MD co ‘20 Residency Panic Thread

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This is incredibly cringe and very online, but it weirdly helps me get through these next couple rotations by imagining them as BS side quests that matter only because I have to chug through them to get to max level.
 
This is incredibly cringe and very online, but it weirdly helps me get through these next couple rotations by imagining them as BS side quests that matter only because I have to chug through them to get to max level.
Feels like The Witcher 3 honestly.
 
Someone pointed out that it may be from a question we answer on the app “have you ever participated in the SOAP”. It would be interesting to see if someone who had answered yes got a “true” there.
I have participated in SOAP last year and got false (didn't match into a competitive specialty last year and did some soap but didn't take any offers because decided to extend graduation instead)
highly likely to match this time round
 
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CDC just recommended cancelling events of more than 50 people to prevent the spread of coronavirus for the next 8 weeks. Graduation for most of us falls within that 8 weeks.

There's a lot of additional guidance in there though on how to keep school thing like that going. But I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of schools just canceled it or made it students only.
 
And lets face it.. how many of us go to graduation for ourselves?
Exactly. I’m a first gen and my parents and grandparents were so so excited.
they’re going to be heartbroken. If they can’t be there I couldn’t care less about having a ceremony.
Edit: Also we have more than 50 kids in the class.
 
Exactly. I’m a first gen and my parents and grandparents were so so excited.
they’re going to be heartbroken. If they can’t be there I couldn’t care less about having a ceremony.
Edit: Also we have more than 50 kids in the class.
My class has 260 and that doesnt include the MS and phd graduates... wouldnt work
 
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My class has 260 and that doesnt include the MS and phd graduates... wouldnt work

Obviously not the same as graduation or match day, but our school does white coat at the end of first year. It was supposed to be May 1. We have 177. As of this afternoon it wasn't canceled yet, but they are going to make a decision in April. Kind of sucks knowing it's probably going to be canceled.
 
I just realized as the spouse of non-traditional M4 - I am more nervous than him for the result of match day. My career and job has paid for medical school and our lifestyle and supported our family the past four years. The idea that I may have to leave my job behind and start over based on the match day result has become suddenly frightening. But I promised him that I was “all in” when he made a career change and I guess that means possibly sacrificing some of my own ... may karma be with all of us especially as many of us miss Match Day celebrations good luck!
 
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I just realized as the spouse of non-traditional M4 - I am more nervous than him for the result of match day. My career and job has paid for medical school and our lifestyle and supported our family the past four years. The idea that I may have to leave my job behind and start over based on the match day result has become suddenly frightening. But I promised him that I was “all in” when he made a career change and I guess that means possibly sacrificing some of my own ... may karma be with all of us especially as many of us miss Match Day celebrations good luck!

Rooting for you! Please do let us know how it turns out!
 
I am having deja vu

i was legit “quarantined” aka “isolated” for like all of high school. i didnt drive or have a job so summers were awful. So here I am, doing what i did then...revisiting Sporcle, Neopets, and tv until the middle of the night.

My anxiety is also bad
 
I am having deja vu

i was legit “quarantined” aka “isolated” for like all of high school. i didnt drive or have a job so summers were awful. So here I am, doing what i did then...revisiting Sporcle, Neopets, and tv until the middle of the night.

My anxiety is also bad


Oh wow...

I didn’t know Neopets was still a thing. That was my jam back in the day. I remember trying to buy rare items at the magic shop with 56k while everyone else had broadband lol.
 
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Good luck everyone.

I had multiple dreams with various different outcomes but the one where I got a good email is stuck in my head now 🙁
 
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