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Myuu said:
I loved my Saturday night shifts!😍
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That's why I picked then. I've heard that weekend nights are when the coolest things happen. I've only worked Tuesday mornings and Sunday afternoons before. Sunday was busy but nothing really exciting happened. Tuesday was just :yawn:.
 
ksmi117 said:
That's why I picked then. I've heard that weekend nights are when the coolest things happen. I've only worked Tuesday mornings and Sunday afternoons before. Sunday was busy but nothing really exciting happened. Tuesday was just :yawn:.
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You haven't seen boring until you've done Monday morning.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
Bryson17 said:
Nevermind. AMCAS just emailed me. They got my first transcript.
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👍

Myuu said:
Or a lot of mid-19th century european fiction...
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Yeah, but since Masons are actually taking over the world I'm going to say it is non-fiction...

ksmi117 said:
I start volunteering tomorrow in the ER. 8-midnight - should be fun. 🙂
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Woot!:clap:

BlueElmo said:
why? You are applying in a few weeks, what would extra volunteering do now?
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Yeah, but she won't be interviewing for 3 months. You can get quite a bit of volunteering in by then.

ksmi117 said:
That's why I picked then. I've heard that weekend nights are when the coolest things happen. I've only worked Tuesday mornings and Sunday afternoons before. Sunday was busy but nothing really exciting happened. Tuesday was just :yawn:.
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Ouch! Afternoons? You'll like Sat nights a lot more. So will your feet, because standing around for hours doing nothing is the worst. On Saturday nights your shifts were seem like they were only 20 mins. Time flies!

I did Thursday nights from 6 to midnight. Always something good going on.

ksmi117 said:
This is not to put on my primary. I just want to. I like volunteering. 🙂
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:eyebrow::bullcrap:

I don't care how much you say this, we all know it's :bullcrap: It would take a special breed to enjoy the feeling of being relatively useless.
 
0Complications said:
:eyebrow::bullcrap:

I don't care how much you say this, we all know it's :bullcrap: It would take a special breed to enjoy the feeling of being relatively useless.
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Ksmi is a new breed of human being, the one who can roundhouse kick all of us.
 
Not everything is about getting into med school, you know? There are people, albeit probably few here, who actually enjoy volunteering. I'm not doing anything else with my time, so why should I waste it sitting around doing nothing? Sure, at times, the actual medicine you may get to see while volunteering is less than thrilling, but being there making someone's day a bit better is why I'm there. The idea of volunteering at a hopsital to learn about medicine is :bullcrap: if you ask me. That's not why I'm doing it.
 
Myuu said:
You haven't seen boring until you've done Monday morning.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Sundays and sunday nights are generally considered the slowest times at my rescue squad. It depends on the season though. When it's cold out, there's not many good calls. I can remember a shift when I only went to two calls.

The ER might be different though, b/c they have a lot of people who aren't trucked in by the EMTs.
 
ksmi117 said:
Yep you're right. No one in their right mind would like helping people. What was I thinking?
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ksmi117 said:
Not everything is about getting into med school, you know? There are people, albeit probably few here, who actually enjoy volunteering. I'm not doing anything else with my time, so why should I waste it sitting around doing nothing? Sure, at times, the actual medicine you may get to see while volunteering is less than thrilling, but being there making someone's day a bit better is why I'm there. The idea of volunteering at a hopsital to learn about medicine is :bullcrap: if you ask me. That's not why I'm doing it.
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Required a double post to justify it to yourself, eh? If you want to talk yourself into believing it, that's cool.

Really what you're doing is stealing a job from some little old lady who really has nothing better to do with her time... But whatever makes you feel better... :meanie:

Myuu said:
Good thing I went to Mason.
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They start of brainwashing their students!!! Uh oh... We've been infiltrated!
 
0Complications said:
Required a double post to justify it to yourself, eh? If you want to talk yourself into believing it, that's cool.

Really what you're doing is stealing a job from some little old lady who really has nothing better to do with her time... But whatever makes you feel better... :meanie:
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Listen, obviously I'm a bit peeved that you're implying that I'm a pre-med who does whatever she's supposed to to get into medical school, not because she wants to. Sure I have, we all have. I think shadowing is a complete waste of time. You don't do anything. This is not the case here, but there's really no point in arguing with you. You don't know me, so you can't possibly understand my intentions for doing things. Believe what you want.
 
