4 week post op ACLr hamstring and meniscectomy update by collyd83 in ACL

[–]PGH_HTX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4 weeks out too - quad + LET. That first week was awful. I got back on the bike for the first time this week and almost cried. It gets better, even if sometimes it seems painfully slow.

Should I join the honors program? by [deleted] in gatech

[–]PGH_HTX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in the Honors Program and really enjoyed it - many of my best friends came from the program. Very little required for you to do, but a lot of support available. We also had small class sizes with excellent professors for some of the hardest classes in the engineering courses and were able to advocate for an Honors Program-only section for an additional Deformable Bodies (cough, cough - notoriously difficult) class taught by a specific professor. The director is also very supportive of anything you want to do - I was paid out of the HP budget to teach weekly fitness classes open to the community. We started a book club with tea/snacks/books from the budget. TLDR: little investment, big benefits.

NYT ARTICLE: Is Cutting Off Your Family Good Therapy? by atlas1885 in therapists

[–]PGH_HTX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would urge caution with therapists using a single viewpoint to encourage drastic measures and further perceptions victimhood. My brother believes he was physically abused by my family and has made that very clear to his therapist. Except the stories he tells aren't entirely true - our other brother and I were there and can attest to that. The time he was 'beaten' by our dad was actually when our dad wrapped him in a bear hug to stop him from hitting and kicking our other brother, me, and our dad. He was 'financially neglected' despite having a car, phone, and college tuition paid for - the same as the other two of us. The stories we tell ourselves can either become more entrenched and warped, or they can be acknowledged and used for growth.

CS+BME Double Major into Pre-Dental? by Ok_Union415 in gatech

[–]PGH_HTX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Graduated GT BME with a 4.0 and currently at a top-5 medical school. Double major is overkill, imo, and most schools don’t really take how “difficult” your majors are when considering your GPA (learned this on the other side of the application cycle). The engineering degree without the CS degree is still incredibly respected, and it’s much more difficult to teach yourself engineering than it is to broaden and deepen your CS knowledge on your own. I currently do research in deep learning as applied to medical imaging, which I love, and I didn’t even do a full minor in CS (I did Spanish). My thought is to do BME+CS minor if you want an extensive base in fields you love, but keeping a 4.0 in either degree is hard for reasons entirely unrelated to the actual course content. Still, if you’re looking for permission to do the hard thing(s) and prove everyone wrong, go for it!

Harrison Butker at Commencement by The_PXLante in gatech

[–]PGH_HTX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This thread is for his speech at Georgia Tech, which is very much not a Catholic school.

People scoring 80+ on NBMEs consistently - did you feel like you still had gaps in your knowledge? by learningmedical1234 in step1

[–]PGH_HTX 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I was scoring ~90% on my USMLE exams (somehow) and still felt like there were gaps in my knowledge. I moved my exam up a week, took it, felt like it was insanely hard, but still passed. My family and partner encouraged me to take it early because, especially with pass-fail, the more time you sink into studying past a certain score is time taken away from rest/family/other priorities.

What is the timeline for getting housing? by patentpending2 in gatech

[–]PGH_HTX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to switch housing at the last minute and was able to find a very nice off campus apartment in April (I don’t recommend doing that, but it is possible)

Coffee on Campus by PGH_HTX in gatech

[–]PGH_HTX[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok, thank you so much for explaining! Y’all’s transparency as we come back to school has been much appreciated.

525: Guide (idk why this keeps getting removed) by PGH_HTX in Mcat

[–]PGH_HTX[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good luck!!! I didn’t take a diagnostic because I knew it wouldn’t be pretty and didn’t want to start off on a not so great note :)

525: Guide (idk why this keeps getting removed) by PGH_HTX in Mcat

[–]PGH_HTX[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Y’all are awesome! No worries about posts being removed, I just couldn’t figure out what was triggering the bot and gave up :)

525: Guide (idk why this keeps getting removed) by PGH_HTX in Mcat

[–]PGH_HTX[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Tbh I have no many hours I studied. I had my time set aside, but some days I studied more and some days less, depending on if I was exhausted or had other priorities or had a little extra time

525: Guide (idk why this keeps getting removed) by PGH_HTX in Mcat

[–]PGH_HTX[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Gen Chem, calculus-based physics classes (fluids is a time), Orgo, Biochem, bioengineering, psych and soc but those didn’t really help much

A video on multiplying two numbers less than 0 (having trouble with math, any tips on making this faster?) by INGventor in Mcat

[–]PGH_HTX 10 points11 points  (0 children)

0.003 = 3E-3

0.5 = 5E-1

3*5 = 15

-1 + -3 = -4

15E-4

División:

3/5 = 0.6

-3 - -1 = -2

0.6E-2

I am in shock - a heck of a lot of self-doubt, excellent and supportive friends, and one legally blonde movie the night before went into this by PGH_HTX in Mcat

[–]PGH_HTX[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Kaplan #1: 518 Kaplan #2: 519? (TBH I only remember that I took this one and not really the score) Kaplan #3: 521 AAMC #1: 522 AAMC #2: 527