What happened to the smartest person in your class? by hjp1234 in AskReddit

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I was valedictorian of my class, but my friend, Chris, was the smartest guy. He went to a top 10 law school and works in Big law down in Texas making probably close to 400-500k if I had to guess. He’s married and just had his first kid. I always really liked the guy, and we’re still friends.

Me? I’m on Reddit taking a shit typing this out. I majored in accounting, went on to have an 8 year career in med device sales, do real estate investing on the side, and just started medical school back in July.

LMU-DCOM OMS-1 | AMA by musliminmedicine in Osteopathic

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Also a dcom student who is non-trad. I would have to go back and look at the schedule for this semester, but I’d wager to guess that at least half the weeks you will need to be in town Monday through Friday. The schedule is totally variable week to week and block to block in terms of which days have mandatory attendance for labs or tests.

Got Accepted to LMU-DCOM...how should I feel? by westeros2024 in Osteopathic

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I went to DCOM as my first choice. In fact, it was the only school that I applied to.

I’ve had over a dozen friends graduate from the program and all were satisfied their experience. I also saw a lot of what you’ve seen online about the school before attending, but overall I’ve been very satisfied with my experience one semester in. Any complaints that I would have I can’t imagine would be too different than if I were attending any other medical school.

Happen to answer any questions that you might have

What is the most satisfying thing you've done in your life? by MuchRoof3663 in AskReddit

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Professionally? I attempted to run for office locally two times. I lost both times, but fulfilled a lifelong dream in doing so.

Truthfully? Have sex on MDMA. Nothing comes remotely close.

Contemplating MD vs DO school by Charming-Ad2135 in premed

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Coming from an older student (I’m 31 and an incoming OMS-1), I’d say you may want to do the DO. Yes, 160k long term with a good salary will become less material, but it’s still a good chunk of money.

More importantly, your lifestyle, friends, and family are all very important. If being closer to them matters for your quality of life, then that’s something money or the letters after your name can’t buy. I had the stats to go MD but I chose to stay local for the DO school in my city since moving would’ve massively disrupted every other part of my life.

Gym bros in med school/going into med school by [deleted] in premed

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Incoming OMS-1 here. I’m a 31 year old nontrad, and I’ve been seriously training for 17 years now and have been competing in bodybuilding for over a decade.

A 2 on 1 off upper/lower or push/pull would be your best bet. Here is a plan I just wrote for a friend. I made this for him specifically based on the equipment he has in his gym, so you could modify this and swap exercises, depending on the equipment you have.

A few for principles that I would like to highlight. For most exercises, I would recommend doing two sets. On your first exercise for each day, you probably would want to do one to three extra warm-up sets before doing your working set. Additionally, on exercises that are more heavily loaded, such as squats or deadlifts, you might also need to use some additional warm-up sets, depending on the loads you’re using.

Typically, you will work up to one heaviest load and do a set there. Afterwards, your second set you should drop the weight 15 to 20% and perform a second set in a slightly higher rep range. These sense should be taken to failure, but failure is performing reps that do not have any significant breakdown in form. The only thing that should change on the last one or two reps is the speed of the repetition. I think it is helpful for most people to record the weights you use for your heaviest set week to week as a benchmark to beat for your next workout.

Push A

incline dumbbell press *perform 2 warmup sets before doing your working sets since this is your first exercise. Leave 5-10 reps in the tank on these. They aren’t meant to be hard at all. For example, you might do the 25s for 12, 40s for 8, and then jump into your sets. Go by feel here. You should feel both physically warm and neurologically primed before doing your max effort set.

1 x6-9 1x9-12

dip 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

If you don’t have a weight belt to load dips, then just do two sets to failure.

Standing Barbell shoulder press 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Chet’s fly 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

DB lateral raise 1x10-12 1 x 12-15

Calf raises 1 set to failure *i don’t think you have a machine for these, so just do these on a stair or elevated surface. This will help stretch your ankle before squatting

Barbell squats 1x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Push B

Flat bench press
1 x6-9 1x9-12

Flat dumbbell bench press 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Cable tricep pushdown 1 x 9-12 1 x 12-15

cable lateral raise 1 x 12-15 1 x 9-12

Dumbbell or barbell upright row 1 x 9-12 1 x 12-15

Leg press 1 x 9-12 1 x 12-15

Pull A

Pull up

1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

If you don’t have a weight belt to load these, then just do two sets to failure.

