Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

[Xandie]

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In reference to that thread: get a life, kids.

And here I thought I was geeky.

 

[DoctorFunk]

In reference to that thread: get a life, kids.

And here I thought I was geeky.

I actually ran that ridiculousness through my "Do you deserve to live?" algorithm and found that the idiot that started that thread scored a -3.88. Now I just need to evaluate the competitiveness of a plane ticket to their hometown to commence the requisite beating.

 

[Ashers]

What is it with pre-allos and match lists? I don't think I saw a match list while I was applying to med school.

 

[DoctorFunk]

What is it with pre-allos and match lists? I don't think I saw a match list while I was applying to med school.

Pretty sure I didn't know anything about the match until I was already accepted. Simpler, happier days, oh how I miss thee.

 

[Ashers]

Pretty sure I didn't know anything about the match until I was already accepted. Simpler, happier days, oh how I miss thee.

You can go complain in the M2 burnout thread in regular allo... I already did.

 

[Xandie]

I reminisce about third grade... except for my mullet, those were the best days.

 

[Agent Splat]

I reminisce about third grade... except for my mullet, those were the best days.

photo required.

 

[DoctorFunk]

I reminisce about third grade... except for my mullet, those were the best days.

You too?! Tell me, though, did you ever sport a rat-tail?

 

[45408]

What is it with pre-allos and match lists? I don't think I saw a match list while I was applying to med school.

I think I glanced through a few, but it never had any role in my decision process. I've always been pretty aware of the fact that each student is responsible for what happens to them - you can't ride your classmates' coat tails to success. A class average of 235 on Step 1 won't give you that score unless you earn it.

 

[indo]

Maybe they think that the tone of the voices of Harvard professors somehow is makes it easier to memorize stuff. I dunno.

Speaking of speaking, where is Dr. Cirillo's accent from? She says diahrrea with an R on the end; "diahrrear". She says some other stuff weirdly too.

 

[Ashers]

Maybe they think that the tone of the voices of Harvard professors somehow is makes it easier to memorize stuff. I dunno.

Speaking of speaking, where is Dr. Cirillo's accent from? She says diahrrea with an R on the end; "diahrrear". She says some other stuff weirdly too.

She says words other than "like" or "um"?

 

[45408]

She says words other than "like" or "um"?

LOL, someone played a clip of one of her lectures where she said, "The liver, um, is um, uh, um, part of the um...." She actually said UM about 10 times in 20 seconds. She's fairly helpful in CTB lab though, because I get the feeling that one of the other faculty doesn't like me too much. 😡

 

[indo]

She says words other than "like" or "um"?

Well, not really but her "um" is actually more like "omm".

I wish I could just know what she knows instead of studying.

 

[45408]

Well, not really but her "um" is actually more like "omm".

I wish I could just know what she knows instead of studying.

I didn't know you lived with Erin.

 

[indo]

I didn't know you lived with Erin.

Yup, and her cat. Was she talkin' **** about me?

 

[Xandie]

photo required.

I actually have a rockin' photo of me and my she-mullet from first grade. It's a great family photo... I'll have to see if I can get Mom to scan it and send it.

No rat tail... (psst... Jesse... I'm female).

Ash: I'll be on campus tomorrow for lectures and such. Can I fetch the bag then? Let me know.

 

[Ashers]

I actually have a rockin' photo of me and my she-mullet from first grade. It's a great family photo... I'll have to see if I can get Mom to scan it and send it.

No rat tail... (psst... Jesse... I'm female).

Ash: I'll be on campus tomorrow for lectures and such. Can I fetch the bag then? Let me know.

I had a mullet with teased bangs in 2nd grade. I was super cool (oh, no wait, I wasn't). That was in between hair perming phases.

I have CER case presentation stuff at 1, then I have to be at the VA at 3ish for my CER preceptor/H&P stuff that I've been trying to finish since February. I'm gonna be in the cafeteria for lunch.

 

[indo]

When you guys walk around during the day, what song is playing in your heads?

 

[donnyfire]

When you guys walk around during the day, what song is playing in your heads?

Well, this month, it's "Don't stand so close to me", because I'm on psych.

Last month, it was "Detachable Penis".

 

[45408]

Yup, and her cat. Was she talkin' **** about me?

nah, she mentioned that her roommate would know that she doesn't have a job, and I asked who her roommate was. I'm assuming you're the only person in our class with that first name.

