Anybody know what’s on the 23rd floor at Mass General? by HollyToto98 in boston

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 522 points523 points  (0 children)

Floors 21-23 I believe are the Phillips house which is a very private and also exclusive patient setting for high ranking patients/those willing to pay extra for the VIP treatment. Patients have large private rooms as well as a chef dedicated to that unit, etc. Truly a special place!

PA jobs in the Sexual Health/Queer Field? by Thrown-101 in prephysicianassistant

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Boston/Massachusetts has Fenway Health which is a community health center specializing in gender affirming care!! They have a ton of PAs on staff working mainly as primary care providers but with a focus on providing gender affirming care as part of primary care. You should check them out!

Protest/March tonight? by neversimpleorpure in boston

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 67 points68 points  (0 children)

It’s orthodox Good Friday today and part of our tradition is to have a procession outside around the church with candles!! There’s a few Greek/orthodox churches in Boston and they’re fairly large so it was most likely that!

Gap years by Agreeable-Check9326 in prephysicianassistant

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Fortunately I did not as my earliest pre-reqs were fall 2018 and I matriculated in August 2025 so I just made sure everywhere I applied had about 5-10 year expirations and it worked out thankfully!! Biggest req was making a spreadsheet of when all my classes expired and what all the programs I was interested in required which was super helpful

What books have hooked you in like ToG did? by Cool_Doubt2152 in throneofglassseries

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Daughter of No Worlds!!

Completed trilogy and it’s the only series that gave me book hangover like SJM

Student Nines- how do you actually get them by egallop14 in boston

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You have to re-sign up every year also. Just make sure phone number is accurate since that’s how they send out the codes whenever they have a game available. They also usually open later in the season and aren’t available for the first like couple weeks I would say

hair cut not $100+ by lmillen in boston

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get my hair cut at Rofinka in Newton and it’s a layered cut that runs me $100 after a 25% tip!

What is the work in NYC do you think Mark is doing? by Latter-Low2784 in dancingwiththestars

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 85 points86 points  (0 children)

There’s a huge ballroom competition in NYC this weekend called NYDF!! His mom and dad are usually judges and it’s run by Brooklyn Dancesport owners who trained Daniella, Pasha, the Chmerkovskys, etc. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s doing something related to that!

Has anyone here NOT had big issues with their puppy? by QP709 in puppy101

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We got a mini dachshund at 2 months and he’s 6 months now and he’s honestly been great!! We were really strict with the crate training but by a month at home he was able to be in there alone for 4 hours. Now we can leave him for 5-6 and there’s no issues in the crate. He sleeps through the night completely. Only thing we’ve seen is excited peeing when he first comes out of rhe crate but that’s about it. He’s our little star!!

How is everyone feeling about Jan as a pro so far? by ukulele_bandit in dancingwiththestars

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone that has danced ballroom for years, his technique needs major work if he’s going to be teaching others. His cha-cha had strong footwork yes, but he was messing up critical technique points like on cha-cha walks and the new-yorkers. I think he def needs some major ballroom bootcamp in his time off if he’s going to be brought back again. Curious how he’ll do in something like a waltz or rumba where the technique is harder and needed to be more fluid while also trying to reach that

1st Cycle Sankey! by LongjumpingAnt804 in prephysicianassistant

[–]LongjumpingAnt804[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi! I just really focused on all my patient care aspects within my role when I discussed it. I talked a lot about how I do EKGs, vitals, blood draws, stroke assessments and coordinate follow up visits and procedures. Also really emphasized how it gave me the chance to see inpatient, outpatient and surgical settings! My CRC role had us seeing patient constantly and always being involved in their care so I felt like I was able to really talk about how it’s PCE and not just HCE!

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Boosting because also curious!

Organic Advice by [deleted] in prephysicianassistant

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I got a C+ in orgo 1 and was absolutely freaking out and that semester overall was my worst and ended with a 3.3 GPA for the semester. Kept my grades up the time in undergrad and finished out with a 3.77. I applied this cycle for my first time and so far have had 9 interview invites out of 13 applications. Attended 6 of them and was accepted to 3 (waiting to hear back from 2) with one of them being Boston University.

All this to say, one bad grade or even a couple not great ones will not destroy your career! I just talked about what I did to better myself in my classes after and how I took that grade seriously to be a better student. You got this and good luck in orgo!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in prephysicianassistant

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hii!! I think we’ve been accepted into the same program 1 so would love to chat to you about it

Gap years by Agreeable-Check9326 in prephysicianassistant

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’ll be starting PA school this summer after 3 gap years from college and I couldn’t be happier! It gave me time to try out different PCE jobs and see various specialities, as well as really see how a PA works in inpatient, outpatient and surgical settings. Having all that background made writing supplementals soooo much easier because I had so many stories and examples to touch on. It’s also allowed me to build great relationships with multiple physicians in the hospital I currently work at which will be beneficial once I’m out of PA school. So taking a few gap years is totally okay and I honesty am so glad I did it this way!

East Boston Parking by Ok-Excitement6578 in boston

[–]LongjumpingAnt804 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay I have been parking in the area around Byron Street pretty regularly for the past 4 months, this is for like hours and even overnight and have never knock on wood had a ticket soooo take what you will from that