caribbean. That must be a nightmarish situation.

Originally Posted by engineeredout

This was exactly what I was thinking of when I was reading that thread.

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Originally Posted by DrNoo

i don't know about that. an FMG friend visits that site for usmle preparation. she recommended it to me and referred to it as an "Indian forum."

Why would anyone go there for USMLE help? Dear God that is the worst message board design I have ever seen.

EDIT:

Also threads like these: http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2013/4/724691.php do make me sad. Coming from the islands would failing Step 3 twice be the death knell? They're pretty much lying to him saying how psychiatry isn't caught up with scores, but I doubt even the middle of no where would accept such a student.

I think my favorite was this little gem... "The fact that you already had those interviews without step 3 is a good sign that you have a strong application!"

His stats? "206 in step1, 194 in CK and CS pass in first attempt"

If that's strong then I guess you can just call me "Titan", lol.

Originally Posted by darklabel

Why would anyone go there for USMLE help? Dear God that is the worst message board design I have ever seen.

EDIT:

Also threads like these: http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2013/4/724691.php do make me sad. Coming from the islands would failing Step 3 twice be the death knell? They're pretty much lying to him saying how psychiatry isn't caught up with scores, but I doubt even the middle of no where would accept such a student.