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Well the good thing is that I was more upset about reason #2 than reason #1. And I'm now over both and my wall is being fixed, so all is well 🙂

Rockaction - Are you in the running for Lerner or just the 4 yr MD program at Case?
 
Well the good thing is that I was more upset about reason #2 than reason #1. And I'm now over both and my wall is being fixed, so all is well 🙂

Rockaction - Are you in the running for Lerner or just the 4 yr MD program at Case?

Just the University Program. I probably should have applied to Lerner as well but I decided against it for some reason. I think it was the last secondary I turned in and I was really tired of writing essays or something...
 
Just the University Program. I probably should have applied to Lerner as well but I decided against it for some reason. I think it was the last secondary I turned in and I was really tired of writing essays or something...

Ah ok. Well wherever you end up you are going to get a great education. Are you leaning one way or the other?
 
Ah ok. Well wherever you end up you are going to get a great education. Are you leaning one way or the other?

It's so hard to decide! One day, I'm feeling OSU, another, I'm feeling Case. I might say I'm slightly leaning toward Case, just because my interview experience there blew my mind more than OSU's did (though I loved OSU too). My interviewer at Case was really awesome, and he'd be the head of the Harry Potter society I'd be in, so the thought of him as my mentor is really appealing.

I know I'll be happy either way!
 
It's so hard to decide! One day, I'm feeling OSU, another, I'm feeling Case. I might say I'm slightly leaning toward Case, just because my interview experience there blew my mind more than OSU's did (though I loved OSU too). My interviewer at Case was really awesome, and he'd be the head of the Harry Potter society I'd be in, so the thought of him as my mentor is really appealing.

I know I'll be happy either way!

Harry Potter society?
 
this is what i would like to happen: today (asap) WashU calls and accepts me. Then, next friday MCW should make it's first set of decisions and accept me. then, the following tuesday, Michigan should accept me. pleeeeeeeeeeeease?!
 
It's so hard to decide! One day, I'm feeling OSU, another, I'm feeling Case. I might say I'm slightly leaning toward Case, just because my interview experience there blew my mind more than OSU's did (though I loved OSU too). My interviewer at Case was really awesome, and he'd be the head of the Harry Potter society I'd be in, so the thought of him as my mentor is really appealing.

I know I'll be happy either way!
But you'd be so much cooler if you came to Case!!

😏<-- this is my completely unbiased face

Harry Potter society?
We have societies/houses.😀
 
this is what i would like to happen: today (asap) WashU calls and accepts me. Then, next friday MCW should make it's first set of decisions and accept me. then, the following tuesday, Michigan should accept me. pleeeeeeeeeeeease?!

I'm also jumping at every incoming phone call today... supposedly WashU is calling people today, although that remains to be seen.
 
We have societies/houses.😀

Cool! Vanderbilt does that too (another reason why I thought Vandy was so awesome 🙂)! How are you sorted into the houses? Is there any particular method?
 
Cool! Vanderbilt does that too (another reason why I thought Vandy was so awesome 🙂)! How are you sorted into the houses? Is there any particular method?

I demanded a sorting hat, but they just assigned us randomly instead. Unless, that is, you interviewed with Dr. Haynie or Dr. Smith, in which case, you're with their societies. 😀
 
I demanded a sorting hat, but they just assigned us randomly instead. Unless, that is, you interviewed with Dr. Haynie or Dr. Smith, in which case, you're with their societies. 😀

No singing sorting hat? Lame.
 
yes. originally from Cincinnati. makes that OSU tuition look really nice.

It's so hard to decide! One day, I'm feeling OSU, another, I'm feeling Case. I might say I'm slightly leaning toward Case, just because my interview experience there blew my mind more than OSU's did (though I loved OSU too). My interviewer at Case was really awesome, and he'd be the head of the Harry Potter society I'd be in, so the thought of him as my mentor is really appealing.

I know I'll be happy either way!

I ended up not going to my Case interview because I'm happy with OSU and it's something like $45,000 cheaper as an OOSer. For you it'd be like 60k cheaper. I know I couldn't pass that up.
 
Hey now, give me my point, dammit! :laugh:

Week 1
CIN favored by 3.0 over the NYJ
NWE favored by 3.5 over the BAL
DAL favored by 4.0 over the PHL
ARI favored by 3.0 over the GBP

Spurs: CIN, NWE, PHL, ARI = +1
guyski: CIN, BAL, PHL, ARI = +2
jackson: NYJ, BAL, DAL, GBP = +3
brooklyn: CIN, BAL, DAL, GBP = +2
bobsmitty: CIN, BAL, PHL, GBP = +1
scaper: NYJ, NWE, DAL, GPB = +2
FSAP: CIN NWE DAL ARI = +2
JJ: NYJ, NWE, PHL, GBP = +1
bleargh: CIN, NE, PHL, ARI = +1
BlueElmo: CIN, NE, DAL, GBP = +1
Sammich: NWE, NWE, NWE, NWE = Epic Fail
metallica: n/a=0
Pedie: n/a=0

