Med School Applications comic strip:P

[pyrois]

Well, as the med school cycle comes to a close, I'm sure we're all leaving with many lessons learned. I, for one, have had quite a number of adventures throughout the application process, from stressing with friends, to mishaps on the interview trail.

I draw a comic strip about life at UC Berkeley for the Daily Cal. Since I'll be graduating soon, I've been toying with the idea of making a comic strip chronicling my adventures through med school.

I figured we're all bored and/or wildly stressed right now, so why not start with the application process itself.

LMK what you think:

http://www.belowthemean.com/pnp/

If people like the idea, I'm hoping to cover such lovely topics as:

The Joy of AMCAS
Northwestern panel interviews
The Financial Aid Office
"The Yale System"
The secret AdCom meetings
PBL
High Pass/Pass/Marginal Pass/Marginal Fail/Fail/Low Fail?
Final Decisions
Penn Rejections
Penn Rejections
Being Waitlisted
SDNing

maybe more?

*edit* yeah I know, the website itself is from my old comic strip, so it doesn't quite match up, just testing the waters

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[weathertalk]

Haha! As Peter Griffin would say, "Frickin' Sweet." Well done. Where do you get all these ideas?

 

[BleepTastic]

hey I'd love to see more!

 

[Angelique]

this is brilliant, pyrosis. the first comic is already hilarious. i can't wait until charles starts SDNing.

 

[Green Pirate]

how do you make those drawings? Do you do use a computer program or something? They're pretty neat.

 

[mongrel]

Great idea. I'd love to see more! 👍

 

[baylormed]

Yeah! Keep them coming, I'd love to see what's next. 😉

 

[Surf Rx]

Yes, definitely keep them coming. You are one talented individual.

 

[pyrois]

how do you make those drawings? Do you do use a computer program or something? They're pretty neat.

Oh, I draw them by hand, scan them in, then make them into vector art/paint them in illustrator. Kind of a mix of old skool/new school. I think most real cartoonists who do this method use tablets.

 

[spicedmanna]

Good idea, and it sounds like fun. 👍

 

[omegaxx]

Very cute and interesting 🙂

 

[goldengirl]

I like! Can't wait to see more...

 

[pyrois]

Yes, definitely keep them coming. You are one talented individual.

Thanks! Glad you like 'em. Guess I'll be making more😛

 

[MadHopsMD]

you just got a fan for life 👍

 

[pyrois]

you just got a fan for life 👍

Haha thanks🙂 It would be nice to have some people reading the strips.

 

[pyrois]

Just curious, does anybody know of any other med school comic strips out there?

 

[Anjlprincezz]

😀 I want to know how charles will respond to SDN..

 

[bbabul01]

Penn Rejections
Penn Rejections

I like that Penn Rejections is listed twice. I haven't even seen the comic yet and I'm already laughing. Keep up the good work.

 

[pyrois]

I like that Penn Rejections is listed twice. I haven't even seen the comic yet and I'm already laughing. Keep up the good work.

Haha yeah, guess that's a little foreshadowing😛

 

[DrBowtie]

👍 I want to see MOAR!

 

[el aye]

Excellent! 👍

 

[pyrois]

👍 I want to see MOAR!

Haha, okay. Making character sketches right now😛

 

[DrBowtie]

Just curious, does anybody know of any other med school comic strips out there?

There is one other comic strip I know of about med school.

http://theunderweardrawer.homestead.com/scutmonkey.html

 

[Aynsl156]

This one isn't exactly about med-school, more just general nerdiness. Here are some good ones:

http://xkcd.com/c218.html
http://xkcd.com/c113.html
http://xkcd.com/c108.html

 

[notdeadyet]

There is one other comic strip I know of about med school.

http://theunderweardrawer.homestead.com/scutmonkey.html

She's class... Great stuff...

 

[pyrois]

This one isn't exactly about med-school, more just general nerdiness. Here are some good ones:

http://xkcd.com/c218.html
http://xkcd.com/c113.html
http://xkcd.com/c108.html

Hehe, those are awesome😛

 

[bbabul01]

There is one other comic strip I know of about med school.

http://theunderweardrawer.homestead.com/scutmonkey.html

I'm afraid I will be the 12 year old.....
http://theunderweardrawer.homestead.com/twelvemedstudents.html

 

[jojo_1981]

Lucid-TV is one of my favorites. Very very dark humor, though.

http://www.lucid-tv.com/

 

[pyrois]

Lucid-TV is one of my favorites. Very very dark humor, though.

http://www.lucid-tv.com/

The best kind of humor😛

 

[ImSoStreesedOut]

Pre-med student: "Hi I was just calling to check on the status of my application."

Committee rep: "What'r ur AMCAS ID or TMDSAS number?"

student: "12345...."

committee rep: Well it looks like your application has not yet been reviewed by the committee. Upon reviewing your file, we will send you an email regarding your status."

P-S: "Ok, thanks."

4 WEEKS LATER.......


Pre-med student: "Hi I was just calling to check on the status of my application."

Committee rep: "What'r ur AMCAS ID or TMDSAS number?"

student: "12345...."

committee rep: Well it looks like your application has not yet been reviewed by the committee. Upon reviewing your file, we will send you an email regarding your status."

(I know a few of us went through this BS... over and over..) Thank God its over

 

[pyrois]

Pre-med student: "Hi I was just calling to check on the status of my application."

Committee rep: "What'r ur AMCAS ID or TMDSAS number?"

student: "12345...."

committee rep: Well it looks like your application has not yet been reviewed by the committee. Upon reviewing your file, we will send you an email regarding your status."

P-S: "Ok, thanks."

4 WEEKS LATER.......


Pre-med student: "Hi I was just calling to check on the status of my application."

Committee rep: "What'r ur AMCAS ID or TMDSAS number?"

student: "12345...."

committee rep: Well it looks like your application has not yet been reviewed by the committee. Upon reviewing your file, we will send you an email regarding your status."

(I know a few of us went through this BS... over and over..) Thank God its over

I know what you mean😛 I actually have a strip about AMCAS sketched out🙂

 

[SCatastrophe18]

Love the "Below The Mean" comic!

 

[dippindots]

This thread is awesome.

 

[Charles Darwin]

Holy bump.