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SN2 doesn't react with tertiary alkyl halides or something tertiary.

they like strong nucleophiles i think

that is basically what i remember
sn1 sn2 e1 e1 can kiss my ass

stuff after that was easy. radicals? pfft. dehydration? dehydrate this!

okay, i lived in ohio for a summer and i was griping about how i could get stuff cheaper at home. same for chicago.
 
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scentimint said:
yeah, seriously...you don't want to end up getting 7 hours of facial surgery like our *smart* quarterback.
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He he, I totally used him as a teaching point for my physics recitation... they asked, if energy isn't conserved in a collision that's not elastic, where does it go? I told them, some of it went into breaking Rothlesberger's skull!

Of course, I'm a Cowboys fan...
 
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I didn't want to start a new thread so I thought I'd ask here. Where can I get my hands on some practice tests other than the ones provided by MCAT (I have all of those)?
 
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Anastasis said:
Dude - your score is kickass - if you feel comfortable teaching then go for it, it's good money.

Doesn't Q teach for them?
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Thanks Ana and Scenti! I really hope it's going to work out, right now they're just going to send me some information... Hopefully there will be a lot of openings in PS subjects, since there are going to be more MCAT dates.
 
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Anastasis said:
So I should apply there to just to see what kind of money they throw at me or ideally, what kind of money Baylor would then throw at me. :laugh:
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If you want a scholarship, you should apply to several aggressive schools that give scholarships to recruit the students that they want. I'm not going to promise you that doing this will guarantee you a scholarship. But if you want to go to School A, and School B is School A's rival, and you get into both, then you're more likely to get money from both of them. Whereas, if you get into School A or School B, but not both, you are likely to get nothing. The schools know where else you've been accepted starting in March, and guess what? Most of the scholarships come out AFTER that info is available to them. They have limited funds, and they want to spend them where it could make a difference in convincing you to come to their school.

Also, you don't know before you visit whether you will like a school or not. It's a huge mistake to rely on other people's impressions. Some of my favorite schools on paper turned out to be not so great when I got there, and others that I wasn't as excited about initially turned out to be fantastic in person (including the place where I ultimately ended up.) Three days ago you were convinced that Baylor was horrible for you; now all of a sudden they're one of your top choices. Stay open-minded as you go through this process, and take the time and effort to do some extra research and work now. It will pay off for you in the long run in terms of getting the best financial deal and finding a school that you really like.
 
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Pemberley said:
He he, I totally used him as a teaching point for my physics recitation... they asked, if energy isn't conserved in a collision that's not elastic, where does it go? I told them, some of it went into breaking Rothlesberger's skull!

Of course, I'm a Cowboys fan...
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hahahaha, yeah, that's where it went 🙂

it's ok that you're a cowboys fan. i'd love to see a steelers cowboys superbowl again 😀
 
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QofQuimica said:
If you want a scholarship, you should apply to several aggressive schools that give scholarships to recruit the students that they want. I'm not going to promise you that doing this will guarantee you a scholarship. But if you want to go to School A, and School B is School A's rival, and you get into both, then you're more likely to get money from both of them. Whereas, if you get into School A or School B, but not both, you are likely to get nothing. The schools know where else you've been accepted starting in March, and guess what? Most of the scholarships come out AFTER that info is available to them. They have limited funds, and they want to spend them where it could make a difference in convincing you to come to their school.

Also, you don't know before you visit whether you will like a school or not. It's a huge mistake to rely on other people's impressions. Some of my favorite schools on paper turned out to be not so great when I got there, and others that I wasn't as excited about initially turned out to be fantastic in person (including the place where I ultimately ended up.) Three days ago you were convinced that Baylor was horrible for you; now all of a sudden they're one of your top choices. Stay open-minded as you go through this process, and take the time and effort to do some extra research and work now. It will pay off for you in the long run in terms of getting the best financial deal and finding a school that you really like.
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This may be a silly question, but how do you know you are eligible for a scholarship? Do they tell you before the financial aid package comes or do you just wait to see?
 
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megboo said:
In Illinois, there is a Motorcycle Rider Safety Program that you can take - it's a Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday course where you learn to ride and take your test at the end, and it costs $20 for the whole thing. This is what I found for Michigan: http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1627_29889---,00.html
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Thanks so much for the informative post!!

That's cool that your folks ride one too. My mom will seriously kill me if I do this.
 
