COMP Class of 2008 part 01

[melancholy]

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Keep it up.. you guys are doing alright. Only %I*)%!@!$@ more weeks! =)

 

[frogger1]

Immuno exam...comments, questions, tears??

 

[that dr. jack]

Immuno exam...comments, questions, tears??

yeah:

1. i shoulda studied more.

2. people are scary after an exam! 5 minutes later, and already i'm hearing "you'd better get ready, cuz we're gonna challenge every last question".

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

yeah:

1. i shoulda studied more.

2. people are scary after an exam! 5 minutes later, and already i'm hearing "you'd better get ready, cuz we're gonna challenge every last question".

I don't know what the problem is...I found the exam to be thoroughly well written and a solid representation of everything we covered in class.

Was that G-6-P pyrophosphagealite general amnesiahistaminegladtoknowyou or was that G-6-P princealberts dehydroapophaseal jointsare all right deficiency?

I'm just glad to still be hanging out with you guys...this stuff is fun. I am, however, a little worried...One day I am going to have to recall all of this stuff on rounds while I get pimped by my attending, and at that point I think I'll just drop down and give him 50 push-ups and square myself away.

 

[friedcfood]

that exam was whacked...at least he said sorry.
in anycase, wanted to say to you all...haven't been on lately.
😀

 

[coolness]

That immuno test had the most number of mistakes I have ever seen at any educational level. Man, this week really sucks because of Physio & Micro midterms coming up. Everybody I've talked to is behind in every subject, especially anatomy.

 

[AbuJadenDO]

In a sick demented way that just made me feel alot better because here I thought I was the only one.

believe it or not i miss the 'straightforward, nothin to hide' dr. bales approach

time for me to shut up
and work at it

 

[coolness]

For all those that have aspirations to go to medical school and/or those that will enter med school next year, here's my experience so far at COMP as an MSI (which may differ from other's) that may open your eyes:

1) you will fall behind regardless of how well you manage your time, if you study all the time (even on the weekends), if you manage a rigorous study pace, etc...
2) anatomy is probably the hardest class...so I would recommend that you take an anatomy class before med school
3) most of med school is pure memorization with a little bit of understanding
4) sadly, OMM takes a back seat to other classes (I'm willing to bet that most people in my class are not able to perform the techniques learned after the first practical midterm due to concentration on other classes.)
5) many students have conveyed their thoughts that most of our professors are not very good, except Dr. Kiick (Biochemistry)
6) for most, to do well, you will have only have time to attend class, study, maybe exercise, eat, and sleep....in other words, you won't have a life
7) you won't have time to read most of your text books...even if you do, they're are complicated as hell
8) you're going to fall asleep in a few (minimum) lectures
9) you're going to be tired of the Prem Reddy lecture hall, the student commons, the campus, etc...

There's more, but unfortunately, I have to go back to studying anatomy!

 

[docquaker]

i concur, coolness=)

 

[asyoung]

I would like to add...if you don't already love coffee, you were learn to love it. And if you love coffee, you will learn you can't live without it.

i been falling asleep in at least two lectures a day.

 

[coolness]

Was today awesome or what?!? Specifically, when one of our colleagues proposed to his lady in immuno. I had goose bumps! I have to give it up to him, that was one creative idea. I'll bet you that his girl won't ever forget it. I also have to give it up to Dr. Khan...what a nice professor to allow something like this to happen!

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

Was today awesome or what?!? Specifically, when one of our colleagues proposed to his lady in immuno. I had goose bumps! I have to give it up to him, that was one creative idea. I'll bet you that his girl won't ever forget it. I also have to give it up to Dr. Khan...what a nice professor to allow something like this to happen!

Damn! Of all the days to miss class 😡

Somebody give me the scoop tomorrow - please.

What else did I miss?

 

[docquaker]

biochem was canceled because the mics were getting feedback from another lecture hall. dr. kiick looked pissed...

but he rescheduled the lecture to tomorrow at 2, right after physio. great...

 

[donvicious]

I'm boycotting class until Micro and Physio tests are finished.

Who's getting married?

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

I'm boycotting class until Micro and Physio tests are finished.

Who's getting married?

LLP man...the guy has flipped and lost his marbles! Apparently he didn't take my warnings seriously. The guy is toast and he doesn't even now it. 😍 Got bit by that bug.

Congrats LLP and best wishes!

 

[TheFish005]

Anyone remember what sleep was like?

-E-

 

[that dr. jack]

LLP man...the guy has flipped and lost his marbles! Apparently he didn't take my warnings seriously. The guy is toast and he doesn't even now it. 😍 Got bit by that bug.

Congrats LLP and best wishes!

oh come on, i'd propose to a hot chick like that in a second. she's also very smart and has a good job in medicine. he'd be a fool not to want to hang on to her.

who else is gonna want a dude with that much hair gel?

