MCW Class of 2012

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samenewme said:
The editions may change before you start school, but an edition one older will probably work fine and may save you a ton of money. Please note that I have most of these and my roommate, when I find one, will be able to borrow them.
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I like how you manage to work "roommate" and incentives into a lot of your posts. =) Good job.
 
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CABG said:
What have you all heard about Tosa Village apartments? Do a lot of students live there?
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I checked them out and liked them quite a bit. The manager was really nice. My major faults with them were the lack of central air (don't care about that anymore) and lack of dishwasher. I definitely woulda been fine there.
 
Agent Splat said:
I checked them out and liked them quite a bit. The manager was really nice. My major faults with them were the lack of central air (don't care about that anymore) and lack of dishwasher. I definitely woulda been fine there.
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Ugh, I would've died. Living without a dishwasher is so hard. Same for a garbage disposal.
 
Ashers said:
hehe. And I always said abebooks was on campusi. I think akpete had us beat though; I believe she's used campusi since college.
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that is correct. since maybe 2001ish. highly recommend.




mmmmmm vodka.
 
Ashers said:
Ugh, I would've died. Living without a dishwasher is so hard. Same for a garbage disposal.
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Yeah, I've got neither. Or central air.

I've found that paper plates work wonders for reducing the amount of dishes you have to do. 😀
 
TheProwler said:
Yeah, I've got neither. Or central air.

I've found that paper plates work wonders for reducing the amount of dishes you have to do. 😀
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they also work great for increasing the amount of garbage in our landfills and reducing the number of trees.
 
Agent Splat said:
i lived for 12 weeks once without a functioning corpus callosum. THAT sucked.
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Somehow I read that and saw "corpus cavernosum," and thought, "Most people don't just talk about that on the Internet that way. Am I supposed to make a joke about alprostadil now?"
 
Ashers said:
About 2 weeks. Month long break? I didn't even get that in college except for my study abroad.
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In college I actually got almost two months off for winter break. It was sweet!
 
Kernal83 said:
In college I actually got almost two months off for winter break. It was sweet!
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My sister got like 5 weeks off. Once I think I got almost a month off because I had an ideal finals schedule. In England I had 6 weeks "off." 3 weeks holiday, 1 revision week, 2 weeks finals with 2 finals total, and the finals were after Christmas... blarg. I had more finals in the spring.
 
I'm on OB-Gyn right now. Two days off in a row would be astounding.
 
I want to do OB at St. Joe's because I was born there. I was actually delivered by the same OB who delivered my mom 27 years earlier.
 
St. Joe's is a little disorganized at first...takes awhile to figure out where you're supposed to be and when. After about a week or two things run pretty smooth provided your teammates are an agreeable bunch. We only have one guy on our team that likes to slack off and disappear when he thinks he can.
 
I highly recommend St Marys for ob-gyn. I had a great experience. Ob was actually enjoyable.
 
akpete said:
I highly recommend St Marys for ob-gyn. I had a great experience. Ob was actually enjoyable.
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The really good thing about St. Mary's (other than having a life during the rotation), is that you get a preceptor. So you go to their clinic once a week. That preceptor has input in your grade (one of the 2 good comments I got), and you get to bump anyone else if one of their patient's is having surgery or delivering.

My preceptor was great.
 
Where do I live? In Wawatosa or Central Milwaukee? Who needs a roomate? I'm looking to get a 2br place near campus so I can walk my *** to school instead of burning oil.

One question, will I freeze to death in the winter if I walk?
 
badasshairday said:
Where do I live? In Wawatosa or Central Milwaukee? Who needs a roomate? I'm looking to get a 2br place near campus so I can walk my *** to school instead of burning oil.

One question, will I freeze to death in the winter if I walk?
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you will freeze. holy crap. We got 100 inches of snow this year and they didn't cancel class at all. Unless you live right next to the school you won't want to walk. But, riding your bike in the summer is awesome.
 
Also, when does school start? Is it the first week of august? Would going to Milwaukee in the second half of july be a bad idea if I still need to find a place?
 
indo said:
you will freeze. holy crap. We got 100 inches of snow this year and they didn't cancel class at all. Unless you live right next to the school you won't want to walk. But, riding your bike in the summer is awesome.
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I rode my bike to study at school once. I felt so nasty.

