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aznb0y129 said:
Really? ER seems like it would be interesting at the very least. Which specialty are you thinking of?

I originally thought Neuro, but apparently all you do is diagnose. There aren't too many treatments for many conditions. That might get depressing after a while...
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Neonatology. Peds alll the way. even if I end up not sub-specializing, I'll end up doing Peds.
 
Yeah, I'm headed off to class.

To Aznb0y, GoSpurs, and DrYoda: about talking to him. Intellectually, I know I need to do that and I probably will when I get a chance to see him face to face in a few days. But yeah, I'm not gonna lie, there is a part of me that's thinking "OK, how are you not getting this already? Do I have to show you what it's like to be ignored before you figure out what I'm not liking here? If I don't call you for a week does that mean we won't talk for a week?"

I don't play games, but I am wondering what's going through his mind. And I'm not relishing the thought of 'talking about it' but I guess that's probably the sensible solution since I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's just kind of clueless.
 
pianola said:
Yeah, I'm headed off to class.

To Aznb0y, GoSpurs, and DrYoda: about talking to him. Intellectually, I know I need to do that and I probably will when I get a chance to see him face to face in a few days. But yeah, I'm not gonna lie, there is a part of me that's thinking "OK, how are you not getting this already? Do I have to show you what it's like to be ignored before you figure out what I'm not liking here? If I don't call you for a week does that mean we won't talk for a week?"

I don't play games, but I am wondering what's going through his mind. And I'm not relishing the thought of 'talking about it' but I guess that's probably the sensible solution since I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's just kind of clueless.
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Men are sooo frustrating. Best of luck.
 
olemissbabydoc said:
Neonatology. Peds alll the way. even if I end up not sub-specializing, I'll end up doing Peds.
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But I heard for Pedes, so much of your time is actually spent calming down parents that you don't even have that much time to spend with the kids.

I dunno, I guess there are pluses and minuses to every specialty.
 
aznb0y129 said:
But I heard for Pedes, so much of your time is actually spent calming down parents that you don't even have that much time to spend with the kids.

I dunno, I guess there are pluses and minuses to every specialty.
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I like parents, so that's cool 👍

And yes, thankfully we all like different things. Therefore we have docs in each specialty to go around!
 
pianola said:
Yeah, I'm headed off to class.

To Aznb0y, GoSpurs, and DrYoda: about talking to him. Intellectually, I know I need to do that and I probably will when I get a chance to see him face to face in a few days. But yeah, I'm not gonna lie, there is a part of me that's thinking "OK, how are you not getting this already? Do I have to show you what it's like to be ignored before you figure out what I'm not liking here? If I don't call you for a week does that mean we won't talk for a week?"

I don't play games, but I am wondering what's going through his mind. And I'm not relishing the thought of 'talking about it' but I guess that's probably the sensible solution since I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's just kind of clueless.
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The only thing to say is that men are from Mars and women are from Venus.

But yeah, talk to him. I'm sure once you clear the air, he'll be more cognizant in the future.
 
olemissbabydoc said:
The Men are from Mars... books are amazing. Really great insight into the minds of the opposite sex.
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Lol or you could just ask a member of the opposite sex 🙂

I always found it amusing when some women read magazine articles about men that are written by other women. As Dave Chappelle so eloquently put it, "they don't know WTF they're talking about."
 
aznb0y129 said:
Lol or you could just ask a member of the opposite sex 🙂

I always found it amusing when some women read magazine articles about men that are written by other women. As Dave Chappelle so eloquently put it, "they don't know WTF they're talking about."
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Ha! I think a husband/wife combo wrote these...
 
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First time posting on this thread, yay! Just wanted to say congrats to everyone who's been accepted, its a GREAT feeling! All the hard work paid off, and WE'RE GONNA BE DOCTORS!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited! To all of you still waiting to hear back, be patient and don't give up. I know waiting is torture, but keep your faith. Anyways, just wanted to officially post in the Class of 2013. I know we'll all have great careers! Can't wait to meet my fellow classmates!
 