0Complications said:
I don't care how much you say this, we all know it's :bullcrap: It would take a special breed to enjoy the feeling of being relatively useless.
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:wtf: I love volunteering. The experience is what you make of it. If you go in every day expecting to be useless, you will be useless every day. There are always things to do. The trick is being enterprising enough to find them.
 
ksmi117 said:
Listen, obviously I'm a bit peeved that you're implying that I'm a pre-med who does whatever she's supposed to to get into medical school, not because she wants to. Sure I have, we all have. I think shadowing is a complete waste of time. You don't do anything. This is not the case here, but there's really no point in arguing with you. You don't know me, so you can't possibly understand my intentions for doing things. Believe what you want.
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Can't believe I'm actually agreeing with Ksmi about something, but sometimes volunteer work can be done out of altruism and not just personal gain.
 
ksmi117 said:
azn actually agreeing with me?? I shall cherish this moment forever and ever. 🙂
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You should also take a picture. Just in case, you know, the servers fail and erase the last 20 minutes of posting.
 
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ksmi117 said:
azn actually agreeing with me?? I shall cherish this moment forever and ever. 🙂
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It takes a real man to make nice with his sworn enemy 👍

Myuu said:
You should also take a picture. Just in case, you know, the servers fail and erase the last 20 minutes of posting.
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Where's that daily SDN server failure when you need it?!?!?
 
Myuu said:
So you are acknowledging that you worship the Class of 2013, a rather scornful pantheon of gods and goddesses.

It's about time.
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BlueElmo said:
4 more, 0C.
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WooT! Only dos mas!

ksmi117 said:
Listen, obviously I'm a bit peeved that you're implying that I'm a pre-med who does whatever she's supposed to to get into medical school, not because she wants to. Sure I have, we all have. I think shadowing is a complete waste of time. You don't do anything. This is not the case here, but there's really no point in arguing with you. You don't know me, so you can't possibly understand my intentions for doing things. Believe what you want.
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Sigh... You couldn't tell by the meanie that I was razzing you? Simma!

I actually enjoyed volunteering. I was allowed to do a lot of fun stuff. I was just attempting to do what I'm good at and get under your skin. Apparently it worked. *places a check mark on my tally board* :poke:

Myuu said:
:wtf: I love volunteering. The experience is what you make of it. If you go in every day expecting to be useless, you will be useless every day. There are always things to do. The trick is being enterprising enough to find them.
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Sigh... not you too... I agree with you. Volunteering can be fun.

aznb0y129 said:
Can't believe I'm actually agreeing with Ksmi about something, but sometimes volunteer work can be done out of altruism and not just personal gain.
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Wow! I stuck gold today! Please see above notes... :shrug:


By the way, I don't buy into Altruism, but that's a different argument and I'm not really in the mood to wax philosophical, especially considering how edgy some seem today.
 
0Complications said:
By the way, I don't buy into Altruism, but that's a different argument and I'm not really in the mood to wax philosophical, especially considering how edgy some seem today.
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Hope you're not applying to Ohio State then.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
Myuu said:
Hope you're not applying to Ohio State then.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Why? Do they ask you that in their interviews? I can say I don't believe in altruism, but then follow-up with an explanation that clearly explains my motivations in a different light. They won't even remember that I said I didn't believe in altruism. 😉




On a more import note... 3000!!!!! :clap::hardy::clap:
 
I leave for a few hours and look what happens - all hell breaks loose
 
OK, so I apply this week for a credit card in my name. I want to have it this summer, so I can build up my own credit history and not have use checks or cash for everything. Long story short, I go home a couple days ago for my brother's HS graduation and there's a letter from Chase - my app for the card has been rejected due to my "failure to establish a credit history." I'm like, WTF?! That's the whole reason I wanted the card - to build a credit history. So I call and get some jerk on the phone (after 10 minutes of computer-lady) and he basically tells me there's nothing they can do. . . So I'm going to be stuck with a credit card in my parents' name for a while 😡. I just don't understand why the hell a lack of a credit history = bad credit history. They don't want my business? Fine. I'll take it somewhere else

/end of rant
 
I thought I'd stick around to get Top before I left, but NO ONE is helping, so I'm going to the coffee shop. Happy weekend, folks
 
That's a bummer, MDman. You should apply for credit at some place that's a little higher risk until you establish your credit history. Household bank or Capitol One are two good places to try.

You will need to establish credit at some point. I bet if you go with a higher interest card like those for a bit you will have no problems getting a low interest card by next January. Plus, if you pay them off monthly you won't need to worry about the interest. Then if you get a credit increase from say capitol one you can always call and negotiate a better interest rate.
 
but top.

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Sigh, if I can only get Ksmi's picture here.
 
ksmi117 said:
I start volunteering tomorrow in the ER. 8-midnight - should be fun. 🙂
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wait...students can volunteer/shadow again? I was told no students allow in the ER anymore until the swine flu die down.

