PCSOM Class of 2008

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Hey Aaron!

I'm doing great! To be honest, I haven't done much of anything lately! I've been sleeping a lot and I'm in the process of trying to find furniture for my apt. I have pretty much everything now except for a couch and a chair. I had to take my grandmother to Lexington today for a doctor's appointment. Her doctor knows I'm getting ready to start med school and she's always giving me helpful advice, so I like to go with her when I can. Other than that, I'm trying to take everyone's advice and rest up this summer! What does everyone else have planned for the summer?

Cookie Monster,

When does your summer break start? I was thinking there was a pretty big break between 1st and 2nd year.
 
Hey Guys,

I haven't posted here in awhile. So, I figured that I would drop by. Not much is happening with me right now. I just got my book for my physics class this summer and have already started studying 😱 . I guess being overprepared is better than being underprepared 😎 .
 
Sup Karen?

I'm in your class. I sit on the end of the middle row and was right in front of you in OP and P lab partnered with Melanie! Guess who! 😀
 
Hey there is something that I have been wondering. Is there any way to get a match list for former classes from PCSOM? I've tried and can't find anything on the website or in the papers that I have been sent.
 
You may as well stop trying to get this 'match list'. I've been trying for a year. Apparently, the administration is reluctant to release the information as they consider it a potential privacy issue. 😕

I think that if you went in to Mr. Payson's office, you could get it (more or less). Anecdotally, I heard that this class matched well...

Please rest this summer. You'll need the stamina this fall!
 
Mistyblue said:
Cookie Monster,
When does your summer break start? I was thinking there was a pretty big break between 1st and 2nd year.
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We are finished 1 week from today, June 7th! 🙂 We go back the 20th of August, so it'll be a little over a 2 month break. I can't wait!
 
Cookie,

Did Pikeville get that Tornado that the news kept warning about? Logan (my hometown) was hit really bad by flash flooding. We had like 4 to 5 inches of rain in a two hour span.

I bet you are excited about your summer vacation. Do you have any plans other than resting up?

Aaron
 
Do any current PCSOM students know if Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, OH, is AOA approved? I saw were like 4 or 5 PCSOM graduates are currently Family Practice residents there and that one of the assistant residency directors is a DO. I may practice in one of the five states that requires an AOA internship and was curious if I could use that hospital and meet the requirement.

Since we learn OMM, I would like to get some exposure to it as a resident and improve my technique. I know I have a while, but I saw this on Bethesda's website and was impressed with the facility and the staff. I just wanted to get a heads up.

Thanks,

Aaron
 
Aaron,
I wasn't actually in Pikeville this past weekend, but I heard that there was a pretty bad thunderstorm on sunday here. I'm sorry to hear your hometown got hit hard with flooding 🙁

I plan on sitting on butt all break :laugh: Well actually I'm going on vacation to las vegas and then I'm heading down to the Dominican Republic with the Christian Medical & Dental association for a missionary trip in July for 8 days. I plan on looking for job, but who's going to hire me when I can only work for like 5 days? 🙂 I'll just have see what happens.
 
Hi all! Does anyone know of any decent jobs that are open in Pikeville. My boyfriend is planning on moving down with me in August, but needs to have a job if he does. If anyone knows the area and anything worth looking and could let me know that would be great. Also, how are the Autumn Suites apartments coming? I'm moving in there and haven't been down in a while to check things out.
Thanks Tara
 
Hey Tara,

I am moving into the Autumn Suites in July. I have a couple of pictures that I took 3 weeks ago. They are moving fairly quickly. I will email you the pictures that I have. See you soon.

Aaron
 
skb21 said:
Have you guys and gals seen this website:

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/

I highly doubt this is a good determinant, but I took the test. Based on my answers, it says my top choices would be nuclear medicine, neurosurgery, and otolaryngology. I'd have to say that nuclear medicine doesn't interest me in the least, I'm not too keen on neurosurgery, but otolaryngology is something I have definitely thought about.

It's not really a surprise to me that family practice rated dead last on this list. Despite going to an osteopathic school, I'm not really interested in doing FP. I'm more interested in doing something procedural that will give me a variety of procedures.
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I took this test a long time ago. I took it again for fun. My top five were:

1 Pediatrics 49
2 Occupational Medicine 43
3 Dermatology 43
4 Radiation Oncology 42
5 Rheumatology 42

Internal Med and Family Practice were 14 and 15 respectively, which is what I was considering. hahahah.