EtherealEyez said:
First time posting on this thread, yay! Just wanted to say congrats to everyone who's been accepted, its a GREAT feeling! All the hard work paid off, and WE'RE GONNA BE DOCTORS!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited! To all of you still waiting to hear back, be patient and don't give up. I know waiting is torture, but keep your faith. Anyways, just wanted to officially post in the Class of 2013. I know we'll all have great careers! Can't wait to meet my fellow classmates!
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Welcome aboard! Where are you going to be studying?
 
EtherealEyez said:
First time posting on this thread, yay! Just wanted to say congrats to everyone who's been accepted, its a GREAT feeling! All the hard work paid off, and WE'RE GONNA BE DOCTORS!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited! To all of you still waiting to hear back, be patient and don't give up. I know waiting is torture, but keep your faith. Anyways, just wanted to officially post in the Class of 2013. I know we'll all have great careers! Can't wait to meet my fellow classmates!
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congrats EE!!! yay 😀 OMD, i think its Urochester, check out the signature:laugh:
 
EtherealEyez said:
First time posting on this thread, yay! Just wanted to say congrats to everyone who's been accepted, its a GREAT feeling! All the hard work paid off, and WE'RE GONNA BE DOCTORS!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited! To all of you still waiting to hear back, be patient and don't give up. I know waiting is torture, but keep your faith. Anyways, just wanted to officially post in the Class of 2013. I know we'll all have great careers! Can't wait to meet my fellow classmates!
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Welcome and congrats!
 
Congratulations EtherealEyez! :claps:

Now you can join in on the utter awesomeness that is the 2013 class 😀
 
olemissbabydoc said:
Welcome aboard! Where are you going to be studying?
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Yep, Rochester it is! This is soooo where I wanted to go.

Do yall know what kind of medicine you wanna go into yet? Primary care or specialty?
 
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pianola said:
Yeah, I'm headed off to class.

To Aznb0y, GoSpurs, and DrYoda: about talking to him. Intellectually, I know I need to do that and I probably will when I get a chance to see him face to face in a few days. But yeah, I'm not gonna lie, there is a part of me that's thinking "OK, how are you not getting this already? Do I have to show you what it's like to be ignored before you figure out what I'm not liking here? If I don't call you for a week does that mean we won't talk for a week?"

I don't play games, but I am wondering what's going through his mind. And I'm not relishing the thought of 'talking about it' but I guess that's probably the sensible solution since I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's just kind of clueless.
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An anecdote thats possibly similar to your situation (or possibly not, so take it for what it is worth)- My friend (no, seriously, this is actually my FRIEND) has a gf who went home to a city in a hometown far enough away that they did not get to see each other over the break at all. Apparently, her family was kinda smothering while she was home, so she was kinda quiet whenever they talked. Somehow, my friend leaps to the conclusion that when she gets back, she will want some "alone time," and so he planned to do something else on the day that she comes back to San Antonio. Well, lo and behold, this turns out to be the OPPOSITE of what she actually wanted.

My point (though it is kinda convoluted) is that somehow if you have been making all of the calls up to this point, it is possible that he came to some ridiculous conclusion that if you do not call, it means you want "space." Yes, he would be an idiot for thinking that, just as my friend was an idiot for planning something on the day his girlfriend came back.

Of course, that is just one idea of what might be going through his head; it is entirely possible that he has thought of something else that is equally ridiculous. Sadly, the human male has always been outrageously bad at figuring out what women want, and he probably has no idea he is doing anything wrong.

Anyways, good luck! I hope it is just another case of a guy trying to overthink (or underthink) things and coming to a horribly wrong conclusion!
 
EtherealEyez said:
Yep, Rochester it is! This is soooo where I wanted to go.

