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Don't create new screen names just b/c your account is on hold.
lol I think s/he just earned themselves a ban. Sock puppeting to evade limitations or whatever its called.
Don't create new screen names just b/c your account is on hold.
Don't create new screen names just b/c your account is on hold.
i've saved enough $ for the first year, so that's $9000 less of a loan
i appreciate the people on here that tell it like it is. despite the warnings, i've still decided to pursue an OD as i feel that i would enjoy my job (A LOT more than dentistry or other health professions anyway). i'd be completely content making $70,000. and i don't mind the 4 years of school. the one last thing that nags at me is the debt i'm going to be in. i've saved enough $ for the first year, so that's $9000 less of a loan. i had a rather simple-minded curiosity for those of you who foretell the insecure future of the profession. if i didn't have to take loans out for living expenses and got half my tution paid for, would you think it's "worth" it? (bearing in mind i like school and don't need to make $100,000+ to be happy.) i ask because i realize for some of you, you stress the profession is not worth it WHEN CONSIDERING the time, work, and money it takes to get there. thanks
i live like a penny pinching miser, lol.
Haha wow, too funny. I was wondering where this dude was posting now...he can't go too long without posting on SDN in one way or another.
I wish you guys knew how long layogurt has been trolling these forums under so many different user names. Wired202808 and mr. avicci were his most prominent names in the pre-dental forum. Since then I am aware of 7 different user names he has used, several with hundreds of posts.
Just for your entertainment, a little golden nugget of info on him:
He applied to all DO schools and was rejected so he switched to pre-dental and did several years of post-bacc to increase his GPA to a high enough level to apply.
All of this is fine (switching to dentistry and doing a post-bacc) but it is just hilarious given the trash he was talking about optometry students not being competitive for other professions. You would think someone in his shoes would have an ounce of humility.
Sorry if this keeps a miserable thread going, just thought it is funny.
Everything else is garbage like you.
I cannot ignore the ignorance on this thread any longer as it has become quite offensive. btw, I stopped reading since page 4 so this response is not meant for anything after page 4.
Optomchick: where do i begin...from all dentists are basically people who can't make to med schools, to dentists are basically "car-wash for teeth".....really? have you ever shadowed a dentist? do you really think people chose dentistry because they suck too much for med? before you speak you might want to think about what you're going to say and how intelligent that will make you look.
q1we3: while layogurt is a troll, your responses and eagerness to feed the troll are even more pathetic. fyi, calling names such as 'garbage' and 'bitch' on this forum really tells us something about you. seriously, grow up. also, nobody should be impressed with your 96% because OAT is easier, see points below.
Shnurek: all sections on DAT and OAT are the same except PAT and physics, but the difficulties differ by a lot. I took the OAT without taking any science courses (undergrad in engineering) with 2 months of studying and got 99.8% percentile. I went into the DAT with many science courses under my belt and 2 months of studying, all relaxed, thinking the exact same (same sections, made by the same exam company, must be similar, right?) and only got 93% percentile. Believe me, I found it the hard way that DAT was much, much harder. I studied some more and later took the Canadian DAT, got 96% percentile. You guys are here talking about OAT vs DAT? Well, it's something you don't know unless you took both tests, and I did.
Stop bashing each other. the more you bash the more idiotic you look. however, I'm sure everyone here appreciates statements that can be backed up with your own experience, research, or evidence. Think before you speak and appreciate what people like JasonK have to say.
o my lord here comes another one and again with the stupid scores. You seem to forget how this troll was bashing the profession and students for weeks. Someone had to stoop to his level to respond. But, whatever you seem to want to carry on where he left so go ahead. I just wish you people for once would stay on your forums. But don't think that will ever happen.
I can understand your frustration with some of the previous posters in this thread that happened to be pre-dental, but don't throw the baby out with the bath water. I think that an increase in interdisciplinary conversations can be nothing but beneficial. I have often wondered why there is so little interaction on this website between optometry, pharmacy, dentistry, medicine etc. We could all benefit by understanding the rigors of what each other are going through to become professionals in our chosen trades and we may very well need to work together in the future.
I can understand your frustration with some of the previous posters in this thread that happened to be pre-dental, but don't throw the baby out with the bath water. I think that an increase in interdisciplinary conversations can be nothing but beneficial. I have often wondered why there is so little interaction on this website between optometry, pharmacy, dentistry, medicine etc. We could all benefit by understanding the rigors of what each other are going through to become professionals in our chosen trades and we may very well need to work together in the future.
Apparently, once you become anonymous you are also invincible. Who cares about ethics when not even the laws of physics apply to you anymore.
