I know a guy who is turning down US MD for Caribbean ...

[DrDarce]

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This thread smells like falsehood

Yeah it's not really adding up. It's common sense for any pre-med to know NOT to choose carib MD over US MD.

 

[asdf123g]

gregs trolling you bro lolol

 

[MrLogan13]

He may be lying about a US MD admission. Could someone be that stupid to turn down a US acceptance for the Caribbean?

 

[moisne]

What the hell is wrong with YOU? You have nothing better to do than to ask "Kate" to talk to her ex boyfriend "Greg" about med school - in which "Greg" isn't even a friend of yours?!?

This is nosiness on a whole different level man. Just butt out of his business. He's not even a friend - let him do whatever he wants.

Some people have too much time on their hands...

(Yes I am aware this is ironic - I'm procrastinating)

Plot twist -- I was interviewed and accepted to the US school that he says he will turn down. I'm planning on having Kate ask questions that only someone who has interviewed at that school could answer correctly. I'll post an update when I hear back.

Greg could be lying to save face in front of his ex. I'm still very skeptical of his US acceptance

this guy is exactly the kind of jackass who would be lured by a "sexy" location.

 

[Mwooster]

I know a girl who said that she got into UPenn but instead came to my low ranked university that gives her less money. People make **** up to look better.

My bet is that "Greg" has not been accepted to a US program.
This is just his cover story.

I agree. People lie all the time, even about college acceptances. I know a clown in high school who claimed during senior year that he got into the Johns Hopkins University's "2-year program" for undergraduate's first 2 years after he heard about my acceptance to a Top 10 school. I didn't have the heart to tell him, "Bro, JHU is not a CC or clown college."

 

[oOKawaiiOo]

Be happy that this guy "Greg" will be one less person you have to compete with during residency programs.

People will learn from their mistakes. Let "Greg" make the $1M mistake 😀

 

[ZPakEffect]

OK, this may be tangential to this thread, but I have to take issue with the calculations used by the guy who wrote the Million Dollar Mistake blog.

First, he added up his foregone wages from a theoretical post-bachelor's job and his medical school expenses to arrive at the first $0.5 million. Then he added four years' worth of lost earning potential due to the less lucrative specialty he went into to get a total of $1 million. This is completely nonsensical because he also would have had to forego the theoretical income and also would have had to take out loans to pay for medical school in the U.S. It's amazing to me that this guy spent so much time on his blog and named it after this erroneous calculation and never realized it did not make any sense. Then again, he DID go to a Caribbean medical school . . .

 

[Shams al Deen]

Yeah I had a full ride to HMS right out of high school. And the Lakers offered me 5 years/120mil. Turned both down though.

 

[asdf123g]

greg knows. hes playin mind games with you. hes laughin at you bro.

 

[jl lin]

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But it looks so lovely and warm...who wouldn't wanna go there!?

In all seriousness, let it be. You gotta let people make their own decisions.

Come on. Who wouldn't want to live there for a couple of years? Studying on the beach. It's so ideal. You get to come back with a perma-tan. 😛

 

[jl lin]

What the hell is wrong with YOU? You have nothing better to do than to ask "Kate" to talk to her ex boyfriend "Greg" about med school - in which "Greg" isn't even a friend of yours?!?

This is nosiness on a whole different level man. Just butt out of his business. He's not even a friend - let him do whatever he wants.

Some people have too much time on their hands...

(Yes I am aware this is ironic - I'm procrastinating)

And they say guys don't like to gossip. 😉

 

[Efflorescence]

UPDATE: Apparently when "Greg" initially told my friend the name of the US MD school, he half screwed up the name of the university. The name he gave IS a university in that city, but it's not the one that has the med school ... nice try man.

In my defense, I thought he might be telling the truth at first because the timeline of when this school gave acceptances matched up perfectly with his story.

So I think it's safe to say that he was lying about the US MD acceptance, is going to the Caribbean school because that's his only option, and I was trolled haha. And now it's time to let this thread die.

 

[ZX10R]

So which school is it? A&M or Texas Tech?

 

[asdf123g]

he was probably eating popcorn and reading this thread lol'ing at you. #gottento

 

[IlDestriero]

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But it looks so lovely and warm...who wouldn't wanna go there!?

In all seriousness, let it be. You gotta let people make their own decisions.

Wow. It almost looks like a real university.

 

[Efflorescence]

he was probably eating popcorn and reading this thread lol'ing at you. #gottento

I never talked to him. If anything, the guy should be embarrassed. He lied to his ex to make himself look better, and now the ex knows (thanks to me) what a lying loser he is. She asked me about the schools he said he was accepted to and I told her.

 

[asdf123g]

I never talked to him. If anything, the guy should be embarrassed. He lied to his ex to make himself look better, and now the ex knows (thanks to me) what a lying loser he is. She asked me about the schools he said he was accepted to and I told her.

oh man you stuck it to him!!!!!

 

[medic86]

Eh?

Did a girlfriend of yours cheat on you with this guy or something?

 

[Gandyy]

Eh?

Did a girlfriend of yours cheat on you with this guy or something?

yea.. OP does NOT like this guy.