You'll freeze walking.

I have yet to ride my bike for fun this year... stupid State street and the horrible road, and stupid weather. ugh. =(
 
badasshairday said:
Where do I live? In Wawatosa or Central Milwaukee? Who needs a roomate? I'm looking to get a 2br place near campus so I can walk my *** to school instead of burning oil.

One question, will I freeze to death in the winter if I walk?
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there are plenty of places close enough to walk. some people live closer to school than the parking lot, so you'd be walking farther if you drove anyways.

Don't live in central Milwaukee - it's not a nice place. I've spent a lot of time around there. If you want to live right in the middle of the city, shoot for the area around Miller Park or just south of it.
 
ecca58 said:
Two months?! How did that happen?
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I have no idea. I went to a Jesuit school. Winter break went from beginning mid December until probably the first or second week of Feb. We didn't get a dead week or some holidays, we started in August, and our Spring break was a week long (don't some schools get two?).
 
Kernal83 said:
I have no idea. I went to a Jesuit school. Winter break went from beginning mid December until probably the first or second week of Feb. We didn't get a dead week or some holidays, we started in August, and our Spring break was a week long (don't some schools get two?).
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Schools get 2 weeks for spring break? we only got 1. And a 3 week Christmas break.

My brothers had about a 6 week break if they didn't go to school and take a class in Jan Term (1 month of a fun class like summer school). One year they went to India for Computer Science, another year they took snowboarding; this year my brother took bowling.
 
badasshairday said:
Also, when does school start? Is it the first week of august? Would going to Milwaukee in the second half of july be a bad idea if I still need to find a place?
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I think if you want one of the really, really close places, July might be a little late. I live about two miles away and I can bike in decent weather if I bring a change of shirt. I used to bike in the winter, but I'm sooo over that now.

If you are new to cold weather, it is probably worth looking for places with covered parking or at least where you do not have to do your own shoveling, and that may be even more important than walking distance, really, in the long run.
 
Thanks for the advice everyone. So it looked like orientation is on Aug 11, hopefully I can find a roommate and secure something close by school. I guess eventually I have to get a car. Is there any types of cars you recommend or discourage for Milwaukee winters? I'm thinking of buying something used, not too old, between 4-8 thousand. I was thinking something stick shift too.
 
badasshairday said:
Thanks for the advice everyone. So it looked like orientation is on Aug 11, hopefully I can find a roommate and secure something close by school. I guess eventually I have to get a car. Is there any types of cars you recommend or discourage for Milwaukee winters? I'm thinking of buying something used, not too old, between 4-8 thousand. I was thinking something stick shift too.
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Old school Hummer or Big Foot. Either way, those'll get you through the snow.
 
badasshairday said:
Thanks for the advice everyone. So it looked like orientation is on Aug 11, hopefully I can find a roommate and secure something close by school. I guess eventually I have to get a car. Is there any types of cars you recommend or discourage for Milwaukee winters? I'm thinking of buying something used, not too old, between 4-8 thousand. I was thinking something stick shift too.
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My ten-year-old Camry has been fine. My roommate's Beetle, not so good. You want a little clearance underneath, front wheel or four-wheel drive, and nice shiny new tires. Antilock brakes are helpful. I've never needed a stick for the winters, but if you like them, enjoy. There's a Facebook group for the class of 2012 if you want to get a jump on things before the roommate list comes out. The roommate list will not come out until June 1st at the earliest.
 
Kernal83 said:
I would take a Yeti. Big foot is more of a rainy weather type
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This Yeti car?

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Or perhaps the Yeti Snow Truck:

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I'd still go with Bigfoot (no space this time).

Like the Smart Bigfoot... saves gas.

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I have a 2-door cavalier, and I get around just fine. Anything 4WD or front wheel-drive will be fine. Stay away from something real low like a camaro. And rear-wheel drive kinda sucks in the snow if you're not used to it. Really not that big of a deal.

And keep in mind that the 100 inches of snow this year was the 2nd highest snowfall recorded in Milwaukee. Average snowfall is about 35-40 inches.

I looked for a place to live about the 2nd week in July and there were only a couple places walking distance from school available.

And giving yourself about a week to unpack and get settled is usually plenty before orientation starts. But you don't want to be still trying to unpack during orientation week when everyone else is going out to parties cuz that week is huge on meeting people.
 