Week 2
NOS favored by 7.0 over the ARI
IND favored by 6.5 over the BAL
MIN favored by 2.5 over the DAL
SDC favored by 8.0 over the NYJ

Spurs: ARI, BAL, DAL, SDC = 0
Scaper: NOS, BAL, DAL, NYJ = 4
BrooksBrothers: ARI, BAL, MIN, SDC = 2
bleargh: NOS, IND, MIN, SDC = 6
FSAP: ARI, IND, DAL, NYJ = 4
BlueElmo: NOS, IND, DAL, SDC = 4
guyski: ARI, BAL, DAL, SDC = 0
jackson: ARI, IND, DAL, NYJ = 4
bobsmith: ARI, IND, DAL, SDC = 2
metallica: NOS, IND, DAL, SDC = 4
Pedie: ARI, BAL, MIN, NYJ = 4
JJ: ARI, IND, MIN, SDC = 4

Week 3
IND favored by 8.0 over NYJ
NOS favored by 3.5 over MIN

guyski: NYJ, MIN
Spurs: IND, NOS
metallica: IND, NOS
bleargh: IND, MIN
FSAP: IND, MIN
BlueElmo: IND, NOS
brookhavennationallaboratory: NYJ, NOS

OVERALL
bleargh = +7
Jackson = +7
Scaper = +6
FSAP = +6
JJ= +5
Blue = +5
bb = +4
metallica = +4
Pedie = +4
bobsmith = +3
guyski = +2
Spurs = +1

Ugh, I can't believe I have the same picks as Spurs.

I'm putting an ungodly amount of faith in you this week, Spurs, based on your past results.

Unless the Saints win but don't cover the spread. Then I don't care.

Haha honestly all I did this week was bet against guyski since we both whiffed last week 😛 Figured all of my reasoning the previous weeks didn't help much anyways.
 
I demanded a sorting hat, but they just assigned us randomly instead. Unless, that is, you interviewed with Dr. Haynie or Dr. Smith, in which case, you're with their societies. 😀

My interviewer was one of them. He was so awesome! He was the one with "the chair" that we get to touch before exams.

I ended up not going to my Case interview because I'm happy with OSU and it's something like $45,000 cheaper as an OOSer. For you it'd be like 60k cheaper. I know I couldn't pass that up.

I interviewed at OSU and Case back to back, and fell in love with both. But I don't want money to decide it for me. I want to go with my best fit. Though I know whichever school I pick I will be happy at.
 
Going to a "garbage art" showing in SF.

Free food and wine FTW.
 
washu mstp just rejected me. now i'm getting nervous....eeeeeeeeeep i don't like this one bit
 
Going to a "garbage art" showing in SF.

Free food and wine FTW.

i guess thats somewhat related to what i am doing this weekend, which is making art out of garbage. (ok, its wine corks, which are not necessarily garbage depending on how you feel about wine.) in any case though i am getting paid for it so i am not complaining👍

Friend's 21st tonight.
Friend's 22nd tomorrow.

Hopefully I survive.

haha. this makes me feel old. have fun 🙂
 
What's everybody up to this weekend?

FOOTBALL!

i guess thats somewhat related to what i am doing this weekend, which is making art out of garbage. (ok, its wine corks, which are not necessarily garbage depending on how you feel about wine.) in any case though i am getting paid for it so i am not complaining👍
How do you go about getting paid to do something like this?
 
How do you go about getting paid to do something like this?

amazingly, through wyzant. i signed up for wyzant to do MCAT tutoring, but since i have an art degree i figured i might as well throw that on there for good measure. some guy who had been collecting wine corks for years contacted me and said he wanted to 'do something' with them but didnt know what . . . and did i think i could help him?

it sounded a little odd but i am broke so i said, sure, i'll give it a shot. he liked my ideas and now here i am, with hundreds of wine corks scattered on my floor and being slowly arranged onto a canvas
 
Going to a "garbage art" showing in SF.

Free food and wine FTW.

What is "garbage art"? Is that an avant garde-type thing?

Nothing much. Just counting down the hours until the Saints game on Sunday.

😴

Friend's 21st tonight.
Friend's 22nd tomorrow.

Hopefully I survive.

Haha, make sure to stay well-hydrated! 🙂

washu mstp just rejected me. now i'm getting nervous....eeeeeeeeeep i don't like this one bit

I'm sorry to hear this Ciello. Well, I'm still hoping for Michigan for you!

i guess thats somewhat related to what i am doing this weekend, which is making art out of garbage. (ok, its wine corks, which are not necessarily garbage depending on how you feel about wine.) in any case though i am getting paid for it so i am not complaining👍

That sounds like fun!
 
amazingly, through wyzant. i signed up for wyzant to do MCAT tutoring, but since i have an art degree i figured i might as well throw that on there for good measure. some guy who had been collecting wine corks for years contacted me and said he wanted to 'do something' with them but didnt know what . . . and did i think i could help him?

it sounded a little odd but i am broke so i said, sure, i'll give it a shot. he liked my ideas and now here i am, with hundreds of wine corks scattered on my floor and being slowly arranged onto a canvas

that actually sounds pretty cool. you should show us pictures of your final product!
 
