Class of 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

[tman5890]

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Agreed thats the way to do it with 16 credits 15 hours of research 10 hours of volunteering, shadowing and various ECs

I see what I'm doing wrong...I need to reduce sleep by 4hrs a night so I can get 28hrs extra in the week! No...I couldn't do that. For me sleep>almost anything. If it's not done by the time I have to sleep then I was doing it wrong 😛

 

[CaliGirl14]

I see what I'm doing wrong...I need to reduce sleep by 4hrs a night so I can get 28hrs extra in the week! No...I couldn't do that. For me sleep>almost anything. If it's not done by the time I have to sleep then I was doing it wrong 😛

besides it's not very efficient. running on that very little sleep = LESS productivity..i'm pretty sure there is a lovely graph of 'law of diminishing returns' or whatnot somewhere here in regards to sleep. same reason they don't let doctors work 4ever, because they end up making mistakes..e.t.c

 

[StudyShy]

I celebrated and now have a stomach ache. I don't drink but ate so much junk food.....even had carne asada fries which will probably kill me tomorrow but thats tomorrow.

Holy cow!!!!! Congrats!!!!!! 🙂

 

[FloridaMedicine]

Another rising star...I'm not looking forward to the collision of all these stars

😎 lol

 

[FloridaMedicine]

Holy cow!!!!! Congrats!!!!!! 🙂

um excuse me but where have you been? 😡 i havent seen you in forever and i dont like it. Please correct that thank you. That is all (jk )

 

[Camy99]

I see what I'm doing wrong...I need to reduce sleep by 4hrs a night so I can get 28hrs extra in the week! No...I couldn't do that. For me sleep>almost anything. If it's not done by the time I have to sleep then I was doing it wrong 😛

I'm like that too 😀 I love my sleep, and will try to get everything done by that time. If I have more to do past ~2hrs my bed time, I have too much to do or I didn't spend my day correctly. I refuse sleep deprivation. Not just me, my body too. I can't handle less than 5hrs of sleep, and I hate coffee.

 

[tman5890]

I'm like that too 😀 I love my sleep, and will try to get everything done by that time. If I have more to do past ~2hrs my bed time, I have too much to do or I didn't spend my day correctly. I refuse sleep deprivation. Not just me, my body too. I can't handle less than 5hrs of sleep, and I hate coffee.

👍👍

 

[tman5890]

Almost time to go sleep 😴

 

[Amba]

That's crazy, bro. You're gonna have a full head of gray hairs by the end of the semester Are all your midterms going to be like that?

Hopefully not...I haven't quite looked that far ahead yet haha. It felt like finals week, except I still had to learn stuff during the day. I survived (and did well, I believe), but I crashed yesterday afternoon. Sleep from 4:30 in the afternoon until 6 this morning.

 

[tman5890]

Hopefully not...I haven't quite looked that far ahead yet haha. It felt like finals week, except I still had to learn stuff during the day. I survived (and did well, I believe), but I crashed yesterday afternoon. Sleep from 4:30 in the afternoon until 6 this morning.

👍👍

 

[BurntFlower]

My boyfriend broke up with me last night. We were together for a year and a half. *sigh*

I guess I have time for more MCAT studying now. 😳

 

[Camy99]

My boyfriend broke up with me last night. We were together for a year and a half. *sigh*

I guess I have time for more MCAT studying now. 😳

:/ *interwebz hug* <--which is best because I don't want to get you sick.

 

[BurntFlower]

:/ *interwebz hug* <--which is best because I don't want to get you sick.

Thank you! It really sucks, but I guess I just have to move on and look forward to the future. Med school, here I come! 🙂

 

[Kangaroo Paw]

Hey guys! So I never posted my MCAT score on here (because the Facebook group distracts my attention), but I got a 33R : 10 PS/ 12 VR/ 11 BS.
But it doesn't matter at all for my life, so I'm okay with it 😳

 

[Nan65]

My boyfriend broke up with me last night. We were together for a year and a half. *sigh*

I guess I have time for more MCAT studying now. 😳

Uh 🙁 I'm sorry .. i hope you're feeling better now

 

[tman5890]

My boyfriend broke up with me last night. We were together for a year and a half. *sigh*

I guess I have time for more MCAT studying now. 😳

Wow, that really sucks...Just think about the bright side...You've got a lot more time to study/worry about applying to med school/hang out with friends...🙁

 

[CaliGirl14]

