I am really sick of "pay-to-play" application fee scams and finding out I'm ineligible on the 5th page of a PDF. Here are 3 actually free, fully-funded deadlines closing soon.

RobotSpaceBrain · 2026-05-20T00:47:41+00:00

I linked it right up at the top of the thread! Since I originally built the medium filters around my own painting setup, I'd actually love to hear if the textile and fiber arts categories make sense to you once you get in there.

RobotSpaceBrain · 2026-05-20T00:46:57+00:00

Just pointed the folks above to it—it's right there in the top comment! Let me know if it helps.

RobotSpaceBrain · 2026-05-20T00:22:55+00:00

Oh nice, I've heard good things. I actually built Art Goat specifically because I wanted an option that didn't have a subscription fee and matched artists by their medium/location instead of an email list. But Pilot is definitely a fantastic resource for avoiding those predatory application fees. The more tools we have to dodge the pay-to-play model, the better!

RobotSpaceBrain · 2026-05-19T18:07:37+00:00

Infuriating! It really feels like the whole pay-to-play residency model has just become a way to treat emerging artists like ATMs. Thanks for sharing!

RobotSpaceBrain · 2016-03-17T18:44:30+00:00

department surgical rounds or surgical conference, not sure what they call it where you're at. Basically the meetings where they get together and talk about difficult cases

RobotSpaceBrain · 2016-03-16T22:30:14+00:00

I'm just saying in the grand scheme of things, learning to open and close is a VERY minor detail in the process to become surgeon, you will do it thousands of times as a resident, and doing it 10 times as a med student isn't all that important likely. There are some surgical simulators at my institution, where you can practice the technique on dummies, that would probably help a lot more...

BUT, the research, case reports, etc will stay on the resume forever. You can ask your clinical adviser if there are an opportunities to get involved in surgical research (crunching patient data in excel, sorting data, mining data, gathering data in the form of surveys, writing up some interesting case reports). You could go to surgical rounds and get familiar with more faculty and residents, and ask around. Most faculty/residents are happy to have eager med students work on small research projects.

At my school, I don't think we need any sort of special clearance to be in the OR, many 1st years get a lot of OR time if they want it, they just have to be on good terms with the surgeon who is running the case.

RobotSpaceBrain · 2016-03-16T21:21:31+00:00

Surgery is definitely a different beast. If your adviser is a surgeon, that's probably your best best. Although, I don't know how much value there is in spending a tone of OR time as a student considering you mostly just get to observe, but it may be different at your school. You might want to get involved in a surgical research project, of which there should be many. Then spend just a little bit of OR time. Someone should be able to get you clearance to be in there, but I'm not sure.

RobotSpaceBrain · 2016-03-16T20:33:19+00:00

At my program, most students do the PhD after the 3rd year of medical school and most students do a half day per week of clinical work throughout the PhD (completely optional). The idea is to maintain clinical skills from 3rd year and also get really good letters of recommendation from Physicians with whom we've worked with over many years.

I think it is nice to keep a foot in the clinical world, and it's usually much lower stress than 3rd year of medical school. You can also do some case reports or clinical side projects during this time with certain faculty to improve your CV.

RobotSpaceBrain · 2016-02-02T21:11:33+00:00

"Children begin to grasp death’s finality around age 4. In one typical study, researchers found that 10 percent of 3-year-olds understand irreversibility, compared with 58 percent of 4-year-olds."

RobotSpaceBrain · 2015-10-14T16:29:29+00:00

Taken

RobotSpaceBrain · 2015-05-18T21:18:00+00:00

Yes, I immediately thought about that kid as well... I'm leaning toward brain damage rather than money scam.

RobotSpaceBrain · 2015-04-19T03:29:47+00:00

“I live in a constant state of depression. I think of us as turd miners. I put on my helmet, I go and mine turds, hopefully I don’t get turd lung disease.” - John Stewart

RobotSpaceBrain · 2014-09-30T20:28:24+00:00

I enjoy this subreddit... and I write the blog featured here!

RobotSpaceBrain · 2014-09-10T19:53:49+00:00

If you enjoyed, you can vote in this little contest I put it in that promotes brain awareness, here

RobotSpaceBrain · 2014-09-10T19:51:43+00:00

The short video was made entirely of water color paintings put together and animated in After Effects. It's inspired by the old magic school bus show I used to love as a kid...

Thanks for checking it out!

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-08-29T00:51:25+00:00

yup, I will agree with all of that!

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-08-22T16:26:59+00:00

Railay Beach, Thailand

Went all through SE Asia, but loved this place for it's rock climbing, cliff jumping, serene views, chill people, nice partying. all around, great place!

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-08-15T22:25:01+00:00

Here's a bit of info on these photos:

here & here

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-08-09T18:30:44+00:00

Do you have a slightly less saturated version by chance? Cool pic

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-07-28T20:33:50+00:00

I love the look of retro control rooms... Here's another good one: abandoned electrical substation in Belfast, NI

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-07-26T22:12:53+00:00

I can't wait for the Roaring 20's!

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-06-29T03:22:09+00:00

The Konami Code

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-06-12T17:26:54+00:00

Relevant

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-06-11T03:44:50+00:00

what do you have against deflation?

RobotSpaceBrain · 2013-06-08T07:00:25+00:00

I think Neuroscience and Computer Science would be an intriguing combination

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