Do yall know what kind of medicine you wanna go into yet? Primary care or specialty?
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i like blood and knives, so i guess surgery :laugh: nah, i'm not 100% decided but i do like blood and knives, so we'll see. i think it's really to early to be decided yet.
 
bluesmd said:
i like blood and knives, so i guess surgery :laugh: nah, i'm not 100% decided but i do like blood and knives, so we'll see. i think it's really to early to be decided yet.
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Yeah, i agree its still early, but I wanna go into neuro. I'm keeping a very open mind tho
 
bluesmd said:
i like blood and knives, so i guess surgery :laugh: nah, i'm not 100% decided but i do like blood and knives, so we'll see. i think it's really to early to be decided yet.
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True. I'm not too hard in my ways to change my mind about my subspecialty, but the only thing I could even imagine outside of peds is OB/GYN... I've shadowed several other things and just haven't fallen in love the way I did working NICU.
 
EtherealEyez said:
Yeah, i agree its still early, but I wanna go into neuro. I'm keeping a very open mind tho
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me too. i don't understand when some high school kid is like i'm definitely becoming a .... let me start planning in my freshman year of high school. i feel like we can't decide until we've been through some rotations, clinical exposure and stuff. i mean i guess it's good if someone knows early, but i'd like to see all my options

btw OMBD my message seemed kinda mean ... it wasn't suposed to be sorry!
 
EtherealEyez said:
Yeah, i agree its still early, but I wanna go into neuro. I'm keeping a very open mind tho
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Same here. I wrote earlier on this page that it's the specialty that most appeals to me currently but in neuro, apparently you can only diagnose what's wrong since there aren't too many treatments available, which may get depressing after a while or make you feel helpless.
 
bluesmd said:
me too. i don't understand when some high school kid is like i'm definitely becoming a .... let me start planning in my freshman year of high school. i feel like we can't decide until we've been through some rotations, clinical exposure and stuff. i mean i guess it's good if someone knows early, but i'd like to see all my options

btw OMBD my message seemed kinda mean ... it wasn't suposed to be sorry!
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This is easy. Those kids don't know what they're talking about. They're probably the same kids who drop pre-med after freshman Bio.
 
It wasn't blues. I promise.

No, I don't think high schoolers can have an idea. The ONLY reason I have a feel at all for a specialty is from tons of shadowing time and several different specialties... Each was "good" in its own way, but something will eventually stand out to you as we continue down this road. You'll just know.

I feel like that's Neo for me, but if something else wins my heart, that's where I want to be.
 
olemissbabydoc said:
It wasn't blues. I promise.

No, I don't think high schoolers can have an idea. The ONLY reason I have a feel at all for a specialty is from tons of shadowing time and several different specialties... Each was "good" in its own way, but something will eventually stand out to you as we continue down this road. You'll just know.

I feel like that's Neo for me, but if something else wins my heart, that's where I want to be.
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yeah i mean if you've done this then i think it's okay to have some idea. same here, i haven't seen a lot. but i have seen GP, ENT, ortho, cardiac surgery, anathesiology, neurology and surgery is definitely my fav so far
 
My comeback is always "make it through organic". If that hell didn't make you want to quit, and you STILL want to go to med school... then maybe you're ready.
 
olemissbabydoc said:
The "I'm going to be pre-med because of (such and such TV show)" syndrome. :laugh:
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I will admit, I always wanted to be Dr. Greene from ER.

(not good looking enough to be Dr. Ross, not enough of a hardass to be Dr. Benton, and not as painfully enthusiastic as Dr. Carter)
 
olemissbabydoc said:
Personally, I liked organic. But aside from a *few* SDNers, I've never met anyone else who did.
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I LOVED organic. My Orgo II prof was one of my LOR writers. He was a visiting professor too, so he wasn't faculty or anything, but he liked me enough to write one since I was the only one who participated in class.
 
aznb0y129 said:
I LOVED organic. My Orgo II prof was one of my LOR writers. He was a visiting professor too, so he wasn't faculty or anything, but he liked me enough to write one since I was the only one who participated in class.
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I hated physical chem. Organic seemed so much more relevant to my coming profession.
 
bluesmd said:
me too. i don't understand when some high school kid is like i'm definitely becoming a .... let me start planning in my freshman year of high school. i feel like we can't decide until we've been through some rotations, clinical exposure and stuff. i mean i guess it's good if someone knows early, but i'd like to see all my options
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My little sister's highschool did a student bio thingy last year. One of the graduate students had something about becoming a doc and doing a plastics residency at Hopkins. I was like😱, if that's not a gunner I don't know what is.