My boyfriend broke up with me last night. We were together for a year and a half. *sigh*

I guess I have time for more MCAT studying now. 😳

OMG I'M SO SORRY!!!! 🙁🙁🙁 I know how that feels *hugs* <3 <3 <3 let me know if you need to vent or anything

 

[BurntFlower]

Uh 🙁 I'm sorry .. i hope you're feeling better now

Wow, that really sucks...Just think about the bright side...You've got a lot more time to study/worry about applying to med school/hang out with friends...🙁

OMG I'M SO SORRY!!!! 🙁🙁🙁 I know how that feels *hugs* <3 <3 <3 let me know if you need to vent or anything

Thank you all! I wish I could've seen this coming, but I didn't. I feel pretty bad today, but I know that I have medical school to look forward to. 🙂

BTW, 2012 Registration Deadlines have been released: https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/reserving/261800/deadlineandscorerelease.html

 

[Nan65]

Thank you all! I wish I could've seen this coming, but I didn't. I feel pretty bad today, but I know that I have medical school to look forward to. 🙂

BTW, 2012 Registration Deadlines have been released: https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/reserving/261800/deadlineandscorerelease.html

I think i'll take it in April but not sure exactly when :/ What about you?

 

[FloridaMedicine]

Thank you all! I wish I could've seen this coming, but I didn't. I feel pretty bad today, but I know that I have medical school to look forward to. 🙂

BTW, 2012 Registration Deadlines have been released: https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/reserving/261800/deadlineandscorerelease.html

I know Im late replying to this but im sorry that happened. If its not meant to be with him im sure you have better things in store for you! So add that to the things to look forward to🙂

 

[FloridaMedicine]

Hey guys! So I never posted my MCAT score on here (because the Facebook group distracts my attention), but I got a 33R : 10 PS/ 12 VR/ 11 BS.
But it doesn't matter at all for my life, so I'm okay with it 😳

So what have you been doing since you have been accepted already?

 

[FloridaMedicine]

I think i'll take it in April but not sure exactly when :/ What about you?

I think I'll be joining you for april. I decided to wait to finish physics 2 although I just want to take it already

 

[tman5890]

I think I'll be joining you for april. I decided to wait to finish physics 2 although I just want to take it already

I thought you had a decent practice score already =o?

 

[FloridaMedicine]

I thought you had a decent practice score already =o?

yeah I been getting a couple of 34's lately but i still haven't taken all my prereqs just yet 🙁

 

[Kangaroo Paw]

So what have you been doing since you have been accepted already?

Oh man, it's been CRAZY. I've been obviously over the moon that I got into one of my top choices to begin with (!!!!!), but it's also been strange school-wise. I don't have this nervous energy all the time of "MUST DO WELL OR MY FUTURE OVER", and it's instead learning for learning's sake, which I love, but it's a little hard because I'm not liking my classes that much this semester. It's going to take some adjustment, especially since I honestly just want to go to med school RIGHT NOW. Like, right now. It's crazy. I can't wait for my summer fellowship there, to start really delving into medicine, but for now I need to start getting into biochem and genetics.

Otherwise, I'm missing Spanish a lot, and enjoying learning Chinese. The only thing is: I'm afraid I'm learning Chinese at the expense of Spanish!

And also I can't stop googling University of Rochester. It's still surreal as hell.

And I was kind of disappointed with my MCAT.

And my poetry class is actually not going well: my professor doesn't get any of my poems, and thinks that they "barely work". Whereas my professor last semester absolutely adored them. Say what?

 

[Kangaroo Paw]

How are you doing, FloridaMed? And everyone else: how are your semesters going?

Tman: you get your scores back really soon, right??? Let us know how you fared man!!

 

[tman5890]

How are you doing, FloridaMed? And everyone else: how are your semesters going?

Tman: you get your scores back really soon, right??? Let us know how you fared man!!

What MCAT? 😱

 

[tman5890]

yeah I been getting a couple of 34's lately but i still haven't taken all my prereqs just yet 🙁

Seems like you're doing very well already 👍

 

[FloridaMedicine]

Oh man, it's been CRAZY. I've been obviously over the moon that I got into one of my top choices to begin with (!!!!!), but it's also been strange school-wise. I don't have this nervous energy all the time of "MUST DO WELL OR MY FUTURE OVER", and it's instead learning for learning's sake, which I love, but it's a little hard because I'm not liking my classes that much this semester. It's going to take some adjustment, especially since I honestly just want to go to med school RIGHT NOW. Like, right now. It's crazy. I can't wait for my summer fellowship there, to start really delving into medicine, but for now I need to start getting into biochem and genetics.

