The Republic of Texas Thread - Part VI - The Legacy of Chuck Norris

[aggiesarah2007]

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yeah what is going on with everyone? how is the post spring break lull? anything exciting happen over spring break? anything exciting happening soon? I'm really just excited for the Good Friday break 🙂 I'm also in a post biochem test fog because i'm just so excited to be done with it and now I have a bit of free time before the next test 🙂

but boo for spring cleaning. Though I hope I'll get the same happiness when I'm done with it. I hate cleaning.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

Texas was the only place I ever lived where people got Good Friday off. We've got school. 🙁

 

[NCF145]

Anything new?

 

[somemaybedoc]

It took me forever to find the thread again, so bump

 

[Anastasis]

i noticed the stuff I wrote about women's interview attire, but I didn't see anything about what the guys should wear. If you want, I'll write about it and pm it to you. Just didn't know if it was something we should add. I always thought it was easy for the guys to dress, but from my interviews I see that not all of them get it. geeze dressing yourself isn't that hard 🙂

I actually got some great imput from a faculty member recently. I'm going to summarize what he told me and repost that. I'll link to your post but I wanted to make it alittle more readable. Is that okay?

 

[aggiesarah2007]

I actually got some great imput from a faculty member recently. I'm going to summarize what he told me and repost that. I'll link to your post but I wanted to make it alittle more readable. Is that okay?

oh yeah its all good. 🙂


p.s. have you decided yet?!?!?!?!

 

[JackDanielMD]

I got an email last week from Dr. Jones at UTHSCSA (not the archeologist). He said that the class is still over filled by 12 seats....That's all I got!

 

[baylormed]

Chuck Norris finds it unacceptable that this thread was about to be pushed into the second page, so he is roundkicking it all the way to the top.

 

[Anastasis]

oh yeah its all good. 🙂


p.s. have you decided yet?!?!?!?!

No - not completely. I'm waiting to hear back on something. On a side note, I met some pretty cool UT-H students on Tuesday 🙂

 

[rowdyrock]

I got an email last week from Dr. Jones at UTHSCSA (not the archeologist). He said that the class is still over filled by 12 seats....That's all I got!

Did you write him first? Are you on the waitlist? Did he mention if there would be any waitlist movement??? Why are the OVERFILLED!! ugh

 

[Michelle823]

Just an FYI....LMFU of 3/28....but at this point I doubt it is a good thing...let the chaos begin....MWAHAHAHA

 

[SupaManu]

Back to page 1.

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

Are any of the rest of you getting cold feet or second thoughts? I've been plagued with them for the last couple weeks. How I love my research position and Baltimore and don't want to leave. How I always wanted to be a writer of some sort. How I am going to dread MS1/MS2 and how it doesn't seem like it's worth it anymore.

Is this normal? Like pre-wedding jitters that women have or something?

 

[baylormed]

Are any of the rest of you getting cold feet or second thoughts? I've been plagued with them for the last couple weeks. How I love my research position and Baltimore and don't want to leave. How I always wanted to be a writer of some sort. How I am going to dread MS1/MS2 and how it doesn't seem like it's worth it anymore.

Is this normal? Like pre-wedding jitters that women have or something?

You are not alone my friend. I've been suddenly thinking of all the work, long-hours, and sleepless nights that await me. What did I get myself into? I don't even know if I really like studying that much.

Yeah...I think pre-med-school jitters are normal. Or at least I hope so.

 

[Rocket3004]

so with march school decisions out, you think there will be some upcomming WL movement?

 

[sprinkibrio]

Are any of the rest of you getting cold feet or second thoughts? I've been plagued with them for the last couple weeks. How I love my research position and Baltimore and don't want to leave. How I always wanted to be a writer of some sort. How I am going to dread MS1/MS2 and how it doesn't seem like it's worth it anymore.

Is this normal? Like pre-wedding jitters that women have or something?

I'm getting those same feelings. Mostly I ask myself do I really want to move to another city without my boyfriend? But I must... it's the best decision.

 

[Anastasis]

I've been feeling like that too, and my friends in med school sending me messages like, "Are you sure you want to do this?" and "Run away NOW" - not helping all that much

 

[tkatchev]

I second the "jitters." I think of all the times I volunteered and had med students or doctors tell me to go to law or dental school instead.