(i'm gonna catch some $hit from him now- you know i'm kidding LLP)

in other news, sleep rules. i remember it well.

 

[here atlast]

No wonder Dr. Kiick has all these poems revolving around" time". It feels like time is my enemy!!! If and only if i had few more days to study for micro and physio....... I am coming to realisation that med school material are not hard.... IT is just that there is not enough time to study them!!!! ( wow, that took me a while to figure out!!! 😕 )
Anyhow, i am just little stressed out, came here to defume...now i should go back to spending time with my new friends for this weekend= micro bugs!
Good luck everyone!

 

[tkim]

No wonder Dr. Kiick has all these poems revolving around" time". It feels like time is my enemy!!!

Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day

You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way

Kicking around on a piece of ground in Pomona

Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain

You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today

And then one day you find that ten years have got behind you

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking

And racing around to come up behind you again

The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time

Plans that either come to naught or a half page of scribbled lines

Hanging on in a quiet desperation is the Western way

The time is gone the song is over, thought i'd something more to say

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With apologies to Roger Waters ...

 

[frogger1]

Micro and Physio down?(relief)

Upcoming anatomy exam to go? (tremble with fear)

 

[coolness]

i'm glad physio and micro is done with...this upcoming anatomy midterm is going to be interesting...see all you guys in the lab this whole week!

 

[AbuJadenDO]

Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day

You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way

Kicking around on a piece of ground in Pomona

Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain

You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today

And then one day you find that ten years have got behind you

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking

And racing around to come up behind you again

The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time

Plans that either come to naught or a half page of scribbled lines

Hanging on in a quiet desperation is the Western way

The time is gone the song is over, thought i'd something more to say

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With apologies to Roger Waters ...

Is there a smiley that represents the tears drippin down my face after reading this?
sheesh

😎

 

[AbuJadenDO]

oh come on, i'd propose to a hot chick like that in a second. she's also very smart and has a good job in medicine. he'd be a fool not to want to hang on to her.

who else is gonna want a dude with that much hair gel?

(i'm gonna catch some $hit from him now- you know i'm kidding LLP)

in other news, sleep rules. i remember it well.

i don't know whether to kiss you or elbow you after that post...oh wait i just read your sig...i'm leanin towards elbowin'

 

[that dr. jack]

i don't know whether to kiss you or elbow you after that post...oh wait i just read your sig...i'm leanin towards elbowin'

Sarcasm, LLP. LLP, meet sarcasm. I'll vote bush when jenna and barbara are drafted.

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

Sarcasm, LLP. LLP, meet sarcasm. I'll vote bush when jenna and barbara are drafted.

Okay, now I am confused...does that mean that you are for changing horsemen mid-apocalypse?

!Viva libertidad!

 

[that dr. jack]

Okay, now I am confused...does that mean that you are for changing horsemen mid-apocalypse?

!Viva libertidad!

I am indeed. I wouldn't be a dirty hippie tree-hugging commie bastard if I didn't.

 

[Dr. Don]

what up people!!! I guess we've been too busy studying for that damn anatomy test (And micro, immuno, physio, etc, etc, etc) that we haven't posted as much here lately. Well, I know I haven't....so everybody cool? How about some hold'em some time this week?

 

[AbuJadenDO]

Was I the only one secually abused by those anatomy exams today? 😱

 

[FowlersGap]

Was I the only one secually abused by those anatomy exams today? 😱

no everyone felt like that after it, it was the toughest test i've had here...

 

[frogger1]

Oh, the horror...excuse me while I go bang my head against the nearest wall again. Is it true that anatomy gets easier from here??

 

[docquaker]

i heard from a second year today that rega's even harder. great=(

 

[that dr. jack]

i heard from a second year today that rega's even harder. great=(

Bull$hit. She's not. She gives you review qurpestions that are very similar to the real thing. If you get the concepts as she explains them, you'll be golden.

I really want whatever your 2nd year friend is taking, cuz I could use an alternate reality right about now.

 

[that dr. jack]

Was I the only one secually abused by those anatomy exams today? 😱

did an errant hand grab your junk or something?

(I will not comment on your spelling, as you have been traumatized enough by the cold dead hands of the k-dawg and co.)

Break out the colored pencils, it's time for rega.... She's fun guys, a really nice person and she uses some novel methods to help you learn.. Just make sure to ask questions one at a time

 

[friedcfood]

glad this thread is alive and kicking...can;t say the same for myself.
have a great halloween fellas!

 

[melancholy]

You guys all recognize Dr. Rega from that LA Times trailer/commercial that shows up during/before the previews at the movie theatres, right? She's in the brief shot explaining some computer animation...

