Class of 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Seriously. I feel bad for some newbies who don't totally get it and get shelled by SDN, but when someone's just being an ass and totally gets put in his/her place, all is right with the world for that brief moment.
 
damn, looks like TMR was right about BP. that company is an epic screw-up waiting for a takeover
 
brooklynblunder said:
anyone that needs a job before med school

Biologists Needed for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Cleanup
We presently need biologists to travel to the Gulf of Mexico to work on the oil spill cleanup. As a subconsultant to the Fish and Wildlife Service, we are looking for entry level and experienced personnel with a degree in biology or wildlife biology who are willing to go to the Gulf states to help with the environmental problems due to the oil spill. The job would be a full time temporary position paying $200/day for entry level scientists and $300/day for more experienced staff. The schedule presently is to work 7 days per week for 2 weeks (14 straight days) and have a few days off. The schedule would then repeat this 14 day work period. Each rotation would be for 1 month with the potential to renew for other rotations. This is an immediate need.
We expect this work to go on for several months. We are looking for a minimum of a one month commitment. You would have to take an OSHA online course to become certified. The cost is $200 and is not reimbursable. All travel and room and board expenses will be paid. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of history and help the environment. If you are interested, please send your resume and your schedule, ASAP, for review and approval and you will be contacted if you are qualified.

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/sci/1781865256.html
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My dad offered me kind of a similar job working with converted shrimp boats and stuff. I would have made like $250-300 a day but I would have had to work like 18 hrs a day for a couple of months and be away from home. :laugh:
 
hey what up guys.

i know met was looking for a good deal on a tv.

met, if you're here, you should check out woot.com. today they have a refurbished philips 42" 1080p lcd hdtv for $500.
 
guyski79 said:
hey what up guys.

i know met was looking for a good deal on a tv.

met, if you're here, you should check out woot.com. today they have a refurbished philips 42" 1080p lcd hdtv for $500.
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not bad not bad

how are refurbished TVs? usually refurb ipods and stuff are pretty legit
 
guyski79 said:
hey what up guys.

i know met was looking for a good deal on a tv.

met, if you're here, you should check out woot.com. today they have a refurbished philips 42" 1080p lcd hdtv for $500.
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Wow, that's a really good deal. Too bad I don't need a TV anymore - my roommate bought one and that solved the problem quite nicely. :laugh:
 
Sammich117 said:
At least for me, I need a varicella titer and a Hep B titer. The varicella titer is just because I didn't have the vaccine, only the disease. Hep B was required to be titered even though I have documentation of the whole series. It came back inconclusive, so I need to get the round again and then get another titer at the end of it.

I'd get in touch with your school. Mine wasn't super clear that we needed both until I started talking with other students.
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ksmi117 said:
It was like half I could give dates and half I couldn't. I got a chicken pox shot yesterday. My arm's still sore. Stupid chicken pox.
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stayclassy said:
The immunization sheet for UVM is ridiculous. I've had to go to my PCP 3 times already to get shots/forms filled out/titers checked and I have two more appointments. Luckily I had titers to Hep B, rubella and mumps... but my varicella and measles didn't show immunity (which is weird bc i had chickenpox). Blah.
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Thanks guys. It looks like I only need one of the other, at least according to these forms.
 
ugh, the girl who was gonna be my roommate doesn't think she can afford it and is gonna keep living with her parents🙁 back to square one with looking for a place. maybe someone on the gtown facebook page needs a roomie...
 
jackson1 said:
ugh, the girl who was gonna be my roommate doesn't think she can afford it and is gonna keep living with her parents🙁 back to square one with looking for a place. maybe someone on the gtown facebook page needs a roomie...
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That's lame. It would suck to live alone. And be super expensive, I'm sure.

Hope you find one.
 
metallica81788 said:
That's lame. It would suck to live alone. And be super expensive, I'm sure.