Otherwise, I'm missing Spanish a lot, and enjoying learning Chinese. The only thing is: I'm afraid I'm learning Chinese at the expense of Spanish!

And also I can't stop googling University of Rochester. It's still surreal as hell.

And I was kind of disappointed with my MCAT.

And my poetry class is actually not going well: my professor doesn't get any of my poems, and thinks that they "barely work". Whereas my professor last semester absolutely adored them. Say what?

lol well your poetry teacher doesn't know jack but who cares you're going to med school!

Also your MCAT was great but all that doesn't matter at this point. You'll get through the semester but tell me more about your summer fellowship. It sounds sexy what will you be doing? Does your school have a student run clinic too or was that einstein?

 

[FloridaMedicine]

How are you doing, FloridaMed? And everyone else: how are your semesters going?

Tman: you get your scores back really soon, right??? Let us know how you fared man!!

I'm hanging in there lol. A&P 2 is my only interesting class other than that im basically forcing myself to crawl out of bed every morning lol. I'm still counting down to december and still volunteering like a mad man. Has anyone else noticed that shadowing is getting harder and harder or is just me? I just dont see how people are shadowing like neurosurgeons and radiologists for 200 hrs and crap. They basically have like bodyguards at my hospital they are IMPOSSIBLE to get to

Seems like you're doing very well already 👍

😳 Thanks man, we both are going to kill it after all we are 2017 allstars

 

[tman5890]

I'm hanging in there lol. A&P 2 is my only interesting class other than that im basically forcing myself to crawl out of bed every morning lol. I'm still counting down to december and still volunteering like a mad man. Has anyone else noticed that shadowing is getting harder and harder or is just me? I just dont see how people are shadowing like neurosurgeons and radiologists for 200 hrs and crap. They basically have like bodyguards at my hospital they are IMPOSSIBLE to get to



😳 Thanks man, we both are going to kill it after all we are 2017 allstars

I need to start finding doctors to shadow Preferably some DOs since I'm gonna need a rec letter 🙁

 

[Camy99]

I think i'll take it in April but not sure exactly when :/ What about you?

I'm trying to decide between March 24th or April 5th.
March - That's when I've been planning on taking it, but that Saturday is the day after my week of finals. I feel like I'll be brain dead by then.

April 5th - It's on a Thursday at 1pm. I highly doubt I could suddenly clear my schedule like that.

Unfortunately I have yet to see what my midterm/finals schedule will be like for Winter quarter and it will not be available until November. Arrrrrrrgh.

Do you guys know if I register for one date, I can change it without an extra fee?

 

[tman5890]

I'm trying to decide between March 24th or April 5th.
March - That's when I've been planning on taking it, but that Saturday is the day after my week of finals. I feel like I'll be brain dead by then.

April 5th - It's on a Thursday at 1pm. I highly doubt I could suddenly clear my schedule like that.

Unfortunately I have yet to see what my midterm/finals schedule will be like for Winter quarter and it will not be available until November. Arrrrrrrgh.

Do you guys know if I register for one date, I can change it without an extra fee?

If I were you, I would just wait. March/April is really far away and there is plenty of time to decide later on.

 

[Camy99]

Alright. For some reason I got the impression that spots filled up quickly, if they don't I can wait until my schedule is set in stone in November. I don't need/want the stress!

 

[YouNeverKnow22]

what are the seniors doing for the gap year?

 

[tman5890]

Alright. For some reason I got the impression that spots filled up quickly, if they don't I can wait until my schedule is set in stone in November. I don't need/want the stress!

I think they'll fill up like 2 months before, but probably not 4+ months before. In the summer there were spots for the august test in July and september tests in august. I think you'll be fine even until February. I think it costs $60 to change/cancel no matter what.

 

[tman5890]

😉

 

[Tots]

what are the seniors doing for the gap year?

Not sure yet.....hmmm

 

[StudyShy]

what are the seniors doing for the gap year?

I'm thinking about doing an SMP. My GPA is good, but it would be awesome to take 1/2 the first year courses with the medical students next year. Our SMP had a 75% linkage rate with the medical school the following year, and everyone gets an interview. Cool, huh?