 

[instrumental]

Is it just me, or are they giving out Dean's Letters for just about anything these days? Come listen to a guest speaker and get a Dean's Letter. Come to a meeting and get a Dean's Letter. And do you remember that email from the guy that does the course evals? You can even get a Dean's Letter for doing course evals?!! Whats next, write your own Dean's Letters, and we'll just have the Dean sign it?

Seems to me like Dean's Letters aren't really worth the paper they're printed on.

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

Is it just me, or are they giving out Dean's Letters for just about anything these days? Come listen to a guest speaker and get a Dean's Letter. Come to a meeting and get a Dean's Letter. And do you remember that email from the guy that does the course evals? You can even get a Dean's Letter for doing course evals?!! Whats next, write your own Dean's Letters, and we'll just have the Dean sign it?

Seems to me like Dean's Letters aren't really worth the paper they're printed on.

How could you even put a glamorous spin on that?

"JMC_MarineCorps was very involved around campus; he contributed greatly by completing his course evals in a timely manner and he also attended a four part lecture series on the dynamics of coding/billing for OMM. Clearly, this guy has tremendous potential."

 

[here atlast]

I can't believe we have only 6 more weeks to go!!!!! Hang in there eveyone, We are almost done with the first semester!!!! 👍

 

[TheFish005]

heh, 6 weeks and 10 exams. No I'm not a pessimist, I prefer Realist. I'll be happy to make it to xmas without receiving penetrating trauma to my radial artery.

-E- (dodging the tomatoes for the bad joke)

 

[that dr. jack]

heh, 6 weeks and 10 exams. No I'm not a pessimist, I prefer Realist. I'll be happy to make it to xmas without receiving penetrating trauma to my radial artery.

-E- (dodging the tomatoes for the bad joke)

only 6 weeks left? really? so awesome. dude, i think i'm on week 21 or something and i can't even conceive of a vacation at this point. just bite chunk off and swallow, take exam, repeat. guess it's good practice for the rest of our lives.

 

[melancholy]

Wow you guys are almost done with arguably the hardest semester! How funny.. I just happened to be sitting in the Commons today and some first years sitting around start talking about poker of all things. You guys are pretty hardcore about that stuff.. heh.

 

[AbuJadenDO]

Poker, beer, social activities...yummy

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

Stuck in a rut must regain my strength and finish up strong.

Wow you guys are almost done with arguably the hardest semester! How funny.. I just happened to be sitting in the Commons today and some first years sitting around start talking about poker of all things. You guys are pretty hardcore about that stuff.. heh.

!Cartas en la casa del Dr. Don este Viernes!

 

[Dr. Don]

Wow you guys are almost done with arguably the hardest semester! How funny.. I just happened to be sitting in the Commons today and some first years sitting around start talking about poker of all things. You guys are pretty hardcore about that stuff.. heh.

hey melancholy, who are you? you must have seen me and my boys then, because that was us playing poker hey we needed to relax...pharm blows and then we had anatomy lab afterwards 😱 blows too. It was just some nice relaxation. I'm a firm believer of studying hard and partying hard (in my case poker all day!). Awesome poker night friedfcfood, really good!

 

[melancholy]

Hey Dr. Don,
I was this Asian guy dressed in scrubs eating my El Pollo Loco in the commons. I recall there was a group of guys in the table next to me... someone was talking about boarding or poker or something. I also walked around and saw some other guy counting his poker chips I think.. haha. Poker is running rampant in this school!

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

Hey Dr. Don,
I was this Asian guy dressed in scrubs eating my El Pollo Loco in the commons. I recall there was a group of guys in the table next to me... someone was talking about boarding or poker or something. I also walked around and saw some other guy counting his poker chips I think.. haha. Poker is running rampant in this school!

What are 4th years doing here eating in the commons...shouldn't you be getting pimped by some attending somewhere on rotation?

Not that you're not welcome to or anything...just thought you'd be pretty busy at the hospital.

 

[melancholy]

1) I am on rotation.. just getting off early and in the area
2) I'm studying for Step 2 in January
3) Can you say.. high-speed internet connection?
4) Being around first and second year students makes me appreciate being out on rotations that much more!

If you eventually catch me, feel free to ask me any questions about random med school/residency stuff.

 

[OnMyWayThere]

Anybody know where Sense is? I haven't seen him post on this thread nor anywhere else on SDN and hasn't responded to a PM ... I hope he's hangin in there! He's a great guy. 👍

 

[JMC_MarineCorps]

Anybody know where Sense is? I haven't seen him post on this thread nor anywhere else on SDN and hasn't responded to a PM ... I hope he's hangin in there! He's a great guy. 👍

Sense is MIA. 🙁 You are right, he is a great guy.

 

[premyo2002]

Hey everyone, I just got accepted into the class of 2009!!
Does anyone happen to have an electronic list of rotation sites? On the day of my interview that room was locked, also I ran a search and couldn't find anything.
Thanks