 

[JohnConstantine511]

I have noticed there are bright, driven students that make the most asinine and irrational choices in their education. The perfect example is a low-tier law school. Google 'Unemployed Law School Grad', there is a wealth of information about how bad of an idea it is to go to most Law Schools (especially outside the top 50). Yet, every year, low ranked schools are filled with a new class of students willing to take out $175K in loans. Since they are a 'special snowflake' and they will be fine if they work hard. Chances are they will never be able to pay off their loans.

Then you have people that will be suckered to a school for superficial reasons-like a small scholarship, or some goofy superficial reason reason (e.g. a nice location). I seriously knew a girl who turned down University of Michigan for some school that wasn't even ranked, because they had the top Space Law program in the US. So, I believe there are people that are dumb enough to take silly risks because they can 'beat the odds' because they are 'different'.

Now, if you have a significant number of pre-laws that are overly idealistic, then I am sure the same can be said about some pre-meds. This principal keeps Caribbean Med Schools in business.

 

[deleted714452]

I have noticed there are bright, driven students that make the most asinine and irrational choices in their education. The perfect example is a low-tier law school. Google 'Unemployed Law School Grad', there is a wealth of information about how bad of an idea it is to go to most Law Schools (especially outside the top 50). Yet, every year, low ranked schools are filled with a new class of students willing to take out $175K in loans. Since they are a 'special snowflake' and they will be fine if they work hard. Chances are they will never be able to pay off their loans.

Then you have people that will be suckered to a school for superficial reasons-like a small scholarship, or some goofy superficial reason reason (e.g. a nice location). I seriously knew a girl who turned down University of Michigan for some school that wasn't even ranked, because they had the top Space Law program in the US. So, I believe there are people that are dumb enough to take silly risks because they can 'beat the odds' because they are 'different'.

Now, if you have a significant number of pre-laws that are overly idealistic, then I am sure the same can be said about some pre-meds. This principal keeps Caribbean Med Schools in business.

I hope med schools never become like how law schools are now.

 

[Gandyy]

I hope med schools never become like how law schools are now.

It probably wont. Extreme phase of primary care deficiency has to be relieved before that scenario has any chance of becoming a reality.

 

[JohnConstantine511]

It probably wont. Extreme phase of primary care deficiency has to be relieved before that scenario has any chance of becoming a reality.

True. We also have to do residencies, so our supply is limited to that. Unless they start increasing the number of residencies. IIRC, that hasn't happened since 1996, though.

In Law, you just have to graduate and pass the bar to practice. So, the more Law Schools admit, the more new practicing attorney's on the market in 3 years.

 

[Gandyy]

True. We also have to do residencies, so our supply is limited to that. Unless they start increasing the number of residencies. IIRC, that hasn't happened since 1996, though.

In Law, you just have to graduate and pass the bar to practice. So, the more Law Schools admit, the more new practicing attorney's on the market in 3 years.

I think another part of the problem is how ridiculously easy it is to get into Law school (except for top 20). I had a friend who got in who prides himself on being uber smart or whatever. He had a 3.1 to 3.2 GPA, 160 LSAT, and 0 activities or ECs. Also no interview. No long drawn out emotionally draining app process.

They should raise the Bar. Get it? 😉😉 Ok, sorry I know it was a bad one. 😛 I couldnt resist though.

 

[Cotterpin]

I have noticed there are bright, driven students that make the most asinine and irrational choices in their education. The perfect example is a low-tier law school. Google 'Unemployed Law School Grad', there is a wealth of information about how bad of an idea it is to go to most Law Schools (especially outside the top 50). Yet, every year, low ranked schools are filled with a new class of students willing to take out $175K in loans. Since they are a 'special snowflake' and they will be fine if they work hard. Chances are they will never be able to pay off their loans.

Then you have people that will be suckered to a school for superficial reasons-like a small scholarship, or some goofy superficial reason reason (e.g. a nice location). I seriously knew a girl who turned down University of Michigan for some school that wasn't even ranked, because they had the top Space Law program in the US. So, I believe there are people that are dumb enough to take silly risks because they can 'beat the odds' because they are 'different'.

Now, if you have a significant number of pre-laws that are overly idealistic, then I am sure the same can be said about some pre-meds. This principal keeps Caribbean Med Schools in business.

Space Law? Hang on a second, I'm gonna go withdraw all my md apps and start all over again in a new field.

 

[JohnConstantine511]

I think another part of the problem is how ridiculously easy it is to get into Law school (except for top 20). I had a friend who got in who prides himself on being uber smart or whatever. He had a 3.1 to 3.2 GPA, 160 LSAT, and 0 activities or ECs. Also no interview. No long drawn out emotionally draining app process.

They should raise the Bar. Get it? 😉😉 Ok, sorry I know it was a bad one. 😛 I couldnt resist though.

Haha...Yea, that bar is a little too low. Knew of a girl that had a 2.7 in Criminal Justice, did pretty mediocre on the LSAT. She got into Law School, I think it was a Cooley (unranked) for $45K/Year. I was like: and she was like: .

Space Law? Hang on a second, I'm gonna go withdraw all my md apps and start all over again in a new field.

I know, right? I am having a tough time between Medicine and International Alternate Energy Environmental Tax Law at Grand Canyon School of Law.😆