pathstudent, you didn't get a 260

[LoneSEAL]

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pathstudent,

I noticed in another thread that you're giving advice on how to get a 260 on step 1. I asked what you got, and noticed that you conveniently sidestepped the question. Well, my curiosity got the best of me. I searched up an old post and you stated you got a 249 on the step 1, which is no doubt repsectable but is not a 260.
I have posted the post in case your memory fails you. 😱

Originally posted by pathstudent
my school has only sent 3 students into path in the last 5 years, but next year there are five of us applying for sure with a couple of other probables. Two of them are MD/PhDs, one with boards of 261 and the other with 257. The other 2 are "junior" AOA, like me with boards greater than 245. I assumed my AOA and step 1 of 249 would ensure my ability to pick whatever program I wanted, but now after hearing other people's troubles and talking with some attendings (at places like UCSF and Univ of Chicago) who say they are predominantly looking for MD/PhDs who are committed to academic investigative pathology (not private practice), I assume my odds will be slim to none of going to any of the big name power house programs. Fortunately Chicago and New York have numerous programs, but the west coast is a bit of a bummer. San Francisco has only UCSF as a program. That is one of the big problems with SF (where I used to live). It is a nice but very small city with no major academic centers in the city confines (other than the medical school). Berkeley is a world away from SF and Stanford feels like the middle of nowhere compared to the city. The west coast needs to develop the academic and cultural tradtions of Chicago, NY, and Boston.

 

[mcwmark]

I just want to point out that he never says he got the 260, but rather is trying to help other students who want to shoot for the 260.

All pathstudent says is that his score surpassed his expectations...

 

[pathstudent]

thank you mcwmark.

Jeez Loneseal, if you don't want to take my advice that is OK, but you don't need to go be a detective. You could have done 20 Q bank problems in that time period.

 

[Celiac Plexus]

Well, is it a 249, or a 260? Or perhaps neither? lol....

 

[LoneSEAL]

Originally posted by mcwmark
I just want to point out that he never says he got the 260, but rather is trying to help other students who want to shoot for the 260.

All pathstudent says is that his score surpassed his expectations...

Umm...one doesn't have to lie by explicitly stating falsehoods. Only true pathologic liars are willilng to say things that they know are not true.

In this case, however, pathstudent is deceiving by omission. We've all met people who try to hide things by being vague or by creating a different impression of themselves by selectively editing or omitting what they present to the world. My BS detector goes up when people are being evasive or vague.

Anyway, I don't want to waste any of my time on this. All I want to say is that you should be skeptical of some of the advice being given out. As my old english teacher used to say, "What is the author's agenda, bias, and qualifications?"

If not, it's like the blind leading the blind or rather the troll leading the gullibles...

 

[Global Disrobal]

"Loneseal"

With all due respect find something better to do with your time on this forum. Regardless of what score he got, he made some good suggestion for people who are currently undertaking the studying effort. Lets not turn this forum into a trash talking environment.

Best of luck to all of you

GD

 

[Spanish Guitar]

First, I'd like to compliment LoneSeal on her nifty detective work, hehe. It shows great initiative and intuition on your part. But, I still think that the "quote" of his previous post was a stab in the back, perse. Dirty, is the best word I can think of right now. He (pathstudent) was somewhat misleading on offering advice on how to get a 260 when he infact only got a 249, and still averted the question when asked what he actually scored. I think LoneSeal should have played it a wee bitm more conservatively, and PathStudent should have been a little more explicit. My $0.02.

 

[Spanish Guitar]

I love the way a spanish guitar sounds.....wish I played the damn thing!