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Nikki2002 said:
oh beary wear a helmet
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I would, always. I always do when I bicycle as well, even just a 5 minute ride. (Seen too many head traumas. Not worth it).

I've got my niece trained so she won't even sit on her bike without her little ladybug helmet. 👍
 
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QofQuimica said:
Also, you don't know before you visit whether you will like a school or not. It's a huge mistake to rely on other people's impressions. Some of my favorite schools on paper turned out to be not so great when I got there, and others that I wasn't as excited about initially turned out to be fantastic in person (including the place where I ultimately ended up.) Three days ago you were convinced that Baylor was horrible for you; now all of a sudden they're one of your top choices. Stay open-minded as you go through this process, and take the time and effort to do some extra research and work now. It will pay off for you in the long run in terms of getting the best financial deal and finding a school that you really like.
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Definitely agree 100%. I even knew this "on paper" but didn't do this with my heart when applying for residencies. It worked out fabulous anyway, but if I hadn't gotten into Michigan... :scared:
 
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QofQuimica said:
If you want a scholarship, you should apply to several aggressive schools that give scholarships to recruit the students that they want. I'm not going to promise you that doing this will guarantee you a scholarship. But if you want to go to School A, and School B is School A's rival, and you get into both, then you're more likely to get money from both of them. Whereas, if you get into School A or School B, but not both, you are likely to get nothing. The schools know where else you've been accepted starting in March, and guess what? Most of the scholarships come out AFTER that info is available to them. They have limited funds, and they want to spend them where it could make a difference in convincing you to come to their school.

Also, you don't know before you visit whether you will like a school or not. It's a huge mistake to rely on other people's impressions. Some of my favorite schools on paper turned out to be not so great when I got there, and others that I wasn't as excited about initially turned out to be fantastic in person (including the place where I ultimately ended up.) Three days ago you were convinced that Baylor was horrible for you; now all of a sudden they're one of your top choices. Stay open-minded as you go through this process, and take the time and effort to do some extra research and work now. It will pay off for you in the long run in terms of getting the best financial deal and finding a school that you really like.
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Thanks for the great post (again) 😀 and thanks to everyone for helping with my list of schools. I think I'll add Temple (just got done with their website and I like the organ-based system too I think).

Other than that I think my list is complete :scared:
 
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Beary, just curious...did you apply to any MD/PhD programs from non-MSTP institutions? I'm trying to see if there are other good programs out there, but most of the non-MST programs I've looked up have very little info out there.
 
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Anastasis said:
Thanks for the great post (again) 😀 and thanks to everyone for helping with my list of schools. I think I'll add Temple (just got done with their website and I like the organ-based system too I think).

Other than that I think my list is complete :scared:
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So I should just keep Tulane and Dartmouth even though I'm wishy-washy about them now because I might end up wanting to go there? 😕
 
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I just found out Jefferson Medical College has an MD/PhD program with a Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine track. sounds interesting. :smarty: And they provide full tuition coverage plus stipend, just like the MSTPs.
Their average MCAT is a 31, higher than mine, but avg GPA is 3.57, lower than mine, so I think I might be ok there. At least that's what it says in my 2006-2007 MSAR...I would assume these stats haven't changed too much, but I could be wrong.

This process is going to take a long time. I just don't want to be capricious about deciding on my list of schools. I did that for college and though I was happy at BU, there were always the what-ifs.
 
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Anastasis said:
So I should just keep Tulane and Dartmouth even though I'm wishy-washy about them now because I might end up wanting to go there? 😕
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I'd say keep them if you are interested in the learning style and in the location. Like others have said...you may think that a school sounds absolutely perfect for you, but on the interview you may find it's totally not your style. On the other hand, you'll never know later on if you would have liked either of those if you don't go ahead and apply there now.
 
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scentimint said:
Beary, just curious...did you apply to any MD/PhD programs from non-MSTP institutions? I'm trying to see if there are other good programs out there, but most of the non-MST programs I've looked up have very little info out there.
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I did. I definitely think it's a good idea for everyone. MSTP programs are a bit more competitive, and non-MSTP combined programs are a really good alternative. It was a long time ago, so I don't really remember which ones I applied to. The only one I ended up interviewing at was Nebraska, which was fine, but probably not what you are looking for because of location. 🙂 I have a good friend who graduated from a non-MSTP at Illinois. They are definitely out there. Sorry you are having a hard time finding info.