Hope you find one.
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thanks met. i'd be really lonely living alone (not to mention very poor haha)

there's a couple postings on the facebook page about needing a roommate to fill townhouses, so maybe one of those'll work out.

brook-2400 is pretty much dead on for a 2br. i'm hoping fo something ~1100/month if i live in a house with a few other students.

oh well, if nothing works out i'll just live in my car😛
 
metallica81788 said:
Hope the TB skin test doesn't hurt as much as the last one did. It just seems to get worse every time, soon enough I'm going to test positive. :laugh:
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Not to scare you or anything, but after years of getting TB tests every 6 months, I noticed my skin was freaking out more and more until I actually tested "positive". They gave me a chest XRay and were gonna start me on INH (nasty drug - can't drink for 9 months while you're on it or else your liver pretty much dies). I ended up calling around and talking to some nurses I knew. Apparently people can develop an allergy to something in the tuberculin serum. I made them retest me after I took claritin for a few days before -- came out negative. Sucks but I have to take an antihistamine every time now. 🙁

Sooo yea. If you ever do come out positive, make sure it's not a false positive.
 
jackson1 said:
ugh, the girl who was gonna be my roommate doesn't think she can afford it and is gonna keep living with her parents🙁 back to square one with looking for a place. maybe someone on the gtown facebook page needs a roomie...
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Yea I'm reaching a similar crossroads with the person I'm looking for a place w/ now. We kinda decided to be a package deal, but I want to stay in a completely diff place from where she wants to say... so I gota break it to her somehow. Drama already and school hasn't even started!?! :scared:

Roommate stuff sucks eh jackie?

brooklynblunder said:
not bad not bad

how are refurbished TVs? usually refurb ipods and stuff are pretty legit
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woot refurbs are usually pretty good. As long as you get refurbs from a well known seller (amazon, buy.com etc.) you are usually ok. I love refurbs personally 🙂
 
jackson1 said:
ugh, the girl who was gonna be my roommate doesn't think she can afford it and is gonna keep living with her parents🙁 back to square one with looking for a place. maybe someone on the gtown facebook page needs a roomie...
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Students are ALWAYS looking for roommates, at least current/upperclass students are all over that on my school's Fb page. Otherwise, you can try looking at places in the outskirts of DC if you don't mind driving.
 
jackson1 said:
thanks met. i'd be really lonely living alone (not to mention very poor haha)

there's a couple postings on the facebook page about needing a roommate to fill townhouses, so maybe one of those'll work out.

brook-2400 is pretty much dead on for a 2br. i'm hoping fo something ~1100/month if i live in a house with a few other students.

oh well, if nothing works out i'll just live in my car😛
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Wow. I thought my rent was expensive. :laugh:

MiniMoo said:
Not to scare you or anything, but after years of getting TB tests every 6 months, I noticed my skin was freaking out more and more until I actually tested "positive". They gave me a chest XRay and were gonna start me on INH (nasty drug - can't drink for 9 months while you're on it or else your liver pretty much dies). I ended up calling around and talking to some nurses I knew. Apparently people can develop an allergy to something in the tuberculin serum. I made them retest me after I took claritin for a few days before -- came out negative. Sucks but I have to take an antihistamine every time now. 🙁

Sooo yea. If you ever do come out positive, make sure it's not a false positive.
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Thanks for the heads up.
 
jackson1 said:
thanks met. i'd be really lonely living alone (not to mention very poor haha)

there's a couple postings on the facebook page about needing a roommate to fill townhouses, so maybe one of those'll work out.

brook-2400 is pretty much dead on for a 2br. i'm hoping fo something ~1100/month if i live in a house with a few other students.

oh well, if nothing works out i'll just live in my car😛
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are there medical fraternities or housing?
 
MiniMoo said:
Not to scare you or anything, but after years of getting TB tests every 6 months, I noticed my skin was freaking out more and more until I actually tested "positive". They gave me a chest XRay and were gonna start me on INH (nasty drug - can't drink for 9 months while you're on it or else your liver pretty much dies). I ended up calling around and talking to some nurses I knew. Apparently people can develop an allergy to something in the tuberculin serum. I made them retest me after I took claritin for a few days before -- came out negative. Sucks but I have to take an antihistamine every time now. 🙁

Sooo yea. If you ever do come out positive, make sure it's not a false positive.
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I can say INH sucks. Fortunately I don't drink, so my liver was in great condition, and didn't give a hoot since I wasn't drinking along w/ it. But yes; hardcore antibioitics for 9 months = ouch.

