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ShenanigansMD said:
Anybody else watching the Phillies/Giants game while preping for the most important interview of your life? I got my top choice coming up soon.
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Not prepping, just procastinating.

I've got some stake in it: the guy I'm playing in Fantasy this week is playing Martellus Bennett and Andre Brown - things are looking good so far 😛
 
ShenanigansMD said:
Hahaha... if only you knew how close I am to UCSD, like 20 minutes on the 5.

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But no interview at UCSD... yet.
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Ahh 🙁 What is your top choice that is coming up?(If you don't mind sharing) Good luck! :luck::luck:
 
Tots said:
Ahh 🙁 What is your top choice that is coming up?(If you don't mind sharing) Good luck! :luck::luck:
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Pritzker, for reasons I shall not disclose, other than it's an awesome school (at least I've heard).
 
SU1989 said:
You driving all the way up to Maine? (Where in Maine is it by the way?)
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Yeah. Supposedly my pops is gonna drive me up, but he's sick, so now that's up in the air. It's in Biddeford, which is southern, coastal Maine.

Good luck at your interview today! :luck:
 
Procyon said:
Hahaha, why are you changing your username? I like saying how I think it's pronounced under my breath sometimes.

"Doot-sh Are-zzt." It's fun to try to say. haha
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Hahaha, horrible pronounciation.

When I initially signed-up, I just firugred Guero was taken. It's my actual nickname. Even though I grew up in a family of recent immigrants, paternal German and maternal Irish, all of my friends were Hispanic or Latino. So I learned Spanish (now nearly fluent as opposed to knowing basic German), know the Hispanic/Latino/Chicano culture rather well, and was called "Guero," which is slang/term-of-endearment for white boy. LoL
 
Guero said:
Hahaha, horrible pronounciation.

When I initially signed-up, I just firugred Guero was taken. It's my actual nickname. Even though I grew up in a family of recent immigrants, paternal German and maternal Irish, all of my friends were Hispanic or Latino. So I learned Spanish (now nearly fluent as opposed to knowing basic German), know the Hispanic/Latino/Chicano culture rather well, and was called "Guero," which is slang/term-of-endearment for white boy. LoL
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lol, How's it actually pronounced?

That's actually really cool. I wish I got an endearing nickname from someone haha. You're so diverse. I'm sure that made a great secondary essay. 😉
 
Procyon said:
lol, How's it actually pronounced?

That's actually really cool. I wish I got an endearing nickname from someone haha. You're so diverse. I'm sure that made a great secondary essay. 😉
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Pop "German Physician" into google translator and click the speaker button to the right. That'll be easier than a phonetic spelling, which could still come across inaccurately.

Thanks. Yes, my primary and secondary essays are insanely diverse for a Caucasian applicant, complete with tragedies and huge barriers to becoming a physician.

Although, as I look back on everything, I'm thinking I may've included too much negativity, even though it was all spun in an "overcoming" fashion. It's still early though. I can't complaint too much. I didn't interview until January and March last year, and now have two interviews, one this Thursday and one on 12/5. I'm praying for more this month.
 
Guero said:
Pop "German Physician" into google translator and click the speaker button to the right. That'll be easier than a phonetic spelling, which could still come across inaccurately.

Thanks. Yes, my primary and secondary essays are insanely diverse for a Caucasian applicant, complete with tragedies and huge barriers to becoming a physician.

Although, as I look back on everything, I'm thinking I may've included too much negativity, even though it was all spun in an "overcoming" fashion. It's still early though. I can't complaint too much. I didn't interview until January and March last year, and now have two interviews, one this Thursday and one on 12/5. I'm praying for more this month.
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Same. I'm regretting some of the gloom and doom I put in my secondaries, but it probably was unavoidable.
 
ShenanigansMD said:
Same. I'm regretting some of the gloom and doom I put in my secondaries, but it probably was unavoidable.
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Yeah, I agree. It's difficult not to point out all that we've overcome, you know? It took a lot for us to overcome them and we should be proud, right?
 
Guero said:
Hahaha, horrible pronounciation.

When I initially signed-up, I just firugred Guero was taken. It's my actual nickname. Even though I grew up in a family of recent immigrants, paternal German and maternal Irish, all of my friends were Hispanic or Latino. So I learned Spanish (now nearly fluent as opposed to knowing basic German), know the Hispanic/Latino/Chicano culture rather well, and was called "Guero," which is slang/term-of-endearment for white boy. LoL
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I'm still sad that you and tots changed usernames 🙁

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Tots said:
Why are you sad? I'm still the same tots! Maybe you should change your name to Goob. Then you can join the cool kids with their name changes.
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LoL True dat, yo! It's all the rage! (Keep in mind being a doner is a requisite to changing your name, though, gotta cough up the dime to keep this site up and running!)

