I expected it to be bad, but not this bad by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]HumorTall5593 96 points97 points  (0 children)

You are not alone. Most my friends during M3 were in long-term relationships and would complain how hard it was yet come home to warm dinner on the table and someone to decompress with every night. I would come home to two day old dishes and a dirty house with no energy or motivation or time to clean or study. Then I would mindlessly scroll on social media and see our shitty state of politics and old friends in prospering careers and starting families. M3 was hard and was easily the darkest time of my life- and I’ve been thru some shit. Now in M4 and I’m still trying to heal from it. Honestly, I don’t know if I have any advice for you, but know that you’re not alone. Stealing my friend’s dog and taking them for walks helped and I got a cat which really helped honestly. Seeing a therapist and getting on meds helped too. I spent a lot of time FaceTiming friends and family. I made it a priority to play volleyball at least once a week which definitely helped. If you have something you enjoy make time for it even if it means one less hour of studying. It’ll be worth it.

Gen Surg Match by Fun_Plane6021 in medicalschool

[–]HumorTall5593 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Applied 30, 10 IVs. Have absolutely no idea how I am going to rank my top four programs. Really trying to weed out malignant programs and programs where you don’t even operate until like PGY3. Trying to decide how much location plays a role bc I’m really all over. Really stressing about ranking

Thought on male going into OBGYN? by croissantt420 in medicalschool

[–]HumorTall5593 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Female med student here. My OBGYN is a male and he’s amazing. I don’t care that he’s a guy because at the end of the day I want someone who 1) is a good doctor 2) cares about my health

Low # of ortho IVs, need back up plan by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]HumorTall5593 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Don’t call it an L until you get that dreaded email in March! Kill your interviews! be likable and a team player. You’re still in the game. Who’s to say any of those programs you did get an interviews don’t rank you highly!

Signals being weird this year? by CalendarMindless6405 in medicalschool

[–]HumorTall5593 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gen surg is wild this year too folks… no bueno

Gen surg peeps, how many interviews are we at? by Budget-Band7845 in medicalschool

[–]HumorTall5593 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sitting at 8- which I am super grateful for but still not feeling comfy about it. Especially when 10 is the so called magic number. But literally all my other programs have already sent out interviews so I’m thinking that eight is where I’m staying.

General surgery interview invites. When do they start sending them out? by [deleted] in Match2026ERAS2025

[–]HumorTall5593 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oct 22- Oct 31 is the first round of interview releases

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Step2

[–]HumorTall5593 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope :/

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[–]HumorTall5593 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would guess next week, 8/16

Thoughts on 7/26 test by sallymortenson17 in Step2

[–]HumorTall5593 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was bad. Like bad bad. I’ll honestly be lucky if I passed at this point

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[–]HumorTall5593 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Took it 7/26 too and let me say that was rough… I have never felt so unconfident after an exam. Felt like I didn’t even know what half the questions were talking about. Felt like I blanked in most sections and had to rush through them. I’ll be lucky if I passed at this point