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I really enjoy posting in this thread and completely avoiding the main topic at hand. Its quite fun, and in the end it doesn't matter if anyone is paying attention.
Anytime works fine for us that Saturday, since we can schedule things around it. I will add, however, that our flight on Sunday leaves at 7:15 am. Does this mean that I won't stay out late? Not necessarily. 😉 But I might try and limit the amount of drinking I do, since hangovers and flying don't mix particularly well.LadyWolverine said:Saturday works for me as well. I have to work late on Friday, and wouldn't make it up to B'More until late. I have to get up at 7 on Sunday, though, so I probably won't be staying too late. Perhaps I can schedule my home inspection to fall on Saturday! Then I would kill 2 birds with 1 stone!! 🙂
What time were we thinkin'? 7? 8? Later?
A bit rebellious, eh Coz?Cozmosis said:I really enjoy posting in this thread and completely avoiding the main topic at hand. Its quite fun, and in the end it doesn't matter if anyone is paying attention.
You know it.SuzieQ3417 said:A bit rebellious, eh Coz?
Cozmosis said:You know it.
Newsflash, we are almost sub-300 posts behind Oklahoma. We have absolutely obliterated our competition (though I don't know if they are aware they are in a competition!) and we are buzzsawing our way to #1!
solacecomes said:Mine has disappeared as well.
I'm not saying that this is the reason why, but: I called the financial aid office on Monday because I had some questions about my package. The lady I spoke with told me that the aid assessment/evaluation won't be complete until around mid-May and that we will receive notification by email once aid packages are complete.
solacecomes said:Mine has disappeared as well.
I'm not saying that this is the reason why, but: I called the financial aid office on Monday because I had some questions about my package. The lady I spoke with told me that the aid assessment/evaluation won't be complete until around mid-May and that we will receive notification by email once aid packages are complete.
AGAPE487 said:Hey
Did they say the packages may decrease or go down. Were the packages we recieved wrong?
solacecomes said:The conversation went something like:
Me: Give me more moneyz.
Cozmosis said:Man, it is really dragging here and you all are not helping!!
Mixtli said:Hey guys, is it me or did UMaryland's 2006 matchlist not seem very impressive (way too many peds/IM) but lots of of orthro.
Not trying to diss UMD, (which is one of my top choices by the way) and not trying to get any of you hardcore Terps to drop their acceptance.
http://medschool.umaryland.edu/osa/pdf/MATCH06.pdf
Mixtli said:Hey guys, is it me or did UMaryland's 2006 matchlist not seem very impressive (way too many peds/IM) but lots of of orthro.
Not trying to diss UMD, (which is one of my top choices by the way) and not trying to get any of you hardcore Terps to drop their acceptance.
http://medschool.umaryland.edu/osa/pdf/MATCH06.pdf
Mixtli said:Hey guys, is it me or did UMaryland's 2006 matchlist not seem very impressive (way too many peds/IM) but lots of of orthro.
Not trying to diss UMD, (which is one of my top choices by the way) and not trying to get any of you hardcore Terps to drop their acceptance.
http://medschool.umaryland.edu/osa/pdf/MATCH06.pdf
AGAPE487 said:Hey Mixtli,
Have you heard back from UMD yet?
LucidSplash said:Also, I would like to point out that I am obviously NOT an insider at my company. Given that for some reason the stock is down 65 cents this morning. Sigh.
supa said:Make that 81 cents so far. Good thing I didn't take your "insider" rip...I mean tip. There was some news this morning about "widening 1st quarter losses" for your company just in case you missed it. But I'll keep my eye on the stock price. Sometimes these penny stocks can rebound quite nicely 😀
Mixtli said:Hey guys, is it me or did UMaryland's 2006 matchlist not seem very impressive (way too many peds/IM) but lots of of orthro.
LadyWolverine said:The whole match list thing = 🙄
It's interesting to see where people go, but I don't think it's an indication of what you can't do/are obligated to do. Obviously UMD focuses on primary care. That's never been a secret. But historically, only 50-60% of the class goes into a PC residency. If you look at the stats for some of those "top 10" schools, you'll see the same percentages. I don't really know what an "impressive" match is, vs. an "OK" match, or even if there is any such gradation. It's hard to give more merit to an ortho residency than an IM or peds residency. It's like comparing apples and oranges.
I believe that UMD matches so many people into its own programs because the students really love it there. The 4th-year student who took me around during my "second-look" was in the process of ranking her choices for residency (IM), and she was listing UMD as her first choice, even over programs like Columbia. There also seemed to be a good mix of interests - I spoke with 4th years applying in ortho and neurology, and they both said that they felt extremely prepared by UMD, and were completely satisfied with their education.
UMD will prepare you to do whatever you want to do, as long as YOU are willing to put in the work. You can't squeak by and expect to get your top choice of residencies...but, then again, there aren't many places where you would be able to do that. I plan to work hard, do well, and go wherever/do whatever I want in 4 years. Not much more to it than that. 🙂
LucidSplash said:So who wants to be the first to call the FA office and ask why the packages appeared and then disappeared - esecially for those that had already accepted them? 🙂
LadyWolverine said:Dear UMB Financial Aid Lady:
It has come to my attention that you have not yet finalized your financial aid packages for the 2006-2007 school year. I would like to take this opportunity to petition you for more aid for the following incoming medical students, as we, upon graduation, will be facing a lifetime of student debt, malpractice insurance and suits, and expensive repairs for the massively oversized homes, cars, and boats that we are expected to buy to perpetuate the appearance of the "physician lifestyle."
