2009-2010 Case Western Reserve University Application Thread

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Why was 6 afraid of vc7777?







Because he's freaking nuts!
 
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! 😀
 
Wow, vc7777, you're really stepping up your top-sniping game! :bow:
 
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
 
Meat said:
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
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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.)
 
Myuu said:
Which will be absolutely useless to him when I lock the thread on page 99.:meanie:
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Can you merge all of his posts/responses to himself? :meanie:

Meat said:
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
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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).
 
IHeartSleep said:
You may be pleased to hear I will now very likely be getting a car due to my living situation and I will be making Cleveland pho runs in ~2 months. Notice the "I" because now I'm not sure if we're going to be friends/buddies. 🙁
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Yeah, but in that case, guess who isn't going to help you with your driving? 😀

Oh and I noticed you changed your title to "Fifth year MD/MS student" just now. Congrats and yay for the MPEC (or whatever the acronym for the promotions committee) promoting you to 5th year!
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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. 🙂

Can I be the author of the 1000th post on the 2010-2011 Case thread then? I call dibs? 😀
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If you're going to join Team Myuu/CCLCMer, I think we can come to a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Myuu said:
You can always make Cleveland pho runs with us. We'll like you even more if you pay for us.
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It's a deal. 👍

vc7777 said:
Hmmm....I think I'm screwed...
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Good that you recognize your impending doom and defeat. :laugh:

vc7777 said:
Choo-Choo!

Thanks! Dude - that is my hardest earned "Top" on the thread this year! 😀
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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 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. 🙂
 
peripherin said:
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. 🙂
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I heard it just gets hot in Cleveland for a couple days in the summer. I would just buy a fan for $20...
 
orderandchaos said:
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?
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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.

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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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.

peripherin said:
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?
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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.

Is rental insurance necessary?
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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.

IHeartSleep said:
I heard it just gets hot in Cleveland for a couple days in the summer. I would just buy a fan for $20...
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I don't know if I'm the one who told you that, but if not, I agree with whoever else said that.
 
CCLCMer said:
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.
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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? 😀
 
IHeartSleep said:
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? 😀
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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...
 
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.
 
IHeartSleep said:
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? 😀
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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.

droofish47 said:
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.
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As do I. 👍

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.
 
vc7777 said:
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.
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I'm from Virginia and I laugh at your concept of humidity.:meanie::meanie:
 
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.
 
vc7777 said:
Hmmmm....you don't strike me as a virginian.
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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.:laugh:

vc7777 said:
What a great morning in Cleveland...sun was shining...people were out and about....
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Did you check out the Hessler Street Fair?😀 Or the Adelbert book sale? 😀 😀
 
Can any continuing Case students give me an idea what they did for parking when going to class? Was it on campus? Was it worth it? etc..
 
CCLCMer said:
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? :highfive:
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Myuu said:
Deal!
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IHeartSleep said:
I'M winning this semi-useless contest!!

+pad+
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CCLCMer said:
Oh to think that earlier today I was telling Dean Franco that I was going to be your buddy this year, for I had no idea of how you would betray me tonight. :cry:
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I think our curriculum fosters such a collaborative atmosphere that the repressed competitiveness needs to be channeled elsewhere. :luck:

vc7777 said:
No! No, not at all...for example...I had to get immunization records for CCLCM this week, you know?
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What a coincidence, so did I!

IHeartSleep said:
Methinks vc7777 has gone off the deep end...Maybe I regret saying I can't wait to have him as my classmate...
😀
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I didn't say that, though. :laugh:

vc7777 said:
Choo-Choo!

Thanks! Dude - that is my hardest earned "Top" on the thread this year! 😀
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Wow, no kidding. With such persistence and effort, I think he has a pretty good shot of getting the 5k-th post. 🙂

IHeartSleep said:
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? 😀
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iceman77_7 said:
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...
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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...
 
Hey all, The waitlist is still moving, got the call this morning!!
 
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