Aaron
 
Hey Class of 2008,
I was accepted to PCSOM in the middle of February. I am looking forward to meeting all of you when classes begin. Are there any females who are still looking for a roommate? I will be going up to Pikeville next week to look for a place to stay, so if anyone is still needing a roommate let me know please. For the few of you who went to Vegas this summer, how was it? My boyfriend and I are going to be going there this month!! Have a good rest of the summer! 🙂
 
Hey lbair!

I just received your email! It was great to hear from you and I'm glad our class will have a chance to get to know each other before school starts. Are you excited? I can't wait to meet everyone. I went to Vegas back in March for Spring Break and I had the best time of my life! I also went last year. I would love to get a chance to go back before school starts. Where are you staying? We stayed at the Stratosphere, and I really liked it. If you have any more questions, just let me know!
Misty
 
Dear future classmates:

My name is George and I am shopping around for a place to call home this upcoming August. Currently, I have a reservation for a nice place near to campus which I found rather swiftly via our unofficial web page (which btw has been a very helpful tool). However, I would like to look for someone that possibly has a decent size place (or is in search for one) close to campus (within a 10 minute drive) so that my current economic situation can be relieved. I know the chances of this happening is slim for the first year, seeing that getting time off to prepare thus far has been close to zilch.

Anyways, I really don't have a preference in living with a guy or girl, dog or cat (made possible by Claritin), seeing that I've had a roommate w/ or w/o pets for over 9 years now. So if anyone reads this and can help, I would be indebted to your services. Either way, please note I am really looking foward to meeting with all of you, and hope you all enjoy your summer! 🙂

Please feel free to contact me via email or SDN, as I will be leaving the country for my first and possibly last vacation for some time, and will periodically check both areas. Thanks again and congratulations to all.

George
[email protected]
 
Well, looks like I'm coming up to Pikeville this coming weekend to look for a place to live. Are any of the places already furnished by chance?
 
Hey Keith,

None of the places that I looked at were furnished. I looked at Ridge Cliff, Autumn Suites, The Anthony, The Kentucky Avenue Apartments. I am not sure if any of the others are furnished or not. I may be there on Saturday morning or afternoon. Maybe we will run into each other.

Take care Keith.

Aaron
 
tmonday said:
Hi all! Does anyone know of any decent jobs that are open in Pikeville. My boyfriend is planning on moving down with me in August, but needs to have a job if he does. If anyone knows the area and anything worth looking and could let me know that would be great. Also, how are the Autumn Suites apartments coming? I'm moving in there and haven't been down in a while to check things out.
Thanks Tara
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hey all...great thread going. i've been learning alot since i found it...my husband and i have been here for almost three weeks so for those of you not here yet, if there is anything we can do to help out, please let us know.

tmonday--as for the job market, what type of work does your boyfriend do? my husband does computer 'stuff' and it's been pretty slow-going. in austin he was able to get hired in three hours...we knew it wouldn't be that fast here, but it's gone slower than expected.

can't wait to meet you all...talk to you soon,
danielle
 
Can anyone tell me what the best cell phone service is in Pikeville. I have Nextel right now but need to switch seeing as I didn't get service in Pikeville with it. Thanks!
 
my husband and i switched from sprint to cingular...that was the best service we could find with the best coverage statewide...plus my family in KY has cingular and we can talk for free now. we had to find something decent as we don't use the landline (at least for now...we're cell people at heart! 🙂 ) the only thing we don't like about it is that we don't have reception inside some of the stores we've been into ie: wal-mart, lowes, etc...we were used to being able to call from inside to ask questions but have to exit the store now 👎 (we're picky that way, lol)
 
Hey danielle. Right now my boyfriend is working 3rd shift at Kohl's Department store stocking and things like that. He enjoys it so would probably love something like it. I think he applied online at lowe's but he hasn't heard anything yet. He is pretty much open to just about anything though, he just doesn't want to move without having a job. If you know of anything let me know.
Thanks, Tara
 
i'll be sure to keep my eyes and ears open...will let you know if i come across anything.

d-
 
Hey Everyone,

I am going to take the site down for a few minutes for some maintenance work. I am going to replace a couple of things on the site. I will let you know when it is completed.

See you soon

Aaron
 
I have finished making some the updates to the page.

I will be adding some pictures to the page soon, so I apologize for the "lack of color and pictures" on the site. See you all soon.

Aaron
 
Hi to my future classmates!! The "unofficial" website is coming along. It only looks like a few people are on there. Does anyone know how many people are going to be in the incoming class of 2008?
 