 

[45408]

Well, this month, it's "Don't stand so close to me", because I'm on psych.

Last month, it was "Detachable Penis".

Haha, I've heard Detachable Penis. Was that your theme for the urology rotation? for me, right now it's Revolution Deathsquad by Dragonforce, but it's also been Get Crunk by Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys too. I have to be careful not to sing that one out loud.

 

[45408]

Hmmm, now I've got Entrance of the Conflagration by Trivium playing in my head

 

[donnyfire]

Haha, I've heard Detachable Penis. Was that your theme for the urology rotation? for me, right now it's Revolution Deathsquad by Dragonforce, but it's also been Get Crunk by Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys too. I have to be careful not to sing that one out loud.

The funny thing is, I actually heard it in the OR. It was on an attending's iPod.

 

[akpete]

Lately there have been 2 songs in my head:

"From Yesterday" - 30 seconds to Mars

and

"Beer" - Psychostick

 

[DoctorFunk]

The soundtrack to my academic life lately has been the new Nine Inch Nails album, Year Zero. Fantastic apocalyptic stuff, which I wager will define my attempt at the boards. Downside is that it makes me really want to shave my head damn near bald, which I can't imagine would go well on the wards this summer.

The new Silverchair album is good too.

 

[45408]

The soundtrack to my academic life lately has been the new Nine Inch Nails album, Year Zero. Fantastic apocalyptic stuff, which I wager will define my attempt at the boards. Downside is that it makes me really want to shave my head damn near bald, which I can't imagine would go well on the wards this summer.

The new Silverchair album is good too.

I think you could rock a buzz. Besides, you'd have what, 2 months, to grow it back out.

 

[Gimlet]

I agree with Prowler. These next 2+ months are the last time you'll be able to experiment with sporting the dome wax until you're a badass attending, Funk.

 

[Agent Splat]

I agree with Prowler. These next 2+ months are the last time you'll be able to experiment with sporting the dome wax until you're a badass attending, Funk.

why is that?

 

[Gimlet]

why is that?

Eh, I think 3rd and 4th year aren't exactly the time to try out radical new styles of dress and grooming...either your patients or your attendings might not like it. You, for example, should probably give the assless leather chaps and titty tassles a rest for the next couple years.

 

[Xandie]

I wanted to dye my hair pink again... decided against it.

In general, funky piercings are also discouraged... if they're visible.

 

[Ashers]

I wanted to dye my hair pink again... decided against it.

In general, funky piercings are also discouraged... if they're visible.

I've been tempted to have blue hair again, since my highlights are growing out, but I don't want to have blue hair on the wards.

Xandie: Mini eggs on the campus -- cafeteria at lunch?

Just so everyone's clear that it's not supposed to snow in April here's the weather forecast for everywhere I've lived.
Paia, HI 83
Tucson, AZ 85
London, England 67
Orange, CA 67

Obviously, most of the northern hemisphere agrees with me. 😀

 

[Xandie]

Oooh! Mini eggs!

And here's mine:
Kalamazoo, MI 32, feels like 21 (spring)
Perth, Australia 57 (fall)

Somethis is just wrong about this. Plus, I have a guest coming to visit and his plane is supposed to get in at 912pm tomorrow. If it gets cancelled like my trip in March did, I quit life.

 

[DoctorFunk]

A huge coffee mug full of hot chocolate with marshmallows and snuggling up under my fleece blanket with a little Goljan Path makes me a happy boy.

Winter in April sucks, but it can be kind of fun if you don't have to leave your home.

 

[Ashers]

Not only is it snowing, but I've also had my paranoias confirmed today through path that I'm going to die of skin cancer.

I really need to make an appointment with derm, and neuro, since I need to make appointments with doctors.

Oh, and my favorite restaurant has closed. It's in Phoenix, so I wasn't even able to say goodbye!

 

[45408]

I agree with Prowler. These next 2+ months are the last time you'll be able to experiment with sporting the dome wax until you're a badass attending, Funk.

so, are you the Andy whose wife tore her ACL on the ski trip?

 

[45408]

I really need to make an appointment with derm, and neuro, since I need to make appointments with doctors.

