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Brother: What site are you on? Those memes are hilarious.

Me: Oh yeah it's just SDN, student doctor network..all future med students on this thread.

Brother: Wow so my future doctor will know what I mean when I say "..but thats none of my business *sips tea*"? Sweet.
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Dream_big said:
Brother: What site are you on? Those memes are hilarious.

Me: Oh yeah it's just SDN, student doctor network..all future med students on this thread.

Brother: Wow so my future doctor will know what I mean when I say "..but thats none of my business *sips tea*"? Sweet.
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These memes will be ancient memistry by then. We will all be living in a world of 4D memes by the time we graduate.
 
tskiihii said:
Ladies here who hope to go into competitive specialities, do you already have your family guilting you about marriage and kids - who will take care of your kids?

Like dude, give me a break. I don't even know what school I am attending yet.
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Honestly this speaks to me on a spiritual level. I get asked all the time & I'm just like lol it took me 90 minutes to decide what color lipstick to wear today do you think I'm anywhere close to family planning rn ?¿?
 
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tskiihii said:
Ladies here who hope to go into competitive specialities, do you already have your family guilting you about marriage and kids - who will take care of your kids?

Like dude, give me a break. I don't even know what school I will be attending yet.
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I am a single mom to two interested in ESN/NIR. I haven't had anyone give me anything but praise and love, fortunately. The only people I hear saying things like "who will take care of your kids" are on these forums. Actual physicians in the field and other competitive specialities have just emphasized support systems and good nannies to keeping everything working like a well-oiled machine.


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tskiihii said:
Ladies here who hope to go into competitive specialities, do you already have your family guilting you about marriage and kids - who will take care of your kids?

Like dude, give me a break. I don't even know what school I will be attending yet.
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Well both of my parents have decided that I will make enough money that I can have a dedicated 'side home' on my property for them to live in. They are trying to entice me by saying, "we will cook food for you and take care of the kids after long days of residency." I don't know how much money they think I'll be making during residency haha, but I'm thankful for their support.
 
WhittyPsyche said:
I am a single mom to two interested in ESN/NIR. I haven't had anyone give me anything but praise and love, fortunately. The only people I hear saying things like "who will take care of your kids" are on these forums. Actual physicians in the field and other competitive specialities have just emphasized support systems and good nannies to keeping everything working like a well-oiled machine.


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What does the ESN/NIR pathway look like?
 
SpaceyWacey said:
Well both of my parents have decided that I will make enough money that I can have a dedicated 'side home' on my property for them to live in. They are trying to entice me by saying, "we will cook food for you and take care of the kids after long days of residency." I don't know how much money they think I'll be making during residency haha, but I'm thankful for their support.
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Yeah I'm sure banks would love to loan to someone making 50k and has -200k to their name :laugh:
 
tskiihii said:
I think of it as school...or clinical volunteering opportunity at best.
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50K is nothing to sneeze at and it is close to the median household income(which is probably two bread earners). It is a job and you learn on all jobs,difference being that the learning might be more structured in residency.
 
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libertyyne said:
50K is nothing to sneeze at and it is close to the median household income(which is probably two bread earners). It is a job and you learn on all jobs,it might be more structured in residency.
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I agree. That's the amount my parents jointly made growing up, supporting a 6 - person household. I get annoyed when people complain about the money made during residency. I get that you work long hours during residency, but you are still being paid!

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tskiihii said:
maybe but 50k for a 40 hour week is very different from 50k for an 80 hour week. Even without the 50k, many of us will still do it since it is essentially a means to an end which is unlike many jobs.
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50 K is median house hold income. so that usually means 2 people working 40 hours. So if a single person were to make it, its likely that they would be working greater than 40 hours per week. I know many fast food managers that work 60+ hours a week and make 32K.

Karabo said:
I agree. That's the amount my parents jointly made growing up, supporting a 6 - person household. I get annoyed when people complain about the money made during residency. I get that you work long hours during residency, but you are still being paid!

