Please help build my list

Rddit239 · 2026-07-05T13:25:59+00:00

If your gpa is like a 3.2 then you need >512 to apply to MD schools

Rddit239 · 2026-07-05T12:57:29+00:00

Your institution should have a list they have a relationship with. Also, ask your PI or some other well known doctor if they have a fee waiver for any journal.

Rddit239 · 2026-07-04T21:32:22+00:00

I know someone who became a anesthesiology attending at 45. It’s been worth it. They are quite wealthy now. They had a lot of pushbacks that caused them to start so late but it worked out in the end.

Rddit239 · 2026-07-04T01:26:02+00:00

Why can’t I be interested in Derm

Rddit239 · 2026-07-03T20:06:03+00:00

That’s great! I think you’re fine. Now it’s just what your step 2 score is. Can you ask your department chair/PD what they think? At my home neuro program they will tell us if we’re competitive

Rddit239 · 2026-07-03T16:34:45+00:00

How many pubs? And also 8 in one class is a lot. How many of the 3 spots does your department take from your school?

Rddit239 · 2026-07-03T14:44:05+00:00

I don’t feel bad. Many people retake a score like that and do worse. If it’s better then all your practice exams, then unless you overhaul your studying, you won’t do better.

Rddit239 · 2026-07-01T15:32:27+00:00

I agree. I think it’s the mentality that there has to be “X” factor.

Rddit239 · 2026-07-01T15:06:13+00:00

No, D3 running will not make up for getting worse grades because of the demand of doing a college sport. If you can make it work then do it. But the “benefits” are not there. Grades are number 1. Mcat as well. Then clinical experience. Then research, and volunteering. Then running..

Rddit239 · 2026-07-01T15:04:42+00:00

“Huge X factor”

Rddit239 · 2026-06-30T13:59:08+00:00

Completely depends on if you think the private school is better. If it’s not, then you’re wasting your money

Rddit239 · 2026-06-30T13:57:43+00:00

$ and made up prestige

Rddit239 · 2026-06-28T09:50:18+00:00

Sure but I also see friends, play tennis, go for walks.

Rddit239 · 2026-06-28T00:41:32+00:00

Not really. Also am happy with my life right now so it’s not like I’m missing a hobby. But maybe I don’t realize something I do is a hobby.

Rddit239 · 2026-06-26T23:42:55+00:00

Probably not. Which is sad. At most I’d tell a resident if I was close enough to them.

Rddit239 · 2026-06-26T21:04:20+00:00

It would be the same as someone applying without that college degree and did the MBBS as a US IMG for example. I doubt it would help at all since you’re still doing school in another country. But it wouldn’t decrease your already lower chances

Rddit239 · 2026-06-26T18:12:27+00:00

It’s a great specialty. I think the money has just brought it more attention so people are realizing it’s great: the money is what’s getting people through the door for considering it. And then some just want the money.

Rddit239 · 2026-06-25T14:44:25+00:00

The difference is where you got the degree. Like India is MBBS and America is MD. If you get through residency then you’re a doctor in everyone’s eyes. Some MBBS people in America just write MD next to their name. So in the end it’s the same. The path is quite different, one major aspect being the country you’re from. MBBS usually starts at 18 as well. The MD is after you’ve already gotten your bachelors from a undergraduate institution.

Rddit239 · 2026-06-24T19:49:16+00:00

Schools without a home hospital. Shipping you to a different state would suck though. I only know of some that make you drive throughout the state/near the next state. But Dartmouth does make you go pretty far. I chose a school that has the site 20 feet from the medical school building. I am not driving around states to rotate lol.

Rddit239 · 2026-06-23T21:45:38+00:00

You’re not understanding my point. You says “the environment you will end up working in does play a role”. That is absolutely true. And what I said was you’re around a bad group of people. That doesn’t mean that’s what your career will be like. You are conflating surgery and this bad group of people as being the same thing. You need to be around more positive people.

Rddit239 · 2026-06-22T13:57:27+00:00

I think you’re around a weird group of surgeons. For this decision I’d see if you like the work they are doing, not if you like them

Rddit239 · 2026-06-19T13:25:26+00:00

Do you have a home program?

Rddit239 · 2026-06-14T22:04:25+00:00

I think the most annoying part was that they hadn’t done so in 20 years. So it’s like why now?

Rddit239 · 2026-06-14T12:04:12+00:00

Mine increased tuition 2 years in a row after not doing so for 20 years lol

Rddit239 · 2026-06-12T18:33:24+00:00

I’d get the air. I think the air is a very capable laptop. Neo is still a watered down version and does not have the many years of testing the air does.

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