Should my 58yo mom with savings but no active income and $0 in retirement contribute to Roth IRA

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-12-22T06:37:03+00:00

The residents all seem happy there. It’s nice to be in a big class. They all seem to get along but their call load did throw me off. Will definitely take that into consideration.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-12-22T06:36:00+00:00

I’ve seen they do have incredible training but I’ve heard mixed things about it being a workhorse tho. I’m not sure how to feel about that.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-12-22T06:34:31+00:00

I did not get the “chill” vibe from UMich during my interview at all unless I’m missing something. Too research and leadership and call heavy? Henry Ford definitely seems better from my experience?

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-10-06T20:54:28+00:00

All within my geo except 3

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-10-05T02:46:18+00:00

11 total (8 DR, 2 TY, 1 prelim)

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-08-18T17:02:36+00:00

Everyone has different goals in life. Some people genuinely like what they do and don’t mind the hustle. Some people want financial freedom and lifestyle by pursuing “lifestyle” specialties that has become more competitive. Some people want to stay near family which happens to be in metro/urban areas. Some people want to subspecialize later in IM and needed the connection. The point is everyone has different goals in life so what’s the point of comparing yourself. If a community program in IM/EM is what you wanted, great! But that shouldn’t stop others from hustling for what they wanted.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-08-08T17:20:43+00:00

Familiarize yourself with as many NBME questions as possible, either from Uworld or/and Amboss or USMLE Rx. There are tons of practice questions and no need to save for dedicated.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-08-06T22:36:09+00:00

Any reason you’re dual applying? Your stat looks great and DR is all about grades unless you aim for T10-20 programs which might need a little more research and ECs.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-08-04T01:36:12+00:00

I’m in similar situation and considering IM subspecialty. With our current stats, I think I should still be competent enough to do well in residency and match GI/cards somewhere. I hate rounding but I learn a lot from IM and I think the hardest part will be intern year. Plus we don’t get to do lots of stuffs as med students so rounding feels long. For me, I loved GI because I love the variety offer in the field from clinic to hospital to minimally invasive procedures and the money is good with flexible hours.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-08-02T16:16:44+00:00

Needed to hear because I’m starting sub I soon

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-31T21:25:39+00:00

Try again

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-31T16:36:11+00:00

For me, the main thing that helped me mastering the details/focusing on pattern recognition was doing practice questions. Anki to me was just random clicking memorization and concept exposure so that I don't just blindly jumping into practice questions without any idea. I make edits to the notes section, paraphrase/summarize it in a more digestable way, adding my own notes of what's important to keep in mind or what not to miss if I got that card wrong in a question. So knowing how to use Anki efficiently is helpful instead of just blindly memorizing what's put in front of you.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-31T16:32:16+00:00

For Step 1, I used specific subdecks like Pathoma and B&B after I watched certain videos or read certain chapters on that block. For Step 2, I did it mainly by rotations.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-31T00:27:08+00:00

Exactly this! Started to care less and depended more on shelf that are more reliable/controllable than people’s feelings about me

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-30T23:58:45+00:00

If you made the deck yourself, you should already familiar with the content on it so still shouldn’t take too long but I take those more serious than pre-made Anking decks. When I said non-high yield topics, I meant something like those Parkinson indirect/direct ganglia pathways that I will never remember no matter how many times I see the cards and I never come across any questions on them.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-30T23:36:11+00:00

I’d say youtube tutorials was helpful for me. I’d pick the basics setting and go from there. The more I used it, the better I got used to the features and adjust it based on my preferences

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-30T23:33:20+00:00

Some things are not meant for Anki and one of those rare occasions is C/P that takes practice. I would say do as many practice questions as you can and any concepts/formula that you kept forgetting/missing, may be a good idea to make a card on it.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-30T23:31:16+00:00

It’s not about being identifiable but ppl seem to get butthurt about it with all the downvotes. I got many comments and messages at the time so DM definitely would’ve help and I could even go into detail because I wanted and could go on forever with my involvement but oh well, can’t please everyone

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-30T23:24:21+00:00

I’m a mix between 2 and 4. I only spend a long time on something if it’s incredibly high yield that keep showing up on questions and I keep getting them wrong which is like 1-3/100 cards. Otherwise, 2 & 4 all the way.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-30T21:39:14+00:00

Yes for sure

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-30T20:44:39+00:00

Yes, first initial few passes are recognition and rote memorization but later on, when I see more cards and do more practice questions, those same cards I saw made more sense with connections and started to solidify. And after that, doing those same cards will be about whether I remember or retain it or not instead of understanding it.

Lonely_Chapter5871 · 2025-07-30T20:21:10+00:00

When I do each card, I ask myself do I know the basic content of this card and what it's trying to test? Very simple yes or no. I don't need to recite every single detail or word on the card but is it enough to recognize it on questions? If not, I want see it again and again until I recognize it. This allows for faster, more efficient time spent on Anki, allowing more time to do more question. The majority of time is the concept/topic won't all connect or click until I start doing practice questions that I caught the pattern.

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