 

[Dr. Dancer]

Are any of the rest of you getting cold feet or second thoughts? I've been plagued with them for the last couple weeks. How I love my research position and Baltimore and don't want to leave. How I always wanted to be a writer of some sort. How I am going to dread MS1/MS2 and how it doesn't seem like it's worth it anymore.

Is this normal? Like pre-wedding jitters that women have or something?

i'm feeling the same!!
just after insanely studying for my biochem test and finding it extremely difficult inspite of the studying..i'm getting nervous about ms1 and ms2..
gonna have to leave our entire lives behind and just focus on this one goal..
not that i didn't know that i had to do it at some point..its just scary
'cuz the time has now come

 

[Pemberley]

How I am going to dread MS1/MS2 and how it doesn't seem like it's worth it anymore.

Yeah, MS1 and MS2 are going to blow. But we'll be glad in the end. I went through some real doubts about 2 years ago, but my feet aren't even a little cold right now.

Which doesn't mean that MS1 and MS2 aren't going to blow.

 

[TX515]

i'm feeling the same!!
just after insanely studying for my biochem test and finding it extremely difficult inspite of the studying..i'm getting nervous about ms1 and ms2..
gonna have to leave our entire lives behind and just focus on this one goal..
not that i didn't know that i had to do it at some point..its just scary
'cuz the time has now come

As a side note, you don't have to leave your entire life behind. I would say hold on to some things that will help you to keep grounded. Med school has been the hardest thing I've ever done, and it can be stressful at times. But as you know it is doable. I think most feel nervous before the school year...can I handle it? is it really what I want? Just give it your best shot.

 

[armybound]

just thought I'd do my weekly check-in.

oh, and you can submit the TMDSAS on May 1?

 

[DianaUT06]

just thought I'd do my weekly check-in.

oh, and you can submit the TMDSAS on May 1?

Hmm, it says you can start it..but not sure about submitting. I'll be waiting until at least the 3rd so that I can have my appt with Dr. Kellaway 😀 I hope that it proves quite enlightening...lol

 

[TexMED]

Hmm, it says you can start it..but not sure about submitting. I'll be waiting until at least the 3rd so that I can have my appt with Dr. Kellaway 😀 I hope that it proves quite enlightening...lol

I understood it as the app becomes available on the 1st of May, but you can't submit it until the first of June.

 

[NCF145]

I understood it as the app becomes available on the 1st of May, but you can't submit it until the first of June.

You can access AMCAS and TMDSAS on May 1. TMDSAS can be submitted on the same day (May 1), but you have to wait until June 1 to submit AMCAS. Hope this helps.

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

I've been feeling like that too, and my friends in med school sending me messages like, "Are you sure you want to do this?" and "Run away NOW" - not helping all that much

Yeah my coworkers keep telling me "wow it's a shame you're going to med school, you would totally rock grad school with all the time you spent in the lab. Totally throwing away all that skill..."

And it doesn't help that a good amount of grad students I know were once premed students, most of them with good MCAT scores and some that even went as far as interviewing before switching to PhD. And I have yet to meet one that regrets their decision, and they're all like "you're crazy don't do it!!!"

Buuuut don't want to turn this into a "is medicine worth it" thread because 1.) it's too late and 2.) we don't show hesitation in Texas.

Just was wondering if anyone else is freaking out.

 

[baylormed]

Yeah my coworkers keep telling me "wow it's a shame you're going to med school, you would totally rock grad school with all the time you spent in the lab. Totally throwing away all that skill..."

And it doesn't help that a good amount of grad students I know were once med students, most of them with good MCAT scores and some that even went as far as interviewing before switching to PhD. And I have yet to meet one that regrets their decision, and they're all like "you're crazy don't do it!!!"

Buuuut don't want to turn this into a "is medicine worth it" thread because 1.) it's too late and 2.) we don't show hesitation in Texas.

Just was wondering if anyone else is freaking out.

How could they have been med students if the farthest they got was the interview? Just wondering because that sentence doesn't make sense.

 

[NCF145]

So I was watching TBS tonite, and they had an ep of Friends on, the one where Ross almost marries Emily, and Rachel flies to England to tell him that she loves him. Remember the guy on the plane who makes fun of her?

IT'S HOUSE!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_GbfGbEaEF8

Ellen Pompeo was on the show once too, though I didn't remember her either after Grey's Anatomy came on:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bjvWgmekzQQ

I guess this goes to show no one really remembers the extras...

I was watching tv and recognized House. Looks like he played Stuart Little's dad in Stuart Little. I like him more when he is a jackass.

