Class of 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
500!

500-Dollar-Bill-2.jpg

daytona-500.gif

51pdETHakkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

500-days-of-summer-soundtrack-artwork-400x399.jpg

500_725.jpg
 
BHaus9 said:
As far as I know, Subway has several menu items featuring meat products?
Click to expand...
I believe he was lodging a sly complaint about the amount of meat that subway uses in their various sandwich products. Cheerio.
 
nadaba said:
I believe he was lodging a sly complaint about the amount of meat that subway uses in their various sandwich products. Cheerio.
Click to expand...

Frankly I find such a broad generalization to be irresponsible and, in this case, misinformed. Many a Subway in the greater Indy area has buried ample stocks of meat 'twixt my tender buns.

You don't qualify to comment. YOU VEGETARIAN. Considered being a frutatarian?
 
SteveJMarist said:
Understood. To the bolded: I think I might stray away from this thread for a while. I've never done anything ridiculous, but those words kind of freak me out a little.
Click to expand...

Hahaha, anonymity is key on here. That's why I refuse to meet up people right now. I don't want people knowing my business until I'm certain I have a letter that says.... ADMITTED CLASS OF 2016!!!
 
BWSTW said:
:highfive:
Click to expand...

Buttermellow said:
👍 He's a shoo-in 🙂
Click to expand...

TheMightySmiter said:
For serious. 😀

Wish I was a shoo-in. 🙁 I'm probably a shoe-out at a lot of schools. :laugh:
Click to expand...

Nahhhh you guys are not shoe-outs. I just happened to get really lucky with a few MCAT points. I predict acceptances in the very near future. 🙂


TheMightySmiter said:
Yeah, me too.

"Now, TMS, I must say I was impressed by your ability to quote every single line of 'Anchorman'. Do you think this speaks to your capacity to memorize large quantities of anatomical information?"
Click to expand...
:laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
ok, only 10 more to go. I need to get serious
 
But... before I go...

We went through my entire application. It pretty much felt like an interview...

He ignored the cGPA. Looked at sGPA. Then he looked at verbal, then BS, then PS... ignored the WS completely.

Then we talked about my volunteerism, nature publication (didn't seem too keen on this one), then he looked at leadership stuff, then he said... "shadowing, shadowing, shadowing where is the shadowing... ah here it is... 200 hours of shadowing? impressive!"

Take home message? Shadowing is important, research is not all that important, even with a nature publication. cGPA means something, but not all that much to one adcom it appears.

Also, he gets to my personal statement and says... "well if it's grammatically correct then that's fine. we count on the interview to determine your true motivations for medicine."
 
I'm going to be a total girl here, but my husband had 6 roses delivered to me at work. 😍 They are red roses, blue iris? and white baby's breath.
 
CodeBlu said:
But... before I go...

We went through my entire application. It pretty much felt like an interview...

He ignored the cGPA. Looked at sGPA. Then he looked at verbal, then BS, then PS... ignored the WS completely.

Then we talked about my volunteerism, nature publication (didn't seem too keen on this one), then he looked at leadership stuff, then he said... "shadowing, shadowing, shadowing where is the shadowing... ah here it is... 200 hours of shadowing? impressive!"

Take home message? Shadowing is important, research is not all that important, even with a nature publication. cGPA means something, but not all that much to one adcom it appears.

Also, he gets to my personal statement and says... "well if it's grammatically correct then that's fine. we count on the interview to determine your true motivations for medicine."
Click to expand...

That is so awesome for you!
 
CodeBlu said:
You're married... *sigh* I need a girlfriend.

I would buy her dozens of red roses.
Click to expand...

yeah.

Awww, how sweet 😍


I'll be your internet girlfriend 😀

(roses are my fav)
 
Congrats CodeBlu! That is some pretty awesome feedback from the adcom.

Nice 500th post, Buttermellow. Stylizing FTW and, no, I don't utilize mind-control. Or do I? 😵
 
BWSTW said:
yeah.

Awww, how sweet 😍


I'll be your internet girlfriend 😀

(roses are my fav)
Click to expand...
😍😍


bookfreak89 said:
Congrats CodeBlu! That is some pretty awesome feedback from the adcom.

Nice 500th post, Buttermellow. Stylizing FTW and, no, I don't utilize mind-control. Or do I? 😵
Click to expand...


Thanks BookFreak! And I wouldn't be so sure.. you're probably rocking crazy CIA MKULTRA stuff to control us all...
 
CodeBlu said:
But... before I go...

We went through my entire application. It pretty much felt like an interview...

He ignored the cGPA. Looked at sGPA. Then he looked at verbal, then BS, then PS... ignored the WS completely.

Then we talked about my volunteerism, nature publication (didn't seem too keen on this one), then he looked at leadership stuff, then he said... "shadowing, shadowing, shadowing where is the shadowing... ah here it is... 200 hours of shadowing? impressive!"

Take home message? Shadowing is important, research is not all that important, even with a nature publication. cGPA means something, but not all that much to one adcom it appears.

Also, he gets to my personal statement and says... "well if it's grammatically correct then that's fine. we count on the interview to determine your true motivations for medicine."
Click to expand...

I've heard conflicting things about this. I personally didn't get that much out of shadowing. Certainly didn't learn any more than I already knew about "what a doctor does." Mostly it was me thinking "ooh, that's a cool disease. I'll have to google that."

I've only shadowed a neurologist and some NP's (so not even "doctors"), and I really hope that doesn't end up biting me in the ass.
 