My wife finally found a new doc. She didn't like her old one, and she hasn't gone in ages (you just walked past the library computer lab, btw), so she finally found a new one. She said she almost picked a guy, but just couldn't. 😛 It's kind of scary knowing that if she likes her new doc (appt on Monday), she might be delivering our children in the not-as-distant-as-I-once-thought-future. 😱

 

[indo]

My wife finally found a new doc. She didn't like her old one, and she hasn't gone in ages (you just walked past the library computer lab, btw), so she finally found a new one. She said she almost picked a guy, but just couldn't. 😛 It's kind of scary knowing that if she likes her new doc (appt on Monday), she might be delivering our children in the not-as-distant-as-I-once-thought-future. 😱

Congratulations?!?

 

[Ashers]

My wife finally found a new doc. She didn't like her old one, and she hasn't gone in ages (you just walked past the library computer lab, btw), so she finally found a new one. She said she almost picked a guy, but just couldn't. 😛 It's kind of scary knowing that if she likes her new doc (appt on Monday), she might be delivering our children in the not-as-distant-as-I-once-thought-future. 😱

I know... I saw you sitting next to samenewme, then I saw your friend, creepy pre-med in the halls, then he was down in the cafeteria.

 

[indo]

A huge coffee mug full of hot chocolate with marshmallows and snuggling up under my fleece blanket with a little Goljan Path makes me a happy boy.

Winter in April sucks, but it can be kind of fun if you don't have to leave your home.

I can't decide if the bad weather is a blessing or a curse. If it was 80 degrees out I'd have a hell of a time studying. However, I can't go to sleep or wake up if I don't get at least a few hours of sun.

Where can I get ambien extended release?

 

[DoctorFunk]

I know... I saw you sitting next to samenewme, then I saw your friend, creepy pre-med in the halls, then he was down in the cafeteria.

Prowler is buddies with creepy pre-med guy? I think that dude has it out for me now because when he's not sitting next to you guys he frequents my dark corner of the library and evidently takes great offense when I take one of the tables prior to his arrival. He's given me really...um...uncomfortable looks several times when he comes back and finds me sitting there.

All I know is if it comes to a battle to the death over ownership of my table, they'll never find the body back there.

 

[indo]

A huge coffee mug full of hot chocolate with marshmallows and snuggling up under my fleece blanket with a little Goljan Path makes me a happy boy.

Winter in April sucks, but it can be kind of fun if you don't have to leave your home.

 

[donnyfire]

Downside is that it makes me really want to shave my head damn near bald, which I can't imagine would go well on the wards this summer.

Eh, I think 3rd and 4th year aren't exactly the time to try out radical new styles of dress and grooming...either your patients or your attendings might not like it.

I'm going to grow a beard during my medicine Sub-I.

I know... I saw you sitting next to samenewme, then I saw your friend, creepy pre-med in the halls, then he was down in the cafeteria.

What's up with a pre-med hanging out at MCW on a regular basis. Especially a creepy one. Is it just me, or is that a little bit weird?

 

[Agent Splat]

What's up with a pre-med hanging out at MCW on a regular basis. Especially a creepy one. Is it just me, or is that a little bit weird?

i was actually gonna go with "creepy."

 

[45408]

Congratulations?!?

Thank you!?!?!

 

[45408]

Prowler is buddies with creepy pre-med guy? I think that dude has it out for me now because when he's not sitting next to you guys he frequents my dark corner of the library and evidently takes great offense when I take one of the tables prior to his arrival. He's given me really...um...uncomfortable looks several times when he comes back and finds me sitting there.

All I know is if it comes to a battle to the death over ownership of my table, they'll never find the body back there.

Buddies would be stretching it. He was asking me about R and S conformations. I think he adores all med students or something, because I've heard nothing but negative comments from all the people who knew him at UWM (I had a biochem class with him a year ago, but we never talked). You'd think that 6 months of studying for the MCAT would *almost* be enough, but I guess not.

 

[indo]

I'm Ron Burgandy?

 

[indo]

Neuro= federal pound me in the ass prison

 

[45408]

Btw, I was only dating him because he had a car and a mustache.

 

[45408]

Neuro= federal pound me in the ass prison

I'm working on phys, because I can actually do well in that class. Neuro has been relegated to "biochem grade status." Tomorrow is looking like CTB day.

 

[donnyfire]

He was asking me about R and S conformations.

WHAT? 🙄