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3rd time is a charm! 🙂 Welcome to the best thread on SDN: The Random Non-MCAT thread--PART 3!

This is a place to chill and talk about anything besides the MCAT. 😎



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oxeye said:
Mmmmmm, starbucks .....

I will resist the urge to get in the car in my PJs and drive there!!!
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:laugh: Aww, come one...you know you want some. Peer pressure, peer pressure. Okay, Arsenic may have a point. I think I will skip the coffee...maybe I will go right to lunch. Hmmm, Chinese or Japanese?
 
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beary said:
My niece is 3 and has opinions about what to wear. 😉

She is so funny. She is a very even keeled kid and rarely has "tantrums", but if her mom get out a shirt or something she doesn't want to wear she will burst into tears.
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Oh that is so cute that she'll cry over clothes!

My daughter did throw a tantrum yesterday over clothes actually. I gave her two outfits to choose from (because she likes the whole choice thing right now). She picked one, I went to put it on her, then she decided she wanted the other one. I don't let her change her mind once she picked one (because it will go on indefinitely) so she threw a complete fit. That was more of a power struggle, though - not actually having an opinion about the clothes.
 
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So I was wondering last night when I couldn't sleep ...

What kind of people work in labs? Not a research lab, but the kind where they send your blood, pap smears, etc to do all those tests. Are those pathologists Beary?

I just realized last night that I didn't know how someone would get a job working there. Not that I'm thinking about it ... just curious. 😀
 
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oxeye said:
So I was wondering last night when I couldn't sleep ...

What kind of people work in labs? Not a research lab, but the kind where they send your blood, pap smears, etc to do all those tests. Are those pathologists Beary?

I just realized last night that I didn't know how someone would get a job working there. Not that I'm thinking about it ... just curious. 😀
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yeah, thats are our beary and her path friends reading those paps and cultures, etc...
 
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oxeye said:
What kind of people work in labs? Not a research lab, but the kind where they send your blood, pap smears, etc to do all those tests. Are those pathologists Beary?
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All PATHOLOGY baby.

I'm on micro right now, so we look at blood cultures, urine cultures, etc. On chemistry we do most other blood tests. Cytopathology are the folks who look at pap smears (basically just looking at features of specific cells, instead of the whole architecture of a tissue that you do on surg path).
 
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beary said:
All PATHOLOGY baby.

I'm on micro right now, so we look at blood cultures, urine cultures, etc. On chemistry we do most other blood tests. Cytopathology are the folks who look at pap smears (basically just looking at features of specific cells, instead of the whole architecture of a tissue that you do on surg path).
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you're such a proud pathologist. 😀

i hope you finally got something to eat!
 
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Nikki2002 said:
hi beary *waves* any placentas today?
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Nope!! 🙂

It is the 5 letter word that starts with Q that will not be named.

Though the computer systems are starting to go down because we have been on emergency power so long. Seriously, I feel like I live in a third world country with how often we lose power here.
 
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beary said:
Yep, did get a nice lunch!

And hi Nikki!

Hope your studying is going well A.
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blah, answered 200 questions today from pre-test. now i have to go over like 500 explanations.... must. get. coffee.

i'm only gonna read the explanations of the ones i got wrong though, i know thats not the way we're supposed to study for NBME tests but damn it, i just dont have more time. its gonna be nice to have this weekend off though. 😎
 
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Arsenic said:
blah, answered 200 questions today from pre-test. now i have to go over like 500 explanations.... must. get. coffee.
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A-man - you'll be fine. Best wishes on the shelf tomorrow.

Trying to remember what was emphasized... know those congenital TORCHES. And rashes. There's no pics, but you'll get some description. And basic child development. Mostly I remember the TORCHES. And be sure to think of STDs in an adolescent.
 
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beary said:
A-man - you'll be fine. Best wishes on the shelf tomorrow.

Trying to remember what was emphasized... know those congenital TORCHES. And rashes. There's no pics, but you'll get some description. And basic child development. Mostly I remember the TORCHES. And be sure to think of STDs in an adolescent.
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thanks for the tips beary! hey.... you just took the ob/gyn shelf like 2-3 months ago, if you remember anything from that one too feel free to pm me. 😍 *hugs beary*
 
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mshheaddoc said:
morning kids. off to work for al little. Took my last dose of antiboitic last night! :clap: Hopefully I'll start to feel better. Although apparently abx can make you a carrier longer.