I was actually thinking more along the lines of the white furred giant that inhabits the Andes... or was it the Himalayas...
 
akpete said:
I have a 2-door cavalier, and I get around just fine. Anything 4WD or front wheel-drive will be fine. Stay away from something real low like a camaro. And rear-wheel drive kinda sucks in the snow if you're not used to it. Really not that big of a deal.

And keep in mind that the 100 inches of snow this year was the 2nd highest snowfall recorded in Milwaukee. Average snowfall is about 35-40 inches.

I looked for a place to live about the 2nd week in July and there were only a couple places walking distance from school available.

And giving yourself about a week to unpack and get settled is usually plenty before orientation starts. But you don't want to be still trying to unpack during orientation week when everyone else is going out to parties cuz that week is huge on meeting people.
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So i was watching the news the other day, and they said the 100" was at the airport, and that West Allis had 121", so I think we were closer to 121".

In real life, unfortunately, I don't drive any type of Smart Car, though I've seen one around Tosa. I drive a CR-V. I'ven't had any problems except once this year I got stuck in a sloped parking lot with about 6" of snow on the ground.
 
The first thing I think of when I hear Big Foot is the monster truck. My dad is a machinist and he did some work for him back in the day. Gravedigger came to his shop once. It was cool. Trust me.
 
Kernal83 said:
I was actually thinking more along the lines of the white furred giant that inhabits the Andes... or was it the Himalayas...
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I know, but since I was talking about cars, I decided to see if there was an actual Yeti car to go along with Bigfoot.

Edit: Ditto, akpete. I think the monster truck first too. Wasn't there a Big Foot cartoon way back when?
 
Ashers said:
So i was watching the news the other day, and they said the 100" was at the airport, and that West Allis had 121", so I think we were closer to 121".

In real life, unfortunately, I don't drive any type of Smart Car, though I've seen one around Tosa. I drive a CR-V. I'ven't had any problems except once this year I got stuck in a sloped parking lot with about 6" of snow on the ground.
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well, at any rate, it's still more than usual.
 
My no-power-steering, no ABS, stick shift Tercel did just fine. Then again, I've been driving in snow for a really long time (feeling old today). My new home is 10-15 degrees warmer in the winter with roughly equivalent average precipitation. And I'm moving in 24 days. Don't worry, I'm taking my cheesehead with me.
 
Ashers said:
Exactly the truck I needed this winter.

Maybe Kernal's too young to know about Bigfoot.
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Too young??? I think I'm the same age as you? (That is assuming that you started med school right after undergrad). I used to watch the Power Team with that red dot guy with the green mohawk, bigfoot, and some barbarian guy. Does anyone remember that show?
 
Me again,

How do you current med students feel about your school? In hindsight, if you had choices, did you make the right one?

I have a real positive vibe going on about MCW, don't get me wrong, but I just wanted to know from people who actually are at MCW.

I guess i'm looking for answers to general atmosphere of the school, characteristics/personalities of the class, faculty/administration, and any other things you think a incoming student ought to know about the school.

Lastly, how about how "hard" med school is. I went through a pretty rigorous and competitive pre-med track at a supposedly difficult undergrad, so I'm wondering how ya'll feel about med school. It seems that different med schools have a different feel, aka some med students say their M1 year is not too hard, others say its hell. What say you?

Gracious!

Oh, and Kernal, if you're reading this, Hello, I think we may know each other soon!
 
LakerWildcat said:
Lastly, how about how "hard" med school is. I went through a pretty rigorous and competitive pre-med track at a supposedly difficult undergrad, so I'm wondering how ya'll feel about med school. It seems that different med schools have a different feel, aka some med students say their M1 year is not too hard, others say its hell. What say you?
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Different aspects of difficulty arise during M1 year. First semester, you'll probably go to almost all of your classes and labs, and you'll feel super busy, but in hindsight, the material wasn't so bad. Your calendar will be pretty full though. Second semester, there's a lot more material, but you have a lot more free time relative to the fall, especially if you don't go to class as much. I felt much more in control during the spring. Fall of M2 was the worst, by far. The exams were structured that it felt like finals week from the beginning of October until Christmas. This semester, although pharm is harder than micro, has more free time and more space between exams, so I feel more in control again.
 
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