That's what I get for being born in / growing up in India and Saudi Arabia 👍 Well in theory this means my body kinda sorta fought off TB before, so if I encounter it again my body will kick it's teeth in :meanie:

(although it was probably like 1 TB virus that my body encountered rather than a full on attack, so I'll probably be screwed if I actually do encounter TB again... but shhh don't tell me that)
 
MiniMoo said:
Not to scare you or anything, but after years of getting TB tests every 6 months, I noticed my skin was freaking out more and more until I actually tested "positive". They gave me a chest XRay and were gonna start me on INH (nasty drug - can't drink for 9 months while you're on it or else your liver pretty much dies). I ended up calling around and talking to some nurses I knew. Apparently people can develop an allergy to something in the tuberculin serum. I made them retest me after I took claritin for a few days before -- came out negative. Sucks but I have to take an antihistamine every time now. 🙁

Sooo yea. If you ever do come out positive, make sure it's not a false positive.
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i'm on inh now 🙁
 
jackson1 said:
ugh, the girl who was gonna be my roommate doesn't think she can afford it and is gonna keep living with her parents🙁 back to square one with looking for a place. maybe someone on the gtown facebook page needs a roomie...
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Facebook seems to be a good resource, at least for my school. Sorry about the hassle though. I always hate the process of finding housing, especially new roommates. Never know if they're gonna end up being bat**** crazy. And most can hide the crazy for the first month or so until it's too late and you can't back out anymore.
 
MiniMoo said:
Not to scare you or anything, but after years of getting TB tests every 6 months, I noticed my skin was freaking out more and more until I actually tested "positive". They gave me a chest XRay and were gonna start me on INH (nasty drug - can't drink for 9 months while you're on it or else your liver pretty much dies). I ended up calling around and talking to some nurses I knew. Apparently people can develop an allergy to something in the tuberculin serum. I made them retest me after I took claritin for a few days before -- came out negative. Sucks but I have to take an antihistamine every time now. 🙁

Sooo yea. If you ever do come out positive, make sure it's not a false positive.
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I test positive every time, so I am now prepared to get X-rays. Probably because I got BCG vaccinated when I was born. Why not do interferon gamma though since you have to give blood for the physical anyway?
 
guyski79 said:
i'm on inh now 🙁
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You'll live 🙂 just don't drink (seriously, don't.)

MiniMoo said:
Facebook seems to be a good resource, at least for my school. Sorry about the hassle though. I always hate the process of finding housing, especially new roommates. Never know if they're gonna end up being bat**** crazy. And most can hide the crazy for the first month or so until it's too late and you can't back out anymore.
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Yup. Good times. But living w/ roommates makes things cheaper! And less lonely! Arghgeh@!$@H%
 
MiniMoo said:
Facebook seems to be a good resource, at least for my school. Sorry about the hassle though. I always hate the process of finding housing, especially new roommates. Never know if they're gonna end up being bat**** crazy. And most can hide the crazy for the first month or so until it's too late and you can't back out anymore.
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So true.

This is why I've always tried to live with people I know after I roomed with random people my freshman year. Sometimes, though, they bring their disgusting/pothead cousin that completely ruins the entire deal.
 
Iowa is super cheap. I got a nice spacious 1BR all to myself for $595. After living in a box in Chicago for almost two years I was ecstatic with my new place.
 
Sentinel said:
Living in the good/nice area of philly's gona cost me ~ 850-1100 $ a mo 👎
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My rent is $750 + utilities. I'm cringing to see my first energy bill b/c I don't know how good the insulation here is. Cable/internet is also quite expensive, too.

Sammich117 said:
just learning that I'm going to get cancer b/c I've had an abdominal CT
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Cool.
 
Sentinel said:
You'll live 🙂 just don't drink (seriously, don't.)



