Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

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Ashers said:
Kinda easy. Some things I didn't know. Most part, I feel good.

edit: still had lots of biochem and brainstem lesions
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👍

Relax. Have an adult beverage of your choice (I recommend the nearest cold beer), and enjoy your vacation.
 
donnyfire said:
👍

Relax. Have an adult beverage of your choice (I recommend the nearest cold beer), and enjoy your vacation.
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No... can't. Still recovering from 3rd migraine since last night. I also have to clean my apartment (which has been in the state of uncleanliness since before finals), and at some point, make spam musubi.
 
Ashers said:
No... can't. Still recovering from 3rd migraine since last night. I also have to clean my apartment (which has been in the state of uncleanliness since before finals), and at some point, make spam musubi.
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Congrats on being done, even if you emerged to the other side only to have to cook and clean all night. At least you'll be in Maui in a few days! 😉
 
Congrats, Ashers! We're very proud! If you're too wiped out, don't worry about the spam!


other news: keep an eye out for weather, everyone. sounds like it'll be nasty shtuff.
 
Agent Splat said:
Congrats, Ashers! We're very proud! If you're too wiped out, don't worry about the spam!


other news: keep an eye out for weather, everyone. sounds like it'll be nasty shtuff.
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My absolute favorite time to be on duty was when there was sever weather. Because things could get wicked busy. One night we (as a department) were about 70 calls behind, with no ready back up because all of the surrounding communities were swamped as well. It was great. 😀
 
So I just talked to my sister. She's majorly freaked out because she has a cumulative test tomorrow that determines her first year grade. All of the other exams she's had this year don't count towards the cumulative grade. So a person can do really well all year, and then bomb this test, and fail. Fun times at SC.
 
Ashers said:
So I just talked to my sister. She's majorly freaked out because she has a cumulative test tomorrow that determines her first year grade. All of the other exams she's had this year don't count towards the cumulative grade. So a person can do really well all year, and then bomb this test, and fail. Fun times at SC.
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Ick.

Congrats on being done Ashleigh!!! And the fact that you called it kinda easy.

I'm not looking forward to softball tomorrow night cuz like half my team took the test today.

I really want to go to Starbucks, but don't know if I should with the tornado watch and all...
 
jeez...apparently teh tornado took out most of Miller Park and the Mitchell Domes.

this is really freaky.
 
So I'm thinking about pushing my test back, and here's why:

Since May 14, I've NOT studied 11 of those days. Which is a lot, and more then I planned. I made out a schedule at the beginning of May, but haven't been able to keep to it. I planned not studying during my hometown celebration and when my cousin and her friend came to town this last weekend. As well as Memorial Day. But I forgot about high school graduation while I was at home and ended up going to parties with my mom 2 days. And in May before I went home parts of my ceiling fell down, so I didn't get studying done then. When I came back, the ceiling was fixed but there was dirt everywhere, so I spent all day cleaning. And I spent time finding a new apartment.

So, with 4 studying days left, I think it'll be impossible for me to get through everything. I would have to skip some topics and not even be close to getting through UW or Qbank (15% done right now). And I don't like that. I want a good score to keep my options open.

I'm gonna take an NBME tomorrow. I guess that'll tell me what I might need to do. I want to be done if my score is high enough.

I hate studying, btw.


Whew, venting session is done. Thanks for listening.


Edit: Crap, just realized that if you're gonna reschedule, you have to do it by 5 business days beforehand.
 
Regarding Qbank... mine was a lot easier than Qbank, though I heard some people thought theirs was a lot harder. I did have at least 1 question pretty much verbatim from Qbank, and several that were similar. Cameron said that he had several questions strikingly similar to Goljan's practice questions.

Maybe I got an easy test because I missed every question.

Perhaps I was an experiment, and I was taught everything wrong on purpose?
 
Ashers said:
Regarding Qbank... mine was a lot easier than Qbank, though I heard some people thought theirs was a lot harder. I did have at least 1 question pretty much verbatim from Qbank, and several that were similar. Cameron said that he had several questions strikingly similar to Goljan's practice questions.

Maybe I got an easy test because I missed every question.

Perhaps I was an experiment, and I was taught everything wrong on purpose?
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I think you're just delirious. Time for your Step 1-defeating, migraine-having self to get some rest, I think. 😉
 
DoctorFunk said:
I think you're just delirious. Time for your Step 1-defeating, migraine-having self to get some rest, I think. 😉
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4 migraines in 24 hours... I think I've set a new record for myself. Usually it's 4/week. I just got out of bed to take more meds. Now it's probably just a stress = gone migraine.

