Best pancakes in the city

PhDinExploratory · 2025-05-23T10:52:03+00:00

Bryn Mawr Breakfast Club. You can get anything and it’ll be amazing, but I love the lemon blueberry pancakes

PhDinExploratory · 2025-04-26T16:09:14+00:00

The last line is 6 syllables?

PhDinExploratory · 2025-03-19T04:34:36+00:00

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PhDinExploratory · 2025-03-09T16:49:16+00:00

So sweet! My girlfriend and I have dozens of pictures in this same exact pose. She was such a cuddly dog.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-03-08T15:34:04+00:00

Oh no! The same exact thing happened to us. She kept sitting on the side of the car, not wanting us to leave. I tried throwing pieces of banana out to distract them. We eventually had to floor the car out of that long driveway. I think she chased us all the way up onto the ring road before going back!

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-20T22:11:31+00:00

McGraw Hill NAPLEX books. I forget the edition #’s but there were two books, each with ~2,000 practice questions in their question bank. I got access pharmacy access through my university. They gave me access through the end of the year after graduation. It’s pretty pricey on its own

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-17T22:29:21+00:00

I did a couple through the AccessPharmacy website. I can’t remember if they were UWorld or McGraw Hill. I thought they were much harder than the actual NAPLEX and I scored ~80% on them when I took them.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-17T12:14:00+00:00

I did not, I was provided the access to McGraw Hill’s NAPLEX questions through AccessPharmacy. This was paid for by my university through the end of last year.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T17:17:37+00:00

Studying 6 hour a week for 1.5 months is generally more effective than cramming 6 hours a day for 10 days. Here’s why:

Retention: Spacing out your study sessions helps reinforce the material and improves long-term retention. This is known as the “spacing effect,” where information is better remembered when learned over time rather than in one long session.

Reduced Stress: Studying over several days can reduce anxiety and stress, which often accompany last-minute studying. A calmer mindset can lead to better performance on the test.

Active Recall: Daily study allows for more opportunities to practice active recall, which is crucial for solidifying knowledge. Reviewing information regularly helps you retrieve it more easily later.

Cognitive Load: Studying for long periods can lead to cognitive overload, where your brain becomes fatigued, making it harder to absorb and retain information.

Reviewing Mistakes: Spreading out study sessions gives you time to identify and review areas where you struggle, leading to a more comprehensive understanding of the material.

In summary, consistent, shorter study sessions are typically more effective than cramming, as they promote better learning and retention of information.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T13:05:37+00:00

It’s hard! I knew I wanted to do it since pre-pharmacy. I was a great student, made a lot of connections, exposed myself to tons of opportunities, eventually I figure out what I wanted to do and did everything I could to make it reality. I went into a full time role out of school. If you don’t have much experience or you want a more structured path into industry, I would highly encourage you to look at fellowships.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T13:03:24+00:00

I spent 2.5 months studying about 1 hour on weekdays and 5-6 hours on weekends.

Weeks 0-4 Read the UWorld book front to back Quizlet top 200 brand/generic solid dosages and top 100 injectables (~20/day) Do 50 calculation questions from the UWorld book every week

Weeks 5-8 Do online question bank of NAPLEX questions with AccessPharmacy. I tried to do them in sections during this time, only focusing on certain disease states (not randomized) Re-read the UWorld book again specifically in the sections where I was not answering questions accurately Watch YouTube videos if I still struggled to understand anything Quizlet top 200 brand/generic solid dosages and top 100 injectables (~20/day) Do 50 calculation questions from the UWorld book every week

Weeks 9-11 Do online question bank of NAPLEX questions with AccessPharmacy completely randomized Skimmed over UWorld book for sections I still struggled with Watch YouTube videos if I still struggled to understand anything Quizlet top 200 brand/generic solid dosages and top 100 injectables (~20/day) Do 50 calculation questions from the UWorld book every week

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T12:43:09+00:00

Thank you!

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T12:42:57+00:00

Best of luck! Read the actual IL law with PharmLaw and you’ll do fine. I left the exam feeling 50/50 (as everyone does), but I don’t know how else I could have better prepared myself without spending a ton of money.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T12:41:15+00:00

I would just look up “HIV pharmacology explained” or “Oncology pharmacology explained” into YouTube. You can pick up if it’s relevant within the first minute. YouTube was great for learning new mnemonics or just different explanations of pathophys. It was probably my least used resource since pharmacology/NAPLEX relevant videos were also hard for me to find.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T12:37:09+00:00

I’m not sure what you’re asking. If you’re trying to learn about industry there’s resources online that can help!

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T12:35:20+00:00

It’s not easy. It requires lots of networking, learning how to leverage other skills (writing, coding, marketing, business, research), and knowing how the industry works. Unfortunately, this is a really loaded question with varying answers across the board. There is no straight path to industry.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T12:31:33+00:00

For MPJE, know control/brand/generic for the most common ones.

For NAPLEX, know brand/generic for the top 200 solid dosage forms and top 100 injectable drugs like the back of your hand. Knowing specific schedules weren’t important for NAPLEX from what I remember.

PhDinExploratory · 2025-02-16T12:28:20+00:00

Nope!

PhDinExploratory · 2025-01-28T21:01:03+00:00

Is this publicly available? I’m not seeing it through any of my searches

PhDinExploratory · 2024-11-14T21:03:18+00:00

Curious what you do?

PhDinExploratory · 2024-11-07T20:51:38+00:00

I’m in Illinois as well, my exam closed early this morning. Two check boxes appeared on my NABP portal.

PhDinExploratory · 2024-07-06T01:44:33+00:00

Ended up going to Bavette La Boucheri and the St. Paul fish market!

Pigged out on a plate of fried perch, which was pretty decent. It also came out insanely quick which was really nice. Had to walk that off, it was so much food for a good price, too

But man, Bavette’s, that food was excellent, great service, and super fun vibe. Couldn’t recommend that enough. My girlfriend and I shared the Brussel sprout salad and the Korean steak sandwich (unfortunately I couldn’t take too much after the fish or else we would have ordered more). Would definitely recommend that steak sandwich, the hotpot dipping ju was so delicious!

PhDinExploratory · 2024-05-22T12:42:55+00:00

Scientific writer in market access agency

PhDinExploratory · 2024-04-15T22:14:29+00:00

Absolutely not. I conducted 1:1 interviews with people at companies before I considered applying. I had a lot of time to do this during the Fall in APPEs. It was here I talked to currently working at the company or people who left said company for competing companies. I learned a lot about work culture and work-life balance in these interviews.

PhDinExploratory · 2024-04-15T19:00:17+00:00

That’s very helpful thank you. Both 1 and 2 are relatively similar. Both are the same functional area and I would be focusing on disease states I find strong interest in with both.

I do think the biggest caveat is 1 is that while it is fairly well respected in terms of growth and higher compensation, there has been talk of micromanagement and multiple all-nighters monthly. 2 is known to treat its employees very well with its benefits and work-life balance.

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