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fireflygirl said:
I really don't think it's fair to ridicule Jae for feeling bummed out about his rejections. When I first started the my post-bac program, I thought I was going to ace my way through it like I did in college and get into a super stellar medical school (and in my mind, it had to be allopathic - i didn't know anything about osteopathic). And when I took my MCATS -2xs - and did poorly on each, I felt like my whole world came crashing down. I never thought I would get into medical school and thought the idea of applying DO was equivalent to failure. Once I learned about it, my mind was completely changed and I am now proud to be part of the PCOM Class of 2012. I know I am going to be a doctor and I know that I am going to do fantastic at PCOM and love it, but it still emotionally sucks to get a rejection. I am not ungrateful for my PCOM acceptance, but it still stings everytime I get a rejection letter because I think I am good enough to be at those schools while some numbers might say otherwise. I think that's all that Jae was referring to.
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Bless you and your heart.
 
I'm not going to argue that america doesn't have problems, but, if you hate america and the freedoms and opportunities you have here, go live somewhere else- but stop yapping about what is bad about this country without doing anything about it
 
LauraDO said:
I'm not going to argue that america doesn't have problems, but, if you hate america and the freedoms and opportunities you have here, go live somewhere else- but stop yapping about what is bad about this country without doing anything about it
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Being aware of the problems is a big thing in and of itself. Even implying that ANYONE hates the freedoms and oppurtunities is so ridiculous, you come off as a typical neo-con propaganda machine. Learn a real opinion please. 👍
 
FinchHead said:
Being aware of the problems is a big thing in and of itself. Even implying that ANYONE hates the freedoms and oppurtunities is so ridiculous, you come off as a typical neo-con propaganda machine. Learn a real opinion please. 👍
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Yeah Laura from your MD profile I see that you are from TN, flyover territory plus a military brat. Didn't you know folks like yourself aren't allowed to have an opinion. Now go back into your shoe box 🙂
 
i cant wait to get an admission letter from my top choice. I will do the following:

  • make a special thread on SDN, congratulating myself
  • get a signature with XXXX COM 2012
  • somehow become an expert in advising others through their predicament
  • constantly saying "hang in there, you are qualified and will get in soon"
  • when others have questions about school, I will talk about my school to death
  • get my parents a t-shirt, "my son is in medical school"
  • get a new screen name, porco rosso DO
 
Saregamapadanis said:
From my personal experience, I have to say this country was the best thing that has ever happened to my family.

And there is no exaggeration in the above statement.
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Sorry about that I guess that Dr. forgot to mention about the $$$ requirements at certain schools. So, does India have private medical schools or all of them state run?

I had conversation about this with my parents that how lucky we are to be living in the US. I realized this back in sixth grade when I start reading more and more about what's going on in the world and reading newspapers.
I think all of us become little complacent in our own world. Just just other day going to a grocery store and buying a 5lb bag of rice just makes you appreciate where we live.

We have our problems and minor nuts who give us a bad name. But overall, people of this country are amazing and would do anything to help a fellow man.Look at the country's response when any big tragedy occurs internationally.

I think all of us are becoming DOs for the right reasons and in coming years, make significant contributions to help other residents of US.
 
Gold 5 said:
Yeah Laura from your MD profile I see that you are from TN, flyover territory plus a military brat. Didn't you know folks like yourself aren't allowed to have an opinion. Now go back into your shoe box 🙂
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Unfortunately, a lot of people actually do think like that...and in my experience many of those that consider themselves so "enlightened" tend to be some of the most ignorant about our own country.
 
MJB said:
Unfortunately, a lot of people actually do think like that...and in my experience many of those that consider themselves so "enlightened" tend to be some of the most ignorant about our own country.
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You just reminded me of a line I read in the Dao De Jing: "Those who know do not speak; those who speak, do not know."

While this can be interpreted in a variety of different ways, to me, it often represents the virtue of action over a bunch of wahoo lip service. This is not to say that words are not powerful; they most certainly are. However, action behind the words is even more powerful. 👍
 
LauraDO said:
I'm not going to argue that america doesn't have problems, but, if you hate america and the freedoms and opportunities you have here, go live somewhere else- but stop yapping about what is bad about this country without doing anything about it
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Um, saying that the American education system sucks is not anywhere remotely the same as saying you hate 'the freedoms.' Where does that even come from? 🙄
 
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I want to merge SDN and Fark.com

This conversation exemplifies why!
 
JackDanielMD said:
Will you start a new thread called "What website would you merge SDN with?"
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The all-students forum, or the Lounge would be a more appropriate spot for such a thread, if indeed one were to follow through. Just saying... 😀
 
Lokhtar said:
Um, saying that the American education system sucks is not anywhere remotely the same as saying you hate 'the freedoms.' Where does that even come from? 🙄
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Well, I tend to blame the "Americans" more than the "American education system", but I'm one that believes in people taking responsibility for themselves, and other stuff like that....😀
 
spicedmanna said:
The all-students forum, or the Lounge would be a more appropriate spot for such a thread, if indeed one were to follow through. Just saying... 😀
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I'm glad you're on top of things!
 
JackDanielMD said:
Hey, just be thankful that we have maps. I hear people in South Africa don't, and they have trouble finding The Iraq.
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one of the funniest minutes on television. that and the girl from the view telling whoopi goldberg that she didnt know whether the earth was round or flat. followed by the same girl trying to explain how jesus was born at the beginning of the universe
 
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Porco Rosso said:
i cant wait to get an admission letter from my top choice. I will do the following:
  • make a special thread on SDN, congratulating myself
  • get a signature with XXXX COM 2012
  • somehow become an expert in advising others through their predicament
  • constantly saying "hang in there, you are qualified and will get in soon"
  • when others have questions about school, I will talk about my school to death
  • get my parents a t-shirt, "my son is in medical school"
  • get a new screen name, porco rosso DO
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This is awesome.
 
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