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Sheeshtopher said:
I work at Starbucks - caffeine changes people, especially before they've had it.
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Hehe I just got a job at a cafe until I matriculate.
I start tomorrow and I shaved off my beard that I've had for about 6 mo. I know you always see yourself differently afterwards but I've actually put on 40 pounds since I've had my beard and my face....is actually different. This is not ok.
 
While I can't say I totally disagree with the "tone deaf" sentiment (see below), I always thought you were well intentioned and good hearted.

RIP MemeLord. Good luck in medical school!


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Ref: Peri-interview tipping
 
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Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
I won’t get into it, but it was not something done lightly. We don’t just ban people for no reason, especially not people who do contribute to the forum.
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After losing my blue name, I'm going to do some mental gymnastics and take that as an endorsement that every one of my comments contributes to the forum. You're welcome everyone.
 
Question for whoever - is MemeLord just on SDN time out or is he gone forever? I’ve been here for awhile now and I still don’t understand the different statuses. I think I get that blue name = probation. But what are the differences between the “revoked/removed/on hold” statuses? Sometimes people with greyed out names come back after a cooling off period, right?
 
Bonne Nuit said:
Question for whoever - is MemeLord just on SDN time out or is he gone forever? I’ve been here for awhile now and I still don’t understand the different statuses. I think I get that blue name = probation. But what are the differences between the “revoked/removed/on hold” statuses? Sometimes people with greyed out names come back after a cooling off period, right?
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On hold means they are on time out. Revoked means they’ve been banned. Memelord was banned.
 
Bonne Nuit said:
Question for whoever - is MemeLord just on SDN time out or is he gone forever? I’ve been here for awhile now and I still don’t understand the different statuses. I think I get that blue name = probation. But what are the differences between the “revoked/removed/on hold” statuses? Sometimes people with greyed out names come back after a cooling off period, right?
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Banned/revoked/removed means bye bye forever.
 
Bonne Nuit said:
Thanks everyone. See ya later, MemeLord, if you're still lurking. You were always nice to me. Behave yourself next time!
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Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
Creating a new account after being banned is a TOS violation. If he returns it probably won’t be for long.
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I'm actually wicked sad about that.....I liked Meme. He was a young dad doing his best to be a doc and be the best dad for his babygirl. Any chance his ban can be lifted? Or no?
 
So, how do (accepted, incoming) med students go about finding an apartment and roommates? What if you get accepted to a school on the other side of the country? Do you just use the accepted student's fb page for roommates and use the university resources to find a place? I don't know how I feel about living with 2-3 randos, that didn't go super well in ug.
 
Detective SnowBucket said:
So, how do (accepted, incoming) med students go about finding an apartment and roommates? What if you get accepted to a school on the other side of the country? Do you just use the accepted student's fb page for roommates and use the university resources to find a place? I don't know how I feel about living with 2-3 randos, that didn't go super well in ug.
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my friend who was admitted last year told me most schools send out housing info+ have a housing session in the middle of the summer where they assist you in meeting classmates who are also looking for housing+ give you a list of rentals nearby.
 
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Detective SnowBucket said:
So, how do (accepted, incoming) med students go about finding an apartment and roommates? What if you get accepted to a school on the other side of the country? Do you just use the accepted student's fb page for roommates and use the university resources to find a place? I don't know how I feel about living with 2-3 randos, that didn't go super well in ug.
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I mean, if it's possible, depending on where your school is ( how high COL is) , some folks start off with just 1 year of living in a studio on their own, before living with 2-3 roommates for the next three years. I know that first year will be helllaa expensive, but splitting a 2-3 BR with 1-2 roommates for the next three years should balance it out. Compared to the overall cost of med school the difference isn't that much.
 
Ak09 said:
my friend who was admitted last year told me most schools send out housing info+ have a housing session in the middle of the summer where they assist you in meeting classmates who are also looking for housing+ give you a list of rentals nearby.
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That sounds helpful. Was that mid-summer session in person? I think I'll be going to school ~1000 miles away so in-person would be a no-go.
 
Detective SnowBucket said:
That sounds helpful. Was that mid-summer session in person? I think I'll be going to school ~1000 miles away so in-person would be a no-go.
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I believe so but I’m sure they still provided the info to students who were unable to make it . I guess at that point you’d just have to rely on class facebooks or slack groups to find roommates
 
Detective SnowBucket said:
I guess rooming with rando med students can't be as bad as rando undergrads at my hardcore party school. If they could pass the interview.....nah they could still be ****ty roommates.
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That’s how I see it. The adcom did the screening to make sure whoever my rando roommates are next year aren’t serial killers unlike in ugrad where we all were just thrown to the wolves
 
Now that it's Nov! If I don't hear anything by the end of the month from my MD schools ( maybe a little longer bc I was complete late) , that's pretty much it. Wow. Nerve wracking. I think that's why I'm still awake.
 
