Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 3

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

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congrats on finishing peds ! i'm not up to much tonight i should go review some chem or bio but maybe around 11
 
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gujuDoc said:
Hmmmm if you had PMd me I would have let you know how the USf site was.

USF site has small desks. Its in the LIF building on the top floor where there are small classroom desks and it is very cold so it is good to bring a jacket otherwise you'd be shivering. I never had bad proctors although others have had bad experience here.

The good test centers in the Tampa Bay region are actually at the sites that are built with specific areas which are meant only for standardized testing and those sites are usually at community colleges like the various HCC branches which give you big tables in which you can spread out and in which there are comy chairs and the proctors don't necessarily stay in the room because there are huge windows through which they can see you so they don't need to stay in the room.

I don't know anything about UF or UCF though.
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It was a last minute thing...sorry I didn't think you'd be online at the time. You never responded to anything else I post after you, so I didn't think this time would be any different. 🙁 +pity+
 
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AWhitehair said:
It was a last minute thing...sorry I didn't think you'd be online at the time. You never responded to anything else I post after you, so I didn't think this time would be any different. 🙁 +pity+
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hey! i was meaning to ask you, are you working full time AND studying for the mcat or are you just working a few shifts a week?
 
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Arsenic said:
hey! i was meaning to ask you, are you working full time AND studying for the mcat or are you just working a few shifts a week?
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I work about 30 - 35 hours a week. MWF 8-8 usually...but sometimes I get lucky and get off early. Like today!!! I got off at 4:30 today. Wooohooo!
 
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Arsenic said:
leave me alone! I've been released from my prison for the weekend. :meanie:
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I know...you deserve it! Good work...now drop and give me fifty! Sauce time is OVER! hehehehehahahahahoohoohoohoo! :laugh:
 
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so i have a question i've read that fibrates are used to treat patients with high triglyceride levels , are these drugs used in combination with statin class drugs or in isolation. Its for my research paper on CAD
 
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Arsenic said:
woman, you deserve bonus points. wow.

i hope you destroy this test!
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Awww, thanks A! I hope I do destroy this thing. Did you get you BS or BA from Miami? I would love to go there or USF!
 
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supernova33418 said:
so i have a question i've read that fibrates are used to treat patients with high triglyceride levels , are these drugs used in combination with statin class drugs or in isolation. Its for my research paper on CAD
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from what i remember you can use the 2 together but you need to be careful. i just checked my PDA and according to epocrates a statin like atorvastatin and a fibrate like Antara would give you an increased risk of rhabdomyolysis if used together and so should be avoided.
 
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supernova33418 said:
hey awhitehair how are you doing? how's the MCAT studying coming along?
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Doing well. I am impressed by the q you just asked. I can't believe you are only 17!!! 😱
 
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Arsenic said:
i'm gonna end up being a Miami lifer I think. :laugh:

i got my BA in Miami but not from UM, I went to FIU.
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Ohhh! So ya like Miami life, eh? Do ya know spanish yet? :laugh: That would prob help. I plan on learning it between grad and med school. At least that is the plan. 😉
 
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ok, thanks for the reply arsenic i've been using e-med as well as the harrinson's to get info are there any other sorces you'd recommend?
 
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Awhitehair: where i'm from the education system is quite different currently i am taking adv physics, chem and bio with comm studies which is compulsory. its a two year course with board exams at the end of each year i wrote year 1 exams in june and am awaiting results in about 3 weeks. Last year i did a research paper on hypertension which went quite well these research papers are worth 40% of our final grade ( i got a really good percentage then and i'm hoping to this time around as well), i had so much fun with the research paper and i learnt alot as well.
 
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Arsenic said:
man, i 😍 half.com. i've sold 3 books since i posted the listings this afternoon. awesome, now i can mail them all out with one trip to the post office tomorrow.
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i've sold ALL my textbooks on there--usually end up getting almost what i paid so it rocks

make sure you ask for media mail
 
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Arsenic said:
dont be scared! med school is exactly that, school, so of course there are tests but at the end you're an MD! 😀 You'll be taking board exams until the day you die in medicine to recertify your license but it'll keep you sharp. man, all the docs i know that are 70+ and teaching/practicing are sharp as tacts! we had 3 of them on peds, 2 were sharp and 1 was brilliant.

in the end you have to really love it or you'll be miserable, i think thats why they make it so hard to get in with all those premed classes and then the mcat and interview trail. as much as i complain about it i would absolutely die if i couldnt finish med school, and not just because of the loans i'm in the hole for already either. 😉 😍
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yay our 2 weeks of additional classes ended today for chem and bio anyway i have math and driving classes now. *sigh* i am goignt o miss bio and chem classes the teachers are really cool but i have lots to review so i'll be occupied till sept at least
 
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supernova33418 said:
Awhitehair: where i'm from the education system is quite different currently i am taking adv physics, chem and bio with comm studies which is compulsory. its a two year course with board exams at the end of each year i wrote year 1 exams in june and am awaiting results in about 3 weeks. Last year i did a research paper on hypertension which went quite well these research papers are worth 40% of our final grade ( i got a really good percentage then and i'm hoping to this time around as well), i had so much fun with the research paper and i learnt alot as well.
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All I can say is...WOW!! :wow:
 
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i intend to complete my draft for the paper before sunday night anyone would like to review it for me please?
 
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Arsenic said:
not even when you hold down control and c at the same time? try highlighting something and then hitting those 2, then control and v to paste into word.
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no. word always crashes. It sucks. This has been a problem with firefox for awhile. But it got worse. Usually its when I have a link but its happened otherwise. I really like firefox and not thrilled about opera. I really need cut and paste for my research.

i think windows is very screwy as it is. Word has issues where it doesn't shut down properly. I think I'm going to wipe my hard drive clean soon. Maybe while we're in NJ. That means I'll have to take everything with me.
 
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mshheaddoc said:
no. word always crashes. It sucks. This has been a problem with firefox for awhile. But it got worse. Usually its when I have a link but its happened otherwise. I really like firefox and not thrilled about opera. I really need cut and paste for my research.

i think windows is very screwy as it is. Word has issues where it doesn't shut down properly. I think I'm going to wipe my hard drive clean soon. Maybe while we're in NJ. That means I'll have to take everything with me.
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sucks
 
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