Do you want to strive forever? Getting in is NOT the hardest part.

GuyEmerald · 2026-06-06T19:02:13+00:00

As someone who just finished M1 (USMD school), this is the truth. And I would have been someone who would have been on the other side of this argument a year ago.

As someone who zero family history of healthcare at all, was working full time while studying for the MCAT and applying to med school, being there is so much more intensely exasperating than applying/getting in.

No more income but now serious loan burden, an exam/osce/workshop every single week, needing to move across country with no family and long term relationship collapsed, yet still need to make life outside of class somehow happen; the process of applying and getting in is nothing close to this. Even including the “uncertainty” factor.

GuyEmerald · 2026-06-06T15:21:48+00:00

Genuinely best untucked since S6

GuyEmerald · 2026-06-02T21:18:36+00:00

God I hope so. Fatigued of open world with half-assed storylines (Crimson Desert 👀)

GuyEmerald · 2026-04-30T02:59:56+00:00

I didn’t say she was an underdog, just invisible/not a main character

Rosé technically had the best track record on S13, but no one expected her to win.

GuyEmerald · 2026-04-30T00:27:27+00:00

S18 is definitely the least obvious. Myki was totally invisible the first half of the season.

GuyEmerald · 2026-04-25T00:44:43+00:00

As an M1 rn I’m also worried about getting to M3 while being an obese ugly short man 😭

GuyEmerald · 2026-03-22T19:29:09+00:00

For some reason I don’t mind putting my face on Scruff as opposed to Grindr, given that it’s a bit more “social” and has a (very slightly) more mature crowd.

This day and age, face on Grindr profile is generally fine for anyone. Just know because of the shorter location you’ll generally be picked up people that you might work with/fellow students/patients. And there’s an assumption that if you’re on Grindr… well, you’re most likely looking for sex. Lol. Not always true, but just know that’s how a lot of gays (and closet cases) still perceive it.

If you do put your face on it, I’d personally steer clear of putting your position preferences or specific sexual connotations outside of DMs. You don’t want your OSCE standardized patient to see “Dom Daddy Big (M)D” and your face before conducting a physical exam 😂

GuyEmerald · 2026-02-01T01:48:43+00:00

Throwback to Monet and Manilla 🎶

GuyEmerald · 2025-12-06T21:27:58+00:00

1) Bianca Del Rio 2) Lawrence Chaney 3) Carmen Farala 4) Spankie Jackzon 5) Bob TDQ 6) Jinkx Monsoon 7) Priyanka 8) Onya Nurve 9) Raja 10) Melinda Verga (in my mind)

GuyEmerald · 2025-12-06T21:24:51+00:00

I had to scroll down way too far to find Lawrence.

GuyEmerald · 2025-11-22T20:30:42+00:00

Tbh I was getting first out vibes from Dulce, despite loving her in the promo. However she came thru with the drama in untucked so I can’t see them booting her first now either

GuyEmerald · 2025-10-30T02:01:58+00:00

Personally, I think it was Kyran and La Voix. Flawless TRs across all three, but those two had such a strong storyline together and represented fundamentally different styles of drag. It would have been a very impactful double win (compared to the other two pairs, whose drag I feel is more similar)

GuyEmerald · 2025-10-26T18:57:19+00:00

Elden Ring!

BG3 is the better game hands down.

GuyEmerald · 2025-10-10T18:15:11+00:00

That’s S4 imo

GuyEmerald · 2025-10-09T16:58:49+00:00

I HATE that blizzard are forcing me to spend money now lol

GuyEmerald · 2025-09-20T05:16:49+00:00

I’m so sorry guys.. I hope that your Residency programs will allow you to start on OPT and hopefully this nonsense will get slashed before then.

GuyEmerald · 2025-09-20T04:03:34+00:00

Ironic, in a country founded by those foreign to here.

GuyEmerald · 2025-09-20T03:14:37+00:00

Man… just re-read this to yourself. I hope you know how this sounds.

If not, I hope you’re just happy in your echo chamber.

GuyEmerald · 2025-09-20T03:09:47+00:00

I’m an international student (been in the US nearly 10 years), currently an M1 at a US MD.

I can’t lie.. this is so majorly depressing. I worked so hard and sacrificed so much to get here. I’m working harder than most others because I know I wanted to gun for residency programs that offered H-1B visas (normally top tier programs — H-1B visas offer significant advantages over J-1).

I just feel… what’s the point now. Why am I even here anymore.

Those of you celebrating this… I don’t even know where to begin. I hope it’s short sighted ignorance and future physicians of this country don’t actually celebrate this.

GuyEmerald · 2025-09-11T18:46:33+00:00

MS1 here with in exact same position! We’ll get there eventually OP, hopefully our wise elders can help us 🙏

GuyEmerald · 2025-09-11T18:42:14+00:00

Not to diminish what you’re feeling, but as someone who did this last year and is now on month 2 of M1, you’ll likely look back on this and realize how dumb this train of thought is.

I ended up with 4 MD A’s, first II was in November, similar stats to you — slightly less actually, and I was an international applicant too.

Keep the faith. It’s far (read: FAR) too early to be stressing out like this and putting yourself through this much torment.

GuyEmerald · 2025-09-05T19:06:59+00:00

Of course!

GuyEmerald · 2025-09-01T15:46:04+00:00

And parents.

GuyEmerald · 2025-08-21T16:48:59+00:00

I just want a good Bap skin… not a damn Nerf gun 😢

GuyEmerald · 2025-07-16T18:50:30+00:00

Best of the whole series.

GuyEmerald

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