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megboo said:
WHAT!?!?!? Blasphemy!

Who can resist them when the red sign goes on that they're warm and toasty?

I used to live down the street from one in Mobile - great smells to wake up to!
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The glaze donuts are good but I just like creme filled. Always have since I was a little girl. Other than that, not much of a donut fan. I like munchkins though, the little donut holes. But usually from dunkin' donuts 😀
 
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lilithny said:
steve martin and richard gere went grey while still young.

as for the gal... what market does she have? too saturated, and the only successful female to come out of there is kelly clarkson, who i'll admit i like (before she sold out and went hollywood- aka gave into the weight pressures) the dude is oozing adult contemporary... all those older women will be so thankful.
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Carrie Underwood from last season has been very successful - just on the country charts which is her genre. 😉
 
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lilithny said:
do no listen to advisors. they are meant to look pretty and be a display case of sorts. everyone knows what comes out of their mouths is drivel.

do not let them beat you up about CC vs. uni. if the med school accepts it, THAT IS IT.

grrrrr... if i weren't doing dream analysis, i'd be peeed off right now
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Thanks lil. Its what I want to believe but then I get scared. I'm asking one of the admissions recruiters tons of questions via email. :meanie: Just annoying that some people are so "archaic" on thinking. Not everyone is perfect. I mean I'm a perfect chaos. Isn't that good enough. Apparenlty I'm a perfect freak too, or so A thinks. :meanie:

dream analysis? On your dreams? That is cool. I need dream analysis. Way to freaky. 😳 People whom I haven't talked to in years have come back!

Ok this post was way too smiley-ri-fic
 
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oxeye said:
Carrie Underwood from last season has been very successful - just on the country charts which is her genre. 😉
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yes she won best single i believe, but it took her quite some time before you could hear her on the radio.... let's give it up to the good 'ol boys 🙄 . good thing CMT was created

and next year... NO MORE SOUTHERN WINNERS!! We've got good singers up north too!!
 
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Arsenic said:
seriously oxeye, this guy is supposed to be 29?!?! bull$hit! 😱

i will NEVER believe this guy is 29. that girl he beat out looks hotttttttt. 👍 how can she not be the american idol? she looks soooooo soooo sooooo much more marketable than this guy.

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Yeah, they mentioned something early on about how everyone in his family goes gray really early. Seems bizarre to me - you'd think he'd want to dye his hair or something!

Or he could shave it off completely like this other idol contestant -

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I don't get the appeal of him either. He was supposed to win the whole thing. I about died laughing when he was voted off with 4 contestents left. :laugh: I've been a Katharine fan from the beginning.

Honestly, I think Katharine didn't win because that had been done before - she's too similar to Kelly Clarkson.
 
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Nikki2002 said:
that chick is a major b*tch that's why she didn't win
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LOL, I don't care if they are bitches or jerks or not. I just care if they can sing. 😉 She always looked pretty pissy anytime the judges said anything negative about her.
 
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Nikki2002 said:
you know if i'm gonna talk to myself i won't even bother switching usernames
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Hey A-man - so you get banned for using different usernames to talk to yourself, but you don't if you use the same username? 😉

*note to self - need to start doing that* :laugh:
 
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mshheaddoc said:
Thanks lil. Its what I want to believe but then I get scared. I'm asking one of the admissions recruiters tons of questions via email. :meanie: Just annoying that some people are so "archaic" on thinking. Not everyone is perfect. I mean I'm a perfect chaos. Isn't that good enough. Apparenlty I'm a perfect freak too, or so A thinks. :meanie:

dream analysis? On your dreams? That is cool. I need dream analysis. Way to freaky. 😳 People whom I haven't talked to in years have come back!

Ok this post was way too smiley-ri-fic
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You are not the only one who's been through this, I'm sure that advisor will tell you. If you are passionate and sure this is what you want, then by all means do whatever it takes. If schools can't see and respect that type of dedication, that is a ****ty school to begin with.

I shake my head when my friends that are applying right now keep telling me "all they care about are numbers. ECs and the rest of that stuff is used only for those who are on high wait..." Call me a fool, but I'd like to think that adcoms are picking people for more than just grades. Yes, grades are important but it shouldn't be ALL you look at. If you're willing to bust your ass and sacrifice all these years when you can be working elsewhere (and very well making more money and living a better lifestyle) That should be taken into consideration.

Eh, I'm just a dreamer. I refused to become sucked into that downer all those applicants have allowed themselves to be sucked into (but not our random applicants.... they are totally chill 😎 😎 )

whoops... admission recruiter. bleh!
 
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mshheaddoc said:
The glaze donuts are good but I just like creme filled. Always have since I was a little girl. Other than that, not much of a donut fan. I like munchkins though, the little donut holes. But usually from dunkin' donuts 😀
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My favorite are the old-fashioned doughnuts and apple fritters yum yum!

