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Gurkhali said:
Well, we do have an extreme vetting process here in this thread. Why don't you have a seat and tell us about your qualifications? I want to be blown away.
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I took my cat to an extreme vet
 
vrachy_now said:
I only have a DO acceptance so far, but I want to join this thread anyway because the memes are great and I'll still be a Doc come 2021...waiting on 3 MD interview "results" still, the wait is really starting to be a drag.

Also, I made myself read this whole thread first. Not that you care, but I did. Great memes. Congrats to all who have been accepted!
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welcome welcome! cute cat pic btw 😉
 
so for the background check, is faxing the georgia release the only option? currently don't have access to a fax machine for a while
 
Astra118 said:
so for the background check, is faxing the georgia release the only option? currently don't have access to a fax machine for a while
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There are free internet websites that let you fax. If you can scan the release. Otherwise Kinkos.
 
Thanks for the replies guys! Very helpful
 
BackToTheFuschia said:
FYI: faxing/mailing forms is more secure than email, and often why it's required. If you have sensitive info on your form (social, etc), might be worth it to look into privacy policies/security measures on those free internet websites/apps before sending?
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Honestly. Faxing is only still in place because of institutional inertia. Faxes can be hacked as well , and most institutions use VoIP for their fax lines . So they literally use an internet connection to create a phone line to fax things over it.
 
libertyyne said:
Honestly. Faxing is only still in place because of institutional inertia. Faxes can be hacked as well , and most institutions use VoIP for their fax lines . So they literally use an internet connection to create a phone line to fax things over it.
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Interesting. I fax medical records all the time wasting tons of paper because its supposedly more secure. It would make much more sense to just email them through a secure email.
 
BackToTheFuschia said:
Great. Can I tell this to my doc when he refuses to email my results because "HIPAA"? Don't care if it's unencrypted, hackers can know my health is ~*~*PeRfEcT*~*~
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Meaningful use had a specific goal to increase digital access to patients of their records. Most large organizations have health portals where you can log in and access your results. My PCP is a small office but is hooked up to a larger organization and performs scheduling, health records and communication through secure email and messaging/portal.

Faxing is soo 1980's. I am sure when faxing came out people still wanted to send records by pigeon because it was more "secure".
 
BackToTheFuschia said:
Great. Can I tell this to my doc when he refuses to email my results because "HIPAA"? Don't care if it's unencrypted, hackers can know my health is ~*~*PeRfEcT*~*~
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Isn't the whole "because HIPAA" thing just to make sure you go through the medical records department and they make sure they're disseminating the information correctly?
 
How are you all planning on coordinating the moving process/housing search. I know it is super early, but, the idea of planning a move across the country and then getting off of the waitlist at my top choice really excites me/stresses me out.
 
SpaceyWacey said:
How are you all planning on coordinating the moving process/housing search. I know it is super early, but, the idea of planning a move across the country and then getting off of the waitlist at my top choice really excites me/stresses me out.
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Omg, same! I'm kind of freaking out about this.
 
SpaceyWacey said:
How are you all planning on coordinating the moving process/housing search. I know it is super early, but, the idea of planning a move across the country and then getting off of the waitlist at my top choice really excites me/stresses me out.
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It is never too early to investigate housing. I am already on a waitlist for an apartment in the city where I will be attending school.
 
I'm gonna try to wait until June before I quit on my waitlists. Luckily, my waitlists start a month earlier than my current preferred accepted school so right now I don't foresee a lot of issues with signing a lease then backing out. Plus they're all in the west coast! And my top top choice that I'm waitlisted at is close to my family so I can just crash there if I'm initially having trouble finding a place.

That's definitely really stressful to deal with all that moving uncertainty tho :/ I'm giving myself 2-4 weeks to actually move so I'm for sure not gonna wait it out until the day before orientation. My heart can't handle that uncertainty haha
 
SpaceyWacey said:
After reading that I immediately felt like the mother who didn't enroll her child in the top preschool in the state while still pregnant :arghh:
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Haha I felt that it came off that way after writing it. In all seriousness though, I have seen far too many people have to couch surf, live somewhere undesirable, or in a motel until housing opened up. When I reserved my place on the apartment waitlist, the person on the phone told me that I was not even the first student on the list...and this was back in November.
 
MeltingIceCube said:
Haha I felt that it came off that way after writing it. In all seriousness though, I have seen far too many people have to couch surf, live somewhere undesirable, or in a motel until housing opened up. When I reserved my place on the apartment waitlist, the person on the phone told me that I was not even the first student on the list...and this was back in November.
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What state or part of the country is this?
 