I'll always keep DA in my byline, though. 🙂
 
Tots said:
Why are you sad? I'm still the same tots! Maybe you should change your name to Goob. Then you can join the cool kids with their name changes.
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I liked the mickey mouse and how people posted pictures of tater tots :laugh:
 
ShenanigansMD said:
Same. I'm regretting some of the gloom and doom I put in my secondaries, but it probably was unavoidable.
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Haha, same. Sometimes I'm wondering if that's why I've gotten such a silent treatment from allopathic schools so far? :scared: Mostly it's probably my MCAT though.

I just had to reschedule my interview for tomorrow, family crisis. My life is too crazy right now. 🙁
 
Procyon said:
Haha, same. Sometimes I'm wondering if that's why I've gotten such a silent treatment from allopathic schools so far? :scared: Mostly it's probably my MCAT though.

I just had to reschedule my interview for tomorrow, family crisis. My life is too crazy right now. 🙁
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Hope all turns out well, my friend.
 
Tots said:
Ah I liked Micky Mouse too....The name + the avatar was all too revealing though. Trying to keep some type of anonymity.
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I'm having a hard time seeing how the name/avatar is revealing unless you look like Mickey Mouse and really love eating tater tots, but I'll take your word for it haha
 
Goobs said:
I'm having a hard time seeing how the name/avatar is revealing unless you look like Mickey Mouse and really love eating tater tots, but I'll take your word for it haha
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It has to do with his actual name - took me forever to make the connection too! But I'd imagine the MDApps would be more of a worry than a clever screen name.
 
Goobs said:
I'm having a hard time seeing how the name/avatar is revealing unless you look like Mickey Mouse and really love eating tater tots, but I'll take your word for it haha
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IncognitoGuy said:
It has to do with his actual name - took me forever to make the connection too! But I'd imagine the MDApps would be more of a worry than a clever screen name.
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Haha, if you know my real name + know me then the name + the avatar = almost instantaneous recognition with some people.

The MDapps doesn't help people who know me in RL or meet me on the interview trail since most of those people do not know my ECs or stats. I am sure it would be easy for an Adcom to figure me out but I am not terribly concerned there.
 
Guero said:
Yeah, I agree. It's difficult not to point out all that we've overcome, you know? It took a lot for us to overcome them and we should be proud, right?
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Yeah, but all these things happened to me outside of my control, so I feel like I'm indirectly capitalizing on these negative events (family related), since I'm a pretty lucky kid to begin with.

Plus, it's annoying since my GPA was affected by engineering, and I feel like adcoms hold disdain for the engineers like we shouldn't be applying to medical school. Maybe I spend too much time with pre-meds and have picked up the wrong vibe.

No me gustan las aplicaciones...
 
ShenanigansMD said:
Yeah, but all these things happened to me outside of my control, so I feel like I'm indirectly capitalizing on these negative events (family related), since I'm a pretty lucky kid to begin with.

Plus, it's annoying since my GPA was affected by engineering, and I feel like adcoms hold disdain for the engineers like we shouldn't be applying to medical school. Maybe I spend too much time with pre-meds and have picked up the wrong vibe.

No me gustan las aplicaciones...
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A mí tampoco. Las aplicaciones son el Diablo.

But I'm in the same boat. Everything was out of my control, too, mostly family, but other things, too.
 
Guero said:
A mí tampoco. Las aplicaciones son el Diablo.

But I'm in the same boat. Everything was out of my control, too, mostly family, but other things, too.
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Hey Guero I'm freaking out about Spanish during the interview. I'm really good at reading/understanding it, but quickly formulating sentences under stress is definitely something I'm not comfortable with yet. Have you had experience speaking during the interview yet (or will you expect to)? I just don't know how to prepare for this. I'm watching Telemundo at the moment hoping that might help me.
 
