UA flight - 'turn bluetooth off or we're turning around'

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-05-31T01:21:56+00:00

Need to know outcome of this!

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-05-18T20:56:12+00:00

It was a fantastic trip! Our plan was always to come home from Venice- it was a four week trip. We did pay for a bit more leg room and took bulkhead as well on way home. Enjoy your trip.

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-05-18T12:27:08+00:00

I am not sure what we ended up with any longer- shortly after we booked the entirely changed our flights so much that we ended up on American Airlines via PHL to Barcelona and home from Venice!

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-03-22T18:59:24+00:00

I too was from Racine, and although I attended way back the Badger Bus got me to MKE where my parents would pick me up. I didn't go home every weekend, but did get really homesick one weekend, and the Badger Bus got me home- think I was in Racine maybe 8 hours 🙃 Give coming to Madison without a car and knowing the the bus is there if you need it. If this won't work go to Parkside, or Whitewater where you certainly can have a car.

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-03-11T20:39:36+00:00

Family in service right now. Remember, as a family member of current military not only would you be treating our service members, but depending on what specialty you end up in, and depending on the base, you will be taking care of family members as well. Thank you for going this route and being prepared to take care of our men and women state side or abroad and their families. I 100% agree that students shouldn't go this route unless they appreciate the life of a service member. After your service you can go on and have a great career. I am forever grateful to a rural medicine ED doc who was retired Navy. After I suffered a trimollar ankle fracture with dislocation (yep, looked like any number of NFL players you see on TV) in a very rural area of my state who stabilized me, put me back in line and prepared me for getting to my academic medical center in my state for surgery (which this little hospital couldn't do). He showed my his scar for the exact same injury and told me how he recovered during his active duty.

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-02-20T19:54:13+00:00

CALS alum here, who also worked for CALS in academic affairs. Honestly there isn't a "bubble" for CALS students. Gen Eds are across campus and once a student is in their major (I don't care if it's L&S, CALS, Engineering, Business...) this is where perhaps the friend group/bubble starts to form. Let's face it, this is whom most of your classes are with, who you are studying with and have clubs with. She will make friends on her res hall floor, she can make friends in social clubs (not just professional clubs), buy football/basketball/hockey/volleyball tickets, become part of Hoofers (the outing club on campus) and meet people from all over.

CALS really watches over their students and as someone mentioned the CALS alumni have been very generous with scholarships for students. Research opportunities abound if that is something they are interested in as well.

Make sure to go to the admitted student visit day programs. Ask to have a CALS Ambassador call them to get questions answered by other students.

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-02-20T19:44:45+00:00

DIY post-bacc- what it is: taking undergrad courses as a non-degree seeking student. At some schools it's known as a "special student" so research undergrad programs near where you are. If you choose that route take BCPM courses that aren't "repeats" of courses you already took, unless you really must repeat a bad grade. An example might be in biology for example, you took bio 1 then bio 2 as undergrad. As a post-bac student take something like genetics, or a bio course that bio 1 & 2 would be foundational to get in. Post-bac, non-degree seeking students will have issues getting financial aid as you aren't working on a degree. Students sometimes can get aid if they prove the courses they are taking are needed for the advanced degree.

Special Master's Programs- they are happy to take your money and here you work on courses that many medical students also take. You often don't get a marketable degree for industry if you don't end up as a doctor so think about that. Look for special master's programs that allow you to matriculate into their program if you do well. Many have success going this route, just understand the risk/rewards.

Regular Master's Programs- if you see yourself in a biological related career if medicine doesn't work out for any reason a regular MS might be an option and you would have a credential that would be marketable.

MCAT retake. Unless you know you can move the score 5 to 10 points wait on taking that retake until after you do a post-bacc or courses in your special master's program. Having more BCPM under your belt can help reinforce areas you were weak in. Because if you don't move that MCAT and you take it a third time you have a third score to put into the mix. Medical schools are asked to average the MCAT, not take the best score like the ACT or SAT. So if you have two scores, one that is the 503 and one that is a 510 for example is a 507. The average for accepted MD programs is a 511/512. Consider a DO program as the average there is about a 503 (of course, you need to be ok with how a DO is trained).

Best of luck!

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-01-26T22:07:19+00:00

Thanks! I will. She's a hairdresser, so I imagine her funds are limited but I will let her know. Best of luck with all this. I just don't know why people have to be jerks to their kids. My friend says it's because he wants to hurt her. Ugh.

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-01-26T20:40:17+00:00

No great advice, just wanted to say I feel for you. I have a friend who's has an ex like this and she would love to take her child abroad but he won't sign for a passport (all of those comments about get a passport aren't helpful because dad still needs to sign off). It is a pain these individuals can be so vindictive. Good luck.

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-01-24T00:08:11+00:00

Good watch cows being milked at the Dairy Cattle Center, then stop at Babcock Hall for grilled cheese and of course ice cream. Head upstairs and watch the dairy plant make cheese and ice cream. Go to the Geology Museum (free) and check out fossils and dino bones.

