2009-2010 Case Western Reserve University Application Thread
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What!?!
No man, you gotta GUESS!
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Ok...uh...they only had records from your Kindergarten health appraisal on microfiche that are SO grainy you can only make out that you MAY have gotten a polio vaccine, had two lazy eyes, and are possibly cognitively underdeveloped?
It's like you are reading my mind!
I totally agree.
Plus he's apparently got TWO lazy eyes...
Hey now! Why are you two picking on me?! I dare both of you to look me straight in the eye (not the same one) and say that to my face! Just don't stand too close together or you'll be in my blind spot...I'm kinda like a carp...
Sorry...That was uncalled for. Forgive me?
Nah...that's OK. I know you've had a bad week. Say what are you doing this weekend?
Going to Cleveland to apartment shop. You?
GET OUTTA HERE! ME TOO! Wow! What are the chances! Are you driving?
Absolutely! Are you driving too? These coincidences are TOO much!
No, dude, lazy eyes? Remember?
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Right, right. Sorry 'bout that...
Methinks vc7777 has gone off the deep end...Maybe I regret saying I can't wait to have him as my classmate...
On a nicer note, my up-to-date immunization records are stored online so I can access them anytime I want. Here's to hoping a printed online copy is authentic enough for Case!
When are we supposed to get info about the other stuff? Like questionnaires and CITI thing? Oh well, not my fault if I haven't gotten it! 😀
On a nicer note, my up-to-date immunization records are stored online so I can access them anytime I want. Here's to hoping a printed online copy is authentic enough for Case!
When are we supposed to get info about the other stuff? Like questionnaires and CITI thing? Oh well, not my fault if I haven't gotten it! 😀
Yes?
Top!
That was like watching a mental train wreck in slow, agonizing motion...
Choo-Choo!
Thanks! Dude - that is my hardest earned "Top" on the thread this year! 😀
Thanks! Dude - that is my hardest earned "Top" on the thread this year! 😀
Wow, vc7777, you're really stepping up your top-sniping game!
Which will be absolutely useless to him when I lock the thread on page 99.
As an addendum, the polio vaccine I ended up getting was cheap and easy.😳
In case you UPers haven't looked at iapply recently, theres a new link on the very bottom that has a ton of information. Of that information presented, we have a summer reading assignment, "Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science." I got a copy off amazon for $5 shipped, check them out.
Also, our books for anatomy are posted, "Grey's for students" 2nd edition and "Atlas of Anatomy" by Gilroy/Ross. Each of these run ~ $50 bucks online, I may wait until I get to Case to make these purchases.
Myuu and Ice, can you comment on the book situation at Case? Is the bookstore cheap / way overpriced? How do you get your books? Are the "required" texts really required or suggested? Mind throwing out some suggestions?
The Case Wiki has some similar information, but I'd like to hear it straight from the Horse's mouth.
Nerd alert inc. With that being said, I'm going to the RENAISSANCE FAIR later today. No outfit, but I'm STOKED. / nerd
Also, our books for anatomy are posted, "Grey's for students" 2nd edition and "Atlas of Anatomy" by Gilroy/Ross. Each of these run ~ $50 bucks online, I may wait until I get to Case to make these purchases.
Myuu and Ice, can you comment on the book situation at Case? Is the bookstore cheap / way overpriced? How do you get your books? Are the "required" texts really required or suggested? Mind throwing out some suggestions?
The Case Wiki has some similar information, but I'd like to hear it straight from the Horse's mouth.
Nerd alert inc. With that being said, I'm going to the RENAISSANCE FAIR later today. No outfit, but I'm STOKED. / nerd
I hate Gray's anatomy with the frozen ire of a million supermassive black holes. But, some people love it to death, so there are a lot of ways you could go there. Also, they're all available in the library, so depending on when you do your reading, it could really work out well for you, economically. In terms of atlases, Thieme's is an all-around favorite, with Rohen's as the de facto photographic accompaniment. Both are totally worth it, but, again, try before you buy, if you buy at all. I'm pretty sure most people buy online, as the bookstore is a fairly typical BN-run operation (which is to say grossly overpriced). I think someone was working on revising the booklist to reflect which ones you would actually need, so I'll see if I can't find that for you.👍
Oh, and I'm sure there'll be a number of newly-christened second years anxious to sell you things.🙂
(A lot of these books are online in one way or another through md consult, access medicine, etc.)
Which will be absolutely useless to him when I lock the thread on page 99.
Can you merge all of his posts/responses to himself?
I would recommend either buying the books from older students where you'll get a great deal, or going to allbookstores.com where you can compare book prices from all the major retailers (and some not so major ones too) in an apples-to-apples comparison with shipping included. I believe Code Blue has a whole section on the most recommended texts, I defer to that because it has more than just my input. However, for anatomy, I think the Moore text for anatomy is the best, in addition to Rohan (neither of which are the recommended texts this year).
Yeah, but in that case, guess who isn't going to help you with your driving? 😀
It's MSPRC: Medical Student Promotions and Review Committee. And actually, they haven't reviewed my fifth year portfolio yet. They only use the first and second year portfolios to decide whether you get promoted to second and third years, respectively. Then there is no third year portfolio, and you write one at the beginning of fifth year that is used to ensure that you're going to meet all competencies required for graduation. So that's the point where I'm at, but I still get to be a fifth year now because the old fifth year class already graduated. 🙂
If you're going to join Team Myuu/CCLCMer, I think we can come to a mutually beneficial arrangement.
