Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 2

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beary said:
Thanks for asking! I passed, woohoo!

Now if any of you arrest I can save you. 😉
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Nice work, doc! 👍 Though I hope that I *never* need to go see a pathologist in the patient capacity. No offense to you. 😛
 
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QofQuimica said:
Pemberley, I don't know why some schools wanted SAT scores either. I had to go through quite a bit of hassle to obtain mine, since I took that test in 1991. 🙄
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Yeah, 1994 for me. Hey, Q's more of an old fart than I am! 😛
 
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Pemberley said:
Yeah, 1994 for me. Hey, Q's more of an old fart than I am! 😛
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Yes indeed, so you'd better respect me, you young 'uns. Though I believe that Molly is the senior member of this thread. She's a year older than I am. 🙂

Edit: Geez, Pemberley, you are younger than my younger sister, for crying out loud. :meanie:
 
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QofQuimica said:
Yes indeed, so you'd better respect me, you young 'uns. Though I believe that Molly is the senior member of this thread. She's a year older than I am. 🙂

Edit: Geez, Pemberley, you are younger than my younger sister, for crying out loud. :meanie:
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I think I'm the youngest 🙁
 
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mshheaddoc said:
Dude, I can't take anymore of this. Some people just **** up their lives no matter what. They don't care about who is involved and how it effects other people. Even if they are completely miserable at times. I think I'm going to be sick.
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Whoa, what happened?

I like your sigs by the way. 🙂

My ID badge says UMH Pathology HO. I'm serious. :laugh:
 
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oxeye said:
If I told my almost 3 year old that I think she would run away screaming from me. :laugh: Her only experience with doctors is that they do things to her that hurt!
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My 3 year old niece LOVES doctor stuff. I've been talking to her about it her whole life, but practically her favorite thing is for me to listen to her heart. She also loves my tuning fork and reflex hammer (which I can let her play with as much as she wants since they can't break).

I got her a little kid medical kit and she checks all her dolls and animals. Also, I got her a stethoscope that makes animal sounds when you put it on something. It's really great fun. 😀
 
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oxeye said:
*sigh* My family can be so frustrating sometimes. I called my mom and dad last night to let them know my score. Now apparently I've upset my little 16 year old sister by doing well. She has never done as well in school as my older sister and I did. That's fine, not everyone needs to do well in school to make something really good happen in their life.

I just wanted to share my joy with my family and feel like I'm not allowed to. 🙁
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That's really too bad oxeye. 🙁

I always did better in school than my younger brother who was a big partier (like the coolest guy in high school type) while I was a dork. He had the last laugh though because he settled down, went to law school, and is now making big bucks as a securities lawyer.
 
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beary said:
That's really too bad oxeye. 🙁

I always did better in school than my younger brother who was a big partier (like the coolest guy in high school type) while I was a dork. He had the last laugh though because he settled down, went to law school, and is now making big bucks as a securities lawyer.
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WTF are you talking about??? You're an MD/PhD! It just don't get no better. 😀

That story about your niece with her medical bag is very cute, BTW. 😍
 
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QofQuimica said:
WTF are you talking about??? You're an MD/PhD! It just don't get no better. 😀
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I meant money wise. He's 2 years younger than me and making WAY more money than me already. 🙄

I think my folks like having a doctor and a lawyer as kids. :laugh:
 
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Pemberley said:
Yeah, 1994 for me. Hey, Q's more of an old fart than I am! 😛
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And I'm as old as Q... you may have blown the friggin' MCAT into next year, but respect your elders. :meanie:

WTG, BTW. That was awesome! I read your prep rundown...seems like you had it from the start. :clap:
 
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QofQuimica said:
He's 20. A child. 🙂

Brett, when I was 20, you were learning your multiplication tables and how to write your name in cursive. :laugh:
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OMG Q! U R right! Oh man, what the heck am I thinking? Med School? I need to focus my attention on Assisted Living! 😀 😉

Pemberly...who is that woman in your avatar? I know I have seen that person before. It is driving me nuts not knowing! :scared: :idea:
 
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TypeA said:
And I'm as old as Q... you may have blown the friggin' MCAT into next year, but respect your elders. :meanie:
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Yeah, her MCAT *was* fairly decent, wasn't it? What with her being a kid and all. 😉

I'm teasing you, Pemberley. You did amazingly awesome. Just remember that some people are going to expect you to have an ego the size of all of Texas, so be mindful of how you are coming across. 🙂
 
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beary said:
That's really too bad oxeye. 🙁

I always did better in school than my younger brother who was a big partier (like the coolest guy in high school type) while I was a dork. He had the last laugh though because he settled down, went to law school, and is now making big bucks as a securities lawyer.
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seriously, MD/PhD tops all of whatever your brother did!!

But I think I know what you mean. I always did better than my older brother...not a partier but a computer nerd. But the computer nerdiness paid off for him...literally, and now he's 2 years out of school (with a BS in computer science, not even a masters) making nearly 6 figures.
 
