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

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Nikki2002 said:
hey ana--i know how you love D.C.--what about Hopkins? it's really close to there
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If DC is where you love and what is driving your decision...don't go Hopkins...you'll never see DC. Nikki, traffic makes life up seem like things are years away.
 
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Anastasis said:
There are some schools I was looking at that I thought there cirriculum sounded interesting but I thought, "No way would I get in." My dad keeps telling me I should add them now, but I'm still torn because I would like to stay in TX if I can.

And thanks to Q, Baylor is getting higher and higher on my list.
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I say go for it for the ones you think are reach schools (for you). You might end up pleasantly surprised in the end!

I wouldn't think you were silly to add schools like Johns Hopkins or Harvard or Yale (for example)!
 
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Anastasis said:
There are some schools I was looking at that I thought there cirriculum sounded interesting but I thought, "No way would I get in." My dad keeps telling me I should add them now, but I'm still torn because I would like to stay in TX if I can.

And thanks to Q, Baylor is getting higher and higher on my list.
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ana--no way you could get in? ima bout to slap you--you have a 41!!! That ought to give you a fighting chance......just my guess
 
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lilithny said:
😡 arrrrgh

I AM NOT CRAZY!!! I just don't see why I need to rush and check my score. It's like people forgot what it was like before you could just log on and get your results.

be patient. it is a virtue after all. and besides, i think its unbecoming of future doctors to behave like that.
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Chill....um, you're freaking me out.
 
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dc traffic blows. baltimore traffic? eh... if you know the "backroads" all is well. and the only traffic i ever hit up was the bottleneck going into the tunnel.
 
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Nikki2002 said:
ana--no way you could get in? ima bout to slap you--you have a 41!!! That ought to give you a fighting chance......just my guess
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I'm next in line for this opportunity. STFU Ana...way to make the rest of the world feel TOTALLY inadequate.
 
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Anastasis said:
Lordy - Hopkins with no research experience? (Well not really) I doubt I stand a chance. Plus isn't it filled with gunners? :laugh:
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yeah i heard it's all full of gunners. yes--i was at georgetown recently 😡 great school but dayum it would be hard for me to live in D.C.

yale has that cool grading system.....and what about harvard?
 
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TypeA said:
is this what the puking is about?
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oh no... i don't make myself puke! i'll be eating and then feel like puking. it could be that i just eat it too fast. when you're hungry... you're hungry.
 
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mshheaddoc said:
some of the lancaster amish actually have cars to travel to sell their pies and such (jams, breads). They used to come to my work and we all LOVED it. Apple dumplings are good. I didn't like their moo pies though.
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moo pies? mushy i don't even wanna know......
 
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Nikki2002 said:
ana--no way you could get in? ima bout to slap you--you have a 41!!! That ought to give you a fighting chance......just my guess
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NO! I meant BEFORE I got my MCAT scores. Look at my app w/o the MCAT scores and it's barely competitive. No one slap me!! Please!!!
 
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mshheaddoc said:
As for oxeye - i'm glad that some non-trad students make it happen (with the MCAT!) You're my inspiration now 😍 I'm inspired by Q but I think she's just a super genius or something 😛 At least I know you're human because you apparently (bombed) the first time you took MCAT. What, did you get a 30? 😛 😉
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Hey, that's not nice, and it's not true. 🙁 Actually, most people who know me well (myself included!) were pretty surprised about how well I did. Both of my PIs (one from my MS, one from my PhD) made the exact same comment: I knew you were smart, but I didn't know you were THAT smart. :meanie:

Ok, so seriously....I'm not going to insult all of our intelligences and say that I'm not smart. But FWIW, I worked d*** hard for that MCAT score. I mean I really busted my butt studying and basically had no life for nearly three months. I didn't go out with my friends or the guy I was dating at the time (at most I'd meet them for a quick lunch), didn't see my family, didn't sleep more than 5-6 hours per night the whole time, didn't do *anything* besides work in the lab, study, go to the gym (hey, it preserved my sanity) and go to Kaplan. I centered my life around studying for the MCAT. My mom was pleading with me by the end to please let up some, because I was so cranky and just all-around burned out. So I don't consider it to be a compliment when people cheapen my effort and sacrifices by chalking it all off to me being some kind of MCAT savant who can just waltz right in and ace the test like it was nothing. Yeah, I'm smart, but I'm not THAT smart. I have always had to work very hard for the things that I've accomplished in my life, and the MCAT was no different. In the end, being a "genius" but not working hard won't get you as far as being "average" and busting your butt will. So if my MCAT score "inspires" you guys, at least let it be for the right reason.
 
