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Ok2Panic said:
Lying in bed with one eye open trying to decide if I'm getting up... And I'm on my 9th snooze
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Same for me...I am horrible with the snooze button. I need to buy an alarm without one and put it across the room, lol. 😛
 
morning kids


rich eisen ran a 40 yesterday. they put him up digitally with terrance cody running a 40 and cody burned him by a good 5 yards. cody weighs 370 btw
 
Tressan said:
i'm still in college... a junior... i applied only in ireland b/c they accept without a college degree.... currently waiting for replies but apps weren't due until feb soooo it might be a while--- if i get accepted but decide not to go then i'll apply in the US next year

umm introduce myself: im a neuroscience major. i like orange and snow. and being up at 2:25 AM

what about you???
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YAY! NEUROSCIENCE majors UNITE!
 
violincuty said:
Same for me...I am horrible with the snooze button. I need to buy an alarm without one and put it across the room, lol. 😛
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i don't think i've said it yet, but good luck today/this week! (if news is coming out, don't freak if it doesn't though)
 
wordswordswords said:
i don't think i've said it yet, but good luck today/this week! (if news is coming out, don't freak if it doesn't though)
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Thank you!!! I am trying my best not to freak out...I know it's unhealthy. I am just really excited for this opportunity and to have even made it this far- expecting the worst and hoping for the best. Thanks again for the moral support!!! :luck:
 
trex and panic:

hope u guys hear good news the next few weeks!
 
dingyibvs said:
trex and panic:

hope u guys hear good news the next few weeks!
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Thanks! Waiting to hear from Iowa and really really hoping it comes through. I've just about given up on my unrequited love affair with Case. I know I'm extremely fortunate to be in somewhere, but the one school that accepted me was the one I happened to be extremely put off by at the interview...so really hoping Iowa comes through in a big way.
 
violincuty said:
Thank you!!! I am trying my best not to freak out...I know it's unhealthy. I am just really excited for this opportunity and to have even made it this far- expecting the worst and hoping for the best. Thanks again for the moral support!!! :luck:
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it always helps me to think through the worst case scenario, because i usually realize the "worst case" isn't so bad at all.

I'm kinda jealous that you're so excited and enthusiastic still about med school/Hopkins in particular. I remember feeling exactly that way but now I think without contact from them for a while I've sort of gotten burned out. I'm really hoping second look will get me excited again about MED SCHOOL/SAVING LIVES/SCIENCE. Ya know?
 
Ok2Panic said:
Thanks! Waiting to hear from Iowa and really really hoping it comes through. I've just about given up on my unrequited love affair with Case. I know I'm extremely fortunate to be in somewhere, but the one school that accepted me was the one I happened to be extremely put off by at the interview...so really hoping Iowa comes through in a big way.
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oh, which school are you in? besides, i wouldnt judge a school based on an interview, your classmates will end up making your experience!
 
Ok2Panic said:
Thanks! Waiting to hear from Iowa and really really hoping it comes through. I've just about given up on my unrequited love affair with Case. I know I'm extremely fortunate to be in somewhere, but the one school that accepted me was the one I happened to be extremely put off by at the interview...so really hoping Iowa comes through in a big way.
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I'm pulling for you... Carver is a great place, I think you'd be happy there. People are really chill, faculty is great, etc. Good luck! :luck:
 
is making cDNA exciting? what about an MTS assay?

if not, then no.
 
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dingyibvs said:
oh, which school are you in? besides, i wouldnt judge a school based on an interview, your classmates will end up making your experience!
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Upstate. And yeah, you're definitely right! I'm going to go to second look and hopefully that will help!
 
wordswordswords said:
it always helps me to think through the worst case scenario, because i usually realize the "worst case" isn't so bad at all.

I'm kinda jealous that you're so excited and enthusiastic still about med school/Hopkins in particular. I remember feeling exactly that way but now I think without contact from them for a while I've sort of gotten burned out. I'm really hoping second look will get me excited again about MED SCHOOL/SAVING LIVES/SCIENCE. Ya know?
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This is EXACTLY how I feel about JHoppy. I was soooooo in love with the school, and now it's just another school. I'm not even sure if I'll be going to the second look.
 