BlueElmo said:
why? You are applying in a few weeks, what would extra volunteering do now?
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volunteering can be a hobby. you don't have to do it just to put on your application.

ksmi117 said:
This is not to put on my primary. I just want to. I like volunteering. 🙂
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ditto. j'adore volunteering. especially with kids.

BlueElmo said:
Truly selfless.

Ksmi is the reason why healthcare exists in U.S. today.
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you're giving her too much credit. you're making the rest of us look bad. 😀

ksmi117 said:
Not everything is about getting into med school, you know? There are people, albeit probably few here, who actually enjoy volunteering. I'm not doing anything else with my time, so why should I waste it sitting around doing nothing? Sure, at times, the actual medicine you may get to see while volunteering is less than thrilling, but being there making someone's day a bit better is why I'm there. The idea of volunteering at a hopsital to learn about medicine is :bullcrap: if you ask me. That's not why I'm doing it.
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let's not get into a cyber fight.

in other news...i just got back from 1/2 price books and found 3 kaplan books. that's right 3 books in a complete set. got it for FREE!!! that's right for FREE. new 2007 edition. there wasn't a price on there so i went to the counter and they said, it's not label for resale. so they handed them to me and said "here you go". i was stunned!!! 😱 now i can practice with kaplan's materials if i need to retake again. 😀
 
the top thing is getting kind of overrated...in my opinion of course. don't get offended now.
 
RecyclingBinh said:
in other news...i just got back from 1/2 price books and found 3 kaplan books. that's right 3 books in a complete set. got it for FREE!!! that's right for FREE. new 2007 edition. there wasn't a price on there so i went to the counter and they said, it's not label for resale. so they handed them to me and said "here you go". i was stunned!!! 😱 now i can practice with kaplan's materials if i need to retake again. 😀
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you sound too excited for mere...books.🙂
 
MDman87 said:
OK, so I apply this week for a credit card in my name. I want to have it this summer, so I can build up my own credit history and not have use checks or cash for everything. Long story short, I go home a couple days ago for my brother's HS graduation and there's a letter from Chase - my app for the card has been rejected due to my "failure to establish a credit history." I'm like, WTF?! That's the whole reason I wanted the card - to build a credit history. So I call and get some jerk on the phone (after 10 minutes of computer-lady) and he basically tells me there's nothing they can do. . . So I'm going to be stuck with a credit card in my parents' name for a while 😡. I just don't understand why the hell a lack of a credit history = bad credit history. They don't want my business? Fine. I'll take it somewhere else

/end of rant
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here is what you should have done to build a credit history. use your student debit card from your bank for awhile and ask them if you can apply for a credit card. this should help somewhat. if not...tell your parents to buy something espensive, if needed of course, and make monthly payments in your name. let them cosign it. this way, you can build your credit history without worrying too much. that's what my parents did and now...after 5 years...i finally got my Amex card 😀
 
BlueElmo said:
you sound too excited for mere...books.🙂
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not just books...but Kaplan review books for 3 of the MCAT sections. i only needed the verbal practice questions but the others came with it. why turn down free stuff. 🙂
 
Does anyone know where i can find some stuff relating like mcat scores and admissions or step 1 scores and residency? Something along those lines where someone did a real published report of these things???? I need to do a presentation on it lol....and i have no idea where i can find this info...any suggestions??

Any published info or info from a somewhat credible documented source would work!!! It can be on anything really just something with stats relating anything about med school and the residency process...
 
BlueElmo said:
but top.



Sigh, if I can only get Ksmi's picture here.
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You milked that one...

RecyclingBinh said:
wait...students can volunteer/shadow again? I was told no students allow in the ER anymore until the swine flu die down.
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I think it depends on your location. We can still volunteer here in CO.



RecyclingBinh said:
in other news...i just got back from 1/2 price books and found 3 kaplan books. that's right 3 books in a complete set. got it for FREE!!! that's right for FREE. new 2007 edition. there wasn't a price on there so i went to the counter and they said, it's not label for resale. so they handed them to me and said "here you go". i was stunned!!! 😱 now i can practice with kaplan's materials if i need to retake again. 😀
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Nice! I'm sure you won't have to retake though.

RecyclingBinh said:
here is what you should have done to build a credit history. use your student debit card from your bank for awhile and ask them if you can apply for a credit card. this should help somewhat. if not...tell your parents to buy something espensive, if needed of course, and make monthly payments in your name. let them cosign it. this way, you can build your credit history without worrying too much. that's what my parents did and now...after 5 years...i finally got my Amex card 😀
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Amex sux... I don't get the point of having a credit card you have to pay back at the end of every month. They say you don't have a limit, but that's bs. They establish your limit based an your average expenditures + some small margin. Their blue card might not be bad, but I got a sour taste for Amex when I was younger.
 
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