6'6" pre med checking in.
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Why are doctors so tall?
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Your sub-6 foot height won't help you match in to surgery, but you can probably compensate with high enough step scores. I actually have a friend that matched into gen surg who's only 5'10.
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5'10" but I hit that 6' mark easily in my business casual shoes. Probably a bit taller in my interview shoes. You don't have to be dealt the best cards, just gotta play em right
I need your shoes! I'm 5'9" and hate my height, I really wish I was just those few inches taller. 6' sounds so much better.
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5'10" but I hit that 6' mark easily in my business casual shoes. Probably a bit taller in my interview shoes. You don't have to be dealt the best cards, just gotta play em right
I hope you are a woman talking a out high heels.
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I hope you are a woman talking a out high heels.
Hahaha.. Well, no, I am a guy. Apparently height-boosting shoes for men is a thing.
I only have 3 pairs: sneakers, biz-casual (brown), formal (black). The sneakers are flat as can be, but the other two have like thicker soles and/or a sort of heel... but not high heels, I swear.. I'm going to stop here and reassert my manhood by pointing out that these shoes are heavy and take ankle strength to handle..
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Generations of large family breeding.
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No, your height is fine because you're a woman.
...however, I'm not sure if women are allowed to be doctors. Hopefully SDN can offer a definitive answer about this.
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Idk I think I've seen a few women in the field! My research lab works with a peds clinic, and the seasoned pediatrician in charge over there is a very lovely woman. But I am dead serious when I say that she is at least 6' tall...
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If you feel like dropping your mcats for your height alone or what anyone might think of it maybe you should.
Keep on cooking!
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I heard you automatically grow at least 5 inches after your white coat ceremony.
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Yeah, but when you hit the wards 3rd year, you shrink about 10 inches.
I was thinking maybe a lot of them wore shoe lifts. As a doctor it pays off to look as authoritative as possible so shoe lifts would be a worthwhile investment.
Can you bench at least tree fiddy?
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I've had a lot of surgery, and the absolute BEST surgeon I ever had was shorter than I am, and I'm 5' tall on a good day. He owned his own practice in Texas, and he was able to handle my issues like the TEAMS of doctors I had in my home state couldn't.
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5'4" MALE, ASIAN...and I will be matriculating this fall. Go short male doctors!