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beary said:
I meant money wise. He's 2 years younger than me and making WAY more money than me already. 🙄

I think my folks like having a doctor and a lawyer as kids. :laugh:
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Money isn't everything. Seriously. If it were, I would be back in my old life. Instead, I drool over y'all's (yes, it is a word...ask Ana...it's a Texas thing...and yes, I did include 2 apostrophes!! :laugh: )accomplishments 24/7. My sister is 2 years younger as well and totally bankin' it...in a city where it costs nothing to live.
 
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ironmanf14 said:
what's your game poker? Holdem?
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I'll probably play a bit of everything. I'll probably play low limit HE to build a bankroll.
Maybe play a tourney since it is more play for the cash. I'll definitely hit up the blackjack tables though. Best odds in the casino.

I'm pretty good at all of the poker games. I'm playing PL Omaha tonight 🙂
 
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TypeA said:
Money isn't everything. Seriously. If it were, I would be back in my old life. Instead, I drool over y'all's (yes, it is a word...ask Ana...it's a Texas thing...and yes, I did include 2 apostrophes!! :laugh: )accomplishments 24/7. My sister is 2 years younger as well and totally bankin' it...in a city where it costs nothing to live.
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haha, y'all's is totally a word! as is yinz's. 😛
 
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TypeA said:
Money isn't everything. Seriously. If it were, I would be back in my old life. Instead, I drool over y'all's (yes, it is a word...ask Ana...it's a Texas thing...and yes, I did include 2 apostrophes!! :laugh: )accomplishments 24/7. My sister is 2 years younger as well and totally bankin' it...in a city where it costs nothing to live.
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Oh, I know money isn't everything. I'm very happy for my brother - after all, he has a family to support! He totally deserves his success too - he's really an awesome guy. He's smart, funny, handsome, sweet, just totally charismatic. He has long term aspirations of going into politics which he would be so good at. So maybe you folks will hear of him someday. 🙂

Edit: It's not just y'all's. It's all y'all's. As in, "Do all y'all's wanna come over and watch NASCAR?" 😀
 
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BrettBatchelor said:
I'll probably play a bit of everything. I'll probably play low limit HE to build a bankroll.
Maybe play a tourney since it is more play for the cash. I'll definitely hit up the blackjack tables though. Best odds in the casino.

I'm pretty good at all of the poker games. I'm playing PL Omaha tonight 🙂
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I just watched a special on the MIT blackjack team.....what a dream that must have been

Where do you play online? I usually play pokerroom, haven't played in a while though
 
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beary said:
Oh, I know money isn't everything. I'm very happy for my brother - after all, he has a family to support! He totally deserves his success too - he's really an awesome guy. He's smart, funny, handsome, sweet, just totally charismatic. He has long term aspirations of going into politics which he would be so good at. So maybe you folks will hear of him someday. 🙂

Edit: It's not just y'all's. It's all y'all's. As in, "Do all y'all's wanna come over and watch NASCAR?" 😀
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No way. You've used it as the possessive! You should say:

Do all y'all wanna come over and watch NASCAR?

or,

What time should I show up at all y'all's house to watch NASCAR?

"y'all" is a general Southern word, not just for Texans. We use it here in FL too. 🙂
 
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ironmanf14 said:
I just watched a special on the MIT blackjack team.....what a dream that must have been

Where do you play online? I usually play pokerroom, haven't played in a while though
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Ha...I play on Jokerroom too.

I don't really play online too much mostly just IRL.
 
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QofQuimica said:
No way. You've used it as the possessive! You should say:

Do all y'all wanna come over and watch NASCAR?

or,

What time should I show up at all y'all's house to watch NASCAR?

"y'all" is a general Southern word, not just for Texans. We use it here in FL too. 🙂
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You are absolutely right. I stand corrected. 😉

Do you ever watch NASCAR Q? Florida is the home of NASCAR you know!

All y'all can come over to my house anytime. 😀
 
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QofQuimica said:
Howdy, kids. How are things? Anyone have some exciting news? (preferably NOT related to the MCAT!!!)

oxeye, your score kicks a**. If you even THINK about feeling disappointed about it, I'm going to come up there and beat you. Seriously. We are going to have a real, old-fashioned SDN Amish gang intervention. 😉 Your MCAT is great. Now forget about it, and worry about the rest of the app. Go visit the school's website and make a list of three things that you really like about that school. And practice interviewing; I went to more interviews than I care to admit, and I promise that you WILL get asked these two questions:
1)Tell me about yourself. (aka, why do you want to go into medicine, you old fart, you?)
2) Why do you want to go to this school?