MeltingIceCube said:
Haha I felt that it came off that way after writing it. In all seriousness though, I have seen far too many people have to couch surf, live somewhere undesirable, or in a motel until housing opened up. When I reserved my place on the apartment waitlist, the person on the phone told me that I was not even the first student on the list...and this was back in November.
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Apartment hunting is the pits, but it's nice to know waitlist suffering extends to non-med school app parts of the world.




I had to post something on topic so I can go a little off topic: I saw your screen name and immediately thought your avatar would be this:

Ice-Cube-Melting-.png
 
lpp06 said:
Apartment hunting is the pits, but it's nice to know waitlist suffering extends to non-med school app parts of the world.




I had to post something on topic so I can go a little off topic: I saw your screen name and immediately thought your avatar would be this:

Ice-Cube-Melting-.png
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I actually had this for my avatar for a minute since he is in my top 3. Maybe I should switch it back...

[Edit] Done.
 
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joonage said:
My one year work anniversary at my current lab ...

I'm so over it ... ahahaha
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I'm a reapplicant. Last year I thought I'd be quitting by august. When that didn't happen... it sucked sooooo much. Now that I'm actually accepted, I'm so close to saying "peace out!" when it's getting me down. Working at basically 30% effort...
 
SpaceyWacey said:
I honestly love my job on most days. Despite that, if I didn't need $$$ I probably would have quit to read books, play video, and not wear real clothes while eating cookies. The lazy life calls to me.
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I honestly don't need the $$$. But I just finished booking a Eurotrip from June 28th - July 22nd through Barcelona, Ibiza, zurich, munich, vienna, budapest, prague, berlin, amsterdam, and london. So now I kind of do need the money... For those curious, the trip is really not that expensive at all. Flights were like $1400 and the largest expense. After all travel/planes/trains and all hostels/hotels for all days, I've only spent $2300. I budgeted for 4k but it's looking like I get out with only 3K.

I suggest it! You'll never have 30 days to burn again in the rest of your life to do a backpacking euro trip. I'll be in $204,000 of debt instead of $200,000 of debt after medical school, so I don't think money should really stop us!
 
KoalaT said:
I honestly don't need the $$$. But I just finished booking a Eurotrip from June 28th - July 22nd through Barcelona, Ibiza, zurich, munich, vienna, budapest, prague, berlin, amsterdam, and london. So now I kind of do need the money... For those curious, the trip is really not that expensive at all. Flights were like $1400 and the largest expense. After all travel/planes/trains and all hostels/hotels for all days, I've only spent $2300. I budgeted for 4k but it's looking like I get out with only 3K.

I suggest it! You'll never have 30 days to burn again in the rest of your life to do a backpacking euro trip. I'll be in $204,000 of debt instead of $200,000 of debt after medical school, so I don't think money should really stop us!
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Spain and Prague will be cheap, Switzerland and Germany not so much. I would recommend daylight train travel to Switzerland since that is the best part of Switzerland, Zurich is kind of boring besides that.
 
KoalaT said:
I honestly don't need the $$$. But I just finished booking a Eurotrip from June 28th - July 22nd through Barcelona, Ibiza, zurich, munich, vienna, budapest, prague, berlin, amsterdam, and london. So now I kind of do need the money... For those curious, the trip is really not that expensive at all. Flights were like $1400 and the largest expense. After all travel/planes/trains and all hostels/hotels for all days, I've only spent $2300. I budgeted for 4k but it's looking like I get out with only 3K.

I suggest it! You'll never have 30 days to burn again in the rest of your life to do a backpacking euro trip. I'll be in $204,000 of debt instead of $200,000 of debt after medical school, so I don't think money should really stop us!
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Yes, I am so excited for travel! I'm doing a 2 week trip to Iceland and the UK. The flight was actually the cheapest part, under $600 round trip. I was planning on staying in hostels as well, but my family freaked out when I told them I was going out of the country alone haha. So me and my sister are going together with hotels covered as a Christmas gift from the parents.
 
SpaceyWacey said:
Yes, I am so excited for travel! I'm doing a 2 week trip to Iceland and the UK. The flight was actually the cheapest part, under $600 round trip. I was planning on staying in hostels as well, but my family freaked out when I told them I was going out of the country alone haha. So me and my sister are going together with hotels covered as a Christmas gift from the parents.
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I leave for Iceland in 2 days! Can't wait!
 
Hey guys, I figured I would ask here instead of each school I interviewed at, but does anyone know what schools require CSS?

Just completed it for UCSF (do you also send to Berkeley for the JMP?) and want to be sure before I submit.

Schools I'm unsure: Pitt, Harvard, UCLA, UCSD, WashU, UVA.



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