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funkydrmonkey said:
Seriously... all the research jobs I have come across have been max $10 an hour...
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That's about what my university was paying me to prep labs, but it's useful as a stepping stone to higher-paying research gigs.👍

Edit: Granted, this is in Virginia. I'm making about $17/hr now, but I hear you californian types are making a lot more.

aznb0y129 said:
I have a full-time research job during the day. I just do the teaching thing on the side (2 nights a week). Booyah!
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Excellent!
 
funkydrmonkey said:
Seriously???... all the research jobs I have come across have been max $10 an hour...
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Yeah, if you look at it per hour, I get paid more for teaching, but it's not likely that you can teach MCAT prep full-time. Plus, that's not including any of the prep time.

I make around $20 an hour at my research job.
 
aznb0y129 said:
Yeah, the ones that are usually bad have some kind of variation on this theme. Like medicine is some kind of romantic notion that they're infatuated with. BORING.
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haha... you gotta love the fatalistic themes... or those weird ass threads that pop up in the "what are my chances" forum that are like "HELP!!! I just discovered that i was born to be a doctor!!!"

:meanie:
 
phospho said:
yepeeee

no school, no work... we're all snowed in...😀
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Lucky... I have too much stuff to do... I wish we had snow...

I have to go to school now, because the sun is shining brightly...


Darn You Mr. Sun
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phospho said:
haha... you gotta love the fatalistic themes... or those weird ass threads that pop up in the "what are my chances" forum that are like "HELP!!! I just discovered that i was born to be a doctor!!!"

:meanie:
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
aznb0y129 said:
I make around $20 an hour at my research job.
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😱 I want your research job. Without the cost of living in New York 😉.

Man, I don't make that much for test prep.

Haha, weird coincidence, just saw my boss 5 minutes ago.
 
Myuuchan said:
That's about what my university was paying me to prep labs, but it's useful as a stepping stone to higher-paying research gigs.👍

Edit: Granted, this is in Virginia. I'm making about $17/hr now, but I hear you californian types are making a lot more.



Excellent!
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aznb0y129 said:
Yeah, if you look at it per hour, I get paid more for teaching, but it's not likely that you can teach MCAT prep full-time. Plus, that's not including any of the prep time.

I make around $20 an hour at my research job.
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Interesting... maybe I did not look hard enough... Oh well, next year I will be in med school PAYING money so it really does not matter:laugh:
 
pianola said:
😱 I want your research job. Without the cost of living in New York 😉.

Man, I don't make that much for test prep.

Haha, weird coincidence, just saw my boss 5 minutes ago.
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In your classes?
 
funkydrmonkey said:
I was just kidding.... I put the wrong smilie in... whoops😳
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Haha, oh I know you were kidding 😉. I was just sayin'.

Man, it must be fun to be an ADCOM reading through all those PSes. I bet that'd be amazing. I want to be on my school's admissions committee, I think. Wherever I end up.
 
funkydrmonkey said:
Interesting... maybe I did not look hard enough... Oh well, next year I will be in med school PAYING money so it really does not matter:laugh:
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Well, it's nice to have a greater pool of money from which to draw, yes? In my area there's a lot of biomedical research going on, so I don't work for a university, but rather the army 🙂eek🙂 by way of a contracting firm, so maybe that's it. But supposedly in this area you can get $35/hr or so... and that definitely isn't my job.:laugh:

DrYoda said:
Midwest of the non-chicagoland variety. So possibly.

But still, it seems you take a 20-30% paycut at Universities as compared to working the same job elsewhere.
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Oh definitely. My school barely paid me above retail.
 
funkydrmonkey said:
In your classes?
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No, she was ahead of me in line getting a coffee. Actually, her husband is currently a resident. He apparently had to take the MCAT a few times and reapply. Just as an anecdote. I like her, actually. I think she has a lot of sympathy for the MCAT-takers.

I like everyone I work with, really. It's just not amazing pay and sometimes it's a drag.
 
pianola said:
Haha, oh I know you were kidding 😉. I was just sayin'.

Man, it must be fun to be an ADCOM reading through all those PSes. I bet that'd be amazing. I want to be on my school's admissions committee, I think. Wherever I end up.
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I heard students on the committee are worse than the faculty lol. Apparently they are more harsh, according to the dean of admissions at one of my schools
 
phospho said:
haha... you gotta love the fatalistic themes... or those weird ass threads that pop up in the "what are my chances" forum that are like "HELP!!! I just discovered that i was born to be a doctor!!!"

:meanie:
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"I woke up with a monster hangover this morning and realized that I've always wanted to be a doctor."

DrYoda said:
Or maybe my school is just cheap...
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pianola said:
😱 I want your research job. Without the cost of living in New York 😉.
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Wages are only higher in New York because of the cost of living, so I'm sure it evens out 🙂

pianola said:
Haha, oh I know you were kidding 😉. I was just sayin'.

Man, it must be fun to be an ADCOM reading through all those PSes. I bet that'd be amazing. I want to be on my school's admissions committee, I think. Wherever I end up.
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I definitely want to be a student interviewer when I get to 2nd year and eventually be involved in admissions somehow. Because I enjoy holding some puny pre-med's fate in my hands....just kidding.
 
Blargh. Still no decision from Upstate. This is going on 10 weeks now... 🙁

If they're going to reject me, they might as well do it now.
 
so i dreamed last night that i was banned from sdn for severe post-padding. :laugh:

i've reached a new level: sdn is infiltrating my dreams!
 
nothin much, just post-padding with random poems. 😀
 
iluvmed&ba6eekh said:
:hello: chad.
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Hello! Sorry I missed you last night... Too bad I have to go to work now. Maybe I'll be around later.

funkydrmonkey said:
My sister went to the VCU/George Mason game on Saturday... she said it was a lot of fun....
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Ms. Chad's Uncle has season tickets (3rd row behind the bench, center) plus access to the "free food" area, so they were there on Saturday too. They said it was awesome. Despite the game sucking, I had a great time because those seats were just unbeatable. I've never seen a VCU game so up close before.

jgberken said:
but I got another interview invite!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! What school?????

Myuuchan said:
Sorry, but, uh GO MASON!:laugh:
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BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
 
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