 

[ozzi22]

I'm thinking about doing an SMP. My GPA is good, but it would be awesome to take 1/2 the first year courses with the medical students next year. Our SMP had a 75% linkage rate with the medical school the following year, and everyone gets an interview. Cool, huh?

But you'll have to take out more loans 😉

 

[deleted357625]

But you'll have to take out more loans 😉

👍

 

[tman5890]

I'm thinking about doing an SMP. My GPA is good, but it would be awesome to take 1/2 the first year courses with the medical students next year. Our SMP had a 75% linkage rate with the medical school the following year, and everyone gets an interview. Cool, huh?

Sounds awesome, but I wouldn't do it because of the loans.

 

[tman5890]

😴

 

[tman5890]

Mondays 🙁

 

[ozzi22]

Mondays 🙁

I know 👍

 

[BurntFlower]

what are the seniors doing for the gap year?

More clinical volunteering.

 

[YouNeverKnow22]

I'm thinking about doing an SMP. My GPA is good, but it would be awesome to take 1/2 the first year courses with the medical students next year. Our SMP had a 75% linkage rate with the medical school the following year, and everyone gets an interview. Cool, huh?

Nice, SMP's are way too expensive for me.


I'm trying to get a paid research position at Hopkins/NIH...hopefully.

 

[Kangaroo Paw]

So what have you been doing since you have been accepted already?

Hahaha, it's been kind of weird, actually. I've obviously been obsessively googling everything University of Rochester-related and being an obsess-case because I'm SO pumped to go there. But otherwise, I haven't actually been enjoying my classes this semester too much, funnily enough. Chinese is of course a pleasure, but Biochem and Genetics at my school (at least the particular ones I'm taking) are both considered some of the hardest classes one can take, which I didn't QUITE realize about Biochem... there's apparently a much easier, metabolism-based Biochem II offered but of course I chose to take Biochem I, which is apparently the "orgo" of bio. Woot. But overall, I'm finding things interesting, but I don't feel quite engaged with them yet.

It's also hard to think about college when my mind is already thinking about med school. Now that it's a reality 🙂eek🙂, it's a bit hard to ground myself in the present. It's pretty awesome that now I can choose classes purely based on interest, rather than necessity. Hebrew '12-'13 here I come, baby!

 

[Kangaroo Paw]

lol well your poetry teacher doesn't know jack but who cares you're going to med school!

Also your MCAT was great but all that doesn't matter at this point. You'll get through the semester but tell me more about your summer fellowship. It sounds sexy what will you be doing? Does your school have a student run clinic too or was that einstein?

Buahahaha my summer fellowship IS really sexy. It's so crazy: you get to list your top three choices of departments (within community health research, clinical, translational, basic science--anything) and the admissions committee matches you with a preceptor within one of those departments. So you're conducting research with a department you chose, get to go on emergency medicine rotations, listen and present in evening presentations, AND take an abbreviated first-year anatomy course, complete with cadaver dissection. It's insane. I'm honestly so excited to go, and really humbled: the EAP acceptees work side-by-side with SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows) students for a lot of the stuff, and that program is crazy awesome. You basically get to be a mini med student for 8 weeks, and they pay you well and give you free housing. I mean, it's my dream fellowship 😱

YESSSS it has two student-run clinics called UR Well (hahaha very punny) that really let med students get pretty hands-on very early on. What's awesome about this school is that you start your Primary Care Clerkship your first year, and start clinical classes your first semester. I am SO doing UR Well as soon as I can get my hands on it, it's a clinic for the uninsured, and med students get access to it pretty much as soon as they start.

And yeah, my poetry teacher is being a horrible person. I might as well have written my poem in Chinese, for all he got out of it. I mean, even if it's bad, how could you be confused about EVERY SINGLE line. He literally put "I don't understand this" or "What do you mean by this?" next to every line of my poem. The odd thing is that I spelled it out for him the mandatory writing process reflection we're supposed to attach to the poem itself, where he requests that we spell it out for him. I'm confused as to how he could be that confused about my poem...

 

[Kangaroo Paw]

I'm thinking about doing an SMP. My GPA is good, but it would be awesome to take 1/2 the first year courses with the medical students next year. Our SMP had a 75% linkage rate with the medical school the following year, and everyone gets an interview. Cool, huh?

Hmm, but is it worth the obscene amount of c*****h money? If your GPA is good, I feel like the SMP might not do too much for you. You seem like a pretty badass candidate as is: I feel like you probably just need to take the MCAT, and then you'll be golden!