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

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Off to bed for this meg. Tomorrow's the day from hell... Micro at 8 through night class (out at 10pm). Its our first micro lab though and i'm really excited about that... get to wear scrubs and lab coat.. woot!
 
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jochi1543 said:
So I sent a message on Facebook to this friend of mine who I met in the orgo labs - she lives in another province. She had applied to med once 2 years ago, but got rejected (pre- and post-interview). She just wrote her MCAT in June and got what's a golden score in Canada (10 or higher in each section and above P in WS). She was thinking of taking Orgo II with me, so I asked whether she was gonna do it and also asked about how things are going in regards to med....and she's like, "Hey, guess what, I'm not applying to med anymore! I absolutely love research and realized that I really want to do a PhD instead! I'm so excited to start next month, I know it's the right decision!"

It was so random! Just a month ago I was discussing apps with her, and now she's not even applying - and with her grades, MCAT scores, and MSc, I'm 100% sure she would have gotten accepted somewhere in Canada - she would already be getting 2 automatic interviews. But you know she has to be completely serious about this PhD thing if she's willing to pass up on a very good chance of getting into medicine...

I also feel envious in a way - although I can certainly relate to the giddy feeling that comes with finding out what you truly want to do, I envy her because the career she has chosen is nowhere near as competitive, expensive, and uncertain as medicine. She's going to have flexible hours, will be paid to go to school, and given her field, shouldn't have too much of a hard time finding employment - and it took her less than a month to arrange everything she needed to get going - she didn't even have the PhD in mind when she started her MSc, compared to how med applicants have to plan years ahead to have a chance at getting admitted. Don't you ever wish you were interested in something that didn't demand as much from you as med?
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Wow, that sounds almost like me. I didn't get into med school pre-interview due to MCAT issues and my GPA was nowhere near as high as it needed to be for the nonMCAT schools. I retook the MCAT, took the GRE and got into grad school, somehow ended up with the so-called golden score on the MCAT. I was totally intending to reapply to med school after finishing up my MSc, but when that time of year rolled around, I chose the grad school route instead.

Med school and grad school are two completely different worlds (www.phdcomics.com humorous but accurate insights into the world of grad school 🙂). If you like research, can work independently and doing mind going it alone (i.e. you're often the only one working on a certain project, and are therefore in charge by yourself) then you'd definitely be at home in grad school. I've been sort of envious of med students because you take the same courses together, take the same tests together and can completely relate to what everyone's going through. With grad school, you're on your own. But at the same time, you have a lot of say how your research is done, and there's something exciting about making some discoveries on your own. On the flip side, grad school can get really frustrating when things aren't going your way, but that's how you learn

If you have any other questions, ask away
 
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Crazy Canuck said:
If you like research, can work independently and doing mind going it alone (i.e. you're often the only one working on a certain project, and are therefore in charge by yourself) then you'd definitely be at home in grad school. I've been sort of envious of med students because you take the same courses together, take the same tests together and can completely relate to what everyone's going through. With grad school, you're on your own.
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That's ironic, because one of the things she said to me is that her "crew" is one of the best aspects of her MSc experience, and it seemed like she worked with other people quite a bit.
 
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jochi1543 said:
That's ironic, because one of the things she said to me is that her "crew" is one of the best aspects of her MSc experience, and it seemed like she worked with other people quite a bit.
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Yeah, that makes some sense. But for me, I might be working with 5-6 other people, whereas med school you're going to be with a whole bunch of others. I guess my crew's supportive, but at the end of the day, I find that I'm making the decisions, finding problems, trying to work through them. I definitely get advice from my supervisors, and input from my fellow grad students, but in the end, it's me making the decisions. Depends on your project though
 
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gradu8in2003 said:
Rain today.. yuck. I didn't sleep well last night and I'm kinda grumpy... and for a long day, that sucks. 🙁

Hope everyone has a good day. I'm swimming to work... lol
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Yeah, it rained here yesterday, too, which was fine, but it was also freaking freezing - and the same today. First, I couldn't fall asleep for like 2 hours because it was so cold, and then I was up at 6.🙄 Well, I guess it means I can go to bed early and get some sleep tonight, since I gotta be up at 3 AM tomorrow.
 
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jochi1543 said:
Yeah, it rained here yesterday, too, which was fine, but it was also freaking freezing - and the same today. First, I couldn't fall asleep for like 2 hours because it was so cold, and then I was up at 6.🙄 Well, I guess it means I can go to bed early and get some sleep tonight, since I gotta be up at 3 AM tomorrow.
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goood morning
it's a nice day here 😛

but im sure we'll be getting the rains soon enough
 
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at ww... down another lb this week. if I make this for two more weeks, i'll be my smallest since high school. woohoo. soon as the meeting is over I have to run change clothes and head to microlab. fun fun!
 
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gradu8in2003 said:
at ww... down another lb this week. if I make this for two more weeks, i'll be my smallest since high school. woohoo. soon as the meeting is over I have to run change clothes and head to microlab. fun fun!
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WTG!

Somehow I gained 4 pounds from last week at my weigh in today. BUT, I'm wearing jeans that used to be too tight.

Maybe it's from the weightlifting. I've been training 3-4 days a week pretty intensely.
 
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Ah, a long day! 9:40 PM and I gotta leave here at 3 AM. However, the man and I had a HUGE MSN fight today, with him saying he will come down from Calgary (where he was for the last few days and where I have to drive to fly out) and drive me to the airport, and then drive back here. He also promised to pick me up next week when I'm back. I'm also not paying for his gas due to a series of major foot-in-mouth insertions he performed this afternoon. So a good deal, I get to save $100 on gas/airport parking AND we know who's the boss in this relationship.:hardy: :meanie:
 
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I may eventually break down and get it myself, but for now, contacts usually don't bother me. I think the only reason they were dry (my eyes usually aren't) was because they'd been in for 18+ hours.

Good morning everyone! First physics quiz today, should be interesting.
 
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gradu8in2003 said:
I may eventually break down and get it myself, but for now, contacts usually don't bother me. I think the only reason they were dry (my eyes usually aren't) was because they'd been in for 18+ hours.

Good morning everyone! First physics quiz today, should be interesting.
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I had it done in 2002 and 5 years later I still have "perfect" vision. Best $$ I ever spent IMO.
 
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Gooood morning SDN!

I have lab today to check on my microbes and see what's growing. That's always fun. Also planning on dropping off 2 1/2 lor packets (the 1/2 is one extra one to a prof that's already been writing for me) which will make me feel very productive and much closer to (possible) interviews.

80% chance of thunderstorms today. Grrr. But it's okay cause it's the last school day of the week!
 
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All my LORs except one (physics) are turned in and the profs are on top of them. Yay.

In other news, there's staph, e.coli, and several unidentified (and yet to be determined) microbes growing on my desk. Now that's just scary. :scared:

Everyone having a decent thursday?
 
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I'm a little ticked about Fox News for a second. They reported that some chick who recovered with rabies learned to speak again because of physical therapy.

As if!!!!!!!

Good Lord, the quality of reporting has seriously declined in the past 15 years.
 
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