SteinUmStein said:
I'm pulling for you... Carver is a great place, I think you'd be happy there. People are really chill, faculty is great, etc. Good luck! :luck:
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Yeah, I was in the SROP a few summers ago and absolutely loved it. People think I'm crazy for loving Iowa, but it was definitely coolbeans.
 
ksmi117 said:
This is EXACTLY how I feel about JHoppy. I was soooooo in love with the school, and now it's just another school. I'm not even sure if I'll be going to the second look.
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what school is ur favorite now?
 
Ok2Panic said:
Yeah, I was in the SROP a few summers ago and absolutely loved it. People think I'm crazy for loving Iowa, but it was definitely coolbeans.
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Yeah, people who think Iowa City is lame simply haven't been there. That's all there is to it.

Iowa City =////= rest of Iowa
 
Ok2Panic said:
Yeah, I was in the SROP a few summers ago and absolutely loved it. People think I'm crazy for loving Iowa, but it was definitely coolbeans.
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u might feel differently if u were there a few winters ago, haha. man, i just dont like cold, and the temp is in the 30s, in march, in florida, right now. like wtf?
 
ksmi117 said:
This is EXACTLY how I feel about JHoppy. I was soooooo in love with the school, and now it's just another school. I'm not even sure if I'll be going to the second look.
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If you're not going into academic medicine, it makes sense to follow the money--I know Hopkins has good financial aid, but if the numbers don't work out, don't feel bad about turning them down. Second look should be a ton of fun though, and I'm really hoping it'll also be inspiring--after so much application nonsense/selling myself, I can remember intellectually why I want to go into medicine, but I can't access the real feelings anymore.
 
wordswordswords said:
If you're not going into academic medicine, it makes sense to follow the money--I know Hopkins has good financial aid, but if the numbers don't work out, don't feel bad about turning them down. Second look should be a ton of fun though, and I'm really hoping it'll also be inspiring--after so much application nonsense/selling myself, I can remember intellectually why I want to go into medicine, but I can't access the real feelings anymore.
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I do want to go into academic medicine though. Which makes this stuff all the more hard to decide.
 
ksmi117 said:
I don't have a favorite anymore. 🙁
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cant see the smiley on my cell, but i assume youre probably feeling a little bit of emptiness after reaching the mountain top. youll be excited again in no time when you go pn second looks im sure 😀
 
wordswordswords said:
it always helps me to think through the worst case scenario, because i usually realize the "worst case" isn't so bad at all.

I'm kinda jealous that you're so excited and enthusiastic still about med school/Hopkins in particular. I remember feeling exactly that way but now I think without contact from them for a while I've sort of gotten burned out. I'm really hoping second look will get me excited again about MED SCHOOL/SAVING LIVES/SCIENCE. Ya know?
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ksmi117 said:
This is EXACTLY how I feel about JHoppy. I was soooooo in love with the school, and now it's just another school. I'm not even sure if I'll be going to the second look.
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Awww, that makes me sad to hear. Although I don't share the sentiment, I can see how one would get easily jaded through this application process. I think my situation is a bit different because I am not nearly as competitive numbers-wise as you guys are. The majority of the schools I applied to were dream schools, and I never in a million years thought I would get the interviews I am getting. Every day just sort of seems like a dream now...to even be in the position of waiting to hear back post-interview from these schools is humbling to me. I bet if I had multiple acceptances at amazing schools, the novelty would wear off...hard to say. I think I have been in love with medicine for so long that it's just surreal to think that my dreams will be realized this year. Just try to focus on the positive...you're going to have a huge impact on a large number of people and you will be a role model for many people regardless of what school you go to. I have been reading a few books that have helped give me inspiration: "Soul of a Doctor", "What Doctors Think", "Gifted Hands" and Atul Gawande's books. I know it sucks to live, eat and breath medicine even in your downtime, but hearing the perspective of these people was really inspiring for me. It might also help to just do something non-academic for a while- go on a weekend trip, go hiking, etc.

