Rearview Mirror: Dean's Letter Edition

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Hard24Get

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Well, that's what you get for leaving the thread to a match-obsessed MS4 😎. Hopefully this will bring more 4yrs out to post! Who's "Outstanding", and who is just "good"? Only time will tell....


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my school has interesting wording for our clinical summary in the mspe:

1-outstanding
2-excellent and potentially outstanding
3-excellent
4-very good and potentially excellent
5-very good
6-good
7-recommended

i got kind of a kick out of this style of wording/grading? is it the norm?
 
See a new poster! It may just work. And I haven't heard of the details from our letters, but I'm sure that there is some code.
 
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sad.. my wife is out of town and im on call for the MICU tomorrow.. had to give my puppy to someone to watch him.. heartbreaking
 
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So anyways, a semi-serious question. When you all finally figured out which school you were going to...
 
.....what sealed the deal? You know, looking back what was it that made you choose where you would be for your medical education?
 
Cause if I get into the school that I interviewed at earlier this week, I am close to saying that I would just throw in the towel with everyone else.
 
It just felt right. And I'm trying to figure out if I am still just excited about my first interview, or if it was really what I thought it was.
 
So what was it for you guys/gals? Location, price, prestige, limited options, gut feeling? what? Help a poor confused pre-med out with your more mature observations. 🙂
 
Rose: I think what sealed the deal for me was I loved the person who interviewed me... It was such a wonderful interview...
 
I have the most bizzare sleeping habits at the moment...
 
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I have bizarre sleeping habits too...hence the reason I am still up. Shows you are online...wonder if you are still not sleeping too.
 
Oh and rose, I answered some of your questions on the thread that got shut down. I decided to be nice and repost it here (just in case you missed it).

I'm in a DO school and really like it. It depends on where you feel the fit. Don't go to a place because 'it's really good' I would go where I fit in and it's really good (most are fairly good). The whole applying for residency depends on where you want to go if you see the discrimination. Some places require the USMLE because they can't compare you that well to the other applicants. Some places find a way to compare the COMLEX with the USMLE. I say go where you feel comfortable otherwise it will be a really long 4 years for you. Granted, make sure you will learn something so that you can pass boards and do well for your future patients.
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EM2BE said:
Oh and rose, I answered some of your questions on the thread that got shut down.
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i'm still awake..

watching the break up... so far not very impressed with it, but i have nothing better 😉
 
the legal way of course (fox, nbc, abc, cbs, and whatever else local channels)
 
EM2BE said:
the legal way of course (fox, nbc, abc, cbs, and whatever else local channels)
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I'm kind of in the mood to watch a movie though, not a show...


a show is too much of an emotional investment right now 😉
 
And I just now realized they meant a band as in playing music band not band to ID sdners at conference. Guess I was linking the 2 threads together when they were a completely different entity.
 
EM2BE said:
hahaha...don't know exactly how it is more emotional than a movie...😕
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with a movie, it's an hour and a half or so and it's done... with a show, it's almost a year long commitment..

considering i'm still single...
 
EM2BE said:
And I just now realized they meant a band as in playing music band not band to ID sdners at conference. Guess I was linking the 2 threads together when they were a completely different entity.
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i thought the same thing...
 
sleepymed said:
with a movie, it's an hour and a half or so and it's done... with a show, it's almost a year long commitment..

considering i'm still single...
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:meanie: ok you do have a good point there. Then again, comedies you can jump in and out of without being lost.
 
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