Anyway, I re-took by bio and chem at a CC (I took it 100 years ago at SIU-C), and am currently taking A&P at the CC. I also plan to take Physics, Orgo, Chem, and Micro at the CC as well.

I've been advised by the regular universities that I shouldn't take CC credits, but all the med schools are telling me it's fine.

For me, it's a question of cost. It seems the advisors I've spoken with don't get the concept of being a non-trad. Meaning we have spouses, mortgages, car loans, etc. and then we have to add tuition on top of it ?!

I think med schools are realizing that the life experience (especially if it's health or medical-related) we bring to the table outweighs some other factors that traditional students come in with. I mean, come on! I did the college thing, went to grad school, traveled to Europe, lived in New Zealand, shadowed doctors, ride a motorcycle, play piano, work as a health professional, published papers, etc., etc. and I'm sure your resume has great stuff, too, as all of ours does. What do they want you to do - cure cancer?

Mush - do well on your next MCAT and do well in classes from here on out, no matter where you take them, and you will do fine. Keep your head in the game and block out the hecklers.
 
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megboo said:
My favorite are the old-fashioned doughnuts and apple fritters yum yum!

Anyway, I re-took by bio and chem at a CC (I took it 100 years ago at SIU-C), and am currently taking A&P at the CC. I also plan to take Physics, Orgo, Chem, and Micro at the CC as well.

I've been advised by the regular universities that I shouldn't take CC credits, but all the med schools are telling me it's fine.

For me, it's a question of cost. It seems the advisors I've spoken with don't get the concept of being a non-trad. Meaning we have spouses, mortgages, car loans, etc. and then we have to add tuition on top of it ?!

I think med schools are realizing that the life experience (especially if it's health or medical-related) we bring to the table outweighs some other factors that traditional students come in with. I mean, come on! I did the college thing, went to grad school, traveled to Europe, lived in New Zealand, shadowed doctors, ride a motorcycle, play piano, work as a health professional, published papers, etc., etc. and I'm sure your resume has great stuff, too, as all of ours does. What do they want you to do - cure cancer?

Mush - do well on your next MCAT and do well in classes from here on out, no matter where you take them, and you will do fine. Keep your head in the game and block out the hecklers.
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👍 Great post, megboo!
 
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mshheaddoc said:
One thing that really annoys me is she's trying to tell me that community college organic isn't the same as 4-yr university.
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Oh I 100% agree with you here. It's a major pet peeve of mine when people look down on community college classes. I did 2 years at a JC before I transferred to Cal. I wasn't pre-med back then so I didn't take all of the pre-requisites. The JC was on the quarter system so I had taken the first 2/3rds of the biology sequence.

When I decided to try for medical school, I was living in NV. So in order to finish the biology sequence at UNR, I had to take their second semester biology course which repeated a lot of stuff I had already learned at the JC. The teachers at the JC expected us to know a heck of a lot more than the professor who taught bio at UNR. I haven't taken any other classes at UNR where I can make a direct comparison between classes like that, but I have taken a lot there now and none of them have challenged me.

So I really, really hate that stigma that JC classes are always easier than 4 year college classes. It completely depends on the schools.
 
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i hate when guys INSIST they're right and turn a normal conversation into a competition in who is just and who isn't.

ugh.
 
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lilithny said:
do no listen to advisors. they are meant to look pretty and be a display case of sorts. everyone knows what comes out of their mouths is drivel.

do not let them beat you up about CC vs. uni. if the med school accepts it, THAT IS IT.

grrrrr... if i weren't doing dream analysis, i'd be peeed off right now
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Mush, you know the saying right? Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. I get the impression that a lot of these so-called advisors wouldn't be able to get *themselves* into med school, let alone you or me. They know how things work in theory, and they're probably helpful for trads who have normal academic backgrounds, but they have zero practical experience helping non-trads, and they don't know what to do with us.

I got all kinds of funky advice. I mean, I went in there with my MCAT score report, my CV, and my grad transcripts, and this woman is telling me I should go do a year's post bac before I apply. I'm like, are you out of your freaking mind??? I TEACH those pre-req chem classes. There is no student in the entire nation, even the ones with a 4.0 UG GPA, whose MCAT score is superior to mine. I already have a MS in chem and I'm almost done with my PhD. You can't possibly be serious that the way for me to get into med school is to go repeat my freaking pre-reqs alongside the same freshmen I was teaching this stuff to last semester!!!

Maybe I should have taught my own gen chem class to myself though. That would fit in well with the overall schizo theme of this thread. :meanie:
 
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Nikki2002 said:
beary i thought your niece was about 3 b/c she is about the same size as my lil sis--she reminds me of her. 😍 😍 😍
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I assume you're talking about the pic on myspace - I think she actually was 2 when that picture was taken. I am looking for some more recent ones of the two of us. She is unbelievably sweet.
 