TobeDO,

I think that we have the full amount of 75 people incoming this August.
 
Hey guys,

Willie is correct. I dont know all the names of the class of 2008 yet, the ones listed on the site are the ones that I have heard from.

I am going to change some more stuff on the site as I can. I would like to make it more broad to help everyone out. One of the current students at Pikevegas actually made a great suggestion to me yesterday.

I will tell you one thing, I am soooo glad that I am going to PCSOM. The current students there are extremely helpful and offer some great advice to us newbies. If anyone has any info they would like to have posted, or would like to make suggestions, I would love to hear them. Take care.

Aaron
 
TOBEDO said:
Hi to my future classmates!! The "unofficial" website is coming along. It only looks like a few people are on there. Does anyone know how many people are going to be in the incoming class of 2008?
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Welcome to our Thread! Congratulations on your acceptance!

It is great to hear from you. I look forward to meeting you in person! See you in August.

Aaron
 
danielleDO said:
hey all...great thread going. i've been learning alot since i found it...my husband and i have been here for almost three weeks so for those of you not here yet, if there is anything we can do to help out, please let us know.

tmonday--as for the job market, what type of work does your boyfriend do? my husband does computer 'stuff' and it's been pretty slow-going. in austin he was able to get hired in three hours...we knew it wouldn't be that fast here, but it's gone slower than expected.

can't wait to meet you all...talk to you soon,
danielle
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Hey danielle,

Congratulations! I look forward to meeting you in August. Take care.

Aaron
 
expert8 said:
Can anyone tell me what the best cell phone service is in Pikeville. I have Nextel right now but need to switch seeing as I didn't get service in Pikeville with it. Thanks!
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I am going to go with Cingular. They seem to have the best package deal that I have seen in the Pikeville area. I have seein one of their offices on Rt 23 between the Walmart and town. I have to wait till my contract with AT&T is up this month before I get the service though.

Unlimited phone calls to cingular wireless customers is a good deal, along with the nationwide calling plans and rollover minutes.

Aaron
 
Would you believe that there isn't a single damn hotel room available in Pikeville this weekend? Looks like I'm going to have to stay in Norton, VA, or Johnson City, TN, when I come up to look for housing.
 
Aaron Earles said:
I am going to go with Cingular. They seem to have the best package deal that I have seen in the Pikeville area. I have seein one of their offices on Rt 23 between the Walmart and town. I have to wait till my contract with AT&T is up this month before I get the service though.

Unlimited phone calls to cingular wireless customers is a good deal, along with the nationwide calling plans and rollover minutes.

Aaron
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I am planning on getting the nationwide coverage with cingular. I need coverage from Mississippi to Kentucky. I was extremely pissed off when I was coming home from my interview. I got zero service from Knoxville, TN, to Nashville, TN, on my current plan. Before I go with cingular's nationwide plan, I'm going to make damn sure that I get service all the way.
 
skb21 said:
I am planning on getting the nationwide coverage with cingular. I need coverage from Mississippi to Kentucky. I was extremely pissed off when I was coming home from my interview. I got zero service from Knoxville, TN, to Nashville, TN, on my current plan. Before I go with cingular's nationwide plan, I'm going to make damn sure that I get service all the way.
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I hear ya Keith,

I could not get service from Pikeville all the way to my hometown. I'd let you crash at my place, but it is about 2.5 hours north of Pikeville, and I will be away this weekend.

Good luck finding a place Keith, I will probably be in Pikeville this weekend too. Hope to see you soon.

Aaron
 
It sounds like a few of us will be in town this weekend looking for a place to stay. Would any of you like to get together for lunch or dinner on saturday? My only visit to Pikeville was for my interview, and I do not have any appointments set up, so I am not sure of a time, but if someone who is familiar with the area would like to suggest a time and a place, I would like to meet some of you.

Speaking of Vegas, I just got back from my second trip to Vegas this summer, and second of my life. I went about a month ago for a bachlor party, which was tame by Vegas standards but alot of fun for a first timer. Then I went this weekend to celebrate my Brother in Laws Birthday. It was a family trip but was also fun. Stay away from the Econolodge on S Las Vegas, it is cheap, i.e. 47 a night, but is a 15 dollar cab ride from the heart of the strip. We stayed at Bally's and Rio. The Rio was amazing, and you should call around, some hotels have good last minute rates if you will be there on a sunday night or during the week. We payed 90 for a suite at the Rio.

Have fun and be good.