I think MD/post-doc is another perfectly viable way to go the research route. I think the major reason the NIH wants to fund MSTPs is that as you get older, you will be less and less inclined to take that time out of your career to spend a few years learning how to do research, which I totally understand. Now, I've already invested a few years getting research training and definitely still need more, but if I just had an MD at this point I can definitely see throwing myself into path residency, becoming the best pathologist I can, and never doing research. To help this problem the NIH has total loan repayment for MDs pursuing serious research training.
 
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scentimint said:
This process is going to take a long time. I just don't want to be capricious about deciding on my list of schools. I did that for college and though I was happy at BU, there were always the what-ifs.
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Are you looking at any schools that don't have real strong tissue engineering programs? I know squat about tissue engineering (it sounds really cool). I think everybody's research interests tend to change a lot as you go through medical and graduate school. Also, most people end up ultimately pursuing the stuff they study during their postdoc, which is a different field than what you do for grad school. So I would encourage you to look at grad school as a time to just get great research training, learn some new areas, and you might find something else you love. You can always go back and do tissue engineering for your post doc.

Who knew I would so totally fall in love with cilia??!! 😍 That really was just a total mistake. I originally wanted to do channel biophysics, which was a disaster. Then I did viral gene transfer, which was fine but not totally exhilerating.
 
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Anastasis said:
So I should just keep Tulane and Dartmouth even though I'm wishy-washy about them now because I might end up wanting to go there? 😕
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How many total are on your list now? I don't know how many most folks apply to now - I did 12, got interviews everywhere except DUKE, and only went on a few interviews. You are likely to get interview offers at most places you apply but probably aren't going to want to or be able to go on many more than say 10.
 
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beary said:
Are you looking at any schools that don't have real strong tissue engineering programs? I know squat about tissue engineering (it sounds really cool). I think everybody's research interests tend to change a lot as you go through medical and graduate school. Also, most people end up ultimately pursuing the stuff they study during their postdoc, which is a different field than what you do for grad school. So I would encourage you to look at grad school as a time to just get great research training, learn some new areas, and you might find something else you love. You can always go back and do tissue engineering for your post doc.

Who knew I would so totally fall in love with cilia??!! 😍 That really was just a total mistake. I originally wanted to do channel biophysics, which was a disaster. Then I did viral gene transfer, which was fine but not totally exhilerating.
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Haha, I'm glad you found cilia! I'm definitely aware that my research interests may change...they have changed already so far! I'm pretty sure I want to stay in the biomedical engineering realm, so I'm looking for schools with a variety of BME research going on so that I can get as much exposure as possible during rotations. But as far as specific areas...tissue engineering seems really neat to me, but I don't have much experience with it to say if I'd like it or not. Biomechanics is also up my alley, but I'm not set in stone on that either. So I'm not looking for schools that have strong tissue engineering programs specifically, but I'm probably not going to apply anywhere that doesn't at least have some BME-related research track (unless I apply to a few MD-only schools).
 
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Thank god there are online score releases! I just got my MCAT score in the mail, and of course I had to open it from the wrong side, and instead of MY score report, the first thing I saw was the SAMPLE score report (23N). I swear that if I didn't know my score from THx I would have had a heart attack...
 
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EddieIndy said:
Thank god there are online score releases! I just got my MCAT score in the mail, and of course I had to open it from the wrong side, and instead of MY score report, the first thing I saw was the SAMPLE score report (23N). I swear that if I didn't know my score from THx I would have had a heart attack...
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hahaha, I think I thought the same thing last August...not that my real score was much better than that at the time :/

I haven't received my snail mail score report yet...it'll probably be around tomorrow or Monday though.
 
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Nikki2002 said:
what part of ohio? b/c here everything is cheap
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dublin, OH

and it wasn't cheap. i kept calling my mom while i was at the grocery store to see if i was getting a good deal
 
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EddieIndy said:
Hey, quick question everyone (I'm afraid to ask it in any other place or I'll get blasted).
I just got an email from TPR, and it looks like they're very happy with my 11 in PS and asked my if I'm interested in teaching PS there.
At first I was excited, but then, how would students look at being taught by an undergrad Junior who didn't really do that well on the MCAT?
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They'll care more that you're only a junior than how you scored on the MCAT, in my experience. Ask TPR if you can teach SAT for a year or two first. Otherwise, you'll be teaching your classmates from school, and that makes it tough for you to maintain the authority you need to handle a class.
 