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megboo said:
👍 Great post, megboo!
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:laugh:


Thanks guys and sorry for the rant. I'm so obsessive compulsive about this but this is serious. This is the rest of my life. I've put my life on hold to persue this dream (well life meaning no financial income) and if it takes me 3 years or so, so be it. Its just nice to know there are other non-trads out there. This thread is full of them and I thank god that I have people to bounce stuff off of on here. 😍 It makes me at least feel better. Especially with more and more non-trads applying to med school. 😀

everyone forum is puke.
 
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MollyMalone said:
Not to change the subject or anything, but I thought this story was pretty interesting.
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That is interesting. I hope it doesn't really pan out though because I have an irrational hatred for RNA. DNA and proteins are fine. RNA - ugh.
 
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My new house is SO nice!! The closing went smoothly and I went over there right away to check it out and clean up a bit. It is very peaceful - kind of out in the country, and the screened porch looks out on a pond. It has lots of windows, and we just got it painted so it looks very new. The whole thing is just really in great shape, bright and cheery, and peaceful. I can't wait to get more of my stuff in it tomorrow!

My folks are coming up tonight to help me unload tomorrow. So now I am going to take a nap. They need way less sleep than me. But it's just really nice. 😍
 
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mshheaddoc said:
:laugh:


Thanks guys and sorry for the rant. I'm so obsessive compulsive about this but this is serious. This is the rest of my life. I've put my life on hold to persue this dream (well life meaning no financial income) and if it takes me 3 years or so, so be it. Its just nice to know there are other non-trads out there. This thread is full of them and I thank god that I have people to bounce stuff off of on here. 😍 It makes me at least feel better. Especially with more and more non-trads applying to med school. 😀

everyone forum is puke.
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He he, I was just agreeing with myself w/o making a new username :laugh:

PUKE PUKE PUKE :barf:
 
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yea, it's nutso. lots of people in this universe are nutso. but i don't want to offend any "trainers" out there.

Q and A, someone posted a fake "april scores now posted" thread. just wanted to let you know in case you hadn't seen it already.
 
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scentimint said:
yea, it's nutso. lots of people in this universe are nutso. but i don't want to offend any "trainers" out there.

Q and A, someone posted a fake "april scores now posted" thread. just wanted to let you know in case you hadn't seen it already.
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I am not against spanking at all. More spanking, less timeouts. However, some parents definitely need a course on what is spanking vs. abuse.
 
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scentimint said:
yea, it's nutso. lots of people in this universe are nutso. but i don't want to offend any "trainers" out there.

Q and A, someone posted a fake "april scores now posted" thread. just wanted to let you know in case you hadn't seen it already.
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i just saw that S&M, thanks for pointing it out. i took care of it.
 
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beary said:
My new house is SO nice!! The closing went smoothly and I went over there right away to check it out and clean up a bit. It is very peaceful - kind of out in the country, and the screened porch looks out on a pond. It has lots of windows, and we just got it painted so it looks very new. The whole thing is just really in great shape, bright and cheery, and peaceful. I can't wait to get more of my stuff in it tomorrow!

My folks are coming up tonight to help me unload tomorrow. So now I am going to take a nap. They need way less sleep than me. But it's just really nice. 😍
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That sounds fabulous! Congratulations!

Have a goooooood nap!
 
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beary said:
My new house is SO nice!! The closing went smoothly and I went over there right away to check it out and clean up a bit. It is very peaceful - kind of out in the country, and the screened porch looks out on a pond. It has lots of windows, and we just got it painted so it looks very new. The whole thing is just really in great shape, bright and cheery, and peaceful. I can't wait to get more of my stuff in it tomorrow!

My folks are coming up tonight to help me unload tomorrow. So now I am going to take a nap. They need way less sleep than me. But it's just really nice. 😍
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congratulations doctor! :clap:
 
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beary said:
My new house is SO nice!! The closing went smoothly and I went over there right away to check it out and clean up a bit. It is very peaceful - kind of out in the country, and the screened porch looks out on a pond. It has lots of windows, and we just got it painted so it looks very new. The whole thing is just really in great shape, bright and cheery, and peaceful. I can't wait to get more of my stuff in it tomorrow!

My folks are coming up tonight to help me unload tomorrow. So now I am going to take a nap. They need way less sleep than me. But it's just really nice. 😍
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that is wonderful!!! yay beary yay!!
 
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QofQuimica said:
I do not ever eat donuts. They make me feel nauseated.
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May I tell you how totally thrilled I am that someone actually wrote "nauseated" instead of nauseous? People don't know the difference!!!
 
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TypeA said:
May I tell you how totally thrilled I am that someone actually wrote "nauseated" instead of nauseous? People don't know the difference!!!
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Hey, they didn't give me a Ph.D. because I'm so good-looking, you know. I'm like, educated, and stuff. :meanie:
 
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