Buttermellow said:
I've heard conflicting things about this. I personally didn't get that much out of shadowing. Certainly didn't learn any more than I already knew about "what a doctor does." Mostly it was me thinking "ooh, that's a cool disease. I'll have to google that."

I've only shadowed a neurologist and some NP's (so not even "doctors"), and I really hope that doesn't end up biting me in the ass.
Click to expand...

I enjoyed shadowing just because I got to see some really neat stuff. I really enjoyed the ER shadowing I did the most because that is what I am really interested in.
 
CodeBlu said:
But... before I go...

We went through my entire application. It pretty much felt like an interview...

He ignored the cGPA. Looked at sGPA. Then he looked at verbal, then BS, then PS... ignored the WS completely.

Then we talked about my volunteerism, nature publication (didn't seem too keen on this one), then he looked at leadership stuff, then he said... "shadowing, shadowing, shadowing where is the shadowing... ah here it is... 200 hours of shadowing? impressive!"

Take home message? Shadowing is important, research is not all that important, even with a nature publication. cGPA means something, but not all that much to one adcom it appears.

Also, he gets to my personal statement and says... "well if it's grammatically correct then that's fine. we count on the interview to determine your true motivations for medicine."
Click to expand...
This probably varies much by school. Was this school very high on the research rankings?
 
As far as shadowing, I still have yet to do any formal shadowing only because I had a job as a scribe for a year and pretty much got to understand what a doctor does. I'm putting the informal stuff I saw (as per what Catalystik suggested) but I'm up in the air on whether I should still do some formal shadowing. Also because I want to send in my primary
 
Buttermellow said:
I've heard conflicting things about this. I personally didn't get that much out of shadowing. Certainly didn't learn any more than I already knew about "what a doctor does." Mostly it was me thinking "ooh, that's a cool disease. I'll have to google that."

I've only shadowed a neurologist and some NP's (so not even "doctors"), and I really hope that doesn't end up biting me in the ass.
Click to expand...

This school seems to value clinical experience and commitment to medicine.
Shadowing is important in the sense that it gives you an insider view to medicine that you wouldn't necessarily see as a volunteer for example, the paperwork, the shuffling around etc.

While you can't participate in differential diagnoses (or you could if you've taken advanced level classes dealing with pathophysiology of a certain system, like cardio etc.), you can CERTAINLY see how things are done. And that is valuable into itself. Definitely shows you how NOT glamorous the life can be, and how you really have to want to do it.

All your patients are not going to be clean, middle class etc. One of my friends was gunning for meds and she's like "CodeBlu, I can't do it. People smell, and I can't handle it." She then went and got an MBA at HBS and is probably going to be running the hospital I work at.
 
SilentSoldier said:
ewww mayonnaise
Click to expand...

Agreed. I am not the biggest fan of mayo. If it's there, I'll eat it. If I make my own sandwich, I will do without it. Then again, it kind depends on the type of sandwich. Whatever. I will end my mayo ramblings.
 
BWSTW said:
I enjoyed shadowing just because I got to see some really neat stuff. I really enjoyed the ER shadowing I did the most because that is what I am really interested in.
Click to expand...

I did enjoy shadowing, because obviously I'm interested in medicine and I like to learn things about it. But from my understanding, adcoms want to see that you've shadowed so they know that you know what you're getting yourself into. And in this regard, I didn't get that much out of it.
 
BWSTW said:
I'm going to be a total girl here, but my husband had 6 roses delivered to me at work. 😍 They are red roses, blue iris? and white baby's breath.
Click to expand...

AWWWWWW! that sounds totally adorable 🙂 now I wish I had someone deliver me roses 🙁 but eek! Occasion?? Or just because? 😍



(ugh, I'm such a sucker for romantic things 😳)
 
berriesandcream said:
AWWWWWW! that sounds totally adorable 🙂 now I wish I had someone deliver me roses 🙁 but eek! Occasion?? Or just because? 😍



(ugh, I'm such a sucker for romantic things 😳)
Click to expand...

Just because. 😍

and 1,100!
 
nadaba said:
This probably varies much by school. Was this school very high on the research rankings?
Click to expand...

They were high-ish on research rankings.

He looked at my nature pub and was basically like "cool..."

90% of their students had done research. But let's be serious, everyone can do research more or less. They want unique experiences. I mentioned a few ECs not having anything to do with medicine. We talked about those the most... Well rounded applicants for the win.

I really respect adcoms now. They have a lot to sift through. The pile of applications was daunting. I was like.... HOLY...you're going to read ALL OF THAT!!! :scared:
 
bookfreak89 said:
Agreed. I am not the biggest fan of mayo. If it's there, I'll eat it. If I make my own sandwich, I will do without it. Then again, it kind depends on the type of sandwich. Whatever. I will end my mayo ramblings.
Click to expand...

If its on a sandwhich, I'll either wipe it off with a napkin or with the lettuce. That's how much I dislike mayo
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

hommefatale
Elective Class Pass/Fail
Replies
3
Views
468
Goro
Goro
L
pass/no pass physical education class
Replies
4
Views
245
LizzyM
LizzyM
H
Not taking planned calculus class anymore
Replies
2
Views
375
holajola
H
aprilandaflower
Course classification of design courses
Replies
1
Views
266
wysdoc
wysdoc
A
Marking an audited class as a repeat?
Replies
1
Views
276
Mr.Smile12
Mr.Smile12
Top