It's a deal. 👍
Good that you recognize your impending doom and defeat.
It's SLO-mo MEN-tal T-wreck.... 😀
Just so you know, your hard-hitting free-form commentary on the impersonality of the limitations of prose posting on SDN school discussion threads is still funny.
What do people do for furniture around Case? Out west, lots of people go to Ikea for cheap-y stuff, but I saw there isn't one nearby. Craigslist? Other students? Are there cheap furniture stores?
Also, on a housing not, how much is reasonable for a 1 bdrm/half a 2 bdrm/ a third of a 3 bdrm near campus for the UP? Also, any idea on how much room that much money would get you?
Also, on a housing not, how much is reasonable for a 1 bdrm/half a 2 bdrm/ a third of a 3 bdrm near campus for the UP? Also, any idea on how much room that much money would get you?
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Also related to housing:
An earlier post mentioned that most apartments don't come with AC. Most housing out here don't come with AC as well, but it's because I'm close to the beach and the weather's great year round -- AC simply isn't necessary. Is AC not necessary in Cleveland or do most people not have/use AC for money issues?
Is rental insurance necessary?
Thanks. 🙂
An earlier post mentioned that most apartments don't come with AC. Most housing out here don't come with AC as well, but it's because I'm close to the beach and the weather's great year round -- AC simply isn't necessary. Is AC not necessary in Cleveland or do most people not have/use AC for money issues?
Is rental insurance necessary?
Thanks. 🙂
I heard it just gets hot in Cleveland for a couple days in the summer. I would just buy a fan for $20...
Yes to Craigslist and other students. I'm not sure about furniture stores. I brought most of my furniture with me, got some hand-me-downs from when my sister got married, etc.
I have a one bed, one bath about three blocks from Case for $760 (landlord just raised my rent 😡). That includes water, garbage, electricity, and gas. Cable and landline if you use one are extra.
A lot of people either don't use AC or else have window units. My first summer here, I didn't have an AC. There were a few hot spells where it got uncomfortable, but in general, the summers here are pretty mild. However, my parents were horrified at the thought that I had no AC, and they bought me a window unit. Since I have it, I now use it, mainly in August and Sept. But you could definitely get by with fans if you're ok with a few hot days here and there, and I know a lot of people who do.
It depends on if you have something worth insuring. I debated getting rental insurance and ultimately decided not to. There is nothing I have here of tremendous value that isn't replaceable worst case scenario, and I'm going to sell a lot of it when I move next summer anyway. But if you have expensive furniture and other things you would find hard to replace, then you might want to consider it.
I don't know if I'm the one who told you that, but if not, I agree with whoever else said that.
Is this going to be one of the few moments in the year when I, as a lifelong CA resident, can say "HAHA, weaklings...this is what I deal with everyday in CA" to everyone, before they make fun of me from Oct-May? 😀
No. As a lifelong CA resident prior to med school, I thought it was pretty damn hot in the summer. It's not the heat, it's the humidity...
Now, if you said FLORIDA...you would laugh at our midwest humidity...
I personally value my sleep. I will likely be getting a window unit (800 BTUs) just to keep the humidity down at night to sleep in the bedroom.
I personally value my sleep. I will likely be getting a window unit (800 BTUs) just to keep the humidity down at night to sleep in the bedroom.
I would like to point out that in addition to having the most posts, we now also have the most views. I take pride in that.
Finally! Take That UCLA!
Probably not. Now granted I've only been to CA twice. But both times it was pretty cold when I was there, and it wasn't even wintertime. I came once in June and once in October. In my admittedly limited experience, the summer in Cleveland is hotter than the summer in San Diego, LA, or SF. So, you're pretty much never going to have the opportunity to lord your weather tolerance over anyone else here. Sorry.
As do I. 👍droofish47 said:
I would also like to point out that our 2010-2011 Case thread also has the most views so far in the new subforum. However, we are one post short of the Vandy thread in terms of having the most posts, and I hope two of you will post pad the new thread so that we can remedy this unacceptable situation.
I didn't want to presume, I thought you guys might get lonely over here if I started posting too much over 'yonder.
I'm on it. BRB
I'm from Virginia and I laugh at your concept of humidity.
Hmmmm....you don't strike me as a virginian.
Thank you for all the helpful replies! 😍
Coastal California, where most people live, tends to be cool during the summers and warm during the winters, although it gets waaaay warmer further inland. It easily breaks 90+ F during the summers. California is pretty dry though; it's mostly desert.
Coastal California, where most people live, tends to be cool during the summers and warm during the winters, although it gets waaaay warmer further inland. It easily breaks 90+ F during the summers. California is pretty dry though; it's mostly desert.
What a great morning in Cleveland...sun was shining...people were out and about....
One one hand, I'm glad. On the other hand, I'm a bit concerned as to what state you would otherwise think I was from.
Did you check out the Hessler Street Fair?😀 Or the Adelbert book sale? 😀 😀
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Can we make alliances? I'm ok with losing if it's to you. I just don't want it to be to vc7777, or you and I will both never hear the end of it. What do you say? Teammates?
I'M winning this semi-useless contest!!
I think our curriculum fosters such a collaborative atmosphere that the repressed competitiveness needs to be channeled elsewhere.
What a coincidence, so did I!
I didn't say that, though.
Wow, no kidding. With such persistence and effort, I think he has a pretty good shot of getting the 5k-th post. 🙂
The weather in CA didn't strike me as difficult to deal with, and as such, I think we're invariably going to be made fun of throughout the year. 🙁 We can always form a support group...
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