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megboo said:
This may be a silly question, but how do you know you are eligible for a scholarship? Do they tell you before the financial aid package comes or do you just wait to see?
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You wait and see. They either give it to you automatically, or they invite you to apply for it. Wash U makes you even come up and interview for them, which is a royal PITA.
 
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What's everybody up to this weekend? I have the whole weekend off. 😀

My folks are coming. They should be here in an hour or so.

*runs around attempting appearance of cleanliness*
 
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QofQuimica said:
They'll care more that you're only a junior than how you scored on the MCAT, in my experience. Ask TPR if you can teach SAT for a year or two first. Otherwise, you'll be teaching your classmates from school, and that makes it tough for you to maintain the authority you need to handle a class.
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Thanks for your answer Q. That's what I am afraid of - teaching my classmates. I have already had that kind of experience while TAing for Chemistry recitations, but I guess teaching MCAT is a much more serious matter. I assume that you have taught SAT as well. Was it interesting, and what is it like compared to teaching MCAT topics?
 
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what's everyone want for a first, self owned car.....or what was your first car (for you senior citizens 😀) ?

I want mine to be a Ford Mustang
 
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BrettBatchelor said:
Yeah because they work...
I wouldn't buy an American car these days.
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I agree, but I have mixed feelings....part of me want's to support the dying American companies like Ford and GM, but part of me wants a good car.... I drove a 93 Jetta for 5 years and never had a single problem with it. I drive an 02 Ford Taurus now and it really struggles to say the least
 
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ironmanf14 said:
I agree, but I have mixed feelings....part of me want's to support the dying American companies like Ford and GM, but part of me wants a good car.... I drove a 93 Jetta for 5 years and never had a single problem with it. I drive an 02 Ford Taurus now and it really struggles to say the least
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I have the same mixed feelings but buying their crappy product doesn't do much. Seeing half of upper management get the axe might be a wakeup call.

Don't even get me started on their unions...
 
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BrettBatchelor said:
I have the same mixed feelings but buying their crappy product doesn't do much. Seeing half of upper management get the axe might be a wakeup call.

Don't even get me started on their unions...
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yea, I just had a lengthy conversation with my dad about the union situation, completely ridiculous and totally out of hand, it's not suprising at all that companies like Ford are sinking, it's sad though becuse I don't want to see imports take over while hard-working people lose jobs..... but I guess that's business
 
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Anastasis said:
So I should just keep Tulane and Dartmouth even though I'm wishy-washy about them now because I might end up wanting to go there? 😕
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I know nothing about Tulane's medical school, but I 😍 the campus. I spent MANY a late night in the computer science doc lab. Ah, nerd love.
 
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ironmanf14 said:
yea, I just had a lengthy conversation with my dad about the union situation, completely ridiculous and totally out of hand, it's not suprising at all that companies like Ford are sinking, it's sad though becuse I don't want to see imports take over while hard-working people lose jobs..... but I guess that's business
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Yeah...they kinda brought it on themselves. Paying unskilled labor 2-3 times their market value isn't too cost effective.
 
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ironmanf14 said:
what's everyone want for a first, self owned car.....or what was your first car (for you senior citizens 😀) ?

I want mine to be a Ford Mustang
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My very first car was a 1990 Ford Probe. I wrecked it an then got a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Her name was Gertrude. We sold Gertrude to my grandpa, and I then had a 1994 Geo Prism, which I wrecked, then replaced it with another of the same year. Someone t-boned me right before I moved to New Zealand, so I went without a car for a while. My next one was a 1998 Nissan Sentra, which my parents both backed into on the same day, within an hour of each other, while it was parked in their driveway. Then I bought my '03 Saturn Vue, and just traded it in for a new Dodge Caliber.
 
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beary said:
What's everybody up to this weekend? I have the whole weekend off. 😀

My folks are coming. They should be here in an hour or so.

*runs around attempting appearance of cleanliness*
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Hooray for free weekends!

I'm writing reports tomorrow morning and then my brother in law and his wife are having a birthday party for him. Sunday I have to study Calc and do my billing.

Maybe we'll see Cars that afternoon.

We finally saw Nacho Libre tonight. It was ok. My husband loved it.
 
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