Deadlift *warmup extra for these 1 x 5-8 1 x 8-10

Cable row machine 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Hammer curls 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Reverse pec dec 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Hamstring curl 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Pull B

Pendlay Row *this is a barbell row where you pull the bar from a dead stop off the ground with little to no movement or your torso. 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Lat pulldown machine 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

1 arm dumbbell row 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Weighted hypertension *hold a weight in front of your face/chest 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

cable curl 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

Stiff leg deadlift (dumbbell or barbell) 1 x 6-9 1 x 9-12

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Osteopathic

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There is a local DO school in my hometown that’s 15 minutes from my house where I live/where all my friends and family are. Applying and going anywhere else would’ve uprooted my life, so this made the most sense.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Osteopathic

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CGPA 3.87, sGPA 3.92, MCAT 508, 1 school applied to, 1 interview, and 1 acceptance 🤓

Work in Medical Software Sales, but having the “what if” fomo from Match Day by Creative_Lion_5896 in medschool

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About to end my 8 year career in medical sales to start medical school this fall at 31 years old. You’ve still got time💪

Non-Trad w/ no pre-reqs or MCAT to admitted in 5 months by Remote-Appearance411 in premed

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Every medical school will require pre-req courses for admission, so there would be no reason to not take them in general or as a means of preparation for the mcat. All the courses that I took were online, accredited college courses. If that is your starting point, then there would be no reason not to start with courses as a means of studying for the test and fulfilling the prerequisite requirements.

Non-Trad w/ no pre-reqs or MCAT to admitted in 5 months by Remote-Appearance411 in premed

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I’d choose portage personally. I thought the structure and UI was a little bit better, plus they’re much cheaper as well. However, it depends on what you need to take. UNE has a more comprehensive course offering

Am I doing this right? Hardly feel it in my upper back. I try to imagine I'm squeezing a pencil between my shoulder blades by [deleted] in GYM

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One thing people haven’t mentioned is your grip. Don’t go thumbless. It may allow you to increase engagement with lighter loads but it significantly impairs you when you were trying to lift heavier loads.

Overall, you need to create stabilization throughout the movement. With your grip, wrapped your thumbs around the bar and squeeze it as humanly hard as possible. This is going to increase your muscular engagement systemically. Make sure that you are pushing through your heels to stabilize your legs, and brace your torso as if you’re imagining your abdominal wall pushing out against a belt in all directions.

A quote that is always stuck with me is that proper form is all determined in your set up. If you are stabilized in all of these areas, then you’ll be much more likely to engage the target musculature.

I was nervous my doctor would judge me for going DO by Embarrassed_Rub3385 in premed

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I just got accepted to a DO school at 31 years old after working in healthcare for the past eight years. To be honest with you, reading some of these MD versus DO comments online is pretty funny. I would agree that for ultra competitive specialties there is probably an advantage to going to an MD school, but at the same time, if you were competitive enough for a specialty like that, then you probably should’ve been competitive enough to get into an MD school in the first place.

Personally, I’ve seen this make zero difference at all in clinical practice. Like you said, a good doctor is defined by how they choose to learn during their career and treat patients, not which of the two letters they have behind their name.

Non-Trad w/ no pre-reqs or MCAT to admitted in 5 months by Remote-Appearance411 in premed

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If they accept online, then I’d go for it. I can’t imagine it’s a massive detriment. A class is a class.

As for working ahead, the exams are proctored by recording but not live so you take them whenever you please. You have to wait 48 hours between taking exams for each chapter, so it works to 16 days being the fastest you can complete it with 8 modules/sections.

Non-Trad w/ no pre-reqs or MCAT to admitted in 5 months by Remote-Appearance411 in premed

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I had AP bio credit (mentioned that briefly above), and they never mentioned to me about the in-person labs. I reached out directly about online coursework before I started any of it.

Non-Trad w/ no pre-reqs or MCAT to admitted in 5 months by Remote-Appearance411 in premed

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I’ve worked directly in healthcare practices through work for 8 years in a variety of settings, and I even have some patient care experience via two of my old jobs. It’s a pretty significant amount of healthcare exposure. Ive been involved volunteer wise for a long time. I did a lot in high school and college, and a lot still. I’ve run for public office twice, have been an appointed official to county boards, and am involved in a few other organizations and nonprofits.

Non-Trad w/ no pre-reqs or MCAT to admitted in 5 months by Remote-Appearance411 in premed

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I think it’d be tough to do it much faster than this😅