Guero said:
Hope all turns out well, my friend.
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Thanks dude, means a lot. It seems I have another shadow lurking in my mind after today, but hopefully everything will be OK. 🙁
 
ShenanigansMD said:
Hey Guero I'm freaking out about Spanish during the interview. I'm really good at reading/understanding it, but quickly formulating sentences under stress is definitely something I'm not comfortable with yet. Have you had experience speaking during the interview yet (or will you expect to)? I just don't know how to prepare for this. I'm watching Telemundo at the moment hoping that might help me.
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Funny you ask. One school specifically paired me with a fluent, native speaker last year, but he never once tested my Spanish. I only had two interview days last year, four interviewers total, and was never asked about or tested on my Spanish. I make sure to always qualify myself as "nearly fluent," adding that I intend to spend a couple months in Spain next spring to immerse myself and finally get that fluency. I'm taking some advanced Spanish courses this last year to improve my grammar and tenses, too.

I'm pretty sure one school will test me on it, though: the Drew/UCLA program. Other than that, I am always prepared mentally to speak, but always have "Lo siento, estoy muy nerviosa ahorita y esta muy dificil hablar contigo" at the tip of my tongue and have used it in a job interview (successfully). I read and speak far better than I understand spoken word. They'll understand that when you're with a patient, you're controlling the conversation and can limit answers to yes or no, or to simplify them. I've never had trouble doing an intake entirely in Spanish, but have always had trouble when put on the spot. Now, getting a thorough H&P in a medical rather than a trauma situatation? Yeah, that's where fluency comes in handy and why I plan to be by the time I matriculate.

Hope that answered your question, albeit nice and rambly.
 
Procyon said:
Thanks dude, means a lot. It seems I have another shadow lurking in my mind after today, but hopefully everything will be OK. 🙁
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Well if you ever need an open "eye" feel free to PM me. If you need an open ear, I have no qualms about sharing my cell with you. In one semester I lost my grandmother, separated from my wife, and learned that my dad had a cerebellar tumor and was diagnosed with MS, all while getting rejected from med school and pulling my first and only C+. I can never be in your shoes and can never know how you feel or what you're experiencing; but I can be a sounding board and a source of encouragement amidst such an innately stressful experience.
 
Guero said:
Well if you ever need an open "eye" feel free to PM me. If you need an open ear, I have no qualms about sharing my cell with you. In one semester I lost my grandmother, separated from my wife, and learned that my dad had a cerebellar tumor and was diagnosed with MS, all while getting rejected from med school and pulling my first and only C+. I can never be in your shoes and can never know how you feel or what you're experiencing; but I can be a sounding board and a source of encouragement amidst such an innately stressful experience.
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Holy **** man, I can't even imagine. What I'm dealing with pretty much pales in comparison to that, so I'm gonna buck up and try to deal with it. I'm just sorta worried about my pops is all. It's one of those situations where they found an "incidental finding" that needs to undergo more diagnostics to make sure it's not cancer. I might take you up on that and PM you sometime though. Sometimes I get into a little bit of a mental health funk and it helps to talk to someone. Thanks. 😳
 
Edit: Shennanigans, you appear to have deleted your post, but thank you for the well-wishes, and also, sorry to hear about that. I'm sure you're a very strong person though, and I admire that.

Also, my posts are heart-felt, and there is no sarcasm. Sometimes I'm nervous sarcasm is assumed on the internet when it isn't. haha
 
Btw, any of you guys watched this new show yet? I'm trying to figure out if I like it. New episode in an hour...

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ShenanigansMD said:
Btw, any of you guys watched this new show yet? I'm trying to figure out if I like it. New episode in an hour...

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Broken image!

Edit: JK it's fixed now! I saw the first episode and thought it was interesting, but I need something more light hearted to save me from this application cycle haha
 
Tots said:
Haha, if you know my real name + know me then the name + the avatar = almost instantaneous recognition with some people.

The MDapps doesn't help people who know me in RL or meet me on the interview trail since most of those people do not know my ECs or stats. I am sure it would be easy for an Adcom to figure me out but I am not terribly concerned there.
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I like the thread about wanting to meet SDNers, and the people who mentioned you because I was like darn, I almost did but missed my chance! Could have been all sorts of epic, who knows. haha

My username could be considered extremely revealing, probably don't even have to try very hard haha. Idk if I'll reveal to people on the interview trail that Squirtle is my starter pokemon though, so I can keep that one 😛
 
Procyon said:
Holy **** man, I can't even imagine. What I'm dealing with pretty much pales in comparison to that, so I'm gonna buck up and try to deal with it. I'm just sorta worried about my pops is all. It's one of those situations where they found an "incidental finding" that needs to undergo more diagnostics to make sure it's not cancer. I might take you up on that and PM you sometime though. Sometimes I get into a little bit of a mental health funk and it helps to talk to someone. Thanks. 😳
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Everyone's experience is unique. Just because there are people suffering elsewhere with comparatively bigger issues doesn't belitte our own challenges and the difficulties that come with them. I hope everything comes back benign. Hang in there, bud.
 