I think it'd be entertaining to teach someone everything wrong. It'd be like Evil Medical School. Ethics would be a lot more interesting.
 
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, everyone.

But it seems like the upcoming Indiana Jones 4 (not yet named) will indeed not be worth seeing....Sean Connery has officially announced he will not reprise his role as Indy's father.

The movie, which suddenly became a lot less exciting to me, is due out in 2008.
 
Agent Splat said:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, everyone.

But it seems like the upcoming Indiana Jones 4 (not yet named) will indeed not be worth seeing....Sean Connery has officially announced he will not reprise his role as Indy's father.

The movie, which suddenly became a lot less exciting to me, is due out in 2008.
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😡
 
I woke up at 4:52. I stayed in bed until 5:50, then I went for a run. Now I'm cleaning my apartment.

Edit: I had my alarm set for 730 so I could get up, clean, pack since I'm supposed to hang out with one of my friends tonight who's moving to NY.
 
Ashers said:
I woke up at 4:52. I stayed in bed until 5:50, then I went for a run. Now I'm cleaning my apartment.

Edit: I had my alarm set for 730 so I could get up, clean, pack since I'm supposed to hang out with one of my friends tonight who's moving to NY.
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man. i didn't get to SLEEP until after 3:30 last night, and then i slept for crap. i even tried boring myself to sleep by studying arm anatomy and that didn't even work. next time I'm taking drugs.
 
Agent Splat said:
man. i didn't get to SLEEP until after 3:30 last night, and then i slept for crap. i even tried boring myself to sleep by studying arm anatomy and that didn't even work. next time I'm taking drugs.
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I usually take benadryl when I can't sleep. Then I still wake up early, and I have the hangover from it.

Usually I take 1, and I'm knocked out. Before the pharm test when I couldn't sleep, I had to take 3.
 
Hey everyone. I emailed Jean Sunby about the "mailing your financial aid check" option. Thought I'd pass on the information:

"I mail the check to the bank. If you bank at M &I, it normally gets credited right away since we also bank at M & I. at other banks, there is usually a hold placed on it for some period of time since I am sending an unendorsed check to the bank. I can also mail the check to you at home, you could then endorse it and deposit it either in a tyme machine or in the night deposit box.

Let me know if you decide not to come pick it up. I am guessing nothing will actually go out in the mail until July 5th."
 
Ashers said:
I woke up at 4:52. I stayed in bed until 5:50, then I went for a run. Now I'm cleaning my apartment.

Edit: I had my alarm set for 730 so I could get up, clean, pack since I'm supposed to hang out with one of my friends tonight who's moving to NY.
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I really wish I had your problem. I was so knocked out last night (without taking anything except for the DayQuil all day - last dose ~6pm), that I don't remember my wake up call or 2 other repeating alarms that went out between 6:30 and 7:30 this morning. I came to at 10:45am. There went 4 precious precious study hours.

I think I need to go back to sleeping on the couch. That's what I'd do before tests during school. With half the lights on.
 
akpete said:
I really wish I had your problem. I was so knocked out last night (without taking anything except for the DayQuil all day - last dose ~6pm), that I don't remember my wake up call or 2 other repeating alarms that went out between 6:30 and 7:30 this morning. I came to at 10:45am. There went 4 precious precious study hours.

I think I need to go back to sleeping on the couch. That's what I'd do before tests during school. With half the lights on.
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Except now I generally get tired at like 10pm. Scared of rotations when I have to stay up all night. =(

Hey Gimlet, how's the day before boards treating you? The library's really empty except for Splat in my seat, me in Splats, Amie, and Funk. Oh, and creepy. He's over towards your desk now.
 
the library is ALWAYS creepy. I'm full of anxiety in that place cuz I have to be quiet.

Edit: Why are you in the library? Say hi to everyone for me.
 
akpete said:
the library is ALWAYS creepy. I'm full of anxiety in that place cuz I have to be quiet.

Edit: Why are you in the library? Say hi to everyone for me.
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I had a financial aid appointment at 10. So instead of cleaning my apartment, I decided to bring spam musubi for lunch for people, so I'm just hanging out.

Amie wants to know if you have an extra glove if you can bring it to the game tonight.

Everyone says hi, except Funk... he's disappeared.
 
Uh oh Ashleigh - careful with that migraine med.