 

[decal]

i'm actually excited because i'm gonna work in a sweet lab over the summer. of course, when the semester starts and ruins it all i'll probably be pissed. =P

 

[63768]

lol funny how y'all are afraid of MS1/2. from what i've heard, MS1/2 is a cakewalk compared to MS3 (and of course residency). i guess because of this, i'm not at all afraid of MS1/2 as to me it's just like my current post-bac program except a little more intense and with more competition.

i'm mostly concerned with working my ass off during MS3 (while paying for this ass-whooping instead of being paid for it), taking the step1, choosing a specialty, doing research to get into said specialty, and networking with the right docs for said specialty. hahaha.

btw, the end is nearing for my post-bac program. i think i've secured a pretty solid spot at the top of the list to go to TCOM. having an extra LOR in support of my application to TCOM from a bioethicist about my problems soph year has made me feel more secure. hopefully, it works.

 

[baylormed]

lol funny how y'all are afraid of MS1/2. from what i've heard, MS1/2 is a cakewalk compared to MS3 (and of course residency). i guess because of this, i'm not at all afraid of MS1/2 as to me it's just like my current post-bac program except a little more intense and with more competition.

i'm mostly concerned with working my ass off during MS3 (while paying for this ass-whooping instead of being paid for it), taking the step1, choosing a specialty, doing research to get into said specialty, and networking with the right docs for said specialty. hahaha.

btw, the end is nearing for my post-bac program. i think i've secured a pretty solid spot at the top of the list to go to TCOM. having an extra LOR in support of my application to TCOM from a bioethicist about my problems soph year has made me feel more secure. hopefully, it works.

I don't know if academics worries me that much, because I know the attrition rate is very low. What worries me are things like the amount of debt I'm about to incurr, will I be able to pay it off?, is being a doctor such a good idea with compensation rates the way they are?, etc, etc. Mostly long-term kind of stuff.

I know it's all normal, though, as I've been told over and over that everyone gets cold feet before school starts. They even cracked a joke at the MS0 weekend (one of the professors) that pre-meds spend their whole undergrad careers worrying about getting into medical school, so when they finally get in, they feel strange because they have nothing to worry about, so they'll start getting worried about medical school and the future. 😉

 

[somemaybedoc]

I don't know if academics worries me that much, because I know the attrition rate is very low. What worries me are things like the amount of debt I'm about to incurr, will I be able to pay it off?, is being a doctor such a good idea with compensation rates the way they are?, etc, etc. Mostly long-term kind of stuff.

I know it's all normal, though, as I've been told over and over that everyone gets cold feet before school starts. They even cracked a joke at the MS0 weekend (one of the professors) that pre-meds spend their whole undergrad careers worrying about getting into medical school, so when they finally get in, they feel strange because they have nothing to worry about, so they'll start getting worried about medical school and the future. 😉

That's not just a joke, that is reality. It was so strange not to have to worry about getting in that now I search for things to worry about.

 

[baylormed]

That's not just a joke, that is reality. It was so strange not to have to worry about getting in that now I search for things to worry about.

😍 Yeah, that "worry-free" sensation was indeed weird. For a while it was very disturbing to think that everything you'd been worrying about for 3-4 or more years was suddenly fixed. I think the sole nature of the competitiveness of medical school attracts a lot of Type A personalities.

...I must now go wash my hands compulsively. ( 😉 )

 

[tkatchev]

😍 Yeah, that "worry-free" sensation was indeed weird. For a while it was very disturbing to think that everything you'd been worrying about for 3-4 or more years was suddenly fixed. I think the sole nature of the competitiveness of medical school attracts a lot of Type A personalities.

...I must now go wash my hands compulsively. ( 😉 )

OCD is not funny.

 

[63768]

OCD is not funny.

neither are you but you don't see us complaining about that.




JK, my comment and i'm sure baylormed's are as innocuous as can be.

 

[tkatchev]

neither are you but you don't see us complaining about that.




JK, my comment and i'm sure baylormed's are as innocuous as can be.

How wonderful that baylormed has people to stand up for him. You're not charging him for this service are you?

Edit: But to wrap all this up right now. I was just kidding, I'm not that sensitive...seriously...I promise.

 

[Pemberley]

How wonderful that baylormed has people to stand up for him. You're not charging him for this service are you?

The last person who came on the Texas thread trying to start fights was put on probation. Please try to keep your tone civil.

