Holy **** I'm done with third year!!!

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A little over a year for me...

Still, I cant imagine this being NEARLY as climactic as what Im feeling now, after finishing the BEAST known as USMLE Step 1. 😀
 
i'm itching to sign my last chart with MSIII...only 2 more days!
 
DrMom said:
enjoy it. internship sucks.
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Enjoy the freedom of everyone now accepting that you are only on rotation to sleep in and skip days as much as possible. I would at least TRY to learn something in between your month long vacations, if you feel you are up to it 🙂

Come on, Dr. Mom - I enjoyed internship so much, I signed up for a second one 😱

cheers!

jd
 
sleeping in and skipping days????????? hmmmmm where were your rotations???
😛
 
Congrats on being done.

I have two more weeks.
 
Congratulations! I have about 25 clinic days, and six tests left (including CS and CK). It is wonderful by far to be ending this year.

Third year has been, from my vantage point, the most ridiculous year of my professional life- I performed well, but it was really an infantile experience. Nuff' said.
 
prazmatic said:
A little over a year for me...

Still, I cant imagine this being NEARLY as climactic as what Im feeling now, after finishing the BEAST known as USMLE Step 1. 😀
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This is what you say now - that is until after you've taken "mini-boards" (AKA clerkship shelf exams) for every single rotation on top of Q 4 call for a huge chunk of the year. Just wait, you will feel amazing a year from now. I'm stoked for you.
 
QuinnB said:
This is what you say now - that is until after you've taken "mini-boards" (AKA clerkship shelf exams) for every single rotation on top of Q 4 call for a huge chunk of the year. Just wait, you will feel amazing a year from now. I'm stoked for you.
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word. 1 week left!
 
katrinadams9 said:
Whoa.... I can taste the freedom. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
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I've already plotted out what I'll be doing month by month until I start residency. 😎

Internship year looks like way fun to me, Dr. Mom - aren't you in EM? Doesn't seem so bad....
 
So nice to "maybe" be done with third year. I can't completely accept it until I find out if I passed the psych shelf. Now I know what people mean by "tricky."
 
Just waiting for Friday and then the celebrations will begin! I still can't believe it's only been a year. It seems like such an eternity. . .
 
Only four more days.

To quote Wayne's World, Neurology is sucking my will to live.
 
I remember the last patient I ever saw. I knew that at the end of the day I'd never have to look at another patient again. It was an incredible feeling as I closed the chart and placed it back into the chart rack for the last time.

Clinical medicine sucks.
 
I still have a week to go. Will this never end???? 🙁
 
I just finished my last shelf. Such a good feeling, but it would be better if I didn't have CS to take on Monday.
 
erin682 said:
I just finished my last shelf. Such a good feeling, but it would be better if I didn't have CS to take on Monday.
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Me too, finished last shelf today...i m so happy.🙂🙂🙂🙂
 
m3 ended this afternoon. i can't believe its over.
 
finished today with pediatrics shelf. unless i failed this one, i am happy to be a 4th year. however, i still don't feel like one yet.
 
to be able to walk the floors again and not give a **** about anything but learning and patients, it feels surreal.
 
I'm SO psyched to be done!!! Surgery was my last, and it was a beast... now everything just looks and smells better 😉. I mean, i can sleep late!! I can go running in the park!! Ahh... now, two weeks of public health, and i'm off for a year abroad... life really couldn't get much better. Woohoo!!! 😉
 
Yup -- just finished peds (assuming I did pass). Now I can focus I what I did this for, and it's just awesome. Until Step 2 time.
 
Yay, now I can finally say I'm a fourth year!!! Just finished my last shelf that I'll ever have to take (although I still have board exams). 😀😀😀

Too bad I have Step 2 CK in three weeks, so I can only take this weekend off from studying. 😳
 
The last week lasted forever but I am finally done.
 
FINALLY DONE!!!!!! 1 weekend of freedom!!!!
 
Just finished 3rd year myself...had my Surgery shelf this past Friday. Only one more shelf to go (Neuro), but other than that...

😀😀😀
 
Hmmm - I just got slammed with a bunch of MS-4 listserve emails. We are supposed to:

pick a medical specialty if we haven't already
register for ERAS
register for the USMLE CK and CS
write a personal statement
solicit LORs
pick programs to apply to
take yearbook photos
pick a graduation speaker
etc etc, etc

And match day is going to be Thursday, March 20, 2008!

We will be doctors less than 11 months from now. Are we prepared? :scared:

Just kidding - this is great! 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
 
Seeing as how I just completed my last day of third year (my last block is VACATION!!!) i saw it fit to revive this particular thread, because its title perfectly describes my feelings at the moment. 😀😀😀😀

Good luck to all of you with one month to go. It will be over before you know it, and you too, will be able to taste the freedom known as 4th year. :hardy:
 
Ashers said:
41 more days of medicine...

42 more days until I'm home for my 1st M4 rotation: Yay derm on Maui! 😀
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Ah, the MS-IV year. Lots of "research" time. Lots of time on the mainland for interviewing and away rotations (AKA travelling, visiting friends, etc.). 👍
 
May 30 can't come soon enough.