Haven't had any news in nearly two weeks! Still waiting to hear back from another 15 schools :|
 
Goobs said:
Haven't had any news in nearly two weeks! Still waiting to hear back from another 15 schools :|
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Same. I think I'm in the eye of the storm here, or some trickery is going on behind my back with adcoms.

Or dare I say some shenanigans are upon my application...
 
Camy99 said:
I like the thread about wanting to meet SDNers, and the people who mentioned you because I was like darn, I almost did but missed my chance! Could have been all sorts of epic, who knows. haha

My username could be considered extremely revealing, probably don't even have to try very hard haha. Idk if I'll reveal to people on the interview trail that Squirtle is my starter pokemon though, so I can keep that one 😛
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We sat in the same class for 10 weeks, thats almost meeting....especially since we were 2 feet away at one point 😀
 
Hooray for a new med school opening in CT. Quinnipiac just got preliminary accreditation so I guess they're getting added to AMCAS soon. They're about equally as close to me as Yale, so it would be nice to be kinda close to home. 😀
 
Procyon said:
Hooray for a new med school opening in CT. Quinnipiac just got preliminary accreditation so I guess they're getting added to AMCAS soon. They're about equally as close to me as Yale, so it would be nice to be kinda close to home. 😀
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Any idea how the school is supposed to be and whether or not there are lots of opportunities in the business/finance field in New Haven for a recent grad?
 
Procyon said:
Hooray for a new med school opening in CT. Quinnipiac just got preliminary accreditation so I guess they're getting added to AMCAS soon. They're about equally as close to me as Yale, so it would be nice to be kinda close to home. 😀
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According to the Quinnipiac site and the LCME site (http://lcme.org/newschoolprocess.htm) this hasn't happened yet. I'm not so patiently waiting for AMCAS to add QU....

What was your source Procyon? (not challenging, just hoping you're right)
 
Goobs said:
Any idea how the school is supposed to be and whether or not there are lots of opportunities in the business/finance field in New Haven for a recent grad?
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Well, I almost went to QU for undergrad as well, but another place gave me more financial aid. QU already has built a very nice reputation for its PA program (Ranked #11 in US News), so I'm pretty confident they can build a nice med school program as well. Another newspaper article said that the required clinical rotations are the usual six in M3 + EM and critical care in M4. I also got most of my clinical experiences at St. Vincent's, which is where rotations are going to be. It's a really nice hospital, I liked it there. I can't really speak much for business/finance opportunities in New Haven, but I'm sure there's something. Sorry that's not terribly helpful haha. Do you mean like, jobs or something?
 
Btw, I sent an email of interest to the school and received a prompt reply that they would send me note as soon as they're added to AMCAS.
 
Procyon said:
Well, I almost went to QU for undergrad as well, but another place gave me more financial aid. QU already has built a very nice reputation for its PA program (Ranked #11 in US News), so I'm pretty confident they can build a nice med school program as well. Another newspaper article said that the required clinical rotations are the usual six in M3 + EM and critical care in M4. I also got most of my clinical experiences at St. Vincent's, which is where rotations are going to be. It's a really nice hospital, I liked it there. I can't really speak much for business/finance opportunities in New Haven, but I'm sure there's something. Sorry that's not terribly helpful haha. Do you mean like, jobs or something?
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Haha yeah I meant jobs since my girlfriend is moving with me, and I need to take her ability to find a career into consideration as well.

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Anyone else lately have trouble loading the SDN forum website on their web browser? I have no clue why but very often the page won't load, just curious if this was the same for anyone else
 
johnwalldance said:
Anyone else lately have trouble loading the SDN forum website on their web browser? I have no clue why but very often the page won't load, just curious if this was the same for anyone else
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I've occasionally run into that, too. It's not incessant, but definitely there. They're probably experiencing more traffic than usual around this time or something.
 
johnwalldance said:
Anyone else lately have trouble loading the SDN forum website on their web browser? I have no clue why but very often the page won't load, just curious if this was the same for anyone else
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I noticed that on the west coast, it's sdn.net, while in the midwest it's studentdoctor.net; I was yelling at my computer for 30 minutes trying to figure out the mystery.

Edit: Or whoa, studentdoctor.net works out west too? What's going on man??? Maybe I was trying to access sdn.net at the wrong time.
 
I'm on the west and have never used sdn.net...
 
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