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

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It'd be a lot more impressive if we were still closing them out at 10K posts, rather than 1K. 😛

still, the amount of posts boggles the mind....

(10,000 post versions of random thread x 8 ) + (1,000 post versions of random thread x 19) = about 100,000 random posts.

😱
 
the entire MCAT forum only has 291,493 posts in its hx from all the threads ever started here by freaked out premeds. we make up 100,000 of those posts...... over a third! 😱 :laugh: :meanie:
remember when they purged the old Random threads and our post counts TANKED? 😆

I think mine got down to like 400, if that even. 😳
 
I was just talking to a friend who is pre-med. I told him medical school isn't any fun, you'll work like a dog, and everybody acts like they are in high school. I think I scared him. Now I feel bad for doing that, for bursting the "puppy dogs and rainbows" bubble.
 
I was just talking to a friend who is pre-med. I told him medical school isn't any fun, you'll work like a dog, and everybody acts like they are in high school. I think I scared him. Now I feel bad for doing that, for bursting the "puppy dogs and rainbows" bubble.

Gosh, what's wrong with me? I need to get out of this depressing bubble of negativity. :laugh:
 
I hear ya.

Going to Olive Garden tonight though... didn't get to go Friday, and Sunday nights are the best time anyway since I reside in the Bible belt and everyone's at church... Methodists don't go to church on Sunday night, so we get one up on the Baptists and restaurants 😉
 
I was just talking to a friend who is pre-med. I told him medical school isn't any fun, you'll work like a dog, and everybody acts like they are in high school. I think I scared him. Now I feel bad for doing that, for bursting the "puppy dogs and rainbows" bubble.
Eh. I was just up on a med floor and apparently one of my colleagues spilled my secret to her resident friend. That PGY-2, a PGY-1, and a MS-III all informed me "Don't do it! Get out while you can!" 🙄

I just informed them that if they try to give me scut work or yell at me, beware- I fight back. 😀
 
We indulged today - I got J to go to Walmart with me and we ate McDonald's for lunch - it's been probably 6 months since I've had McD's and then we ate greasy Chinese take out tonight.

My tummy's grumbling and I don't think all that crap is going to stay down for long 🙁
 
We indulged today - I got J to go to Walmart with me and we ate McDonald's for lunch - it's been probably 6 months since I've had McD's and then we ate greasy Chinese take out tonight.

My tummy's grumbling and I don't think all that crap is going to stay down for long 🙁

Hehe. I know the feeling. While I don't think I could physically eat McD's hamburgers without feeling completely nauseated, I find other equally non-healthy alternatives that sit in my stomach like a big heavy brick

I pretty much remind myself why I shouldn't eat that crap. The lesson usually sticks for about 6 mos.
 
Although I have to admit the Southwest Chicken sandwich at McD's is pretty decent
 
LOL It was an accomplishment to get J to go to Walmart and after we were done it was lunchtime - and there was a McD's in the Walmart and *bing* instant lunch.

Ugh - "Supersize me" is one of my favorite documentaries!

Edit: yup, no more greasy overload for me. :barf:
 
A-man! Haven't talked to you for forever! Where are you at in the application process? Checking ERAS every hour to see if programs have downloaded your app? I remember doing that. 😳

ha, hey beary! yeah, ERAS submitted a couple of weeks ago. Since then Ive gotten 4 interview invites. So far 2 University programs and 2 University affiliated community programs in the NY area. The big dogs in NYC like Columbia, NYU, etc... wait until after November 1st when the dean's letter goes out to review all their applications at once and then send out interview offers so I might be waiting for a while for those. Hopefully they will come though! The nice thing is that I can reach as much as I want, my home program down here loves me. The program director is writing me an LOR so I'm pretty sure I'll probably be ranked high here. Now it just depends on if I want to stay or not. The plusses are that its a huge university program with built in research and fellowship options and the program director likes me. Those are major for my subsequent fellowship applications at the start of my PGY2 year, especially since if I decide to stay here I can get started on a research project after the match instead of in July of PGY1. Cons are that Id be here for another 3 years at least when I really wanted a change in weather but I know the area, have family, have connections here so I might just stay. Ill know for sure in January after I interview - oh yeah, Im scheduling ALL my interviews for december. The benefit of being a 4th year and having off from 11/12 to 1/06, lol. During that time Ill take the step 2 clinical skills, interview and relax. Then in january Ill figure out where I want to go for the next 3 years and rank my list.

Its just insane... so much stuff going on. BTW, I took step 2 ck in august! Not just passed it, I left that sucker bleeding. 229/95. Which for internal medicine is bad ass.... hello cardio or pulmonary/critical care fellowship! :hardy:

sorry for the super long catch up post! this should be a blog entry. :laugh:
 
Its just insane... so much stuff going on. BTW, I took step 2 ck in august! Not just passed it, I left that sucker bleeding. 229/95. Which for internal medicine is bad ass.... hello cardio or pulmonary/critical care fellowship! :hardy:

"no, pingouin, you don't understand.. this isn't like the psych shelf. I *know* I really didn't do well on this one.."

*SMACK*

there. I feel better now.
 
I was just talking to a friend who is pre-med. I told him medical school isn't any fun, you'll work like a dog, and everybody acts like they are in high school. I think I scared him. Now I feel bad for doing that, for bursting the "puppy dogs and rainbows" bubble.

While it's not "puppy dogs and rainbows," so far med skool has been "anatomy and alcohol."
 
Boy am I glad I checked out the demise of R27 here at home instead of in the middle of a lecture hall.
 
I'm pretty sure it's about yours:

From Facebook last week:

[Dr Durden] is doubting that his liver will survive basketball campout this weekend.

:laugh: Lawl. Rest assured it did (barely); however any prayers for its future survival would be much appreciated. Med skool is just getting started...
 
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