EtherealEyez said:
Do yall know what kind of medicine you wanna go into yet? Primary care or specialty?
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I haven't had that much exposure to diff specialities so it's hard for me to make a call. Nothing dealing with small childrens, that's about all I have for sure at this point.

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GoSpursGo said:
An anecdote thats possibly similar to your situation (or possibly not, so take it for what it is worth)- My friend (no, seriously, this is actually my FRIEND) has a gf who went home to a city in a hometown far enough away that they did not get to see each other over the break at all. Apparently, her family was kinda smothering while she was home, so she was kinda quiet whenever they talked. Somehow, my friend leaps to the conclusion that when she gets back, she will want some "alone time," and so he planned to do something else on the day that she comes back to San Antonio. Well, lo and behold, this turns out to be the OPPOSITE of what she actually wanted.

My point (though it is kinda convoluted) is that somehow if you have been making all of the calls up to this point, it is possible that he came to some ridiculous conclusion that if you do not call, it means you want "space." Yes, he would be an idiot for thinking that, just as my friend was an idiot for planning something on the day his girlfriend came back.

Of course, that is just one idea of what might be going through his head; it is entirely possible that he has thought of something else that is equally ridiculous. Sadly, the human male has always been outrageously bad at figuring out what women want, and he probably has no idea he is doing anything wrong.

Anyways, good luck! I hope it is just another case of a guy trying to overthink (or underthink) things and coming to a horribly wrong conclusion!
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Haha. That's actually a good story. Not entirely unlike what's going on here. And yeah, I'm a bit like the girlfriend in the story: I feel like I have so many limitations on how much I can see him, the LAST thing I want is for him to call me less. If anything, I want him to call me more! 😛
 
olemissbabydoc said:
:laugh:

ER was the best. The original.
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Yup, once Greene died in Season 8, I stopped watching. Don't even know who's on the show anymore.

Boo, Buffalo just put me on pre-interview hold. It's too cold for my liking anyway 😛
 
olemissbabydoc said:
The rest of my class hated it. Of course, the 8:00 AM could've had something to do with it. :laugh:
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Yeah, ours was at 10 or 11. I'm a lousy artist so some of my notes/structures were illegible. The teachers lectured pretty fast. Too many electrons flying around for my taste. 😛

Those were my two lowest science grades, I think. Especially second semester Ochem. I had so much on my mind, ochem was pretty much my last priority.
 
pianola said:
Yeah, ours was at 10 or 11. I'm a lousy artist so some of my notes/structures were illegible. The teachers lectured pretty fast. Too many electrons flying around for my taste. 😛

Those were my two lowest science grades, I think. Especially second semester Ochem. I had so much on my mind, ochem was pretty much my last priority.
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I managed to do quite well. After all the hype about the class, I was terrified going in. My lowest grade still remains Anatomy I, which i took the summer between freshman and sophomore years (waaay before I was thinking pre-med). If only I'd have tried a LITTLE harder in that class (my B was by like 2 pts) ... it would've been a 4.0 BCPM.

Oh well. Doesn't matter now.
 
Just gotta chime in- I loved, loved, LOVED organic! It was a lot of memorization, but I just really liked how if you thought about any reaction long enough, it always makes perfect sense based on like 5 basic concepts.

INORGANIC chemistry will forever be the bane of my existence; nothing ever made any sense to me in that class, and I still always wind up looking like an idiot any time I have to recall something from there- thankfully, I probably never will again 😀
 
GoSpursGo said:
Just gotta chime in- I loved, loved, LOVED organic! It was a lot of memorization, but I just really liked how if you thought about any reaction long enough, it always makes perfect sense based on like 5 basic concepts.

INORGANIC chemistry will forever be the bane of my existence; nothing ever made any sense to me in that class, and I still always wind up looking like an idiot any time I have to recall something from there- thankfully, I probably never will again 😀
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Thank you! Inorganic... Bleh! :barf:
 
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