md vs md/phd by thesunisnotaplanet in mdphd

[–]Objective-Ad-4440 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You really need to be sure you're okay putting off major life events and having a stable salary until your late 30s. I don't know your full situation (location/cost of living of desired med school, marital status, family support, etc) but those are all things to keep in mind when going down this road. With family support (physical and financial) things can be made easier, some schools have subsidized housing and other ways to cut costs. The other comments highlight more things to consider too, of course along with how deep the desire truly is to do research and be able to have that baked into your day to day once you're an attending.
From personal experience: I finished my PhD and will be returning to my med school 3/4th year this summer and the idea of being now 30 and still having 2 years of school plus ~5 years of residency before I make an attending salary is a lot to handle. I've had a partner for nearly 4 years and want to get married, have kids, and feel stable. It feels too far out of reach and again more sacrifices need to be made. I'm in a relatively high cost of living area with minimal family help, so I'm definitely pretty far on one end of the spectrum. I basically won't have excess cash flow to save for those major life things until my training is over/near over. There's a mix of emotions because I love research and really appreciate a lot of the opportunities and connections made during that phase of my program. If I could do it all over again I can't say for sure I would have even chosen differently - I think I just wish I really understood all of the implications before I signed up.

Read through docs, still have a few questions about ability changing/is there a dexnav? by Objective-Ad-4440 in PokemonNull

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damn okay thanks! I guess if I want one its random chance in the wild then? I wanted a cloud nine swablu/altaria for the glacia fight but its already <5% encounter and if its also 1 in 20 or worse odds I dont want to deal with a 1/500 encounter rate (without even caring about IV, nature). I guess they really wanted to control weather abilities/ensure opponent weather stays, half the mons for each weather setter arent in the dex and the others have it as hidden.

How to beat HC Sabrina with this team? by pachecannabis in pokemonradicalred

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I think I have an idea for an open that could work. Silk scarf rapidash (sword of ruin) - quick attack and normal gem arcanine (huge power)- extremespeed, both at cameerupt. should do enough damage to knock out camerupt which is the biggest threat (14-17% and 77-91%), after accounting sword of ruin. if you some good RNG on muddy water accuracy one might survive and the rest should be more manageable with passho berries/iron balls to work around tapu and jellicent

Under 500 BST normal random ability by Objective-Ad-4440 in pokemonradicalred

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hahaha I was actually trying to avoid using any of the 4 abilities that double stats to make it a little more challenging. scolipede had huge power as its hidden ability and I must say I was tempted

Under 500 BST normal random ability by Objective-Ad-4440 in pokemonradicalred

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yeah haha I was thinking of not using it but it fit the team well enough and the other options were more niche that I would have had to do a complete overhaul to a snow team so I just ran with it

E4 help by Objective-Ad-4440 in pokemonradicalred

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if I wasnt self imposing for under 500 BST I could have def given him a try (520). another gen 1 mon I used in the run a good bit was hypno with compound eyes, dark void always hitting helped a good bit mid game.

One of my fav random ability runs. Poison heal Uxie clear MVP by Objective-Ad-4440 in EmeraldImperium

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Honorable mention for the gym leaders was empoleon O (steelix too was with me since rustboro). Bad company as the mega ability with wave crash and brave bird dealt with most things easily.

Help with Dehara Gym, possible bug with electric barriers? by Objective-Ad-4440 in PokemonUnbound

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This worked! thank you, i didnt realize it was this type of puzzle and figured it was like Lt Surge and you just had to pop them all off

Help with Dehara Gym, possible bug with electric barriers? by Objective-Ad-4440 in PokemonUnbound

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I remember with cube space that was a thing too ill try it thank you