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

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jochi1543 said:
YESSSS!!!!!! 1 rec letter down! The prof in my major agreed to write me one....however, she won't be able to do it till mid-August, since she's going out of town, but I told her it was fine. It's gonna take me a while to get all the secondaries in anyway, and besides, I don't think there are too many schools that had the explicit requirement about a letter from someone in my major, so this won't even be an issue for the majority of the places I'm applying to.

I'm gonna call the physics guy now....I e-mailed him last Monday and still no reply, so I gotta call there and maybe someone can tell me what's up - he might be on sabbatical for all I know, lol. That would suck!
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yay! Yeah, i'm thinking the same with secondaries. They'll be in by the deadlines, which will give my profs plenty of time to write in Aug.
 
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gradu8in2003 said:
I wanna look too! Thanks for the warning tho. 🙁 I'll check it out at 5 😉
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Only look if you like seeing really trashy pregnant women with huge silicone breasts naked.👍 Or if you want to lose your sight, forever.👎


See, another perk of being unemployed...I can look at NSFW pix at 1 PM.:meanie: :laugh:
 
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OK, I called the physics prof, no answer....so I just left a message. There was nothing on the website about him being on sabbatical or anything like that, so I hope I'll have some response in the next couple of weeks.:scared:
 
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*crossing fingers jochi*
*I will, Funk🙂*

Is the general consensus that i'll be okay waiting to get my letters til Aug? I know that's sorta late.. but deadlines for my secondaries are going to be late Nov/early Dec... so as long as i get everything in by Sept for secondaries, that's still fairly early huh??

I have one science prof that would write for me today, and plenty of other people to do the non-science letter (including MDs that have graduated from most of the schools I'm applying to) but I really need to wait til Aug/early Sept for the other one... :scared:
 
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Oh, yay! I got that knitting book I ordered from Amazon! "Victorian Lace Today."😍


Time to go get some yarn!:meanie: There's this cute scarf I'm gonna knit...I do have a huge project I'm working on now, but it's gotten too big for me to reasonably bring on the plane, so I wanted to get some sort of small scarf done, that I could get over with in 2 weeks.
 
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jochi, you like to knit? i love it. i'm not that good...but recently i've branched out from scarves to some slightly harder things like mittens and even a phone case i knitted for my new cell phone.
 
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jochi1543 said:
...you are not asking your advisor for one, are you?:laugh:
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H*** no. For one thing, he doesn't teach my pre-reqs (he's a psych professor... dont ask). I'm actually asking the OTHER pre-med advisor..hahaha... who's really nice and would probably go ahead and write for me.. but i haven't had him for class yet, so i'd like to start class with him before i ask 😉
 
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gradu8in2003 said:
H*** no. For one thing, he doesn't teach my pre-reqs (he's a psych professor... dont ask). I'm actually asking the OTHER pre-med advisor..hahaha... who's really nice and would probably go ahead and write for me.. but i haven't had him for class yet, so i'd like to start class with him before i ask 😉
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at least your school has more than 1 pre health advisor
we only get one so we all have to be nice to him or else we're screwed 😳
 
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PBandJ said:
jochi, you like to knit? i love it. i'm not that good...but recently i've branched out from scarves to some slightly harder things like mittens and even a phone case i knitted for my new cell phone.
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Sweet....I'm not big on mittens, hats, and socks, and stuff, but I like sweaters and shawls/lacy scarves....here's what I've been working on for months:

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(can't wait to make that edging...:meanie:)

It's supposed to be roughly 30x66", right now it's just about 30x25"....still a few months to go. I figure I'll get it done by September/October, just in time for the cold weather!

I like challenging stitching, so lace, complicated cables, and such work well for me.


And this is what I will be knitting during my trip to Russia...gonna go look for yarn and needles today. I have needles in that size, but they are steel, so they might not allow them on the plane.🙄 I can just see myself, going on a rampage there with a 9-inch knitting needle....🙄 So gotta waste $10 on bamboo ones, and those are hard to come by in size 3.

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Haven't decided on a color yet....I'll see what they have at the store.
 
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gradu8in2003 said:
Gosh, I haven't knitted in so long... I wish I had the time... or made the time.
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Yeah, I took like 4 months off during my MCAT studies, but decided to restart now before I entirely forget everything. I need some sort of creative outlet!
 
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PBandJ said:
jochi, you like to knit? i love it. i'm not that good...but recently i've branched out from scarves to some slightly harder things like mittens and even a phone case i knitted for my new cell phone.
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My aunt in India knits purses and small cell phone purses. They look cute.
 
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gujuDoc said:
My aunt in India knits purses and small cell phone purses. They look cute.
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No one in my family is into crafts for some reason....my mother used to sew and knit back in the Soviet days b/c it was so hard to find decent clothing, but she hasn't done it for a long time now.

I've got a sewing machine sitting around, but it's like my worst enemy - I just can't figure it out for the life of me.
 
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The advisor finally received that letter that my physics professor was suppose to write. I hope he didnt write me a bad recommendation or anything because I was so persistent. 😳

Looks like all my letters of rec are in place. Now it's time for secondaries! 😎
 
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DocFunk said:
The advisor finally received that letter that my physics professor was suppose to write. I hope he didnt write me a bad recommendation or anything because I was so persistent. 😳

Looks like all my letters of rec are in place. Now it's time for secondaries! 😎
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:luck:👍
 
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Aaahhh, we're going on approval for all group O red cells because our supplies are so low - thank goodness I only have the pager for another half hour!
 
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Back to physics....gahhhh.

My study manual comes with a week-by-week schedule, and so far I've gotten through the first 1.5 weeks today.:laugh: Once I finish the section I'm gonna read now, I'll be done with the first 2 "weeks." However, their weekly schedule is based on a 22-week class, and I have just under 11 weeks, so I already have to go at double the pace, if not faster.
 
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OMG!!!! I just stopped by the cat shelter where I volunteer to sign up for a few shifts...I hadn't been there in 2 months, and now the place is filled with kittens! There were all these adorable little pranksters crawling all over the place with their ratty little tails! So cute!😍Stupid me forgot to bring a camera, but I'll go there again tomorrow and document the cuteness!😍
 
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