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MaryLennox said:
lol. i felt like a poseur in this thread because i was so far behind all of you guys. also, i was addicted to the mcat forum 🙂 but now that the horrible beast has been slayed (well, maybe just maimed. or paper-cut. we'll see in 30 days) i feel like it's all really . . . REAL.

as a non-premed undergrad/ former slacker/pseudo career changer . . . every now and then when i think about this whole process i feel like "come on, Marylennox, are you REALLY doing this???" it is SO surreal. the MCAT made it real. I am a real premed now, dammit. a real applicant! i have an amcas id number! (i haven't submitted yet though. ugh!)

did anyone else feel physically crappy for a while after the MCAT? when i came home yesterday, i was up til 4 am. i just was not tired. (over-adrenalinated?????) even when i went to bed i wasnt tired, i just thought, oh crap it's 4 am i should really go to bed 😀 then i woke up today at the crack of dawn, couldnt go back to sleep, then couldn't EAT until afternoon (and i love eating) . . . my body just feels so confused and i dont know why. my eating and sleeping habits prior to the test were not all that unusual. i really think it was just the rush and the stress.

anyway, on to the next thing! applications!!! so- when you submit your amcas . . . can you apply to just like, 2 schools at first and then add more as you go for $31 each? i'm too broke to submit them all at once- my list is $600 long! i'm just going to have to submit as i get more money. based on my mdapps do any of you have advice regarding which ones to submit first (specifically- who will send me a secondary without my MCAT score?)

good to be back y'all. i'm ready to kick some ass. (unless i got a 20 on the Cat.) :scared:
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Congrats on finishing! I take my exam July 17th, so I'm officially jealous.

I'm in your same boat on submitting to a few schools at a time, so if anyone has any advice as to the best approach I'm also all ears.

How were your practice scores, if you don't mind me asking?
 
BlueElmo said:
I didn't feel physically crappy after the MCAT. Just mentally crappy. I kept thinking I did horrible. But it wasn't true at the end.
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thats whats so weird. i can't figure out why i feel so much worse now than i did before the test. but, maybe it means that i just poured my entire SOUL into that damn thing and perhaps it will pay off. but i feel like i have a wicked hangover and pms and like . . . the flu, all rolled into one. but, i'd rather have all that than the MCAT still hanging over my head!

so anyway, i bought all the AAMC practices and didnt end up taking like 2 of them. there's nothing i can do about them, is there? can i get my $ back if i never activated them?? and i'm sure i can't legally sell them or even give them away, which sucks. (let this be a lesson to only buy them as you go) 🙄🙄
 
MaryLennox said:
thats whats so weird. i can't figure out why i feel so much worse now than i did before the test. but, maybe it means that i just poured my entire SOUL into that damn thing and perhaps it will pay off. but i feel like i have a wicked hangover and pms and like . . . the flu, all rolled into one. but, i'd rather have all that than the MCAT still hanging over my head!

so anyway, i bought all the AAMC practices and didnt end up taking like 2 of them. there's nothing i can do about them, is there? can i get my $ back if i never activated them?? and i'm sure i can't legally sell them or even give them away, which sucks. (let this be a lesson to only buy them as you go) 🙄🙄
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well, just relax now and don't think about the MCAT. Work on your primary, and try to enjoy some time off.:luck:
 
0Complications said:
Congrats on finishing! I take my exam July 17th, so I'm officially jealous.

I'm in your same boat on submitting to a few schools at a time, so if anyone has any advice as to the best approach I'm also all ears.

How were your practice scores, if you don't mind me asking?
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PS was my hardest subject . . . i started around 7-8, but i worked really hard and the last 3 were 10,11,10. on the real thing i felt good about a lot of them, but i ran out of time at the end and had to guess on a few and left one (!!!) unanswered. i was scrolling to that last one as fast as i could . . . not fast enough. :-( i am hoping i broke 10 but i know i might have gotten a 9.