How sweet of you FloatOn! By the way, does your screenname have anything to do with the Modest Mouse song, "Float On"?

Yup! It's named after exactly that. I like the mesage of the song: **** happens but it's all going to be ok.

What inspired your name?
 
amazingly, through wyzant. i signed up for wyzant to do MCAT tutoring, but since i have an art degree i figured i might as well throw that on there for good measure. some guy who had been collecting wine corks for years contacted me and said he wanted to 'do something' with them but didnt know what . . . and did i think i could help him?

it sounded a little odd but i am broke so i said, sure, i'll give it a shot. he liked my ideas and now here i am, with hundreds of wine corks scattered on my floor and being slowly arranged onto a canvas

Nice, that's pretty sweet. Show us pictures!
 
That sounds like fun!

thats what i thought at first. but its taking me significantly longer than i expected and i am starting to get blisters from the knife thingy i am using to cut up the corks. (ok still though its pretty fun)

that actually sounds pretty cool. you should show us pictures of your final product!

i'm a ways away from the final product but here's the latest work-in-progress photo i sent to the guy this afternoon:

(the blue stuff is from a bowl he got while traveling, that got broken on the way home- i broke it into many more pieces upon his request . . . )

corks.jpg
 
Just a quick question.

For the CBC, once you release your report, do we have to do this again for every subsequent school we are accepted to? Or is it released to everyone else and so we don't have to worry about it again after the first one?

Sorry I couldn't find the answer anywhere on SDN and I didn't want to make a thread about this.... 🙄
 
Just a quick question.

For the CBC, once you release your report, do we have to do this again for every subsequent school we are accepted to? Or is it released to everyone else and so we don't have to worry about it again after the first one?

Sorry I couldn't find the answer anywhere on SDN and I didn't want to make a thread about this.... 🙄

Good question. I was wondering about that too. I'd guess that you only have to do it once. If you have to do it again, though, I'm sure you'll get another email.
 
thats what i thought at first. but its taking me significantly longer than i expected and i am starting to get blisters from the knife thingy i am using to cut up the corks. (ok still though its pretty fun)



i'm a ways away from the final product but here's the latest work-in-progress photo i sent to the guy this afternoon:

(the blue stuff is from a bowl he got while traveling, that got broken on the way home- i broke it into many more pieces upon his request . . . )

corks.jpg
that's really awesome and makes me wish i had artistic talent
 
that's really awesome and makes me wish i had artistic talent

thanks! i am hoping that if i stay active in the arts and do lots of sculpturey, pretty things that it will give me an edge if i decide to pursue plastics. right now its my top choice but given my academic record i dont know how realistic it is. at least i can say i am handy with an exact-o knife 👍
 


i kinda like people who get a bajillion interviews and acceptances . . . because once they start withdrawing/declining, it will open up a bunch of spots at once, right?? it's much harder to compete with people who have ONLY gotten into your dream school, because they will probably matriculate there
 
:laugh::laugh::laugh:

i put down cleveland clinic as my hope list and just got rejected. that was short lived. first postt interview rejection, this one kinda the girls in miami are hot
 
That is really cool MaryLennox
I just had my first working sculpture class yesterday-so much fun!
We were supposed to manipulate found objects....so I made a wine glass out of umbrellas lol and made it look like there is liquid in it!

today, I got to be a pre-med-non-gunner-superhero. I have a friend who is applying in the next cycle and who has been struggling with finding shadowing opps. So I spoke to one of the doctors I know well at the ENT clinic and voila! shadowing opportunity found!
Plus he is a surgeon. I feel so good helping peepz!
 
:laugh::laugh::laugh:

i put down cleveland clinic as my hope list and just got rejected. that was short lived. first postt interview rejection, this one kinda the girls in miami are hot

this is a confusing post, are you drunk or did you just forget how to speak english??

just kidding. actually, as i am alone for the weekend (house sitting for parents in small town USA) i will probably spend tonight getting drunk and alternating between doing my cork projects and taking SDN time-wasting breaks. so if you aren't drunk, you should be . . . as i will be
 
nah my train of thought just changed gears. i cant get ****ed up tonight, early flight tomorrow, but def this weekend
 
I don't understand what is so jaw-dropping, except the sheer number of schools he applied to.

The jaw is for the huge number of interview offers/acceptances (including Harvard) for such a low GPA and below avg MCAT. Basically... I'm jealous 😛
 
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