Bump!
And I need to stop reading SOAP threads.
welcome to the snotty side brother 😛
learned yesterday that i have to move up my CK date. Thanks Emory. Real nice. Prob going to be like July 27 for me, my CS is a week earlier.
That is EXACTLY what happened for me. Like its absurd how difficult of a time I had getting traction on any research projects over the last 3 years (seriously, embarrassingly hard). And in a matter of weeks I have 2 case reports submitted, credit as contributing author on a paper with important faculty, working on my independent project, meeting with my mentor about logistics in starting another project that I thought of on my own and a couple more projects/presentations .
Oh. Yea. Failing CS looks mighty bad. Anyways, welcome. I think despite the hassle of having to do another "test" its pretty beneficial....Tulane's program was one of the pilot sites for the development of the way CS is administered...at the very least it gives you a chance to see what to expect.
Sweet. Good luck in getting the spot. I think I've decided that I want to do one at UNC and one at MUSC. 3rd AI at home. Then on the fence about whether to do a 3rd away or to use my elective on a surgical anatomy course that we have that essentially allows you to refresh the anatomy of your choosing, plus lets you practice a bunch of surgical skills.
. One of the residents said he didn't take step 2 until februrary after he had submitted his match list. So I guess I'll follow their advice, extend my test window, and just take a month off in october and just study for a couple of weeks and chill or interview if I get some.
You are going for ENT right? If nobody spoke to you about those two programs, message me at some point, I've got some T4 feedback.
your residents/attendings are silleh. Even if you hypothetically scored lower on Step 2, the general rule doesn't apply to you because your Step 1 score was so high it was a matter of missing like <5 questions or something ridic like that. So what does lower Step 2 score mean? that you missed 6? 7?....you are still stellar and no program would be foolish enough to pass you up.But I've essentially been told by my dept. chair, one of the staff, and several residents that due to my step 1 score, I shouldn't be in any hurry to take it. Some of said that I don't want to risk my step 2 score nullifying my step 1 score
You'll be fine, and if you aren't on the first try, at least it isn't CS!
I feel ya. I was always so tired on Medicine. Missed my weekends like crazy. You'll get it done though 🙂Sounds like things are coming together for y'all. I'm dying here. I have two projects to work on right now, but I can't even touch them because of all the other crap I have going on.
Can't wait until Psych in April when I can give this research full attention. I'm tired of peds making me work weekends...
for getting aways in TX and SC so that I only have to buy extra insurance for 1 month.
So my attending at Ochsner is making me question my U of Kentucky choice and MUSC feels like a better choice. We should totes rotate there together in Sept! You in? Ok great! See you then! lol
. After that, I come back to do my emergency medicine sub I. It's basically come down to EM vs. Ophtho for me. Never thought I'd say that when I started med school (ok, maybe EM I would've said). I thought I was more like tats. Guess not 
Hey!
what specialty are you doing your aways in?
Met: I am fickle...I think I will try and go for Cincinnati in Sept instead of staying down south at MUSC
Ah! I am excited for you! I thought psych was pretty dang fun, I got really comfortable with interviewing all kinds of patients (which helps me with the more typical interview too) and I got to see some real turn arounds in people's condition. Congrats on finding your peeps!
Congrats on finding where you belong. I loved EM rotation because you basically got to do anything you really wanted to ( suture, use pulse vac, wire a jaw shut, whatever). Those residents were super nice.
Ah! I am excited for you! I thought psych was pretty dang fun, I got really comfortable with interviewing all kinds of patients (which helps me with the more typical interview too) and I got to see some real turn arounds in people's condition. Congrats on finding your peeps!
I love ENT so much, I could probably be confused for a psych patient. I am sure everyone has these moments though when you look at what you'll be doing for the rest of your life and wonder "how is it even fair that my field is so much awesomer than everything else?!?!"
Congrats on finding where you belong. I loved EM rotation because you basically got to do anything you really wanted to ( suture, use pulse vac, wire a jaw shut, whatever). Those residents were super nice.
Change of pace: so dating a resident that you've previously rotated with is bad news right?
juuuuust hypothetically.
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That is mighty nice of your surgery director...yet somehow I am kind of picturing her as the "Millionaire Matchmaker" lady. omgpleasedon'tletanyoneimportanttomyentfuturereadthis
you guys are making me scared now. my reaction to the option of an alternate date for rotation was "ain't nobody got time for that!" rethinking that position now.😡