VR was my strongest . . . 12 average, with my last one being a 14. on the real thing, i DID finish with time to review but . . . i think it was harder than the practices, and i felt real panicky during it. we will see. but i never got below a 10 on practices, so i hope i dont start now! hoping for 11-12.

BS i was averaging 11's on practice. but i was guessing a lot on o-chem back then. so i hope i brought it up.

i felt pretty comfortable with my test-taking strategies so i spent the last week doing content review on all my weakest areas, like ochem and phys. hopefully it paid off. since my grades arent amazing i am praying for a 32+
 
MaryLennox said:
PS was my hardest subject . . . i started around 7-8, but i worked really hard and the last 3 were 10,11,10. on the real thing i felt good about a lot of them, but i ran out of time at the end and had to guess on a few and left one (!!!) unanswered. i was scrolling to that last one as fast as i could . . . not fast enough. :-( i am hoping i broke 10 but i know i might have gotten a 9.

VR was my strongest . . . 12 average, with my last one being a 14. on the real thing, i DID finish with time to review but . . . i think it was harder than the practices, and i felt real panicky during it. we will see. but i never got below a 10 on practices, so i hope i dont start now! hoping for 11-12.

BS i was averaging 11's on practice. but i was guessing a lot on o-chem back then. so i hope i brought it up.

i felt pretty comfortable with my test-taking strategies so i spent the last week doing content review on all my weakest areas, like ochem and phys. hopefully it paid off. since my grades arent amazing i am praying for a 32+
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I would love to have your verbal scores... It sounds like you put a lot of work in and I'm sure it will pay off in the end. 😉

Enjoy your time off!
 
0Complications said:
I would love to have your verbal scores... It sounds like you put a lot of work in and I'm sure it will pay off in the end. 😉

Enjoy your time off!
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lol. the most valuable advice i can give anyone regarding verbal is . . . THE SEARCH PASSAGE FUNCTION IS NOT ON THE REAL THING! somehow, i missed this crucial tidbit. it definitely killed some of my VR game (but not all of it, hopefully.) oops.
 
Lol, actual email from the attending writing my LOR:

Bryson17,
I finished the letter. I did it in crayon, and it probably has lots of spelling errors, is that OK?

Seriously, how do I submit the letter.

Good luck with your applications,
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Attending
 
ML, yes you can add more schools later. Submit as soon as you can, adding more schools later will end up being the same price eventually, and you'll get verified earlier. 🙂 I think that was the only question that everyone else ignored. If not, ask again.
 
ksmi117 said:
ML, yes you can add more schools later. Submit as soon as you can, adding more schools later will end up being the same price eventually, and you'll get verified earlier. 🙂 I think that was the only question that everyone else ignored. If not, ask again.
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ooh, totally. good call. so the question is who i apply to first? I was thinking i should start with my in-state big four . . . UIC, Loyola, Rush, and RFU. (if i somehow end up with a 34+ i'll add UC and NW, but im not too worried about them at the moment.)

does anyone else know about the schools on my list (specifically- which ones will wait for my MCAT before sending me a secondary? i can put them at the bottom of my June-to-mid-July priority list.)
 
witness23 said:
yo thats crazy, i got diabetes from watching that ****
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Yeah, this reminds me of a time at the ambulance corps when some of the medics put the MEGA-SIZED container of Aunt Jemima that you can get at one of those discount saver club stores in front of one of the other medics. So he looks at it and says "how much would you guys give me."

Well, peeps start throwing down 10's and 20's. I just stare at them because I have no money. Anyway, as soon as the total is above $60 he downs THE WHOLE THING. And then we checked his BG...yeah...it was well over 200.

Nuts.

For reals nuts.

And I vote for waffles of the Belgian variety. Unless beignets from Cafe du Monde can be considered a write-in.🙂
 
whats the craziest **** you guys have chugged thus far in your young lives
 
like 10 scoops of whey in 8oz water it was like syrup
 
haha nahhh you did not. 10 scoops is too much dawg. by the way, have you ever mixed whey from different companies/flavors. i was trying to kill my last bit from this one container and mixed strawberry or whatever with chocolate chip fudge mints or some**** and that definitely made me puke.

i stick to 1.5 scoops of whey (ON - the cheapest kind at the time I run out of the last kind) in around 20 oz of water for breakfast. fast, cheap, easy - just how I like my women.


