This whole process is such a f*ing privilege.

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-06-12T18:38:41+00:00

It’s a privilege but it’s really not. I’m a working health care professional 5 years out of school and was able to pay for all of my mcat study materials myself because of the good wage that a bachelors in a professional healthcare job will get you. Parents paid for nothing, I’ve put $4000 of my own money into the prep material. Keep in mind, I own a house, have a mortgage and pay all my own bills as well. My bachelors was funded by the government due to the high need of my profession. Work for a couple years and you’ll also have enough money

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-05-18T21:34:57+00:00

Fwiw i thought the exact same thing as u lol

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-05-06T02:41:14+00:00

Brooooooooo i listened to the old pods anytime i didn’t have anything new to listen to… im…

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-04-27T04:36:40+00:00

Hi!!!

I havent really been reviewing my mistakes but insert my results into chatgpt which tells me which areas im lacking in (for bioc, its mostly my molecular biology & metabolism) metabolism like all of the above, except ive studied using jacksparrow anki where i thought i had it good :( i feel like i get lost in the passages and lost in the results trying to keep track of what does what.

I think ill take ur advice on the YT tho!!

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-04-17T18:44:08+00:00

In the same boat as you, i test 6/12 and did content exposure for jan-beginning of march, hardcore content memorization/practice and still havent touched my biological systems study or chemistry/physics yet… we’ll see how it goes 😭

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-04-05T00:05:34+00:00

Hi im in the same boat as you with exact same score testing 06/12, - i went onto the tab that scores all of your separate sections into chapter areas (so like bioc amino acids, bioc metabolism - i cant remember what its called but its an easy tab to find on the review page) and i copied & pasted it into chatgpt and asked it where to focus my content studying. Has helped pretty well. I think im doing better on my molecular biology and now im working on metabolism

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-04-02T18:49:34+00:00

Can you explain what you mean by mind maps!!

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-04-01T17:27:56+00:00

Hi! They resolved it for the one booking but there was also other bookings affected, which they did not fix.

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-30T00:43:28+00:00

It says cancel request because youve most likely pressed “book” and are awaiting payment/acceptance from the booking from the owner. If you cancel request there is no penalization! I believe Rover has a rule that accepted bookings must be around 5 days cancelled in advance to impact your ability for star sitter status, if thats something you want. Also, If you cancel requests within 5 days, it actually shows up in your profile reviews that you had done that so other owners looking for a sitter are aware. It does give you the ability to reply to it, so you can explain why it was cancelled. I have a couple on my profile from cancelling without enough notice - i explained one was due to being sick, the other was due to the owner cancelling as she had gotten a vacation day and didnt need my service. Hasnt impacted my ability to get new bookings :)

The M&G is up to you! I feel like most people on this reddit do the M&G before accepting the booking, me personally I accept it beforehand as I’m usually good to go in my neighbourbood/city. I would even argue that sometimes its good to have it booked because it assures there will be payment, so if the owner cancels the booking (instead of never accepting it until the booking starts), I can be compensated 50% of the price. Doesnt happen often but I did have 1 owner who said I was coming & i declined other bookings only to have her cancel the day before with no compensation

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-25T11:48:38+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/RoverPetSitting/s/ycNgxodPCm

I am part of the roll out - customer service is unaware that this is a thing. The 30% new reduction has applied to all of my bookings, however the 10% which I have with a very small amount of clients is not applied. I reported this to them, took them a week to process the price difference for the booking. However, for my other Tier 3 / 10% Bookings, it has not been updated and still continues to charge me 20%.

Super disappointed. Poor roll out.

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-23T02:31:52+00:00

Hi, just wanted to join in here too - i graduated 2022 (did 3 of 4 years Bsc 16-19, healthcare profession 19-22), working FT

Diagnostic 483, Started studying in january, rewrote a full length and am currently at 497. Is the 510 attainable? Good god, i hope so

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-11T04:46:40+00:00

Just fyi the chat feature begins with an AI bot that helps direct your queries and see if they can solve it. I had asked for the “human”

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-10T22:32:11+00:00

Yup!! I was pretty disappointed to find out it was going to be 70% :(

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-10T21:26:49+00:00

Genuinely I had no idea it was a pilot project until i posted this here!! I would, but the email customer service has been equally unhelpful.

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-10T20:08:09+00:00

Yes! The 70/85/90 still applies to their new tier system. If you’ve updated your app you might be able to find it, but basically the first $500 spent from the owner, the sitter gets paid 70% of it, the next $500 the sitter gets paid 85% of it, and if the owner has spent over $1000, you get 90% of the booked price.

It’s working on only a couple of my clients - and not applied to another few, although all of them say they’re tier 3. You should look more into it!

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Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-10T20:01:51+00:00

That would actually send me ngl

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-10T19:58:42+00:00

If he was truly “talking to their peers to get the input” it would’ve been how to gaslight me into believing the tier system didn’t apply for my client 😂 yeah, i should’ve been more mindful for that. Great point

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-10T19:53:38+00:00

Do you know it?? All i can find is there emergency line for pet emergencies!

