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LET said:
Oh I know the Olympics are so much fun. What's your favorite sport to watch?
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My favorites to watch are gymnastics, diving, and swimming. But I also enjoy most of the other sports like track (sprinting) and field, volleyball, and the white water kayaking event was really cool in 2004! I can get into anything really - can't wait!

gradu8in2003 said:
Gymnastics! (I was a gymnast as a youngster) Followed by diving and swimming.

No four day weekend. However, my office is closing at 3 o'clock tomorrow! 2 extra hours of holiday, woohoo!
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I was a gymnast as a kid too, but only as a hobby - it got to the point where I was "too good" to keep doing the group lessons at my facility, and they put me on the competition team, which was CRAZY intense and I ended up quitting. Some of the people on that team went to the Olympic Trials (this was back in 1996). I ended up growing out of the sport (I'm 6'4" now) but it was always a lot of fun! High bar and floor exercise were my favorite events.

Too bad about not having the four day weekend. That would rock! I just found out my 10 am meeting was cancelled, so I don't have to go in until 10:30 now. 👍
 
Hey!

Chad, you're extremely lucky...I still have to go tomorrow and deal with my patient coming in super-late...ugh! But, I'll get to write some essays...or just spend the day on SDN.
Yay for gymnastics, diving and swimming! I work at Stanford now and it's kind of surreal to be here cause so many great athletes go here. I'm mostly watching the trials cause I know a bunch of people on the team, which makes it SO much more exciting. But yeah, I can't wait! And knowing how hard they train is humbling, makes me re-evaluate my constant secondaries-are-so-hard whining 🙄
 
Oh, by the way, I saw in your mdapps that you're a singer. Me too! What kind? I'm a mezzo, and theoretically I've been classically trained but my voice teacher eventually gave up and let me belt, which I'm FAR better at. Unfortunately, broadway and pop-style conservatory voice teachers are few and far between (and while I was in college, I had a scholarship to study voice, now I'd have to pay for it myself...) so I've stopped taking lessons.
How about you?
 
LET said:
Oh, by the way, I saw in your mdapps that you're a singer. Me too! What kind? I'm a mezzo, and theoretically I've been classically trained but my voice teacher eventually gave up and let me belt, which I'm FAR better at. Unfortunately, broadway and pop-style conservatory voice teachers are few and far between (and while I was in college, I had a scholarship to study voice, now I'd have to pay for it myself...) so I've stopped taking lessons.
How about you?
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Well I started singing in a choir at age 3 and have not stopped singing since! I had classical training for about 1 year and then found an amazing Broadway voice teacher when I lived in Houston. He used to be a professional performer (he had been in shows on Broadway and national tours throughout his career), and he taught me the "New York" style of singing. He trained me as a baritone, but I much prefer singing tenor, so after expanding my range over the past several years I consider myself a baritenor. I've done all kinds of stuff - vocal competitions, musicals, choral singing, etc., and it's easily my favorite hobby ever. I simply love to perform and it's a great stress-reliever for me. Since college I've started working on pop-style singing, and I think I've come a long way since college. I go to auditions every now and then (maybe 5 a year or so) for professional gigs, but I go just for fun. Whenever I get the chance to do any sort of performing, I jump at the opportunity. 😀
 
LET said:
Oh, by the way, I saw in your mdapps that you're a singer. Me too! What kind? I'm a mezzo, and theoretically I've been classically trained but my voice teacher eventually gave up and let me belt, which I'm FAR better at. Unfortunately, broadway and pop-style conservatory voice teachers are few and far between (and while I was in college, I had a scholarship to study voice, now I'd have to pay for it myself...) so I've stopped taking lessons.
How about you?
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I'm a first soprano... "classically trained" as well (music undergrad). Absolutely love singing.
 
oooh I'm thrilled to see so many singers on here! Gotta embrace being both a choir nerd and a science nerd...and I agree, it's the best stress reliever ever...

and chubbychaser, we all need a good whistler from time to time. Seriously, my college chorale once sang a piece in which the men had to whistle (it was some crazy modern piece) and almost none of them could do it...which was sad. If only we'd had you around.
 
LET said:
oooh I'm thrilled to see so many singers on here! Gotta embrace being both a choir nerd and a science nerd...and I agree, it's the best stress reliever ever...

and chubbychaser, we all need a good whistler from time to time. Seriously, my college chorale once sang a piece in which the men had to whistle (it was some crazy modern piece) and almost none of them could do it...which was sad. If only we'd had you around.
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nice to know I'm good for something!
 