 

[tkatchev]

The last person who came on the Texas thread trying to start fights was put on probation. Please try to keep your tone civil.

Thanks for the heads up. I wouldn't want to get put on probation that sounds just terrible. Have they ever sentenced anyone to house arrest too? Made them wear one of those ankle bracelets?

 

[baylormed]

Thanks guys. 😍 If we watched out for anything that could be offensive to anyone we wouldn't be able to speak on this place.

PS: Tchakev, for future reference, I'm female. 😉

 

[tkatchev]

Thanks guys. 😍 If we watched out for anything that could be offensive to anyone we wouldn't be able to speak on this place.

PS: Tchakev, for future reference, I'm female. 😉

My apologies, it just now occurred to me that you've mentioned that you’re female before. So much for my not having gender biases🙂 .

 

[63768]

hahaha i wasn't defending baylormed so much as trying to quell potential drama. that and i hoped baylormed had more tact than that, which i guess she does.

out of curiousity and i need y'all's opinion. i'm headed to college station this upcoming good friday weekend to hang out with my little bro, who is a freshman there, and i was wondering if it'd be weird for me to stop by the med school admissions office and say what's up. not sure what else i can really do but i'm up for suggestions.

 

[baylormed]

hahaha i wasn't defending baylormed so much as trying to quell potential drama. that and i hoped baylormed had more tact than that, which i guess she does.

Oh, I'm disappointed, since I've been hanging around this place for quite a bit now, and I expected you old-timers to remember I don't tend to troll around this place.

 

[future_dr_house]

Oh, I'm disappointed, since I've been hanging around this place for quite a bit now, and I expected you old-timers to remember I don't tend to troll around this place.

Sounds like something a troll might say 😉

 

[63768]

STOP FEEDING THE TROLLL!!!!

you called me an old-timer 🙁

 

[baylormed]

STOP FEEDING THE TROLLL!!!!

you called me an old-timer 🙁

I think having almost 2,000 posts qualifies you as an old-timer. 😍

 

[sarahjay]

I came across this website, don't know if people already know about it, but it shows who is on the admissions committee list for UT-Houston. Now you can see which one of your interviewers hated you and that's why you didn't get in! (that's what i used it for, sadly ...)

http://www.uth.tmc.edu/med/administration/faculty_aff/standing-committees.html

 

[aggiesarah2007]

hahaha i wasn't defending baylormed so much as trying to quell potential drama. that and i hoped baylormed had more tact than that, which i guess she does.

out of curiousity and i need y'all's opinion. i'm headed to college station this upcoming good friday weekend to hang out with my little bro, who is a freshman there, and i was wondering if it'd be weird for me to stop by the med school admissions office and say what's up. not sure what else i can really do but i'm up for suggestions.

I think it is a good idea, but you should try to set up an appointment with Filo. It might feel odd if you just show up to see what's goin on. Check and see if anyone will even be there. Undergrad A&M doesn't have class but I don't know if stuff is closed. I'll ask here, but you might want to check on that too. I hope you have a great visit!

 

[63768]

hahah i figured as much but what would my reason be? can't be how to improve my app since i've already done a lot of that and i'll probably be going to TCOM. can i schedule a visit just to talk about the waitlist?

 

[aggiesarah2007]

hahah i figured as much but what would my reason be? can't be how to improve my app since i've already done a lot of that and i'll probably be going to TCOM. can i schedule a visit just to talk about the waitlist?

oh yeah i'm sure you could. I would definitely come with at least SOMETHING to talk about, even if it is the waitlist. And them maybe talk about something else because you never know how long it will last. My friend talked to him (before she knew about waitlist stuff) and apparently it was kind of awkward because it became a so.... what did you want to talk about situation. found out she wasn't on the waitlist, but he did pull her file and was able to tell her what she had done wrong (turns out it wasn't actually anything, though one interviewer said she was dressed inappropriately, we're still not sure what was inappropriate about what she wore). I do think it is worth it to go talk to him, ask about waitlist, ask about what you could have done better (even though you're probably going to TCOM if you don't get tamu) and that sort of thing.
Good luck when you make it down here!

 

[Pemberley]

...(turns out it wasn't actually anything, though one interviewer said she was dressed inappropriately, we're still not sure what was inappropriate about what she wore)...

What'd she wear? I saw a few women who weren't aware that they needed some pointers (although not at A&M, as I didn't interview there). The most common error was to go with what somebody on SDN very aptly called "business sexual."