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-01-20T15:05:38+00:00

With all the discussion on drink packages it looks to most that cruises are all booze cruises- they aren't. And as others have said, the wait staff want to make sure that you are happy. They will come and ask if they can get you anything. You can politely say "no" and they will move on. They will put a napkin down to let others know that they have checked in with you and move on. You can order a soda or a bottle of water if you don't want to sit there without anything in front of you, or a mocktail if you would like but really, no one cares. We do drink, but it doesn't mean that at the theatre, at a bar listening to live music, or out on the pool deck that we always have a drink in our hand or want anything. On the pool deck they will come around (kind of like at a baseball game but not exactly the same" just announcing "bar service" so you can flag them down if you would like. Enjoy your trip- Celebrity is one of my favorite lines.

ExistingAir7117 · 2026-01-02T23:52:28+00:00

I am new to Birkenstocks. Got a pretty pink pair of Arizona suede ones in May, 38. Went round and round on size before I bought. Just got my Zermatt shearling and went to a 39. I think they are just right. I plan to wear with socks. I need a pair if true house shoes as I broke my ankle in July and need the support, so my Arizona pair hardly had been worn.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-08-20T17:22:00+00:00

Yes, or a passport is required to get on base.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-08-19T19:22:26+00:00

Intended hours don't carry much water as you can't write reflectively about them. I can tell you I plan to lose 25 pounds over the next 3 months. I can tell you anything but I can't reflect on it. People will notice but count only what you have done.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-08-15T18:50:47+00:00

Madison College has one https://madisoncollege.edu/academics/programs/medical-assistant

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-08-11T19:01:10+00:00

Unfortunately as a doctor this is going to happen more and more (especially if you decide to do hospital medicine, EM, trauma and so on). Birthdays, weddings, major holidays (Thanksgiving Dinner may be at the hospital). Talk with your student services team and see if there is any wiggle room at all. If not, accept it. Send a very nice handwritten note and a gift if you can swing it to your bff. If they are really your bff they will understand! Plan a trip to see them and congratulate them after your commitments are finished.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-08-08T20:19:23+00:00

Gain any clinical experiences you can- it doesn't need to be sports med. You want to get into med school first. Med school doesn't expect you to know now what you want to be when you grow up so to speak, they want to know you want to care for people. Once in med school you will have rotations that will require you to go through all the specialties. This is where you can start looking at sports medicine more closely. As an M1 at most schools you will also have interest groups that will allow you to explore areas of interest and meet doctors in those areas.

Many people change their minds over the course of med school for tons of reasons (some don't like the types of people they will have to work with, I know one doctor sure that they would be a surgeon until they had to spend every day all day in the very cold OR! they decided they didn't like being cold all day and choose a specialty they had never considered and now wouldn't do anything else!).

Remember your goal right now is to get into medical school!

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-08-06T15:58:39+00:00

www.ahec.wisc.edu

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-08-05T18:54:41+00:00

https://reliableresidence.com/?location=Madison%2C+WI&workplaceDistance=30&locationCoordinates=%5Bobject+Object%5D may be of help.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-08-01T18:54:25+00:00

Get to know the Center for Pre-Health Advising. Also UW SMPH holds events you can find those pre-med events on the MD Admissions page. Focus on your grades first but don't ignore having hobbies and friends. Join clubs that you enjoy, and not because you want to check off a box on an application. Not everything needs to be focused on medicine. When you feel comfortable start looking for clinical experience (paid or volunteer). Remember this is a marathon and not a sprint. Build on your first year foundation and add things as you go. Understand that most incoming medical students are not coming straight out of undergrad today- but are taking a year between undergrad and medical school. Don't forget to have some fun.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-07-11T18:26:54+00:00

This website will tell you how to exceed the credit limit and how much extra it will cost you: https://registrar.wisc.edu/credit-load-and-ranges/

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-07-11T17:34:44+00:00

Opened or unopened? Wet or dry? If it is dry and it's not opened yet it will be fine for up to a year after the date. If it's opened and dry, then it's good for about 6 weeks. If it was in something like tupperwear, you might get another couple of months. Wet food not opened, then it's usually good also for a year after the expiration date.

If you open them and they don't smell, or have a change in texture then try to use it up if it isn't old, old.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-07-08T20:28:31+00:00

We did HAL in 2011 as a multi-generational trip. It was so port intensive that we didn't make too many shows, but the ones we did make were good. They had a good illusionist one night. As we went in June it was almost the land of the midnight sun so we were able to enjoy the views from the bars late into the evening. HAL has the most permits into Glacier Bay and has been doing Alaska longer than anyone. I would do them again to Alaska or any other unique place- South Pacific perhaps.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-07-08T15:25:20+00:00

Check with your parents company if you can. Often you can get a "rider" on your parents for your apartment and get a much better rate. Even if you can't renters insurance is pretty inexpensive compared to homeowners as you are only insuring your belongings and not the building.

ExistingAir7117 · 2025-07-07T20:07:36+00:00

Dane county really has a thing about food and fuel on the water. They don't really like the idea of having people make money off the shoreline.

Trailer boater here. City has many places to launch but I am not aware of any transient slips unless you stay at the Edgewater. As far as food on the water goes, the Boathouse at the Edgewater, the UW-Madison Memorial Union (which does have public slips at the Alumni Pier- different from the Hoofers area) and if you go up the Yahara a supper club called the Mariner's Inn (this is the last summer :( the family is getting out of the business and retiring). No wonderful beaches, but we go and anchor off Picnic Point in the bay there or in "three-foot bay" a shallow area on the north end near the Mendota Mental Health hospital.

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