I can tap my feet pretty well, or play the saxophone. You really don't want to hear me sing though 😛
 
I'm not musically inclined whatsoever, but that still doesn't stop me from singing in the car. Broadway musicals are a favorite of mine, but I'm sure I butcher them horribly. I have a theatre friend that loves to ask me to sing so he can laugh at me. To be fair, I ask him science questions and have him try to reason out the answers.

"Why is the lagging strand synthesized in Okazaki fragments?"

"Because it likes anime?"
 
LikeClockWork said:
I'm not musically inclined whatsoever, but that still doesn't stop me from singing in the car. Broadway musicals are a favorite of mine, but I'm sure I butcher them horribly. I have a theatre friend that loves to ask me to sing so he can laugh at me. To be fair, I ask him science questions and have him try to reason out the answers.

"Why is the lagging strand synthesized in Okazaki fragments?"

"Because it likes anime?"
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Hahaha that's wonderful. I'll have to do that to the friends who make fun of me for not knowing how to do normal things (like, write a check, use dishwashers, close blinds) cause I grew up in a different country where they're all kind of different.


Also, I hate that schools don't send secondary prompts to all the applicants at once. It's nerve-wracking.
 
LET said:
Hahaha that's wonderful. I'll have to do that to the friends who make fun of me for not knowing how to do normal things (like, write a check, use dishwashers, close blinds) cause I grew up in a different country where they're all kind of different.


Also, I hate that schools don't send secondary prompts to all the applicants at once. It's nerve-wracking.
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I agree! My state school hasn't sent out secondaries yet, and I'm frustrated! Under review at all the TN schools, but where's my MS/AL/LA love?!
 
gradu8in2003 said:
I agree! My state school hasn't sent out secondaries yet, and I'm frustrated! Under review at all the TN schools, but where's my MS/AL/LA love?!
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hey girl... don't stress, LA's really hot, so we're a little slower down here 🙂 I just got both my secondaries from the LSUs this past week, and still official invite from Tulane (though their app is available online... w/o an invite, I just feel so... presumptious... sending it off - ya know?)

Hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July!
 
Does anyone else feel like this? I added a lot of schools to the AMCAS app cause it was only $30...now getting the secondaries I am already second guessing some of the schools cause they are kind of out of my league and it is expensive!

But I just spent the money on them...

I guess I should just bite the bullet or I will never know...

But I kind of feel like I am paying for a rejection letter...
 
carlyMD said:
Does anyone else feel like this? I added a lot of schools to the AMCAS app cause it was only $30...now getting the secondaries I am already second guessing some of the schools cause they are kind of out of my league and it is expensive!

But I just spent the money on them...

I guess I should just bite the bullet or I will never know...

But I kind of feel like I am paying for a rejection letter...
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well you kno what...you can only attend one school no matter what...so besides that ones schools 30 bucks and secondary fee....the rest is all just a waste of money.
 
Ditto! Home from the parents'. Headed to the grocery store today for healthy food - time for a diet craze around here, I've gained too much weight since I quit weight watchers!

Back to the NICU tomorrow... soooo excited. Hopefully this'll be the week of secondaries for me! 🙂
 
so I have an interesting possible topic for a a diversity/ life challenges essay but i thought i'd run it by you guys for some input. recently while my significant other and i were doing the nasty he had a seizure. he had no history or anything so needless to say it was a bit traumatic for me. i put him on his side and called 911 and all that jazz and he ended up being diagnosed with epilepsy which can happen at 21 apparently. so my question is...should i include the part about us being in the middle of sexy time in a slightly more tasteful manner of course?
 
cleoscat3 said:
so I have an interesting possible topic for a a diversity/ life challenges essay but i thought i'd run it by you guys for some input. recently while my significant other and i were doing the nasty he had a seizure. he had no history or anything so needless to say it was a bit traumatic for me. i put him on his side and called 911 and all that jazz and he ended up being diagnosed with epilepsy which can happen at 21 apparently. so my question is...should i include the part about us being in the middle of sexy time in a slightly more tasteful manner of course?
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I would definitely NOT include the part about having pre-marital sex, especially since many adcom members tend to be a bit conservative. Sounds like an interesting story and would certainly be traumatic - good luck and I hope your SO is okay. :luck:
 
chad5871 said:
I would definitely NOT include the part about having pre-marital sex, especially since many adcom members tend to be a bit conservative. Sounds like an interesting story and would certainly be traumatic - good luck and I hope your SO is okay. :luck:
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I agree. Even if you are married, I'd say it would fall in the "too much information" category since there are so many other ways to get the point across without saying that specifically.
 