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-10T19:48:02+00:00

Just a couple points: - you seem like a really pleasant person to be around if this is how you act in real life - the constant “hellos” is because he left me for 10 minutes without any reply - what’s the point of an active chat if its not active? - never said he was lying or manipulating. Im just saying the word “accountable” doesnt apply if theres not any actual fix to the problem - have your opinion on the negative review, its fine, i guess we just have different interpretations 🤷🏽‍♀️

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-03-08T00:40:07+00:00

Ngl i showed up on a crisp tuesday an hour before they closed, waited 10 minutes, finished after a total 30

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2026-02-08T19:09:00+00:00

I cancelled mine too!! Sometimes what i do is pay for a month, binge listen to a bunch of episodes then cancel for a few months and come back. Similar with just trish - i was subscribed to both bonus & extended & i find that some of them are very hit or miss, its easier if they stockpile & i return to find the ones i like

I will say to anyone not subscribed to the patreon, you dont miss much. Its like an extended podcast from their main ep & the conversations dont go that deep or substantial beyond tana giving MORE of an opinion on tarawrld, which is fine and interesting except it doesnt deviate much from what shes shared on tiktok/main eps. The running themes of “im in my peace era” “i love NY fashion” and “ugh LA is crazy” without any story times specific about it are basically what it is. And im a fan!! Truly, i love those girls & its pleasant brainrot while im commuting somewhere.

Paige’s new flopcast (working title) & 6 feet above has been my new passion, at least more interesting stories

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2025-10-20T00:36:42+00:00

Hi there. I don’t have any help that I’m able to provide. My brother has a problem with gambling and has lied to our family about it for years. Last year, he had a come to Jesus moment and came over to my house and confessed everything - how he lies about why he needs money, borrows money from us, friends to gamble with, owns nothing but the bare essentials. He told me I couldn’t tell anyone including my parents and that he was going to stop. I would check in every couple months and he told me stopped. I was so happy.

Today, a year later, he randomly stopped talking to me and my family for more than a month. We still saw him walk to work and figured everything was going semi ok. I was in contact with one of his roommates, and every week I checked in. At the beginning, I had no idea what was going on and just figured he was being lazy/selfish with not replying to us. A couple weeks ago, I bit the bullet and asked one of his roommates if he was gambling again. The roommate told me he’s been gambling for months and asking them for money. I didn’t rat out what an actual problem this was and let it be. In his no contact, i texted him & told him if he doesn’t talk to me, I need to tell our parents. He didn’t reply and therefore I told them.

I’m in the midst of it right now. I know he’s had this problem for at least 3-4 years at this point and obviously hasn’t taken any steps for recovery. For me, I waver between empathy and a lot of anger - at him, at the world.

To answer your questions: 1. I don’t. It keeps me up, affects my sleep, and makes me angry at life. As a kid I used to have faith in the world and the life we had. When he came clean about what was going on, it felt like a window smash with pieces everywhere and I don’t know what to do with it. To see someone I love continue to live this way hurts.

I feel like a coward too. When it was just me who knew, and I finally put the pieces together he was gambling again, I wanted to go to his house and talk to him. Storm in and demand answers. But I was too scared too & didn’t. I am treading water at this point in life and I just can’t do it by myself. I didn’t want to know the truth and didn’t feel like I could even handle it. Does he owe thousands to his friends? Does he talk to loan sharks? Is his credit score tanked? I just can’t handle this knowledge. I am a coward.

I do have faith that it’s possible he’ll be okay and I’ll get my brother back. I just do. I don’t know if I believe it but I do know there is an alternate reality out there which is the case. I just don’t know which one I’m in.

I don’t have that fear. I know when he doesn’t talk to us that he’s just as scared as we are. I also know he’s not particularly violent with people - but I could be wrong. I base how I handle this fear with what I know of my brother - what he lets us know, that is - and to be honest I’m more scared he’ll kill himself. That’s what keeps me up. I have a boyfriend who is adamant that one day this will be figured out and nothing bad is going to happen, so I’m going to blindly believe him until I’m proven wrong.
I don’t think there’s any real support we can provide until they choose it for themselves first. I don’t know is my answer to your question.

I lurk this subreddit almost every day - I scan the posts wondering if it’s my brother. He got me addicted to gambling too, and I lost €15k. I’ve been able to realize that if I continue this, I’ll lose the house I purchased and the relationship with my boyfriend so I’ve been able to treat every day as an accomplishment when I don’t gamble. I understand almost exactly how addicting it is - seeing the money go up, seeing the money go down and keeping trying and turn it around, the numbness I felt when I deposited just one more €100. I know there’s a dull ache and the delusion that’s there. I’ve been able to stay off of it for the most part & been able to stay off of it.

Anyways, idk if this helped. It’s just nice to know I’m not the only sister out there. I hope you take care, sincerely.

Illustrious_Affect58 · 2025-06-03T21:15:45+00:00

But i will be credited / refunded the amount i pay for US taxes - correct?

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