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i don't like julia stiles movies in general (except that prince movie... and only because the prince is cute)
 
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this song has been stuck in my head for the past hour:

To You I Bestow - Mundy

Well you may not see me when you come by
I could be sharing someone else's pillow
And my love for you is better than diamonds
To you, everything I bestow

And tomorrow, I'll be dancin' on my own
And I'll need a kiss for my head that's achin'
And I'll be a hungry dog without a bone
Hoping my place with you's not taken

Kiss me and tell me it's not broken
Kiss me and kiss me 'til I'm dead
See, I give you the stars from the bruised evening sky
And a crown of jewels for your head now
For your head now
For your head now
For your head

One last night in bed for a time
And two more wishes and both are for thine
And three guesses, you're the angel's child
Four hopes that this love's not spoiled

Kiss me and tell me it's not broken
Kiss me and kiss me 'til I'm dead
See, I give you the stars from the bruised evening sky
And a crown of jewels for your head now
For your head now
For your head now
For your head now

And if you come back, I'll take you to the garden
We'll dance to an orchestra on the lawn
And we roll in the foggy dew
And dance with the ghosts upon the dawn and on the dawn and on the dawn

Then you'll kiss me and tell me it's not broken
Kiss me and kiss me 'til I'm dead
See, I give you the stars from the bruised evening sky
And a crown of jewels for your head now
For your head now
And for your head now
For your head now
For your head now
For your head

Oooooh
Whoa
Oooooh
Whoa

Oooooh
Whoa
Oooooh
Oooooh

Ow!
Ow!
Ow!
 
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QofQuimica said:
Hey, that's not nice, and it's not true. 🙁 Actually, most people who know me well (myself included!) were pretty surprised about how well I did. Both of my PIs (one from my MS, one from my PhD) made the exact same comment: I knew you were smart, but I didn't know you were THAT smart. :meanie:

Ok, so seriously....I'm not going to insult all of our intelligences and say that I'm not smart. But FWIW, I worked d*** hard for that MCAT score. I mean I really busted my butt studying and basically had no life for nearly three months. I didn't go out with my friends or the guy I was dating at the time (at most I'd meet them for a quick lunch), didn't see my family, didn't sleep more than 5-6 hours per night the whole time, didn't do *anything* besides work in the lab, study, go to the gym (hey, it preserved my sanity) and go to Kaplan. I centered my life around studying for the MCAT. My mom was pleading with me by the end to please let up some, because I was so cranky and just all-around burned out. So I don't consider it to be a compliment when people cheapen my effort and sacrifices by chalking it all off to me being some kind of MCAT savant who can just waltz right in and ace the test like it was nothing. Yeah, I'm smart, but I'm not THAT smart. I have always had to work very hard for the things that I've accomplished in my life, and the MCAT was no different. In the end, being a "genius" but not working hard won't get you as far as being "average" and busting your butt will. So if my MCAT score "inspires" you guys, at least let it be for the right reason.
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👍 Oh and I was kidding about your super smart score. One would assume with a PhD in Ochem you're a genius 😉 You are absolutely right which is why you are an inspiration to all (especially women since we are supposedly overall inferior to men in sciences) 😍 😀
 
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Anastasis said:
There are some schools I was looking at that I thought there cirriculum sounded interesting but I thought, "No way would I get in." My dad keeps telling me I should add them now, but I'm still torn because I would like to stay in TX if I can.

And thanks to Q, Baylor is getting higher and higher on my list.
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You should definitely apply to Baylor and seriously consider it. You can ask A how much I went on and on about how great Baylor is. He had to hear about it for months. 😛 (Tell her, A!) Plus, you're already used to the Houston weather. People from up north would tell me how horrible the summers are there, and I'm going, yeah, it's hot and humid....kind of like FLORIDA!!! I happen to *like* hot, humid weather. :laugh:
 
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lilithny said:
whoa... one of the threads i think is 30+ mcat strategies and i thought it said syphillis
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no, that was me on our last wolf/vampire/pimpnho game.

fortunately it's all cleared up now 🙂
 
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mshheaddoc said:
👍 Oh and I was kidding about your super smart score. One would assume with a PhD in Ochem you're a genius 😉 You are absolutely right which is why you are an inspiration to all (especially women since we are supposedly overall inferior to men in sciences) 😍 😀
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:laugh: Why wouldn't one assume that several years' experience of teaching for Kaplan had anything to do with it??? Them strategies finally sunk in after a decade, I reckon. 😛

I'm not mad at you, mush. But I won't sit here and pretend to be something that I'm not, either. 😉 Nor will I, for the record, ever take the MCAT again. The next time I study like that for a test, it's going to be for Step 1. 😎
 
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VD, you should add any school you are interested in...I think you'd have an awesome shot anywhere. 🙂 And if they don't take you, send them over to me. *adjusts brass knuckles*
 
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Anastasis said:
There are some schools I was looking at that I thought there cirriculum sounded interesting but I thought, "No way would I get in." My dad keeps telling me I should add them now, but I'm still torn because I would like to stay in TX if I can.

And thanks to Q, Baylor is getting higher and higher on my list.
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If I were from Texas and I had your MCAT score I would apply to Baylor in a heartbeat! I heard it's an amazing school, cheap as hell, and it's in Houston!
 
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