...and if you choose not to go to second look, I will GLADLY take your spot, even if I am only waitlisted. My interview experience at Hopkins was so life-changing that I would give anything just to visit the school one more time 😉
 
ksmi117 said:
I do want to go into academic medicine though. Which makes this stuff all the more hard to decide.
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ack yeah, that's really tricky. I'd say flip a coin--heads you go to second look, tails you don't, and you'll figure out if you should go based entirely on whether the toss outcome makes you feel relief or regret.

i come from a school with a pretty workhard/playhard rep, and I know at least one other person going to the second look, and a few first-years. I definitely think it'll be a ridiculous weekend if we have anything to say about it, if that's appealing.
 
wordswordswords said:
ack yeah, that's really tricky. I'd say flip a coin--heads you go to second look, tails you don't, and you'll figure out if you should go based entirely on whether the toss outcome makes you feel relief or regret.

i come from a school with a pretty workhard/playhard rep, and I know at least one other person going to the second look, and a few first-years. I definitely think it'll be a ridiculous weekend if we have anything to say about it, if that's appealing.
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Oh, I meant that I may not go because Wash U's is that weekend too. I have to pick between the two.
 
dingyibvs said:
u might feel differently if u were there a few winters ago, haha. man, i just dont like cold, and the temp is in the 30s, in march, in florida, right now. like wtf?
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After six months in Jamaica, with a constant 85-90 degrees, I actually miss the bitter cold. Does that make me sick?
 
violincuty said:
I have been reading a few books that have helped give me inspiration: "Soul of a Doctor", "What Doctors Think", "Gifted Hands" and Atul Gawande's books.
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i've totally been mega-dosing on medical memoirs also--Better, Complications (though these books are both more complex than straight-up memoirs), "Hot Lights, Cold Steel," and the Intern Blues. I never realized how popular a genre this is, but it seems like there's a book for every speciality and every life circumstance--mother, blue-collar upbringing, etc. It's enjoyable for the most part (very riveting), but "The Intern Blues" is very depressing, I don't suggest it at all.
 
wordswordswords said:
i've totally been mega-dosing on medical memoirs also--Better, Complications (though these books are both more complex than straight-up memoirs), "Hot Lights, Cold Steel," and the Intern Blues. I never realized how popular a genre this is, but it seems like there's a book for every speciality and every life circumstance--mother, blue-collar upbringing, etc. It's enjoyable for the most part (very riveting), but "The Intern Blues" is very depressing, I don't suggest it at all.
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I love Hot Lights, Cold Steel. It's hilarious and well-written and Dr. Collins has way too many kids.
 
Ok2Panic said:
After six months in Jamaica, with a constant 85-90 degrees, I actually miss the bitter cold. Does that make me sick?
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haha of course it does 😉

but its really probably the humidity that makes tropical areas feel so suffocating
 
Ok2Panic said:
Upstate. And yeah, you're definitely right! I'm going to go to second look and hopefully that will help!
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I may to go Upstate's second look also! I interviewed on Yom Kippur, so I really had NO experience with any of the students other than the 2 tour guides. 🙁

ksmi117 said:
I don't have a favorite anymore. 🙁
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Yay, I'm not the only one! Though I never really had a favorite since I was outright rejected from my dream school.
 
Ok2Panic said:
I love Hot Lights, Cold Steel. It's hilarious and well-written and Dr. Collins has way too many kids.
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definitely hilarious, i laughed out loud at a lot of parts, which I don't normally do. I think some of the "deep, introspective" passages kind of ticked me off, because he just didn't seem to have the ability to write about that without sounding cheesy/cliche (like with the kid who fell off the bunkbed and broke his arm, and then the cast tech who had been to Vietnam). But all the "LEAVE PATTY ALONE" exchanges were hilarious. TWELVE KIDS. It's crazy. And then the passage where he and his wife are like, "we just want one more..." And here I am, not even sure if I want one.
 
Luun said:
I may to go Upstate's second look also! I interviewed on Yom Kippur, so I really had NO experience with any of the students other than the 2 tour guides. 🙁
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Yay! Hopefully I'll see you there.

wordswordswords said:
definitely hilarious, i laughed out loud at a lot of parts, which I don't normally do. I think some of the "deep, introspective" passages kind of ticked me off, because he just didn't seem to have the ability to write about that without sounding cheesy/cliche (like with the kid who fell off the bunkbed and broke his arm, and then the cast tech who had been to Vietnam). But all the "LEAVE PATTY ALONE" exchanges were hilarious. TWELVE KIDS. It's crazy. And then the passage where he and his wife are like, "we just want one more..." And here I am, not even sure if I want one.
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Honestly, and I hope this doesn't make me sound like too much of a wuss. But his descriptions of having to get up in the middle of the night to turn on his car, and driving all the way the hell out to that other hospital he was moonlighting in with a big hole in the bottom of his car probably significantly contributed to me not applying to Mayo.
 