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My parents still make close to that, and they work 60 hours a week, each!
 
tskiihii said:
I don't want to offend anyone but those are not usually jobs that require you to have 2 or more degrees and 200k+ in loans, and to me, 2 people working 40 hours each week is also very different from one person working 80 hours but lets agree to disagree. Plus, my school/volunteer comment was more about the fact that residencies are more learning and essentially being at the mercy of physicians/attendings than how much you make.
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You aren't offending anyone, its just tiring to hear of people complain about working 80 hours a week with prospects that are much greater in a few years compared to blue collared people that work 60-80 hours a week with little to no prospects of it getting better. Life is difficult and the hours are though in medicine, being a blue collar worker is no cake walk either, especially when you have to support a family in a non-union environment. Having lived through both bluecollar work and professional high intensity work I can tell you which one I prefer and why it is easier.
 
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protego said:
Yeah lol and I feel like my acceptance is just randomly going to be revoked [emoji854]


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Haha this exact thing happened to me today, I was accepted at a school a week ago, and just received another email from them telling me I'm on the waitlist with no explanation about the contradiction with the acceptance email. They didn't intentionally rescind my offer or anything, they literally just accidentally sent me acceptance and waitlist emails, one of which was a mistake, due to horrible organization most likely. I still have no idea if I've been accepted or waitlisted, and they haven't responded to my email about it yet.

Moral of the story: don't withdraw from consideration at any schools after getting an acceptance until you absolutely know they haven't made a mistake. Thank god I didn't like the school anyways and was planning on turning down their offer

Edit: wasn't going to name the school at first, but on second thought they need to be publicly shamed: SUNY Downstate :laugh:
 
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WhittyPsyche said:
I am a single mom to two interested in ESN/NIR. I haven't had anyone give me anything but praise and love, fortunately. The only people I hear saying things like "who will take care of your kids" are on these forums. Actual physicians in the field and other competitive specialities have just emphasized support systems and good nannies to keeping everything working like a well-oiled machine.


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+1 - for the most part everyone is supportive. However, I did just leave my long term relationship and my dad made a comment like "you know it's going to be a lot harder by yourself"... like, thanks for the reality check - I wasn't already freaking out about it or anything. 🙄
 
Ayy_MadScientist said:
+1 - for the most part everyone is supportive. However, I did just leave my long term relationship and my dad made a comment like "you know it's going to be a lot harder by yourself"... like, thanks for the reality check - I wasn't already freaking out about it or anything. 🙄
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Yup. My divorce is getting finalized this month. I remember when that reality hit. The logistics is the main nightmare lol


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aalamruad said:
Haha this exact thing happened to me today, I was accepted at a school a week ago, and just received another email from them telling me I'm on the waitlist with no explanation about the contradiction with the acceptance email. They didn't intentionally rescind my offer or anything, they literally just accidentally sent me acceptance and waitlist emails, one of which was a mistake, due to horrible organization most likely. I still have no idea if I've been accepted or waitlisted, and they haven't responded to my email about it yet.

Moral of the story: don't withdraw from consideration at any schools after getting an acceptance until you absolutely know they haven't made a mistake. Thank god I didn't like the school anyways and was planning on turning down their offer

Edit: wasn't going to name the school at first, but on second thought they need to be publicly shamed: SUNY Downstate :laugh:
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this is why I like schools that do the phonecalls for acceptances.
 
aalamruad said:
Haha this exact thing happened to me today, I was accepted at a school a week ago, and just received another email from them telling me I'm on the waitlist with no explanation about the contradiction with the acceptance email. They didn't intentionally rescind my offer or anything, they literally just accidentally sent me acceptance and waitlist emails, one of which was a mistake, due to horrible organization most likely. I still have no idea if I've been accepted or waitlisted, and they haven't responded to my email about it yet.