Jeremy Jarecke
 
I was in Pikeville last weekend and noticed that they are having the "hatfield-mccoy festival" this weekend. I am not sure how bad crowded it gets, but I think this is a bid festival.

Good luck.
 
By the way. For those of you still looking for housing, you might try the website for the local newspaper. There are several houses and apartments listed.

http://www.news-expressky.com

Just click on classifieds and rentals.
 
jjarecke said:
It sounds like a few of us will be in town this weekend looking for a place to stay. Would any of you like to get together for lunch or dinner on saturday? My only visit to Pikeville was for my interview, and I do not have any appointments set up, so I am not sure of a time, but if someone who is familiar with the area would like to suggest a time and a place, I would like to meet some of you.

Speaking of Vegas, I just got back from my second trip to Vegas this summer, and second of my life. I went about a month ago for a bachlor party, which was tame by Vegas standards but alot of fun for a first timer. Then I went this weekend to celebrate my Brother in Laws Birthday. It was a family trip but was also fun. Stay away from the Econolodge on S Las Vegas, it is cheap, i.e. 47 a night, but is a 15 dollar cab ride from the heart of the strip. We stayed at Bally's and Rio. The Rio was amazing, and you should call around, some hotels have good last minute rates if you will be there on a sunday night or during the week. We payed 90 for a suite at the Rio.

Have fun and be good.

Jeremy Jarecke
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Hey Jeremy,

I will more than likely be there. If you would like to meet sometime around 11 or 12, just let me know bro. Email me if you would rather contact me that way.

Aaron
 
Some of you have talked about looking for housing...when are most of you moving to pikeville? right before classes or a few weeks out?
 
TOBEDO said:
Some of you have talked about looking for housing...when are most of you moving to pikeville? right before classes or a few weeks out?
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I will be moving down about a week before school starts, but it seems like most people will be there in June or July.
 
same here. do you guys know anyone else that is living in the anthony apartments
 
TOBEDO,

I plan on moving to Pikevegas on or around July 15. I wanted to have enough time to get settled in and ready for the school year. I just dont want to have the hassle of moving in a couple of days before schools starts.

See ya!

Aaron
 
TOBEDO,

I was planning on moving most of my stuff in around July 15, but I probably won't actually start living there until right before school starts. When I first contacted Mrs. Hensley around 6 weeks ago about apts., I was asking her about the Anthony, and she said that if I wanted an apt. there, then I would have to wait until some of the second year students moved out to go on their rotations, so I went ahead and got an apt. at the Autumn Suites. I think a lot of students at PCSOM already live at The Anthony, so it will be great that you'll have lots of classmates as neighbors! I look forward to meeting you in August!
Misty
 
Got a call from Mr. Hensley today saying that the Autumn Suites won't be ready till July. No counter tops he said. Anyway I save a half a month of rent.
 
Hey Dennis,

Were you going to move in June 15? I thought you had said earlier that you were not going to move until August. Glad that you will be saving some money though. If i am in Pikevegas tomorrow, I will take some pics for you. See you Dennis.

Aaron
 
OH, I wanted to ask everyone that is going to live in Autumn Suites a question. Did Mr. Hensley tell each of you to call him around 15 days before you move so he could give you the numbers of the utility companies? Just wanted to know if I heard him correctly.

Aaron
 
Aaron,

Mrs. Hensley told me the same thing. On the lease, it says to call around
July 1 to find out our meter numbers so that we can get everything hooked up. I still haven't mailed the lease back to them yet! I guess I need to do that this week. Talk to you later!
Misty

P.S. Did you get that last PM I sent you?
 
Aaron Earles said:
Hey Dennis,

Were you going to move in June 15? I thought you had said earlier that you were not going to move until August. Glad that you will be saving some money though. If i am in Pikevegas tomorrow, I will take some pics for you. See you Dennis.

Aaron
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No, I am not moving in till August that is why it works out well that I don't have to pay for the beginning of June. 😀
 
Hey Misty!

Yes, I got your PM late last evening. Sorry I have not had time to reply. I have been moving some of my stuff from Huntington to logan, until I move into my apartment in Pikeville. I had not heard from you in a while and I wanted to make sure that you were doing ok.

I will be giving him a call at the end of the month to get that info.

I will be going to Pikeville tomorrow morning to check out the strip. I think I am going to go ahead and open a banking account and take care of a couple of other things.

To you guys that are going to Pikeville tomorrow, I will probably be in Subway around 11 am or so, so if any of you are there, drop on by!

See you guys soon.

Aaron
 
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