Ok2Panic said:
Honestly, and I hope this doesn't make me sound like too much of a wuss. But his descriptions of having to get up in the middle of the night to turn on his car, and driving all the way the hell out to that other hospital he was moonlighting in with a big hole in the bottom of his car probably significantly contributed to me not applying to Mayo.
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if you're a wuss then i am too because i NEVER want to live through a Rochester winter, primarily because i don't think i WOULD live through it. Pipes freezing, having to wake up at 2 am to start the bleeping car because otherwise the gas line would freeze, turning on the oven just for heat...
 
wordswordswords said:
i've totally been mega-dosing on medical memoirs also--Better, Complications (though these books are both more complex than straight-up memoirs), "Hot Lights, Cold Steel," and the Intern Blues. I never realized how popular a genre this is, but it seems like there's a book for every speciality and every life circumstance--mother, blue-collar upbringing, etc. It's enjoyable for the most part (very riveting), but "The Intern Blues" is very depressing, I don't suggest it at all.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I have never heard of Intern Blues, actually, but I will keep your words in mind if I come across it.

I still think my favorite medical book of all time, purely for entertainment value and in all it's crudeness, is House of God. For more serious insight into medical career issues, my favorite was "How Doctors Think". I guess I have been ODing on these books as well...never thought of it that way though. I am just so appreciative to have a light enough class load where I can read for leisure, cook meals at home, and go to the gym regularly- how sad is that? This career is prematurely making me an old fart 😛
 
wordswordswords said:
if you're a wuss then i am too because i NEVER want to live through a Rochester winter, primarily because i don't think i WOULD live through it. Pipes freezing, having to wake up at 2 am to start the bleeping car because otherwise the gas line would freeze, turning on the oven just for heat...
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I want to read Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs but I can't get it on my Kindle and probably won't be able to find it in a bookstore down in Kingston.
 
ksmi117 said:
Oh, I meant that I may not go because Wash U's is that weekend too. I have to pick between the two.
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go to the hopkins one! there will be cooler people (read: me) there. doesn't washu allow you to visit on your own and follow someone around? (i might be making that up).

washu may still end up being a good deal sans merit money just because of their debt reduction initiative. i have no idea how good jhu's financial aid is - i've seen contradictory things on sdn.

i think jhu was my favorite school but baltimore is not my favorite place :meanie: so i think i am hoping i can stay in boston next year.
 
violincuty said:
Thanks for the suggestion! I have never heard of Intern Blues, actually, but I will keep your words in mind if I come across it.

I still think my favorite medical book of all time, purely for entertainment value and in all it's crudeness, is House of God. For more serious insight into medical career issues, my favorite was "How Doctors Think". I guess I have been ODing on these books as well...never thought of it that way though. I am just so appreciative to have a light enough class load where I can read for leisure, cook meals at home, and go to the gym regularly- how sad is that? This career is prematurely making me an old fart 😛
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:hello:Goood morning and welcome to hump day! I'm a little jazzed, got a bunch of caffeine coursing through my veins. Hands are shaking at the moment, it took me 3 tries to spell "shaking" correct.

I second the opinion on Intern Blues. It is depressing because the interns end up clinically depressed. I got so enraged that the medical education system let them down and didn't take care of them as people (just my naive view of it). To me, its a cautionary tale about learning to balance work/life and finding the moments to be happy. I like (read: hope) to think that residency is different now.

I just read How Doctors Think and LOVED it! It was so well written and the patient stories are amazing. House of God was funny/bizarre at times but there is some veins of truths running through the book. I can never think of the word GOMER without laughing a little. I just got Atul Gawande's new book, Checklist. He has interesting ideas and coming from a public policy background, he thinks about things completely different compared to others. And I think he's just a great writer.
 
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