Update from Preemie Patrol:
Everyone's kicking and crying this morning. Did 5 c-sections, all little boys. I got assigned homework... my attending is teaching me basic assessment and APGAR stuff and I'm going to start giving out my own APGARs next week (I'll rate 'em and then they'll give out their official APGARS so I can compare with them). I got sent home with two books and hopefully will go back with a headful of questions next week! Fairly exciting to actually feel like a member of the team, even though that's kinda nerdy...

In other news, 3 hours left at the second job of the day then it's homeward bound. I'm sleepy today!
 
cleoscat3 said:
so I have an interesting possible topic for a a diversity/ life challenges essay but i thought i'd run it by you guys for some input. recently while my significant other and i were doing the nasty he had a seizure. he had no history or anything so needless to say it was a bit traumatic for me. i put him on his side and called 911 and all that jazz and he ended up being diagnosed with epilepsy which can happen at 21 apparently. so my question is...should i include the part about us being in the middle of sexy time in a slightly more tasteful manner of course?
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I saw something like this on HOUSE once... only it was a lot more dramatic and he had some weird dx in the end. Glad everyone is doing well. 🙂
 
gradu8in2003 said:
Update from Preemie Patrol:
Everyone's kicking and crying this morning. Did 5 c-sections, all little boys. I got assigned homework... my attending is teaching me basic assessment and APGAR stuff and I'm going to start giving out my own APGARs next week (I'll rate 'em and then they'll give out their official APGARS so I can compare with them). I got sent home with two books and hopefully will go back with a headful of questions next week! Fairly exciting to actually feel like a member of the team, even though that's kinda nerdy...

In other news, 3 hours left at the second job of the day then it's homeward bound. I'm sleepy today!
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Thoroughly jealous over here, even though I have no idea what a APGAR is.
 
LikeClockWork said:
Thoroughly jealous over here, even though I have no idea what a APGAR is.
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I'm pretty sure it's a score given to a newborn to assess their "healthiness". It's usually taken at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth, but can be taken at 10 minutes (or later) if the first two scores were low. It takes several things into account, including fetal heart rate, breathing, and skin tone.

With the research I'm doing right now, APGAR score is one of the variables I have to collect from patient charts.
 
chad5871 said:
I'm pretty sure it's a score given to a newborn to assess their "healthiness". It's usually taken at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth, but can be taken at 10 minutes (or later) if the first two scores were low. It takes several things into account, including fetal heart rate, breathing, and skin tone.

With the research I'm doing right now, APGAR score is one of the variables I have to collect from patient charts.
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Hey would you look at that? I'm learning! :prof:


(I just wanted an excuse to use that smiley. :whistle:)
 
Right on, buddy! I learned today that babies RARELY get tens b/c the extremities are almost always a little blue. Most "normal", healthy babies get 9s.

In other news, I got my first secondary!!!!!! After the initial excitement, I had to figure out how to send my lors from interfolio... and come to find out, they have to go from interfolio to AMCAS then to my school. No way to get around it for this school. So even though I mailed out transcripts today and am getting the sec. done tonight, I wont be complete for at least 7 days. GRRRR. So much for having those letters done early!

Still, I suppose July 15th-ish is earlier than Sept 30th-ish 😉

Somewhere between secondary heaven and hell, but ready to say "BRING IT ON!"
 
Congrats on the secondary! Got my first screened secondary today (VCU) and I couldn't be more excited!

In re: Apgars - my older brother got a 10. I was a 9. It seems like there's always a competition between us with something, and he always edges me out. He got a 1360 on his SAT, I got a 1330. Now he's in law school and is second in his class - guess that means I'll have be first in my med school class to beat him! :laugh:
 
chad5871 said:
Congrats on the secondary! Got my first screened secondary today (VCU) and I couldn't be more excited!

In re: Apgars - my older brother got a 10. I was a 9. It seems like there's always a competition between us with something, and he always edges me out. He got a 1360 on his SAT, I got a 1330. Now he's in law school and is second in his class - guess that means I'll have be first in my med school class to beat him! :laugh:
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Haha! That's great!

Just turned my secondary around. 4 hours. 👍 Paid, completed, sent. Transcripts and letters on their way. Now... we...wait....
 