I think strawberry is the best flavor. although they all taste like **** (I only use water). Chasing with peanut butter (or even having a tbs of pb) helps with the taste though
 
for value whey yeah i stick with ON. usually chocolate but i've tried several flavors. banana and strawberry are ok, tropical punch is decent. but if you want really good tasting stuff try bsn syntha 6, but its way more expensive. i dont really give a **** about taste though, i just chug it down
 
BlueElmo said:
how about yourself?
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i'm not too crazy about chugging anything. the dumbest I could think of was one time when I was a bit inebriated (still pre-gaming), I told myself I had to stop drinking. I had a 1.5L (the big douchebag ones) bottle of unflavored Goose and we only got through 500 mL of it. So I was like, man, some one needs to get rid of this so I don't drink anymore. I chugged the remaining liter in like 20 seconds.


Fun night
 
witness23 said:
i'm not too crazy about chugging anything. the dumbest I could think of was one time when I was a bit inebriated (still pre-gaming), I told myself I had to stop drinking. I had a 1.5L (the big douchebag ones) bottle of unflavored Goose and we only got through 500 mL of it. So I was like, man, some one needs to get rid of this so I don't drink anymore. I chugged the remaining liter in like 20 seconds.


Fun night
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thats cause we're streetlight people. hold on to that feeling. don't stop believing.
 
Does half a cup of my own piss when I was a kid count?
 
depends. did you eat asparagus before that?
 
MaryLennox said:
lol. the most valuable advice i can give anyone regarding verbal is . . . THE SEARCH PASSAGE FUNCTION IS NOT ON THE REAL THING! somehow, i missed this crucial tidbit. it definitely killed some of my VR game (but not all of it, hopefully.) oops.
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:laugh: Yeah, I'm definitely aware that there is no search button. That sucks that you had to find out on your actual exam.

Bryson17 said:
Lol, actual email from the attending writing my LOR:

Bryson17,Attending
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Lol. It sounds like you asked the right person then. That's pretty funny.

witness23 said:
I think strawberry is the best flavor. although they all taste like **** (I only use water). Chasing with peanut butter (or even having a tbs of pb) helps with the taste though
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I'm with you on the Strawberry. That's my favorite, but I usually go with meal replacement shakes rather than just whey protein shakes. I like the MegaMass from EAS, I just use half of the recommended scoups (2 instead of 4), because it has ~30g of protein in half. I also like the flavor of the regular strawberry muscle milk.

If you guys want to know a great place to buy cheap supplaments you should check this place out. It's the cheapest spot I've ever found, even when you factor in S&H. I buy in bulk to keep shipping costs down though and it's an even better deal.

www.dpsnutrition.com


DrYoda said:
Everclear.

I don't think I've ever chugged anything non-alcoholic.
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Ha ha. Dude, I was in Rocky Point (Puerto Pinasco) when I was ~16 (it was a while ago...), anyway these bars had some shady stuff, but they had these things called cherrybombs, which were just engorged cherries bathed in some fluid served in a shot glass. Well, I bit into my cherry and quickly realized that I had just vaporized all of my tastebuds and I certainly wasn't supposed to chew the cherry... I found out that the cherries were pickled for months in Everclear... Those things were brutal. I had a few more, but I never chewed another one. ha ha.
 
ksmi117 said:
Um, nothing. I'm boring.
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Ha ha. I was thinking you would have a great story here kissy face. 😉


How are you feeling? I woke-up sick today... I'm thinking I better not have mono... You said it wasn't contagious because you were on antibiotics... 🙁
 
0Complications said:
Ha ha. I was thinking you would have a great story here kissy face. 😉


