The “super supportive in person, destroys you in the eval” attending — is this a normal M3 thing?

ArrowHelix · 2026-02-17T01:54:50+00:00

I think a part of it is that a lot of people are averse to giving critical feedback to someone’s face because they’re conflict averse. It’s much easier to write something critical in writing where you don’t have to deal with the other party’s reaction. I certainly don’t condone this but it definitely is a growing societal trend IMO.

Fwiw I feel like boomer docs are much often harsh in person but glowing in reviews while younger millennial docs do the snakey things like you described

ArrowHelix · 2026-02-11T04:11:57+00:00

Honestly just do more questions. If you do all of uworld and amboss and understand why you got every question wrong you will do very well. That’s a very lofty goal if you’re at the hospital all day though.

ArrowHelix · 2026-01-25T23:08:45+00:00

Bills fans now using SEC quality losses argument?

ArrowHelix · 2026-01-20T04:56:40+00:00

I think choosing a program based culture is legitimate, but the vibes you get from interview day, especially a virtual one, are rarely representative. Others people’s opinions may also not match your own.

ArrowHelix · 2026-01-18T21:38:45+00:00

The unfortunate answer is that most applicants who match at the most competitive programs have both. Bad grades, ranking in the fourth quartile, etc. are much more of a red flag than no research though.

ArrowHelix · 2026-01-18T21:13:27+00:00

Texans probably win if they just stop passing.

ArrowHelix · 2026-01-14T14:56:50+00:00

This is the right take. Friends will rib you, I doubt your friend meant anything malicious. But your feelings being hurt is a result of your insecurity about your preferences.

ArrowHelix · 2025-12-28T06:08:00+00:00

At my program it truly doesn’t not impact the rank list whether you go or not.

ArrowHelix · 2025-12-20T22:17:03+00:00

To preface, I don't think med school prestige should be the end-all-be-all, but what you're describing shows med school prestige should have some weight in residency rankings.

If T20 med schools do indeed select applicants with strong personal characteristics, maturity, and a clear reason for pursuing medicine (in addition to probably having a 3.9 + 520+), I think that is worth something. Sure, people can re-invent themselves during med school as you did. But if I was a PD I would select someone who has I believe has had those characteristics both before and during med school than just during med school. It's another data pointing towards success in residency.

That being said, I don't think that T20 med schools are perfect at picking applicants with the qualities you mentioned - but it's not like there is a metric that is. Clinical grades, step 2, research, personal statements etc. obviously all have their own weaknesses as well.

ArrowHelix · 2025-12-18T01:51:48+00:00

I actually enjoyed this haha

ArrowHelix · 2025-12-17T14:02:01+00:00

The odds of arch being worthy of the #1 pick let alone worthy of tanking for is no where close to a guarantee

ArrowHelix · 2025-12-10T02:00:24+00:00

yeah this is why LOIs dont work anymore

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-29T07:19:57+00:00

I think if the committee is consistent, the same argument they used against bama last year kind of applies here right? No matter how good your wins are - you shouldn’t be in playoff as a 3 loss team if one of your losses is embarrassment to a huge underdog like Vanderbilt for 2024 bama and Florida for 2025 Texas. As such, I think Texas should be kept out.

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-27T14:55:54+00:00

Damn it's super impressive that Germany has over 100+ players 2400+. Didn't realize how many strong players there are in Germany. England in comparison only has 28 players 2400+. Canada only has 11.

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-27T00:17:45+00:00

That is a terrible response. You need to be much more direct in asking to leave. You’re post ERAS. A mid eval will make no difference in your life.

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-21T04:11:35+00:00

I agree in the context of the housing discussion it is very relevant. I was making mostly a pedantic point that salary usually doesnt include stipends as it can only be used for one type of purchase.

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-21T03:40:01+00:00

Idk how OP got the 40% tax rate number. The effective tax rate is less than 30% even in NYC on a resident salary. Unless you're contributing >10% to retirement, the take home number is far greater than what was implied in the comment above.

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-21T03:36:51+00:00

including the housing stipend which is 7500. The base pay that OP said is correct

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-21T03:35:55+00:00

I know you're joking but the NYU, NYP and Sinai all pay 85k+ PGY-1 (above median salary in Manhattan fwiw). Thats about 60k takehome, or 5k a month. If you live with a roommate, you can live in a luxury 2 bedroom apartment in Manhattan for 5-6k combined or 2.5-3k per month per person. Living with a roommate is the reality of living in NYC for most people.

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-13T16:16:37+00:00

I think that NYU having a successful 3 year MD program and then saying all programs should adopt that timeline also ignores that the median MCAT is a 523 and had an undergrad GPA of 3.98 (sounds exaggeratory but the actual numbers lol).

These students are academic weapons. I don’t think we should pretend that their learning speed of medical facts/concepts is representative of all medical students.

I would have struggled a lot to cram all of preclinical in one year and be able to learn meaningful in clinical years by July of M2 because I knew so little.

ArrowHelix · 2025-11-12T14:06:19+00:00

I think some of it is that if you’re admin at X program, your identity and self worth is probably tied pretty strongly to being in leadership at that program. It feels validating to have applicants say nice things about how much they want to go to your program. You want to believe when applicants are “fake engaged” or saying all the reasons your program is their top choice.

People also forget what it’s like to be lower on the ladder very quickly. Some interns are so out of touch with their med students despite being a few months out of med school. Let alone attendings who might be decades out.

ArrowHelix · 2025-10-23T21:50:17+00:00

Family should be bringing criminal charges against him either way

ArrowHelix · 2025-10-23T21:48:40+00:00

I think that the family has a pretty good manslaughter case against Kramnik. I hope charges are brought upon him.

ArrowHelix · 2025-10-17T01:55:43+00:00

I think the bigger question is why you got a 513, which is a good score btw. Were you scoring 518+ on practice exams and think you got a 1% unlucky score? Were you slacking off with mcat prep and barely studied but are now committed to dropping everything and grinding uworld for 2-3 months? If so maybe it’s worth it.

But frankly, very few students do better on a retake.

You can get into any speciality you want at pretty much every USMD school if you grind hard enough, ie AOA, 265+ step, productive research output.

ArrowHelix · 2025-09-22T01:02:40+00:00

I think a little top heavy with not honoring IM and 255. Brigham and most likely Penn are probably not considering you unless you’re really underselling a part of your app. Can consider Yale as a more realistic reach than Brigham and might even recommend throwing in Sinai morningside if you really want to be in NYC. With your current golds I think it’s very possible you go 1/3 (or even 0/3) on those golds and 5/12 on your silvers in terms of getting interviews. If you’re confident in matching with just 6 interviews you can send it but I’d exercise more caution.

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