First and foremost is yours truly. I would like more money because, let's face it, I don't like spending money. Especially money that I don't have. I know that there's money somewhere in Maryland. I know because the state of Maryland took 98.348% of my income during the 2005 tax year. I don't know where this money goes. I heard that Governor Ehrlich withdraws it all in $100 bills and has a dump truck deposit it on his bed so he can roll around with 3 supermodels and have lots of hot sex on top of huge piles of cash. Apparently that works better than Viagra for ED.
So, like I said, there's definiely money somewhere in Maryland. If my 5 bazillion dollars in taxes can be used to treat Bob Ehrlich's ED, don't you think a small percentage of that could go to subsidize my medical education? Especially since I will be working basically for free for the next 4 years in your state's hospitals?
If you do not give me more money, I will be forced to hide in your closet until a most inopprotune time (e.g. 3am), upon which I will exit said closet and proceed to scare the bejeezus out of you. Did I mention that I look like a scary clown?
Please also give the following students more money: Cozmosis, LucidSplash, SuzieQ. They are the ones who have posted the most on SDN and have therefore been giving UMB free advertising. The average advertising executive in this area makes roughly 386,000 per year. That means you should give all 3 of them free rides. So, actually, you're making money here if you subtract all of their scholarships from the free advertising.
I hope that you will seriously consider my requests. If you don't, I will be very, very upset and forced to expose Governor Ehrlich's ED problem on the 5 o'clock news. Furthermore, you don't want to upset a scary clown. Believe me.
While you're at it, can I get a pony, too?
LucidSplash said:So who wants to be the first to call the FA office and ask why the packages appeared and then disappeared - esecially for those that had already accepted them? 🙂
LadyWolverine said:Dear UMB Financial Aid Lady:
It has come to my attention that you have not yet finalized your financial aid packages for the 2006-2007 school year. I would like to take this opportunity to petition you for more aid for the following incoming medical students, as we, upon graduation, will be facing a lifetime of student debt, malpractice insurance and suits, and expensive repairs for the massively oversized homes, cars, and boats that we are expected to buy to perpetuate the appearance of the "physician lifestyle."
First and foremost is yours truly. I would like more money because, let's face it, I don't like spending money. Especially money that I don't have. I know that there's money somewhere in Maryland. I know because the state of Maryland took 98.348% of my income during the 2005 tax year. I don't know where this money goes. I heard that Governor Ehrlich withdraws it all in $100 bills and has a dump truck deposit it on his bed so he can roll around with 3 supermodels and have lots of hot sex on top of huge piles of cash. Apparently that works better than Viagra for ED.
So, like I said, there's definiely money somewhere in Maryland. If my 5 bazillion dollars in taxes can be used to treat Bob Ehrlich's ED, don't you think a small percentage of that could go to subsidize my medical education? Especially since I will be working basically for free for the next 4 years in your state's hospitals?
If you do not give me more money, I will be forced to hide in your closet until a most inopprotune time (e.g. 3am), upon which I will exit said closet and proceed to scare the bejeezus out of you. Did I mention that I look like a scary clown?
Please also give the following students more money: Cozmosis, LucidSplash, SuzieQ. They are the ones who have posted the most on SDN and have therefore been giving UMB free advertising. The average advertising executive in this area makes roughly 386,000 per year. That means you should give all 3 of them free rides. So, actually, you're making money here if you subtract all of their scholarships from the free advertising.
I hope that you will seriously consider my requests. If you don't, I will be very, very upset and forced to expose Governor Ehrlich's ED problem on the 5 o'clock news. Furthermore, you don't want to upset a scary clown. Believe me.
While you're at it, can I get a pony, too?
SpeedRacer said:who's coming out of the closet?
LadyWolverine said:Dear UMB Financial Aid Lady:
It has come to my attention that you have not yet finalized your financial aid packages for the 2006-2007 school year. I would like to take this opportunity to petition you for more aid for the following incoming medical students, as we, upon graduation, will be facing a lifetime of student debt, malpractice insurance and suits, and expensive repairs for the massively oversized homes, cars, and boats that we are expected to buy to perpetuate the appearance of the "physician lifestyle."
First and foremost is yours truly. I would like more money because, let's face it, I don't like spending money. Especially money that I don't have. I know that there's money somewhere in Maryland. I know because the state of Maryland took 98.348% of my income during the 2005 tax year. I don't know where this money goes. I heard that Governor Ehrlich withdraws it all in $100 bills and has a dump truck deposit it on his bed so he can roll around with 3 supermodels and have lots of hot sex on top of huge piles of cash. Apparently that works better than Viagra for ED.
So, like I said, there's definiely money somewhere in Maryland. If my 5 bazillion dollars in taxes can be used to treat Bob Ehrlich's ED, don't you think a small percentage of that could go to subsidize my medical education? Especially since I will be working basically for free for the next 4 years in your state's hospitals?
If you do not give me more money, I will be forced to hide in your closet until a most inopprotune time (e.g. 3am), upon which I will exit said closet and proceed to scare the bejeezus out of you. Did I mention that I look like a scary clown?
Please also give the following students more money: Cozmosis, LucidSplash, SuzieQ. They are the ones who have posted the most on SDN and have therefore been giving UMB free advertising. The average advertising executive in this area makes roughly 386,000 per year. That means you should give all 3 of them free rides. So, actually, you're making money here if you subtract all of their scholarships from the free advertising.
I hope that you will seriously consider my requests. If you don't, I will be very, very upset and forced to expose Governor Ehrlich's ED problem on the 5 o'clock news. Furthermore, you don't want to upset a scary clown. Believe me.
While you're at it, can I get a pony, too?