Haha wow, too funny. I was wondering where this dude was posting now...he can't go too long without posting on SDN in one way or another.
I wish you guys knew how long layogurt has been trolling these forums under so many different user names. Wired202808 and mr. avicci were his most prominent names in the pre-dental forum. Since then I am aware of 7 different user names he has used, several with hundreds of posts.
Just for your entertainment, a little golden nugget of info on him:
He applied to all DO schools and was rejected so he switched to pre-dental and did several years of post-bacc to increase his GPA to a high enough level to apply.
All of this is fine (switching to dentistry and doing a post-bacc) but it is just hilarious given the trash he was talking about optometry students not being competitive for other professions. You would think someone in his shoes would have an ounce of humility.
Sorry if this keeps a miserable thread going, just thought it is funny.
I cannot ignore the ignorance on this thread any longer as it has become quite offensive. btw, I stopped reading since page 4 so this response is not meant for anything after page 4.
Optomchick: where do i begin...from all dentists are basically people who can't make to med schools, to dentists are basically "car-wash for teeth".....really? have you ever shadowed a dentist? do you really think people chose dentistry because they suck too much for med? before you speak you might want to think about what you're going to say and how intelligent that will make you look.
q1we3: while layogurt is a troll, your responses and eagerness to feed the troll are even more pathetic. fyi, calling names such as 'garbage' and 'bitch' on this forum really tells us something about you. seriously, grow up. also, nobody should be impressed with your 96% because OAT is easier, see points below.
Shnurek: all sections on DAT and OAT are the same except PAT and physics, but the difficulties differ by a lot. I took the OAT without taking any science courses (undergrad in engineering) with 2 months of studying and got 99.8% percentile. I went into the DAT with many science courses under my belt and 2 months of studying, all relaxed, thinking the exact same (same sections, made by the same exam company, must be similar, right?) and only got 93% percentile. Believe me, I found it the hard way that DAT was much, much harder. I studied some more and later took the Canadian DAT, got 96% percentile. You guys are here talking about OAT vs DAT? Well, it's something you don't know unless you took both tests, and I did.
Stop bashing each other. the more you bash the more idiotic you look. however, I'm sure everyone here appreciates statements that can be backed up with your own experience, research, or evidence. Think before you speak and appreciate what people like JasonK have to say.
o my lord here comes another one and again with the stupid scores. You seem to forget how this troll was bashing the profession and students for weeks. Someone had to stoop to his level to respond. But, whatever you seem to want to carry on where he left so go ahead. I just wish you people for once would stay on your forums. But don't think that will ever happen.
Ya I go on the dental boards/medical boards all the time. There are always chumps that ask what I am doing there but I talk anyway.
Noble cause, but it presupposes a mutual respect among disciplines, which doesn't seem to exist, if this thread/forum is any indication.
Then again, maybe this forum just brings out the worst in some people.
....or maybe, the worst people end up in optometry and consequently in this forum? Or is it that the worst people in optometry end up on this forum....
Eh... If you take away layogurt, ive really only seen opto ppl acting like fools on this thread at least. He trolled them soooo hard.. Had like 4-5 opto ppl crapping bricks instead of just growing a pair and ignoring him. It's like they couldnt see how totally ridiculous they were being made to look.
Ohhhhhhhhh.... Nowwww I get it. You wanted his 18th account banned, cause that'll really teach him something. Yea, thats why it's ok to let some1 get you into a shouting match for 3 pages. Yep, you had such a clever plan! I bow to your optometric greatness.
http://studentdoctor.net/2012/07/20-questions-chris-lundberg-dds/
If you had it to do all over again, would you still become an orthodontist? (Why or why not? What would you have done instead?)
If I had it to do all over again, I absolutely would still become an orthodontist! I feel very fortunate to be practicing in a field I love and touching so many lives in a positive way.
I never heard an Optometrist say that.
I never heard an Optometrist say that.
I'm still ignoring the troll, but Jason K, you've missed the point. I'll wait for KHE to explain his post, and then maybe you'll understand why I called you oblivious. Until then, take a deep breath, maybe go outside, relax, and if at that point you want to take another crack at it, fine. But for now, you should probably stop posting.
I find it hilarious the pre-opt student is acting high and mighty & mocking the optometrist. You guys have a funny forum heirarchy.
In this case, I might as well let the cat out of the bag and tell you that KHE felt "very, very sorry for [him]" because BrokenClock was clearly just the product of layogurt registering for the nth time. Jason K's post indicated that he was oblivious to that fact. I'm sorry that I had to spell it out for you guys.