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Also former White House intern, spent three years providing relief work in Rwanda, and twice won the Tour de France (naturally)...

I'm afraid I won't match in EM.

BKN, any recs to improve my app?

😎
 
southerndoc said:
Also former White House intern, spent three years providing relief work in Rwanda, and twice won the Tour de France (naturally)...

I'm afraid I won't match in EM.

BKN, any recs to improve my app?

😎
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I see you did some work in Rwanda, but I believe unless you make a trip to India and do some groundwork there in establishing a hospital in a few of the villages, you may need some 'inside connections' to get in. working on that is my rec.
 
southerndoc said:
Also former White House intern, spent three years providing relief work in Rwanda, and twice won the Tour de France (naturally)...

I'm afraid I won't match in EM.

BKN, any recs to improve my app?

😎
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So, so funny, southern. Haven't seen an outrageously witty parody post like yours for at least the past 12 minutes.

Keep up the strong work. It's impossible to get tired of these.
 
arrowsmith2 said:
Keep up the strong work. It's impossible to get tired of these.
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I'm probably the most sarcastic and cynical person you'll ever meet in an ED. All patients have secondary gain issues until proven otherwise. :laugh:
 
southerndoc said:
I'm probably the most sarcastic and cynical person you'll ever meet in an ED.
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And please don't forget funny. I'm used to paying good money for highbrow comedy like this. You have a gift. Keep using it. Over & over again.
 
I always up for sarcasm.

BTW, unless you've cured cancer you don't have a snowballs chance in hell, or something slightly less important like world peace or something.

Oh yeah and developing a really good microwave burrito might help.

-Mike
 
Maybe it's the originality that could use some work. Not too much though, southern. Don't be gettin' any ideas. Your work is gold. Pure gold.
 
Hey, funny, but not nice, you guys. Don't you remember wanting to match in EM so bad you could taste it, and any excuse to talk about it, or better yet, have someone tell you that you could do it, made all the difference in the world? I'm trying not to make posts such others have, but it is difficult to resist! 😳

Have a heart for those not yet as fortunate as yourselves and bear with us.

+pity+


southerndoc said:
Also former White House intern, spent three years providing relief work in Rwanda, and twice won the Tour de France (naturally)...

I'm afraid I won't match in EM.

BKN, any recs to improve my app?

😎
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Hard24Get, we do know what it's like to be in your shoes as many of us were just there only a few years ago. Life is full of uncertainty, and it's ok to feel uncertain. It's natural. However, posting a question about your board scores, etc. with a very good board score and asking what are your chances is ridiculous. How can anyone assess a person's chances like that? I've known of well qualified applicants with 260-280 (yes, 280) step I's who were not even ranked because of their personality.

We've repeatedly asked applicants to not post questions about their chances of matching. We could all say "hey, you've got a great chance" but in reality we might be giving some false hope. However, I don't ever want to tell someone "no chance in Hell" that they won't match because you never know. They could match in a very nice program because they're a well rounded individual, their Dean or faculty have connections, or whatever else besides a board score could help them with their application.
 
southerndoc said:
Also former White House intern, spent three years providing relief work in Rwanda, and twice won the Tour de France (naturally)...

I'm afraid I won't match in EM.

BKN, any recs to improve my app?

😎
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Dear Applicant,


We regret to inform you that we will no longer be reviewing your file. The reason is because it's too damned long. The f-ing thing is 2 inches thick what with all of your EC's! How the hell you ever found a folder capable of housing that disaster is beyond me. I had papers scattered all over my desk, my office, my office mate's office, and into the hallway. It took five people on rotation to gloss over your ridiculous application and we're sick of seeing your name. And quite frankly, you make us look bad. You think we'd want you here? Pfft!
Go back to Rwanda and continue to pick boogers and flies out of the children’s hair since you seem to enjoy it so much. And if you so much as think about riding over here in your tricked out "Tour de France la-la-look-at-the-rich-kid" bike to debate our reasoning, I will personally fold that bike around your 50 pounds of application and flog you with it.
Thank you for your interest in our program.
 
Wackie said:
Dear Applicant,


We regret to inform you that we will no longer be reviewing your file. The reason is because it's too damned long. The f-ing thing is 2 inches thick what with all of your EC's! How the hell you ever found a folder capable of housing that disaster is beyond me. I had papers scattered all over my desk, my office, my office mate's office, and into the hallway. It took five people on rotation to gloss over your ridiculous application and we're sick of seeing your name. And quite frankly, you make us look bad. You think we'd want you here? Pfft!
Go back to Rwanda and continue to pick boogers and flies out of the children’s hair since you seem to enjoy it so much. And if you so much as think about riding over here in your tricked out "Tour de France la-la-look-at-the-rich-kid" bike to debate our reasoning, I will personally fold that bike around your 50 pounds of application and flog you with it.
Thank you for your interest in our program.
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Damn.. this is kind of what I was gonna say as well.

BTW Africa is so last century.. Go work with rural people in South America or Asia.
 
You only got 265? You shouldn't even bother applying, unless you're a black crippled, Mexican, underprivileged, handicapped, female with autism.
 
GeneralVeers said:
You only got 265? You shouldn't even bother applying, unless you're a black crippled, Mexican, underprivileged, handicapped, female with autism.
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Uh, I'm all of the above.