And yes, tell Amie that I can bring my middle school glove to the game. Tell her that I'm jealous of her June 18 test date.

I think I need to try this spam musabi one day...
 
The library is *the* place to hang out, didn't you know?

😛
 
Ashers said:
Hey Gimlet, how's the day before boards treating you? The library's really empty except for Splat in my seat, me in Splats, Amie, and Funk. Oh, and creepy. He's over towards your desk now.
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It's going alright so far...just running through some sections of First Aid right now. I totally fell off the wagon yesterday in terms of studying and basically didn't do anything. I think I needed the break, though.

Hey, how was the temperature in the room that we take the test? I want to know if I should plan on wearing jeans. I'd like to wear my good luck shorts (the ones I've been wearing for the past week and getting good Qbank scores in - yeah, I'm superstitious like that), but I don't want to be cold.
 
Gimlet said:
It's going alright so far...just running through some sections of First Aid right now. I totally fell off the wagon yesterday in terms of studying and basically didn't do anything. I think I needed the break, though.

Hey, how was the temperature in the room that we take the test? I want to know if I should plan on wearing jeans. I'd like to wear my good luck shorts (the ones I've been wearing for the past week and getting good Qbank scores in - yeah, I'm superstitious like that), but I don't want to be cold.
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The a/c is set to 73, and it gets warmer as the computers are on longer. It's definitely not as cold as the library. I had on my thick socks cuz I hate it when my feet get cold, and my feet were really warm. I also started the day with a sweatshirt, I probably didn't even really need it, and I ended up taking it off I think at lunch.
 
akpete said:
Uh oh Ashleigh - careful with that migraine med.


And yes, tell Amie that I can bring my middle school glove to the game. Tell her that I'm jealous of her June 18 test date.

I think I need to try this spam musabi one day...
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Dang. This is the first time I've ever had to take that much imitrex in a short period of time. Hopefully just stress related.

As for spam musubi... I promised Don I'd make it for our little get together.
 
Ashers said:
The a/c is set to 73, and it gets warmer as the computers are on longer. It's definitely not as cold as the library. I had on my thick socks cuz I hate it when my feet get cold, and my feet were really warm. I also started the day with a sweatshirt, I probably didn't even really need it, and I ended up taking it off I think at lunch.
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Excellent! The good luck shorts are a go, then. They're starting to get a little rancid, but hopefully they won't scare anybody away.
 
Gimlet said:
Excellent! The good luck shorts are a go, then. They're starting to get a little rancid, but hopefully they won't scare anybody away.
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At least they aren't lucky underwear 😀
 
Ashers said:
Everyone says hi, except Funk... he's disappeared.
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Ninja, remember?


Oh, hi everybody. See, I'm not really that antisocial. 😉 Good luck with your studying and the exam tomorrow Gimlet. Rawk it.
 
I'm SOOOOO bored right now. Please, someone save me.
 
Gimlet said:
Excellent! The good luck shorts are a go, then. They're starting to get a little rancid, but hopefully they won't scare anybody away.
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Good luck tomorrow!!! Then do some laundry. 😱
 
Ashers said:
I was at the intersection trying to cross when all of those came by.
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was it as exciting up close for you as it was for me from the library window? I swear, I get more excited about seeing lights and sirens and fire trucks and police cars and ambulances than i do about....um...other things.
 
Agent Splat said:
was it as exciting up close for you as it was for me from the library window? I swear, I get more excited about seeing lights and sirens and fire trucks and police cars and ambulances than i do about....um...other things.
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I was like "what's going on?" They were coming from both directions of Watertown plank. Then my ears rang for like 2 min after they were gone. I like fire trucks.
 
Ashers said:
Dang. This is the first time I've ever had to take that much imitrex in a short period of time. Hopefully just stress related.

As for spam musubi... I promised Don I'd make it for our little get together.
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👍:banana:👍

Speaking of which:

I'm also going to be helping out with the AOA intro to the wards night during the TTC course (June 26th). You guys should all check that out too. We will be setting up a table for each of the clerkships, so people will be able to ask clerkship specific questions.

Much of what I say may be the same, but our little get together will be more intimate. Hopefully you guys will be able to get something out of both.
 
Have we decided when that get together is?
 
Nope... I'm on call the 17th, 21st and 25th. The 27th is bad for both Don and I, because we have an exam the next day. Otherwise, I'm free after 6pm pretty reliably.

Pick a date, little ones.
 
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