You guys are so "with it". I made a little chart of the med schools I'm applying to, the day I got the secondary, the day I submitted it, etc...and I put it on my wall at work, figuring it would guilt-trip me into not procrastinating on the stupid things. But, no luck! I've only completed 2 out of the 7 I've received so far...mind you, I'm applying to 29 schools. And every time I'm tempted to just remove one I think "but what if this is the only one that takes me?" and I give in.
I have a feeling that soon I'll be somewhat buried, but I'm still hoping for inspiration to strike before I can write these essays.

Any other procrastinators out there?
 
LET said:
You guys are so "with it". I made a little chart of the med schools I'm applying to, the day I got the secondary, the day I submitted it, etc...and I put it on my wall at work, figuring it would guilt-trip me into not procrastinating on the stupid things. But, no luck! I've only completed 2 out of the 7 I've received so far...mind you, I'm applying to 29 schools. And every time I'm tempted to just remove one I think "but what if this is the only one that takes me?" and I give in.
I have a feeling that soon I'll be somewhat buried, but I'm still hoping for inspiration to strike before I can write these essays.

Any other procrastinators out there?
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I haven't done any yet and I applied to 41 schools 😳 I want to wait for mcat scores before I start making any payments.
 
LET said:
You guys are so "with it". I made a little chart of the med schools I'm applying to, the day I got the secondary, the day I submitted it, etc...and I put it on my wall at work, figuring it would guilt-trip me into not procrastinating on the stupid things. But, no luck! I've only completed 2 out of the 7 I've received so far...mind you, I'm applying to 29 schools. And every time I'm tempted to just remove one I think "but what if this is the only one that takes me?" and I give in.
I have a feeling that soon I'll be somewhat buried, but I'm still hoping for inspiration to strike before I can write these essays.

Any other procrastinators out there?
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I procrastinated a little last year, and it coupled with less than stellar stats were my downfall. Overall, I'm horrible at procrastinating (as in, can't do it. makes me ill. must be on time). This year, I vowed to turn them around as quickly as they came in, given I had the funds.

C'mon LET! You can do it! Get those secondaries to the curb! (Motivation...sorta...haha)
 
Well, I'm on track to be almost a month ahead of where I was last cycle, so I'm hoping that translates into something good. I don't think my timing hurt last time, but being even earlier can't be a bad thing, right?
 
Hahaha thanks guys!! (esp. Gradu8 for the motivation 😀) I'm gonna do my best to get at least a couple more applications done this week...

By the way, I had a very scary moment earlier. I am a minority in theory (Hispanic) and wrote that in when I took the MCAT, or when I signed up for AMCAS, or something. Anyways, I ended up on the medical students minorities list (MED-MAR). I did pretty well on the MCAT (thank God, since my GPA needs all the help it can get) so I've been getting a lot of letters and stuff from med schools, especially considering the minorities thing- I'm not naive enough to think that won't give me a boost in the admission process, however fair or unfair that may be...
anyways, so far I've gotten emails and letters from a bunch of places that I haven't applied to, so I know that they're just the usual "you should apply here" things. However, today I checked my mailbox and I had a small envelope from UPenn...which I DID apply to. I almost had a heart attack. I am REALLY not expecting to get in there, and they haven't even gotten my LOR's yet, but oh man. I thought it was my first rejection. The walk from the mailbox to the table where I opened that envelope was the longest walk of my life. Thankfully, it was yet another letter from an admissions diversity office.
I thought I was all ready to receive rejections and stuff, but apparently I'm going to need some more work...
 
chad5871 said:
I would definitely NOT include the part about having pre-marital sex, especially since many adcom members tend to be a bit conservative. Sounds like an interesting story and would certainly be traumatic - good luck and I hope your SO is okay. :luck:
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he's fine now. just stressed cause he can't do his job any more (he dives for a living) anywho thanks for the advice, i was hoping for the shock value of it all but alas it seems it wouldn't be appropriate.

in other news, i'm procrastinating too. gotten 5 secondary requests and only finished 1. still haven't even gotten to interview with my committee for a recommendation letter yet🙁. I'm aiming for the middle of august to be done with it all since theres a 3 week turn around time at my school once you talk to the committee.
 