Moral of the story: don't withdraw from consideration at any schools after getting an acceptance until you absolutely know they haven't made a mistake. Thank god I didn't like the school anyways and was planning on turning down their offer

Edit: wasn't going to name the school at first, but on second thought they need to be publicly shamed: SUNY Downstate :laugh:
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schrodinger's medical school acceptance. You're both accepted and waitlisted until you contact them lol
 
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machete fred said:
I think it's 4 years plus a prelim/transitional intern year
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hey, noob hour...but can you please explain that prelim/transitional year thing? upon researching specialties, some sometimes have this I don't really know what it is 🙄
 
Dr.Kat said:
hey, noob hour...but can you please explain that prelim/transitional year thing? upon researching specialties, some sometimes have this I don't really know what it is 🙄
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Quick and short version:

Basically the residency, proper, for certain specialties are stated as "advanced training", in which you start the actual training in the speciality. Some specialties require a preliminary year as an intern before you start the advanced program. This year can be "preliminary medicine", which is just like an IM year, or a "preliminary surgery", which is like a general surgery intern position. After you complete your year in IM for example then you officially start the 4 years of radiology residency.

When you do the match, if you are doing advanced programs, you have two matches, one for your prelim year and one for the residency "proper". The two don't have to be at the same place. A categorical program will have just one program to satisfy the prelim and residency parts in one program, thus one match process.



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WhittyPsyche said:
Quick and short version:

Basically the residency, proper, for certain specialties are stated as "advanced training", in which you start the actual training in the speciality. Some specialties require a preliminary year as an intern before you start the advanced program. This year can be "preliminary medicine", which is just like an IM year, or a "preliminary surgery", which is like a general surgery intern position. After you complete your year in IM for example then you officially start the 4 years of radiology residency.

When you do the match, if you are doing advanced programs, you have two matches, one for your prelim year and one for the residency "proper". The two don't have to be at the same place. A categorical program will have just one program to satisfy the prelim and residency parts in one program, thus one match process.



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great explanation! and it makes so much sense now that a friend that I had did his first year of residency where I live and then moved to VA for the last couple of years to finish it off, which always confused me til now haha. Thank you!!!!
 
sleepyhead22 said:
That's insaneeee. I feel like they would have to accept you after doing that?? This is exactly why I waited until I had gotten some more official portal changes/official letter/etc before doing anything extreme.
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I know, I'm still baffled! Yeah I can't imagine they're allowed to revoke an acceptance without any cause whatsoever. Looking forward to their response to my email
 
aalamruad said:
Haha this exact thing happened to me today, I was accepted at a school a week ago, and just received another email from them telling me I'm on the waitlist with no explanation about the contradiction with the acceptance email. They didn't intentionally rescind my offer or anything, they literally just accidentally sent me acceptance and waitlist emails, one of which was a mistake, due to horrible organization most likely. I still have no idea if I've been accepted or waitlisted, and they haven't responded to my email about it yet.

Moral of the story: don't withdraw from consideration at any schools after getting an acceptance until you absolutely know they haven't made a mistake. Thank god I didn't like the school anyways and was planning on turning down their offer

Edit: wasn't going to name the school at first, but on second thought they need to be publicly shamed: SUNY Downstate :laugh:
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SHAME!
 
mmm_cats said:
SHAME!
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aalamruad said:
Haha this exact thing happened to me today, I was accepted at a school a week ago, and just received another email from them telling me I'm on the waitlist with no explanation about the contradiction with the acceptance email. They didn't intentionally rescind my offer or anything, they literally just accidentally sent me acceptance and waitlist emails, one of which was a mistake, due to horrible organization most likely. I still have no idea if I've been accepted or waitlisted, and they haven't responded to my email about it yet.

Moral of the story: don't withdraw from consideration at any schools after getting an acceptance until you absolutely know they haven't made a mistake. Thank god I didn't like the school anyways and was planning on turning down their offer

Edit: wasn't going to name the school at first, but on second thought they need to be publicly shamed: SUNY Downstate :laugh:
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Astra said:
schrodinger's medical school acceptance. You're both accepted and waitlisted until you contact them lol
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DAMMIT I WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO POST THIS
 
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protego said:
Did anyone ask for something for school next year? All I could think of were noise cancelling headphones.
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I specifically said to wait to give any electronics for school so I could get the newest version before starting (or the older version is cheaper). If I got noise cancelling headphones now they'd just sit in a box for 8 months for example
 
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