I feel bad but I think I'm telling the professor I'm working for that I'm done for now. I think she wants me to learn a new software program in 2 days to do image analysis. Beary - its called scion. We don't get any tech support for this software either and its very hard to understand what I'm doing when I have no one to help me. As well as our microscope is doing funky things. Our rep couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. Its dirty. duh. It needs to be cleaned so send someone out who CAN fix it.

Ok I'm done complaining. I need to update my blogs too. argh.

I wake up and I'm just lethargic and tired and not wanting to move. I just hope I get over this soon. At least I'm getting sleep at night now :clap: And not waking up at 5am anymore! :clap:

😉 😍 to randomites and I hope you all have a great day!

1 more day! :clap:
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Smiley Overload! It's hurting my eyes!
 
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beary said:
A-man - you'll be fine. Best wishes on the shelf tomorrow.

Trying to remember what was emphasized... know those congenital TORCHES. And rashes. There's no pics, but you'll get some description. And basic child development. Mostly I remember the TORCHES. And be sure to think of STDs in an adolescent.
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u rock
 
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BrettBatchelor said:
Nik how much are you getting done a day?
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monday did ek physics again
tuesday did ek chem again
yesterday did about nothing
today nothing yet


my plan is to go to the library tonight and try to get through ek bio again. after this i will just do flashcards and practice tests til i die. apartment hunting is stressing me out brett!!!! +pissed+
 
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Nikki2002 said:
monday did ek physics again
tuesday did ek chem again
yesterday did about nothing
today nothing yet


my plan is to go to the library tonight and try to get through ek bio again. after this i will just do flashcards and practice tests til i die. apartment hunting is stressing me out brett!!!! +pissed+
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^^ is that an MCAT haiku? :laugh:
 
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oxeye said:
Are the shelf exams multiple guess?
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Yep. They're ridiculous because the clinical scenarios are like a page long. Sometimes the question is very straightforward, but you have to read this novel to get to it. And then there a whole bunch of questions that don't even ring a bell in your head. So don't worry if you get those A-man. 😉
 
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Nikki2002 said:
monday did ek physics again
tuesday did ek chem again
yesterday did about nothing
today nothing yet


my plan is to go to the library tonight and try to get through ek bio again. after this i will just do flashcards and practice tests til i die. apartment hunting is stressing me out brett!!!! +pissed+
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The whole freaking books?!?!?!
 
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I'm trying to prep myself for my interviews - what stuff do I need to go over? Maybe I should just go do a search in pre-allo but it is so much more fun to ask you guys.



On a side note, why don't Texas schools love me? 🙁 Such a one sided affair.
 
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Anastasis said:
I'm trying to prep myself for my interviews - what stuff do I need to go over? Maybe I should just go do a search in pre-allo but it is so much more fun to ask you guys.



On a side note, why don't Texas schools love me? 🙁 Such a one sided affair.
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ana, do you know about the interview feedback section of sdn? its full of reports including actual interview questions from specific schools reported from people who have interviewed at all the MD/DO schools over the past few years. its how i found sdn!

http://www.studentdoctor.net/interview/interview_read.asp
 
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Arsenic said:
ana, do you know about the interview feedback section of sdn? its full of reports including actual interview questions from specific schools reported from people who have interviewed at all the MD/DO schools over the past few years. its how i found sdn!

http://www.studentdoctor.net/interview/interview_read.asp
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Yeah - those were really helpful. I'm guess I was looking for something to make me feel better prepared. Mmmm Xanax.
 
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Arsenic go READ. No SDN 😡


I went ot work, talked to my boss. I'm goign to get a head start on some grants we are applying to as I'm the offical technical consultant on instructions and submissions. :laugh:

I got my topic. I now have to come up with stuff to write for a paper on kidney pathogens. blah. This is going to be a long night I fear. I want to get an outline done today and start writing it so I can maybe get the paper done by tomorrow night when the man comes home. Well at least a draft so I can just polish it this weekend. 😍

Ana - :laugh: @ thunderstorm comment

I love the wittiness on this thread 😀 And the nerdiness. I think I've found my happy place!!
 
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Arsenic said:
FINE. 🙁
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I always hate to be the meanie but you need to STUDY. NOT POST. I'll give you post breaks once an hour for 5 mins. (maybe an additional 5 for a special someone) but that is IT! 😡


I want you to ace your rotations with all honors so the sky is the limit for you in residency!!!


Molly - I'm an emotional type girl. And its a good thing they can't restrict the smilies 😛
 
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