Detective SnowBucket said:
So, how do (accepted, incoming) med students go about finding an apartment and roommates? What if you get accepted to a school on the other side of the country? Do you just use the accepted student's fb page for roommates and use the university resources to find a place? I don't know how I feel about living with 2-3 randos, that didn't go super well in ug.
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For my school, a lot of people found roommates through second look and/or a spreadsheet that was shared in the accepted students facebook group. Unless you live alone you'll probably end up rooming with somewhat rando med students, but for most people it has worked out pretty well.

Depending on where you'll be moving to, if you'd rather avoid med students there are also usually facebook groups, etc for finding roommates and housing in major cities. Zillow and the various apartment listing websites are also your friend. In some cities you may find it valuable to work with a realtor/broker.
 
Anyone else feel like shutting down in undergrad once interview season started? I mean, I still have the rest of this semester and next to go, but as soon as I had my first interview, I felt like one foot was out the door and the other had totally lost interest in undergrad. Of course, it could be that once you start approaching 250 credits that you you’ve just heard it all before, but... I am struggling to undergrad when I want to matriculate.
 
Aktak said:
Anyone else feel like shutting down in undergrad once interview season started? I mean, I still have the rest of this semester and next to go, but as soon as I had my first interview, I felt like one foot was out the door and the other had totally lost interest in undergrad. Of course, it could be that once you start approaching 250 credits that you you’ve just heard it all before, but... I am struggling to undergrad when I want to matriculate.
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I have a serious case of senioritis but now with an A in hand I can relax and not stress about interviews and also study better for school with less stress.

Keep it all in perspective. My motivation before an A was if I have to reapply then I'll need to keep my GPA up.
 
meepdog said:
United Airlines is such absolute and total horse-bunk. Currently waiting in Newark on a ten hour layover. Won't even let me into the lounge.

That is all
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I’ve only ever flown united on orders. They wouldn’t let any military pre-board unless we were in uniform even though we had orders and current training is to avoid traveling in uniform to minimize profile.
 
Matthew9Thirtyfive said:
I’ve only ever flown united on orders. They wouldn’t let any military pre-board unless we were in uniform even though we had orders and current training is to avoid traveling in uniform to minimize profile.
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For real? That's so dumb what difference does it make. They only care about optics
 
meepdog said:
For real? That's so dumb what difference does it make. They only care about optics
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Just a dumb policy. People have a hard time thinking outside their protocols sometimes. But yes, it is all about the public perception and letting uniformed people on gets them positive PR. It just kind of ground my gears because the Navy probably gives them millions every year on TAD/PCS travel.
 
Young women/girls on this thread!
Poll question!
When you make a post to iG/FB and get a compliment, like' saying you look good/cute/etc. , do you just "like" the comment- or do you comment " thanku" back? I always feel rude just liking it but that could be just me, bc in person we say " thanks."
Yes I know that's weird. I try to be as polite as possible.
 
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mwsapphire said:
Young women/girls on this thread!
Poll question!
When you make a post to iG/FB and get a compliment, like' saying you look good/cute/etc. , do you just "like" the comment- or do you comment " thanku" back? I always feel rude just liking it but that could be just me, bc in person we say " thanks."
Yes I know that's weird. I try to be as polite as possible.
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Been on FB since initial beta launch. Will let you know when I finally get a compliment!
 
mwsapphire said:
Young women/girls on this thread!
Poll question!
When you make a post to iG/FB and get a compliment, like' saying you look good/cute/etc. , do you just "like" the comment- or do you comment " thanku" back? I always feel rude just liking it but that could be just me, bc in person we say " thanks."
Yes I know that's weird. I try to be as polite as possible.
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I "like" them, but I'm an engineer so take that with a grain of salt
 
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Aktak said:
Anyone else feel like shutting down in undergrad once interview season started? I mean, I still have the rest of this semester and next to go, but as soon as I had my first interview, I felt like one foot was out the door and the other had totally lost interest in undergrad. Of course, it could be that once you start approaching 250 credits that you you’ve just heard it all before, but... I am struggling to undergrad when I want to matriculate.
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Im already in the "pass/fail" med school mentality. My 400 level immunology and endocrinology professors, however, are not
 
crepuscular.ray said:
I "like" them, but I'm an engineer so take that with a grain of salt
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I settled for a "blanket" thank you and liked each comment. And then one of my friends liked my comment. It was a win-win.
Speaking of which, sometimes I get an iG follow request as a notif and I open the app...and...its gone? I would say someone requests and then retracts it but it happened 3 seperate times w/classmates who I am FB friends with ( so them follow requesting me makes sense) , and then..I opem the app...and ..poof. It wouldnt matter on its own but do they think I rejected them ._. Bc I didn't.
 
u_raptor said:
Im already in the "pass/fail" med school mentality. My 400 level immunology and endocrinology professors, however, are not
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Your grades this semester are pass/fail, no?