How are you feeling? I woke-up sick today... I'm thinking I better not have mono... You said it wasn't contagious because you were on antibiotics... 🙁
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Yeah, I thought whatever I had wasn't contagious because I was on antibiotics at the time. But mono is a virus which means antibiotics do nothing to help. Sorry babe. Maybe that night of romance wasn't worht it after all. 🙁

Also, I am feeling alright. Had TPR stuff for 3 hours earlier and was dying by the end. I swear my brain is shot too. Now I'm in bed and feeling better. I guess I'm just gonna have to take this day by day. :shrug:
 
ksmi117 said:
Yeah, I thought whatever I had wasn't contagious because I was on antibiotics at the time. But mono is a virus which means antibiotics do nothing to help. Sorry babe. Maybe that night of romance wasn't worht it after all. 🙁

Also, I am feeling alright. Had TPR stuff for 3 hours earlier and was dying by the end. I swear my brain is shot too. Now I'm in bed and feeling better. I guess I'm just gonna have to take this day by day. :shrug:
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Oh it was worth it. 😉

Hmm, I didn't know mono was a virus. Good to know. 😉 Well, now that I'm sick anyway, round two? 😀😛

I know what you mean about the brain mush. My PI asked me what medical specialty I was interested in pursuing for my letter and I just babbled on for minutes and really never said anything. And reading is tough. It's just hard to focus, read, and concentrate. I don't know how you taught today.
 
0Complications said:
Oh it was worth it. 😉

Hmm, I didn't know mono was a virus. Good to know. 😉 Well, now that I'm sick anyway, round two? 😀😛

I know what you mean about the brain mush. My PI asked me what medical specialty I was interested in pursuing for my letter and I just babbled on for minutes and really never said anything. And reading is tough. It's just hard to focus, read, and concentrate. I don't know how you taught today.
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Yeah, I'm too tired and I have a headache. Can we postpone round 2?

I made sure to go first with the teaching and I was fully expecting to just get up there and have word vomit. But I did surprisingly well. Afterward though, I couldn't focus on anything. I guess I mustered up my last bit of thinking to teach and then kinda just stopped.
 
Well, if you ever need to cleverly hide that particular virus, you can just say Epstein-Barr. Neat immunology at work there.🙂
 
ksmi117 said:
Yeah, I'm too tired and I have a headache. Can we postpone round 2?

I made sure to go first with the teaching and I was fully expecting to just get up there and have word vomit. But I did surprisingly well. Afterward though, I couldn't focus on anything. I guess I mustered up my last bit of thinking to teach and then kinda just stopped.
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Ha ha. Here we go with the headache bit... Actually, I don't feel like it either, surprisingly enough. I'm tempted to turn off my phone, because you know how crazy those ladies get at the bar.

Don't feel bad, my thinking never really started today...

Myuu said:
Well, if you ever need to cleverly hide that particular virus, you can just say Epstein-Barr. Neat immunology at work there.🙂
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Oh, aren't you the sneaky one. Or you could just say EBV... (google at work again!)

bamtuba said:
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That's quite the game of suckyface, but not quite what I had in mind... 🙄
 
can't breathe; can't sleep. stupid sinuses and respiratory system.
 
and friends is the TOP show ever.

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witness23 said:
i'm not too crazy about chugging anything. the dumbest I could think of was one time when I was a bit inebriated (still pre-gaming), I told myself I had to stop drinking. I had a 1.5L (the big douchebag ones) bottle of unflavored Goose and we only got through 500 mL of it. So I was like, man, some one needs to get rid of this so I don't drink anymore. I chugged the remaining liter in like 20 seconds.


Fun night
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Video, or it didn't happen.

Seriously though, I hope you puked it up like 10 seconds later because that's well into the alcohol poisoning territory. And don't give me any of that B.S. "I can hold my liquor really well." 1L of grey goose is enough to kill a man 3x my size when chugged.
 
dw2158 said:
and friends is the best show ever.
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I know you like family guy. (I think I remember you posting about this in the thread). Have you seen the one where Peter breaks out of prison. He crawls through a pipe, and he ends up right next to the guard station. The guard is watching the beginning of Friends and Peter uses a hammer to break through a pipe in unison with the clapping part of the intro song on Friends. That just cracked me up for like 5 minutes. When I saw it, I had to pause Hulu, so I wouldn't miss the rest of the show.
 