Yup. Good times. But living w/ roommates makes things cheaper! And less lonely! Arghgeh@!$@H%
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yeah i've been on it for almost 3 weeks. no drinking for the entire 9 month course.

i'm bummed that next year i can't really enjoy beerchus--the beer tasting group at columbia
 
FSAP said:
I test positive every time, so I am now prepared to get X-rays. Probably because I got BCG vaccinated when I was born. Why not do interferon gamma though since you have to give blood for the physical anyway?
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I think they say if you test positive for PPD, you will test positive for IFG regardless of if you have TB abs or whatever. I think 😕

Sammich117 said:
just learning that I'm going to get cancer b/c I've had an abdominal CT
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My bio teach in HS said even if we remove every disease in the world, we will all still die of cancer because we'll always end up generating cancerous cells if we live long enough. I'm not sure if that was supposed to cheer you up or not, but here's hoping it did? 👍 :laugh:

You know sammi this just means you better get around to finding a cure for cancer ASAP because we are all going to need it :meanie:
 
FloatOn said:
Students are ALWAYS looking for roommates, at least current/upperclass students are all over that on my school's Fb page. Otherwise, you can try looking at places in the outskirts of DC if you don't mind driving.
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ya that's kind of what i'm finding so hopefully something'll work out🙂 i'd rather live somewhere close to the school instead of having to commute but we'll see what happens.

sentinel-roommate stuff def does suck! i really hope i don't get anyone like my freshmen roommate who threwup on my stuff and needed to be taken care of because she got so wasted all the time. i would hope med students won't be like that though!
 
FSAP said:
Iowa is super cheap. I got a nice spacious 1BR all to myself for $595. After living in a box in Chicago for almost two years I was ecstatic with my new place.
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Nice. My choices would have put me at about the same price, I think. Richmond probably would have had me paying more and I'm completely happy with my apartment on the swanky side of town. Every day I drive out on my street, look at the houses and think "I am waaaay too poor to live here." :laugh:
 
guyski79 said:
yeah i've been on it for almost 3 weeks. no drinking for the entire 9 month course.

i'm bummed that next year i can't really enjoy beerchus--the beer tasting group at columbia
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eh that's what next year's for. And the year after that. And the year after that. 😀
 
guyski79 said:
yeah i've been on it for almost 3 weeks. no drinking for the entire 9 month course.

i'm bummed that next year i can't really enjoy beerchus--the beer tasting group at columbia
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Ummm swish it in your mouth, then spit? 😛

Beer tasting though... That's awesome. Someone needs to start that at UCI asap.
 
guyski79 said:
yeah i've been on it for almost 3 weeks. no drinking for the entire 9 month course.

i'm bummed that next year i can't really enjoy beerchus--the beer tasting group at columbia
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I should make a beer tasting group at LSU. Of course, there are lots of beers that I don't like so I might not be the best person to start it.
 
jackson1 said:
sentinel-roommate stuff def does suck! i really hope i don't get anyone like my freshmen roommate who threwup on my stuff and needed to be taken care of because she got so wasted all the time. i would hope med students won't be like that though!
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hmm do you still have her number? 😀 Ok now that i've met my sketchiness quota for the day...

Yea my freshman yr roommate was a douche too. He kept the room so dirty that my mom and aunt started coughing when they walked into my room like 3 months after we'd moved in together. Good times 👍

I'm really hoping that bec those we room w/ now are more adults they'll be a tad more mature and cleaner etc. If they are not, I'm hoping they'll at least listen when I say "pick up you #@%#% or ima #@%# you up. Just sayin"
 
Damn, everyone's housing is expensive. I'm looking at ~$500 + utilities.
 
MiniMoo said:
Ummm swish it in your mouth, then spit? 😛

Beer tasting though... That's awesome. Someone needs to start that at UCI asap.
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yeah seriously, i actually will have to just taste it and spit it out.

beerchus sounds hilarious. they do seminars like "5 belgian beers you really should know" and "the beers of the allied powers of wwII"
 
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