Pemberley, I don't know why some schools wanted SAT scores either. I had to go through quite a bit of hassle to obtain mine, since I took that test in 1991. 🙄
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Thanks Q. I will definitely find good answers to those two questions. 😀 And my MCAT disappointed only lasted for a few seconds. I saw it was less than 40 and was like "well darn, everyone thought I was going to break 40" and then I just realized that 37 is still a kick ass score and higher than my goal going into this thing and I broke out of that funk *really* fast. 😉 So I don't need an Amish gang intervention or anything. :laugh:

And I love that being 25 (maybe 26 when I interview - please don't let the interview actually be *on* my birthday in September) makes me an old fart in this process ... :laugh:
 
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beary said:
My 3 year old niece LOVES doctor stuff. I've been talking to her about it her whole life, but practically her favorite thing is for me to listen to her heart. She also loves my tuning fork and reflex hammer (which I can let her play with as much as she wants since they can't break).

I got her a little kid medical kit and she checks all her dolls and animals. Also, I got her a stethoscope that makes animal sounds when you put it on something. It's really great fun. 😀
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That is soooooo cute. 😍
 
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beary said:
You are absolutely right. I stand corrected. 😉

Do you ever watch NASCAR Q? Florida is the home of NASCAR you know!

All y'all can come over to my house anytime. 😀
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Amazingly, I have never watched NASCAR. But yeah, it's pretty big here.
 
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TypeA said:
Pemberly...who is that woman in your avatar? I know I have seen that person before. It is driving me nuts not knowing! :scared: :idea:
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Capt Carter from the TV show Stargate... a physics type & an air force officer, just like me... I use her as an avatar because she gets the AF career I really would love to have had (mine had some nifty bits, but was for the most part much lamer, probably a side effect of being in real life and not on a TV show 🙄 )
 
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ironmanf14 said:
:barf:

😉
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I think ironman and I are building to a full-on Amish sports brawl. 😉

Do you do ironman? If so, I'm not brawling with you. Doing all that CPR on mannequins today made me literally drip sweat. My workout for the month.
 
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beary said:
I think ironman and I are building to a full-on Amish sports brawl. 😉

Do you do ironman? If so, I'm not brawling with you. Doing all that CPR on mannequins today made me literally drip sweat. My workout for the month.
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beary, you could totally take him. beary is a power lifter. 😍
 
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QofQuimica said:
No way. You've used it as the possessive! You should say:

Do all y'all wanna come over and watch NASCAR?

or,

What time should I show up at all y'all's house to watch NASCAR?

"y'all" is a general Southern word, not just for Texans. We use it here in FL too. 🙂
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I wasn't talking about "y'all" I was talking about the possessive..."y'all's".... 😛
 
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QofQuimica said:
beary, you could totally take him. beary is a power lifter. 😍
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Ha. Ex-power lifter. I used to be a badass lifter, but haven't even been to the gym for almost 2 years now. 🙁 I used to take creatine and stuff! My height was a disadvantage when I was trying to get ready to compete because I had trouble getting into a decent weight class. Now I am just fat. 🙄

I really am going to get back into working out. With starting residency it is time for me to make a new start. I loved lifting. First I just need to start walking around the block or something (seriously, I'm in that bad of shape). One of my doctors told me I could rip my pacemaker out of my heart with major upper body lifting, which scared me a bit. :meanie: (The generator is sewed into my left pec anyway, so that gets sore pretty easily).

Lifters here - did squatting hurt your knees? I LOVE squatting, and it was my best lift, but I swear my knees were never the same after that. I use really good form so that's not the problem. I always did go below parallel though.
 
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beary said:
I think ironman and I are building to a full-on Amish sports brawl. 😉

Do you do ironman? If so, I'm not brawling with you. Doing all that CPR on mannequins today made me literally drip sweat. My workout for the month.
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haha no

Ironmanf14 was my screename I made in 6th grade for aim and is my username for everything

I intend to die with it


sorry i have an ever lasting grudge against the cornhuskers :meanie:
 
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beary said:
Ha. Ex-power lifter. I used to be a badass lifter, but haven't even been to the gym for almost 2 years now. 🙁 I used to take creatine and stuff! My height was a disadvantage when I was trying to get ready to compete because I had trouble getting into a decent weight class. Now I am just fat. 🙄

I really am going to get back into working out. With starting residency it is time for me to make a new start. I loved lifting. First I just need to start walking around the block or something (seriously, I'm in that bad of shape). One of my doctors told me I could rip my pacemaker out of my heart with major upper body lifting, which scared me a bit. :meanie: (The generator is sewed into my left pec anyway, so that gets sore pretty easily).

Lifters here - did squatting hurt your knees? I LOVE squatting, and it was my best lift, but I swear my knees were never the same after that. I use really good form so that's not the problem. I always did go below parallel though.
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No, but I'm not a superwoman like you, and I didn't ever go below parallel.
 
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I hate the word yinz. 😡 HATE. I use y'all.

Sorry guys. Thanks for the concern though 😍 You guys are the bestest.

Things are ok here. Just issues. Some people always disappoint you and are so stupid. They think they have the world figured out but you can see into the future and see the total disaster. They don't care who they will end up taking down in the future. Blood is just water with RBC's nothing more. Doesn't mean ****. You'd think they'd learn ... maybe make an effort to change things. But more BS streams from their mouth ... and who do they turn to when they need help? FRUSTRATION!!! 😡 🙁 🙁
 
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