I can't believe I stayed up this late. I was going to work on secondaries, but I just have NO motivation! And they're really not that bad - I've just got to force myself to do them. Tomorrow I'm going to finish UVA, GWU, and Jefferson. Then Wednesday I can tackle Georgetown and VCU. Then I can finish off the week on Thursday with Columbia and Boston. That's 7 in 3 days. Definitely doable. 😀

I guess it all doesn't really matter since my LORs won't be sent out until the 17th. As long as I get all the secondaries I've received in by then, I won't be delayed.
 
chad5871 said:
I can't believe I stayed up this late. I was going to work on secondaries, but I just have NO motivation! And they're really not that bad - I've just got to force myself to do them. Tomorrow I'm going to finish UVA, GWU, and Jefferson. Then Wednesday I can tackle Georgetown and VCU. Then I can finish off the week on Thursday with Columbia and Boston. That's 7 in 3 days. Definitely doable. 😀

I guess it all doesn't really matter since my LORs won't be sent out until the 17th. As long as I get all the secondaries I've received in by then, I won't be delayed.
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Man, maybe I'm just too neurotic, but it takes me forever to do essays. I write them, rewrite them, give to friends/family to look at, rewrite them, sleep on it, rewrite some more, change back to a previous version, then scrap it and start all over from scratch. I guess I'm too wishy-washy to bust one out in a day. 😳
 
Anyone know how long it takes schools to see letters from Virtual Evals? I got an e-mail saying mine were uploaded by my advisor on 7/1 and none of my schools say they have received them yet...😕
 
copperfrog09 said:
Anyone know how long it takes schools to see letters from Virtual Evals? I got an e-mail saying mine were uploaded by my advisor on 7/1 and none of my schools say they have received them yet...😕
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Are you sure that your schools can see direct letters from Virtual Evals and that they aren't part of the AMCAS system? I thought I'd be fine with interfolio but turns out and I have to get my interfolio stuff sent to AMCAS for those schools. That process takes seven days, so that's what I'm waiting for right now. So frustrated with myself b/c I could've had that done forever ago if I would've known! Thankfully it's only one school that I need this process for, the rest I can apply direct from Interfolio for.
 
Hello '13ers!!!

are you guys having the same experience I am? I keep waiting for more secondaries and getting pissy when someone else gets one before I do, and yet I'm not working on the ones I do have....

I WILL somehow fabricate an entire essay about why I want to go to Georgetown, and the essay about what I'm doing this year, and an essay about the satisfactions I expect to get out of medicine, and the struggle essay...

IT WILL HAPPEN!!!!!
 
LET said:
Hello '13ers!!!

are you guys having the same experience I am? I keep waiting for more secondaries and getting pissy when someone else gets one before I do, and yet I'm not working on the ones I do have....

I WILL somehow fabricate an entire essay about why I want to go to Georgetown, and the essay about what I'm doing this year, and an essay about the satisfactions I expect to get out of medicine, and the struggle essay...

IT WILL HAPPEN!!!!!
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I am in the EXACT same boat as you! I keep waiting for more secondaries - got VCU's yesterday and just got Pitt's and Maryland's, which are both pretty high up on my list, but I have no motivation at all to finish them... It's almost like I'd rather wait until I have them all until I start working on them (which I know is a bad mentality). I have the UVA essays done so I'm going to do a few more edits and submit it tonight. I'm going to do GWU's tonight too. I guess that's a start...
 
So, despite the fact that New York schools hate me (Cornell, Sinai and NYMC are all out except I have not gotten any of them), today has been a good day.
Why, you ask?

Well, I sent in Cornell even though I wasn't technically invited to (invitation schminvitation, I say) AND I got the notice from VirtualEvals that my committee packet is in, AND GW got my secondary.

So now I'm waiting to be complete at the three schools I actually sent in my applications to. Hurrah!

Now, if I can just motivate myself to work the other ones...and to actually take the stupid picture that they require....
 
Good morning everyone! It's an alright one here.. the girl I'm training to take my job isn't going to be here today, which is actually sortof a bad thing... It's much easier for 2 people to do this job than one! Hoping it ends up a little quieter than usual. Also, one of my coworkers is out today - the loan officer. That always causes problems because people aren't getting what they want. Grr.. I'm tired of working with people's money. 3 weeks or less to go! 🙂🙂

About to check on my secondary and see if there's any updates. *Crossing fingers and praying*

Day 4 of weight watchers. According to the scale, I'm down about 2 lbs. 👍 Definitely excited about that. And wii boxing is an amazing workout, just in case anyone was wondering. Hahaha
 
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