I was stupid enough to make my grades A-F and if I don't bust a--, I'll get a C in one of my classes.
 
ThetisAntithesis said:
Whar do you call senoritis but in your real world job? Cos I have that.
I need May/June to get here.
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Woah boy, I had that so badly. I was really efficient at my job so I’d leave literally 8 hours of work for the last half hour then just power through it. The other 7.5 hours of the day I was AWOL, walking around the city playing Pokémon Go (this was at launch).
 
u_raptor said:
All graded unfortunately
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I'm taking this a step farther- most of my BS is done, but because I switched from Biology to Bioinformatics, so I have to finish ComputingII with lab and Calculus for the Life Sciences II. 8 credits. I am. Senior sliding. I haven't even heard anything back bu bc for DO schools none of these classes are sci GPA and for MD schools only the math class is and I'm in my 9th semester I just. Don't care anymore.

Since I started off college with lower grades, so I barely have Magnu Cum status ( think 3.6 overall when the cutoff is 3.5) , I really can't tank these classes anyway because I don't wanna lose that status. I'm just in two classes. But I . Is . Slipping. I haven't even heard back from schools yet.
 
mwsapphire said:
I'm taking this a step farther- most of my BS is done, but because I switched from Biology to Bioinformatics, so I have to finish ComputingII with lab and Calculus for the Life Sciences II. 8 credits. I am. Senior sliding. I haven't even heard anything back bu bc for DO schools none of these classes are sci GPA and for MD schools only the math class is and I'm in my 9th semester I just. Don't care anymore.

Since I started off college with lower grades, so I barely have Magnu Cum status ( think 3.6 overall when the cutoff is 3.5) , I really can't tank these classes anyway because I don't wanna lose that status. I'm just in two classes. But I . Is . Slipping. I haven't even heard back from schools yet.
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oh papa bless Programming II at my school is a GPA murderer
 
Programming I was my worst grade in undergrad... Programming II I was lucky enough to get a good professor but not a walk in the park either. Now I'm taking another programming class and can't give a ****. Feels good to be a senior.
 
osamine said:
oh papa bless Programming II at my school is a GPA murderer
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Shadowkeep said:
Programming I was my worst grade in undergrad... Programming II I was lucky enough to get a good professor but not a walk in the park either. Now I'm taking another programming class and can't give a ****. Feels good to be a senior.
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It's not as bad here- I think the weed out classes for CS majors come a little later ( the 2000 level classes are weeders at my school, and Comp I and II are 1000 lvl classes, COMP III is the 2000 lvl weedout class).
That being said, I've still lost motivation, but it's not as bad here as you guys are describing.
 
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So, that thread asking about being in a gap year in vs. being in school really got me thinking- have you ever thought about how a school is less than half of our life? After age 5 ( not counting those baby years at home). If we count most " standard" jobs without a terminal degree.

Assuming someone does UGrad and a two years master's and starts working at 24. That's 18 years of school with K-12 plus 6 years of secondary education. Assuming you retire at 65 ( which I know is less and less of a thing these days and people often work until they are like, 70), that's 41 years of working- about 40 percent of your life is spent in school relative to how long you spend working.

And for people who do have terminal degrees ( medical doctors, profs), they often retire later, so the effect is the same. And then the time you spend as a " retired" adult makes it so really just a fraction of your life is in school.

This might seem obvious, but I never really thought about it that way- now I see why adults say " life hasn't really started" when you're a teen or early 20-something. I guess I had so much school ahead of me that I couldn't really think of it that way.
 
mwsapphire said:
So, that thread asking about being in a gap year in vs. being in school really got me thinking- have you ever thought about how a school is less than half of our life? After age 5 ( not counting those baby years at home). If we count most " standard" jobs without a terminal degree.

Assuming someone does UGrad and a two years master's and starts working at 24. That's 18 years of school with K-12 plus 6 years of secondary education. Assuming you retire at 65 ( which I know is less and less of a thing these days and people often work until they are like, 70), that's 41 years of working- about 40 percent of your life is spent in school relative to how long you spend working.

And for people who do have terminal degrees ( medical doctors, profs), they often retire later, so the effect is the same. And then the time you spend as a " retired" adult makes it so really just a fraction of your life is in school.

This might seem obvious, but I never really thought about it that way- now I see why adults say " life hasn't really started" when you're a teen or early 20-something. I guess I had so much school ahead of me that I couldn't really think of it that way.
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All this talk got me feeling so old, yet I still feel like a young person. When I was 14 years old, I thought someone 22+ was old, but now here I am feeling immature.

On a related note: One reason I love this field is because I get to stay in school as long as possible
 
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