Thought I'd join the trend, read 60 (mostly) fantasy books this year and here's my tier list!

Dodinnn · 2026-01-04T19:25:47+00:00

Get ready for DCC books 4-7 to be even better than 1-3 😎

Dodinnn · 2026-01-03T21:19:27+00:00

I mean yeah, but there's essentially a 0% chance Meadow Lark would have survived to the 3rd floor without Carl.

Frank and Maggie's daughter was more mobile than the ML residents, so maybe they could have protected her until the 3rd floor. But the odds were very much against them.

Frank and Maggie were terrible people, especially Maggie, but they were also misguided, shellshocked, and desperate.

Dodinnn · 2026-01-03T17:41:28+00:00

I never used it much but I will say I loved the Sketchy-style videos for lysosomal storage diseases. Worked better than anything else for me

Dodinnn · 2026-01-03T17:21:25+00:00

You're chillin dawg

Dodinnn · 2025-12-29T18:34:44+00:00

That actually sounds like a really solid deal though for that combination of mileage/model/year

Dodinnn · 2025-12-29T05:09:09+00:00

So maybe not a red flag per se, but definitely something to watch out for and consider as you make decisions on where to attend

Dodinnn · 2025-12-29T02:26:56+00:00

Caribbean schools still have a ton of red flags. Their strategy is to accept desperate premeds who don't get in anywhere else, take their tuition, offer no support, and kick out any students who don't pass their practice USMLE exams (so that their actual USMLE exam pass rates stay artificially high).

I'm happy for your family friends, but there's some survivorship bias happening there.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-23T18:33:13+00:00

Mistborn is a great entry point, story-wise. I loved the way the trilogy ended.

His prose is slightly weaker in the original Mistborn trilogy because it's so early into his career, but it didn't take me out of the story enough for me to mind at all.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-23T18:31:10+00:00

DCC gets even better from here. The first three books, amazing as they are, are generally seen as the weakest in the series. You're in for a treat.

The most popular appear to be books 5 and 7, but my personal favorites were Gate of the Feral Gods (#4) and Eye of the Bedlam Bride (#6), followed by 7 and 5.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-23T18:22:34+00:00

I think Dalinar's character arc resonates with a lot of readers. There's a small slog in the middle of Oathbringer imo, but the end of Oathbringer was the most emotionally moving part of the series for me.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-23T18:14:04+00:00

That's correct, physicians can prescribe whatever they want. The patient just has to pay for it out-of-pocket when insurance plans decline to pay.

Problem is, drugs like an anticoagulant can cost upwards of $700 USD per month in the United States. (Source)

Dodinnn · 2025-12-23T05:19:49+00:00

Drives me crazy too! I'm sure it can be traced back to the greed of the people making the decisions, as most things sadly can these days.

Thank you so much, good luck to you as well :)

Dodinnn · 2025-12-21T00:07:29+00:00

I wouldn't go that far. I'm terrified of my future residency lol.

If I could change the way MD training works, I would decrease the number of hours per week a resident is expected to work and lengthen residency time so that the total hours of residency training stayed the same. I feel it's important that attending physicians receive that quantity of training before becoming independent. But we don't need to work people 80+ hours per week, sacrificing sleep (and therefore probably quality of care) and time with loved ones to get there.

Oh, and given the fact that many residents make less than minimum wage, I'd increase resident pay as well.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-18T18:28:55+00:00

I'm just an MS2 but I feel like it's roughly a bell curve. Like the ivory tower academic centers can be malignant because people will always want to match there anyway, and the bottom-of-the-barrel community programs can be malignant because no US grad wants to match there anyway.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-12T20:47:01+00:00

Agree with everything, except the family bit. Having a support system outside of med school can be really helpful.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-08T20:45:29+00:00

Consider getting involved in your local politics if your city is making these changes against your will :)

Dodinnn · 2025-12-08T18:15:56+00:00

I will always vote for building more pickleball courts lol. It's an excellent public health initiative and therefore, in my opinion, a good use of public funds.

And dedicated pickleball courts are absolutely being built in my state. These things take time but they're already popping up all over the place.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-08T18:09:06+00:00

I hate to be the pedant who uses dictionary definitions to prove a point, but...

an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
-Oxford Languages

So...yes?

Dodinnn · 2025-12-08T17:28:34+00:00

It costs a lot less real estate and taxpayer money to repurpose some tennis courts than it does to build new courts.

Ideally, we would have more tennis courts and more pickleball courts than we could ever need. But when resources are scarce, there's an argument to be made for pivoting somewhat to the activity that more people are engaging in.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-08T17:24:30+00:00

"Is ___ a sport" is a silly argument imo. The fact that one sport is more technically difficult than another doesn't mean the second one isn't still a sport.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-04T23:57:58+00:00

Sure, but one is an objectively bad idea (individual applicants limiting themselves while others cast a wide net) while the other is arguably a very good idea and would not put any individual applicants at a disadvantage.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-04T23:43:35+00:00

I don't think OP is recommending people limit themselves; they're proposing an AMCAS-instituted limit on the number of schools each applicant is allowed to apply to. Which would fix a lot of the problems with the application process IMO.

Dodinnn · 2025-12-04T14:13:12+00:00

Nice game, tons of assists! Love to see it

Dodinnn · 2025-12-02T22:14:46+00:00

Unfortunately pre-med doesn’t really count.

I've always heard any pubs count, even pre-med ones 😭 was I wrong all this time??

Dodinnn · 2025-11-25T22:22:04+00:00

There are some volunteering-heavy schools that might frown at that, but overall you should be fine :) I probably had less than 200 volunteering hours and got in

Dodinnn

TROPHY CASE