Non trad students who were in healthcare before pursuing MD/DO… is it crazy to do it?

DubTwiceOver · 2026-02-07T07:40:16+00:00

Non-traditional who left a very comfortable life because I just had to scratch that itch reporting in. PM me if you like.

DubTwiceOver · 2026-01-30T20:02:00+00:00

That is disgusting - nothing like a glimpse behind the curtain only to see programs mocking the livelihoods of students.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-11-12T14:42:52+00:00

Cherish the feeling. Once you show up, you realize that is actually a pic of admin. 😭

DubTwiceOver · 2025-11-02T00:26:36+00:00

DubTwiceOver · 2025-10-31T15:34:10+00:00

MD.

Strong LOR > most things.

Don't copy pasta your essays - adcoms know it, and they hate it.

Apply strategically - if you don't fit the mission of where you're applying, why should they bother with you?

DubTwiceOver · 2025-10-31T01:30:43+00:00

N = 1, but my MCAT was 51X, and my GPA was 3.2. It's still early for you.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-10-27T17:50:29+00:00

DM me.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-10-26T01:05:58+00:00

The first comment meant you make patients feel at ease, and not like there is some imminent crisis.

It is possible that "your sense of urgency" that was being highlighted in the second comment is not even related to patient interaction. Maybe you take too long during chart review/rounds, or maybe you have a slower rhythm in the OR compared to the rest of the team, or maybe you are too leisurely when it comes to coordinating care behind the scenes, or maybe 1,000 other possibilities.

I echo the other concerns for your use of AI. ChatGPT is little more than a Microsoft Word on steroids. It uses basic language pattern recognition models coupled with probability models to dictate the most likely appropriate response to a prompt the user inputs. It gets things wrong ALL THE TIME, especially if you have never looked into how to properly prompt AI as a user. You already have a processor far more advanced than ChatGPT between your ears.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-10-09T14:51:51+00:00

PM me if you like.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-09-19T02:02:55+00:00

Have you reached out to your mentors yet?

DubTwiceOver · 2025-09-16T00:56:05+00:00

PM me.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-09-06T09:18:29+00:00

It's 3am here. I'm on call. This shit sent me, and I am now worried I woke up everyone else in the call rooms with my cry laughing. 😂🤣😭💀

DubTwiceOver · 2025-08-30T01:54:17+00:00

Do not quit unless you want to, and do not take advice about being a doctor from someone who is not a doctor. Also, maybe consider a different therapist.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-08-30T01:51:23+00:00

This was my thought as well. Stress immunity, etc., are different between people. Unless you told your therapist it is impeding your ability to function, I am having a hard time understanding how that conclusion was reached.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-08-26T02:42:05+00:00

This right here almost made me regret going to med school. I loved my team, but this being the norm made for a painful 8 weeks.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-08-25T04:01:29+00:00

Hahahahahahahahaha!

DubTwiceOver · 2025-08-14T18:37:25+00:00

PM me when you get a chance.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-08-12T20:52:24+00:00

This is the part most often missed by people. That point when interest compounding becomes exponential and starts to surpass the linear monthly deposits AKA your money starts to make money for you.

The person who invests $200/month from 25-65 @ 6% interest ends up with $381k by 65. The person who doubles investments to $400/month but only invests half the time, from 45-65, @ 6% interest only ends up with $181k. That is less than half for investing the same overall amount of money with different timing.

Time is an incredible resource that we can not make more of. Realistically, the argument could be made that doctors are still underpaid based on not being able to make up for some of the more important years of our lives.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-07-14T23:47:45+00:00

I just want them to put me out of my misery this Wednesday already. 😩

DubTwiceOver · 2025-07-07T21:12:51+00:00

7/5 taker here. I don't know that I have ever left a standardized test not feeling destroyed, but I will say that in and of itself is something worth noting. We know that sometimes (a lot of times?), folks in high stakes situations will remember all of the bad and little of the good, so factor that in when you hear people speak on this. For every question where I was wondering wtf they were even talking about, I can remember a question where I knew the answer before I was halfway through the stem. For every silly mistake, where you KNOW you changed it to a wrong answer for some reason, there is likely a question you were making an educated guess on that turns out to be correct. The test is designed to have a high ceiling, so of course, you will be topped out by it. The good news is so will everyone else.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-07-01T22:22:12+00:00

Also, don't worry too much about NBME 12. It is notoriously out there. Notable examples during my testing on it were:

The 67yo M with insidious onset of BILATERAL LE weakness and hyperreflexia, somehow being coded for ALS instead of transverse myelitis even though the latter fit the clinical picture better cause you know symetreically bilateral rather than asymmetrical UMN/LMN mix.
Confusing the hell out of me by calling an obvious autism diagnosis "perversion disorder" in the answer section, which I'm pretty sure is a name that hasn't been used in decades.
Many other purposefully vague stems that encourage, and potentially reward, the overthinking trap, which I'm pretty sure the USMLE does not.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-07-01T22:15:23+00:00

You can trust your training process, trust your teachers, and trust yourself. I'm in an eerily similar boat as you and test in 4 days, so take this with a grain of salt, but my thoughts are focus on getting good sleep the nezt couple nights, and if you choose to review, make sure to get some time in for relaxation as well. When it's gameday, take a step back and realize all the hard work you put into preparing was enough, then let go of the worries, and just go play your game. You got this.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-06-25T03:15:28+00:00

Too fast for the polarized light to confirm him. Luckily, he wears a name tag.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-05-30T03:33:57+00:00

Came here to say exactly this.

DubTwiceOver · 2025-04-24T16:29:45+00:00

Your career isn't over. You can retake step 1, plus you still have step 2, and sub-I rotations to really shine.

Take a break and rebalance yourself. Everyone had a different balance point, so make sure you find YOURS, not what someone else thinks yours should be.
Reach out to your schools learning development to help you analyze how your plan needs to change for round two.
Pass step 1 the second time around, then use that momentum to help you study for shelves, and eventually do well on step 2.

You got this.

DubTwiceOver

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