Summer planning

[dj-Roomba]

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Currently trying to figure out how to spend my summer between 1st and 2nd year. My choices are either TA for anatomy or do research. Ideally I would like to do both but since I have a kid on the way due in April I may be limited to just one. I am interested in pursuing something surgical at this point and feel I will have the grades/boards to back me up.

My question is will being a TA for anatomy be a strong addition to my application to supplement for not having research? I am more interested in TA'ing but also want to be as competitive as possible.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Take time off to relax and spend it with your child.

 

[Dr. Death]

Research

 

[Black Coffee 24/7]

Currently trying to figure out how to spend my summer between 1st and 2nd year. My choices are either TA for anatomy or do research. Ideally I would like to do both but since I have a kid on the way due in April I may be limited to just one. I am interested in pursuing something surgical at this point and feel I will have the grades/boards to back me up.

My question is will being a TA for anatomy be a strong addition to my application to supplement for not having research? I am more interested in TA'ing but also want to be as competitive as possible.

Spend time with your kid if you're not shooting for a sub surgical specialty.

Otherwise, research >>> Anatomy TA

 

[TheRealCookieMonster]

have a kid on the way

I may be limited to just one.

Come back in and talk to us in late May/early June. You're about to get stomped.

research >>> Anatomy TA

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[Chibucks15]

Come back in and talk to us in late May/early June. You're about to get stomped.



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are you even in medical school? the pre-med tag doesn't help your cause.

and having kids during school is hard but I know plenty of people that do it and still balance it all t just takes a bit more dedication and time management. Coming out strong against OP having a kid is a strange (and kinda dbag) thing to do

 

[deleted610572]

Mirror above. Family>research>>> TA

 

[TheRealCookieMonster]

are you even in medical school? the pre-med tag doesn't help your cause.

and having kids during school is hard but I know plenty of people that do it and still balance it all t just takes a bit more dedication and time management. Coming out strong against OP having a kid is a strange (and kinda dbag) thing to do

Back for more I see. I'm a Nepali shaman. As you've indicated my commentary wasn't terribly constructive, my apologies. For the sake of OP, I'll rephrase.

First, the easy one: Anatomy TA will do little or nothing compared to research for your application or personal life. One doesn't need to be a medical student to acquire this knowledge, just Google.

Google however (like second hand experience) will not prepare you for parenting. Having a kid (unless you've got one already) is going to change your life. In a traumatic way. Suddenly, everything is going to take longer and be more difficult to accomplish. Parenting is going to require more than "a bit" of anything and anyone who tells you otherwise either isn't a parent or they're probably getting a visit from CPS soon. I would caution you OP, don't commit to anything before you know how body/mind/relationship can handle the monumental task of being responsible for a baby. A whole summer to adjust to being a parent may be the only task you want to take on.

 

[dj-Roomba]

Come back in and talk to us in late May/early June. You're about to get stomped.

Back for more I see. I'm a Nepali shaman. As you've indicated my commentary wasn't terribly constructive, my apologies. For the sake of OP, I'll rephrase.

First, the easy one: Anatomy TA will do little or nothing compared to research for your application or personal life. One doesn't need to be a medical student to acquire this knowledge, just Google.

Google however (like second hand experience) will not prepare you for parenting. Having a kid (unless you've got one already) is going to change your life. In a traumatic way. Suddenly, everything is going to take longer and be more difficult to accomplish. Parenting is going to require more than "a bit" of anything and anyone who tells you otherwise either isn't a parent or they're probably getting a visit from CPS soon. I would caution you OP, don't commit to anything before you know how body/mind/relationship can handle the monumental task of being responsible for a baby. A whole summer to adjust to being a parent may be the only task you want to take on.

Funny how you can tell me how "I am going to be stomped" without knowing anything about me. I understand the statement that a child is going to change your life in a big way because I have one kid right now who is almost 2. He also has a complex CHD and has been through 3 heart surgeries totaling 40 hours. He almost didn't live through all 3 of those. I have had to fly to a different state for him to receive medical care while in the middle of first term. Through all of this I have kept my grades at a competitive level and am accumulating extracurriculars. Believe me when I say that you are more capable than you possibly think. Or maybe CPS is on their way to take my kid away from me. I'll let you decide my fate since you are the all-knowing father

 

[dj-Roomba]

Spend time with your kid if you're not shooting for a sub surgical specialty.

Otherwise, research >>> Anatomy TA

Thank you for your straight-forward reply. I am shooting for ortho. Things may change but I want to do all I can to prepare myself.

 

[deleted610572]

Thank you for your straight-forward reply. I am shooting for ortho. Things may change but I want to do all I can to prepare myself.

Then you must get ortho research. No other choice

 

[deleted610572]

Funny how you can tell me how "I am going to be stomped" without knowing anything about me. I understand the statement that a child is going to change your life in a big way because I have one kid right now who is almost 2. He also has a complex CHD and has been through 3 heart surgeries totaling 40 hours. He almost didn't live through all 3 of those. I have had to fly to a different state for him to receive medical care while in the middle of first term. Through all of this I have kept my grades at a competitive level and am accumulating extracurriculars. Believe me when I say that you are more capable than you possibly think. Or maybe CPS is on their way to take my kid away from me. I'll let you decide my fate since you are the all-knowing father

This is awesome you could handle all of that. You should go into peds surgery! We have enough bone carpenters.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Thank you for your straight-forward reply. I am shooting for ortho. Things may change but I want to do all I can to prepare myself.