So I was just catching up and WTF is up with the religion talk? Personal schtuff like that should not be brought up hurr. This thread is for a venting, relaxation kinda thing and religion does none of that in a heated discussion.
In other news, LSU vs. Texas in the CWS Finals! Texas will not be so lucky this time around without an opponent that will choke away the game.
Texas' CWS Games:
Game 1 v Southern Miss - walk off walk (7-6)
Game 2 v Arizona St - was down 6 until ASU choked the lead (10-6)
Game 3 v Arizona St - down 3-2 in the bottom of 9 and hit 2 misplaced pitches for win (4-3)
LSU's CWS Games:
Game 1 v UVA - domination w/ #1 ace not pitching well (9-5)
Game 2 v Ar-kansas-a-saw - domination (9-1)
Game 3 v Ar-kansas-a-saw - domination w/ trash runs @ end (14-5)
and I'm off tomorrow. 🙂
 
Texas blows, should be Southern Miss and LSU in the finals, which would actually be a good game. LSU takes it easy
 
Bryson17 said:
Video, or it didn't happen.

Seriously though, I hope you puked it up like 10 seconds later because that's well into the alcohol poisoning territory. And don't give me any of that B.S. "I can hold my liquor really well." 1L of grey goose is enough to kill a man 3x my size when chugged.
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quoted for emphasis
 
Bryson17 said:
Video, or it didn't happen.

Seriously though, I hope you puked it up like 10 seconds later because that's well into the alcohol poisoning territory. And don't give me any of that B.S. "I can hold my liquor really well." 1L of grey goose is enough to kill a man 3x my size when chugged.
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i didn't puke or black out. I did have my only hangover ever(which I attribute to the shots of svedka beforehand) but i had a pretty fun night out in NYC. no videos either. there is a video of someone chugging a bottle of goose though on youtube. mind you that i was already inebriated so the grey tasted like water. fine, maybe it wasn't an entire liter, but it was the 1.5 L bottle with whatever left (i thought more than half).

all i can say is that my friends and i hold our liquor really well (or used to). back in soph year, we didn't take shots at all. we would only take swigs (3 people per handle). almost anyone and everyone that would drink with us would puke, and we would end up having to take care of the situation. but I don't mind cleaning vomit at all, even though it is seriously annoying when someone does it on your bed.

i have gotten lost and have waken up at a hospital, in the bushes, parking lot, library, in a abandoned car with cuts and bruises, in a random girls bed, in a friends bed, and sometimes I don't know how I end up in my own bed (esp in NYC). Almost all of my friends have woken up in a hospital, some have been detained by the police, got in fights, broken joints, etc. I also TA'd friday mornings, so.. yea. I wasn't the only one drunk in class though. College was fun times and I wish I could go back. I definitely do not have the time for that anymore. Kinda miss it (esp after watching the movie hangover),

nowadays, I only drink 1x a month. i stick to beer, car bombs, or a flaming dr. peppers. that cherry bomb sounds great though.

by the way, now that I'm somewhat back into suburbia/driving territory, how do bars work at these places? its like almost everyone is driving drunk. i miss those NYC taxi rides with 4 people/5 if it was a van. also, couple of the contestants on the cash cab are major douchebags.

if anyone is still in school, you take the time to enjoy things that you think you wouldn't do or enjoy doing. that doesn't mean drinking or drugs, at all. try a different class or two, talk to people you find different, whatever. college is truly one of the last opportunities to branch out.


oh yea, i've had someone throw up in my mouth too. that was really nasty. go crazy kids. bond with your friends/make stories.
 
also,


fresh prince>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
kobe's been looking mad happy since he won this. the lakers on jimmy kimmel was classic. jimmy kimmel show is terrible though.
 
its 3 AM here. night's over/finito but I'm a bit wired. I don't get to stay up late anymore nowadays.
 
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