Wackie, that was a hilarious post!! :laugh:
 
GeneralVeers said:
You only got 265? You shouldn't even bother applying, unless you're a black crippled, Mexican, underprivileged, handicapped, female with autism.
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uh....
 
who is the southerndoc??? never heard of him? i smell a troll? can someone check the ip address? 😀
 
EM is getting pretty hard - good way to guage if you're going to get in is do randomized blocks of USMLEWORLD questions.... if you're scoring less than 40/46 per block- you should really consider doing something like standing on the corner wearing some ghetto headphones advertising apartments for rent while you twirl a large arrow.
 
Hard24Get said:
Hey, funny, but not nice, you guys. Don't you remember wanting to match in EM so bad you could taste it, and any excuse to talk about it, or better yet, have someone tell you that you could do it, made all the difference in the world? I'm trying not to make posts such others have, but it is difficult to resist! 😳

Have a heart for those not yet as fortunate as yourselves and bear with us.

+pity+
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No, we all knew exactly where we were going and didn't give a d*mn what anyone else thought. 😉

Seriously. Just read the FAQ's. it just gets a tiny bit annoying.. of course, it is more post padding, in essence 😉
 
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poloace said:
you should really consider doing something like standing on the corner wearing some ghetto headphones advertising apartments for rent while you twirl a large arrow.
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Can I put this on my app? Will it improve my chances of getting in? What if it's a large baton instead of an arrow?

You guys are making me nervous! I'm never breaking into an EM residency!
 
arrowsmith2 said:
Maybe it's the originality that could use some work. Not too much though, southern. Don't be gettin' any ideas. Your work is gold. Pure gold.
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Come on now Arrow, less time being critical, more time working on buffing your personal statement. You'll thank us next year when you match.
 
can you put SDN on your list of 'extracurriculars'

or... as a 'service project' - by helping annoying people with applications?

YES!
 
poloace said:
EM is getting pretty hard - good way to guage if you're going to get in is do randomized blocks of USMLEWORLD questions.... if you're scoring less than 40/46 per block- you should really consider doing something like standing on the corner wearing some ghetto headphones advertising apartments for rent while you twirl a large arrow.
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not unless you want to end up s/p SOCMOB
 
I'm in the same boat as this guy.

Did I mention that I am the genetic clone of Rosen AND Tintinalli?
 
poloace said:
EM is getting pretty hard - good way to guage if you're going to get in is do randomized blocks of USMLEWORLD questions.... if you're scoring less than 40/46 per block- you should really consider doing something like standing on the corner wearing some ghetto headphones advertising apartments for rent while you twirl a large arrow.
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Man, they do that out west too!? It is annoying enough here 😡
 
Dear what ever your name is:

We have decided to close all residency programs to everyone with a step 1 score above 12. We are even revoking the post residency status of certain attendings- anyone who has published. To enter a residency, you must have absolutely no personality and no sense of humor. By demonstrating your anxiety about not being able to match, you have shown that you are too excitable to enter into any residency.

We understand you have medical school loans to pay, so we are working with local fast food franchises to place unsucessful applicants. Competition is still fierce, especially with the students from the MRDD "college" in town. Most parents will allow their children to live with them for 1-2 months while starting up work. Manual labor is highly under-rated.

Good luck in your future profession in food service.

Sincerely,
Smug bastards with a job
 
southerndoc said:
I'm holding out for BKN to tell me what he thinks. Maybe he could compare my scores, LOR's, and other stuff to all the stats of his applicants?

I guess if it doesn't work out, there's always PM&R.
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What I think you need to be assigned extra shifts as you have way too much time. I'll call Dick to arrange this.
 
southerndoc said:
Also former White House intern, spent three years providing relief work in Rwanda, and twice won the Tour de France (naturally)...
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I'm sorry, no way in hell....er....White House intern you say? Um, what type of, er, "services" did you provide? There might be hope afterall.

You do have frequent dry cleaning don't you?

Take care,
Jeff
 
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Jeff698 said:
I'm sorry, no way in hell....er....White House intern you say? Um, what type of, er, "services" did you provide? There might be hope afterall.

You do have frequent dry cleaning don't you?

Take care,
Jeff
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Hilarious!!! I really have enjoyed this entire thread. It has provided some humor in the studying...time for bed so I can get up and start again 🙄
 
BKN said:
What I think you need to be assigned extra shifts as you have way too much time. I'll call Dick to arrange this.
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Who is Dick?

And I have so much time because I'm on vacation... 2 more days of freedom before the MICU. Bring on the pain baby, bring it on!
 
You haven't written a screenplay yet, so you are no one and phenomenally boring. *yawn*
 
southerndoc said:
Actually I have written a novel. Does that count? 🙂
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No, southerndoc, it doesn't

In fact, with your shoddy stats you should just give up and hand in your resignation to your PD now so you can escape with your dignity. I'm sure BKN will be passing on the information any day now anyways, so it's just a matter of time.
 
I heard from a friend who's mother's uncle's boyfriend's sister said that if you put yourself into v-fib (before doing this you'll need to research which EMS area to do this in so that they'll bring you to your program's hospital of choice), arrive by ambulance, then resuscitate yourself, you'll be a shoe-in. 😱


"Clear!" *zap*
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