Then I agree with the above, you don't really have much of a choice. You need to do ortho research.

 

[TheRealCookieMonster]

Funny how you can tell me how "I am going to be stomped" without knowing anything about me. I understand the statement that a child is going to change your life in a big way because I have one kid right now who is almost 2. He also has a complex CHD and has been through 3 heart surgeries totaling 40 hours. He almost didn't live through all 3 of those. I have had to fly to a different state for him to receive medical care while in the middle of first term. Through all of this I have kept my grades at a competitive level and am accumulating extracurriculars. Believe me when I say that you are more capable than you possibly think. Or maybe CPS is on their way to take my kid away from me. I'll let you decide my fate since you are the all-knowing father

whoa, whoa, whoa
First,

Next, it kinda sounds like parenting has indeed stomped you and did require more than "a bit" to manage.
Finally, Keep fighting the good fight sir/madam.

 

[Chibucks15]

whoa, whoa, whoa
First,

Next, it kinda sounds like parenting has indeed stomped you and did require more than "a bit" to manage.
Finally, Keep fighting the good fight sir/madam.

you think you're trolling but either you're really bad at it, or you are an insufferable human. You literally are telling people they suck as parents. I mean cmon now

 

[dj-Roomba]

The point is you can be a parent and still do well in medical school. It's not that hard to understand. Please tell me how I have been stomped?

 

[TheRealCookieMonster]

you think you're trolling but either you're really bad at it, or you are an insufferable human. You literally are telling people they suck as parents. I mean cmon now

Well that seems a little binary and hurtful. I may have been miscommunicating what I meant by "stomped" but where did I literally or even figuratively say anyone here sucked as a parent? Maybe you misunderstood.

Please tell me how I have been stomped?

I guess stomped was the wrong word. I really was only suggesting that parenting was hard and would bust your figurative balls. I didn't say you couldn't handle it or people can't do it or aren't better for it in the end. But in my experience having kids is like getting figuratively stomped on the face. I would continue to suggest the same reality to anyone thinking of having kids and trying to go to school in any capacity, let alone med school.

 

[ortnakas]

With a new baby on the way, I wouldn’t commit to anything too time consuming. You won’t get another summer off with your significant other and kid.

Research is a better idea than TA and I’d try to squeeze some in, but if it were me, I’d prioritize family first.

 

[dj-Roomba]

Parenting is going to require more than "a bit" of anything and anyone who tells you otherwise either isn't a parent or they're probably getting a visit from CPS soon.

I may have been miscommunicating what I meant by "stomped" but where did I literally or even figuratively say anyone here sucked as a parent? Maybe you misunderstood.


I guess stomped was the wrong word. I really was only suggesting that parenting was hard and would bust your figurative balls. I didn't say you couldn't handle it or people can't do it or aren't better for it in the end. But in my experience having kids is like getting figuratively stomped on the face. I would continue to suggest the same reality to anyone thinking of having kids and trying to go to school in any capacity, let alone med school.

You may not be literally or figuratively calling me a bad father but you are definitely insinuating it. Your experience can not be applied to everybody. Good lesson to learn before you start start treating patients.

 

[TheRealCookieMonster]

Or... just maybe... you're reading into my posts and getting triggered? I insinuated that parenting is very difficult and requires a large amount of time/effort and it hurts. And I followed that by suggesting that someone who says the opposite is not parenting. Are you just putting (no more than) "a bit" into parenting? Assuming a bit is the smallest amount of something? Based on your post it sounds like the opposite, so I don't understand your feeling insulted.

 

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I insinuated that parenting is very difficult and requires a large amount of time/effort and it hurts.

Not if you're married to a kick a$$ girl.

-Father of a one year old, high energy boy

 

[medschoolonthemind]

Didn't realize you were the father until nearly the end of this post, lol. I was trying to imagine how TA + Research + Breastfeeding was ever a possibility. I guess you don't have to worry about that 🙂

I would look into part-time summer research or research that has a work-from-home component. I know this is a possibility in bio-informatics... maybe you can find something ortho related? I don't think anyone will bat an eye at you looking into a less rigorous schedule that still pads your CV once you tell them you'll have a new baby at home. In addition to having time with your kids, your partner could probably use the support. I'm told it doesn't get easier as you make your way through the medical school pipeline (I'm also MS1).

 

[Tozanzibarbymotorcar]

I am interested in pursuing something surgical at this point and feel I will have the grades/boards to back me up.

Dude...you are just a first year. You have no idea what your board scores will be. Lots of people kill 1st year and end up not doing so hot on boards, so a little humility goes a long way.

Anyway, if you are the competitive student you say you are you have probably reached out to mentors in your area of interest for potential research during the year and for the summer. If not, I’d get on it soon.