However my first month of M4 year won't be spent slacking - ortho trauma sub-I.
 
I'm not going to officially say it is over until : July 15- start ERAS.
July 23, USMLE CS. (want to just get it out of the way)
Aug 22- USMLE Step 2 CK.
Sept. 1 Submit to ERAS

Did I forget something? I'm tired just thinking of the next few months!
 
Only 5.5 weeks to go, just 1.5 of neuro and then 4 of family medicine, which will be awesome prep for CK on July 16. Then 2 subIs in NYC, after these I am home free!!! I will be enjoying my nice almost 2 months off for interviews and then off to Kenya!!!

Its gonna be a tough year...
 
Taurus,
I agree with you. Every time I think that I can relax, I find another hoop to jump through, aka step 2, LOR's, doing all the crazy paperwork for away rotations, etc. I hope I will be able to rest when a few interview offers come in, but in the back of my mind I know that then a whole new round of preparation and stress will set in. Someday I can sleep in!
 
Just finished on Friday.

I have to say, it doesn't feel good. I streaked through years 1 and 2 with nearly all honors. And there was a sharp falloff in 3rd year. (all HP's)

I will humbly say there were certainly rotations where I didn't deserve honors. (OB/GYN) And I will say I was always struggling to find that balance between being involved but not too annoying. (I always erred on the side of being quieter)

So am I happy 3rd year is over? Absolutely.

But I just don't get the same satisfaction as I had after acing years 1 and 2. And worst of all, even if given the chance to redo 3rd year, I'm not sure how I would have changed things for the better.

Currently trying to determine what to go into. Was considering derm but with my grades, I could be setting myself up for a rough and disappointing 4th year. 😳
 
3 weeks left !
But it looks to be a hollow victory, to be followed by shelf exams, sub-Is, residency applications, and so forth.

Still, MS3 was probably the most interesting year of my life.
It toughens and humbles you.
 
prazmatic said:
A little over a year for me...

Still, I cant imagine this being NEARLY as climactic as what Im feeling now, after finishing the BEAST known as USMLE Step 1. 😀
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Now, with 3 weeks left in M3 yr... I stand by my original statement. Yes the end is near, but I dont find it terribly climactic, for some reason. (Probably because I had checked out weeks ago).

Don't get me wrong, Im certainly glad to be almost over and done with the sado-masochistic anal rape sessions that are Shelf exams, but on the whole, M3 yr has treated me well, much better than M2 yr, which was significantly better than M1 yr.

Furthermore, as other users had mentioned, M4 yr wont start getting sweet until after ERAS, elective scheduling, Sub-I, and possibly Step 2.
 
leagueelbow said:
Just finished on Friday.

I have to say, it doesn't feel good. I streaked through years 1 and 2 with nearly all honors. And there was a sharp falloff in 3rd year. (all HP's)

I will humbly say there were certainly rotations where I didn't deserve honors. (OB/GYN) And I will say I was always struggling to find that balance between being involved but not too annoying. (I always erred on the side of being quieter)

So am I happy 3rd year is over? Absolutely.

But I just don't get the same satisfaction as I had after acing years 1 and 2. And worst of all, even if given the chance to redo 3rd year, I'm not sure how I would have changed things for the better.

Currently trying to determine what to go into. Was considering derm but with my grades, I could be setting myself up for a rough and disappointing 4th year. 😳
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I think if your step1 score was amazing it should override what small shortcomings you have in clinical grades. PDs know that 3rd year is basically a crapshoot, regarding attending evals. What was your step1 if you don't mind?
 
abefromann said:
I think if your step1 score was amazing it should override what small shortcomings you have in clinical grades. PDs know that 3rd year is basically a crapshoot, regarding attending evals. What was your step1 if you don't mind?
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My Step1 was quite good: 250+. But I'm assuming in the cutthroat world of derm, that's not considered an "amazing" score.

My evals (they make it a point to show these to us before submitting them to the course director) have always been stellar as well. It's the transition from turning these words into a grade that's been a problem.

It's this feeling of "I didn't do as well as I could have. For the love of God tell me what you want from me??" that's made the end of 3rd year feel a bit unsatisfying.

Still, there's a rush of relief that it's finally over. I keep hearing older students talk about how great 4th year is. I cannot wait to turn the page and get started 😛
 
Of course, there are no guarantees for derm. Your Step1 is solid and clinical evals are great, so whatever. Go for it. The question for you is whether to back it up with medicine or pathology, or some lifestyle thing like radiology (yuck). Like, would you mind doing one or two years of research while reapplying?
 
Just got my final clerkship grade of 3rd year. Yet another HP.

In between my pre-clinical and clinical years, it would appear as if I aced Step I and then scheduled myself for a lobotomy. Massive dropoff in standardized test scores (shelfs) and massive dropoff in grades (clinical).

Time to enjoy the month off and turn a new page. Sigh.
 
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