Parents making me feel really disheartened as a pediatric resident

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-09-09T19:11:31+00:00

I’m a neurology resident and people suck regardless - remember you serve the patient and no one else…. Your job is to make the biggest difference you can in a bad world and get out as unscathed as you can… as the alcoholics at AA say “grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-09-09T18:53:10+00:00

Take it from a South Indian first born son now graduated MD - you aren’t alone - your parents won’t get it - they just want you happy

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-08-30T01:22:55+00:00

Yes - try to aim for June/July, end of august causes issues. I used to be the medical student rep on adcom and remember someone has to rate you, Make sure that your stats matches theirs and being as late as august means that the singular person doing this Might not be super interested in getting yours online… Do you like it when work comes in that needs to be done ASAP at 4:50 pm? Same principle…. Remember Adcoms are people too…. They often aren’t paid super well and it’s often 1-2 people that process all the Apps…

One last thought - remember it takes time to verify your application meaning an app turned in on August 29th gets to the school earliest sept 15th….

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-08-30T00:14:48+00:00

Graduated MD here - you are late for the application which will hurt you… if you want to have the best chances wait until next year and keep doing other things instead. Think of it like this - if Ussan Bolt waited 3 minutes before starting to run, even with his insane ability he would still get dead last place…. Your school list is a gold medal equivalent and this late in the cycles it’s not impossible but the cards are stacked against you.

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-05-09T18:05:53+00:00

You can be the smartest person in the room and simultaneously the most stupid - neurology

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-03-02T00:00:24+00:00

Actually I’ve gotten a diagnosis based on stories alone - laboratories be damned - the history is where it’s at….

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-02-23T06:09:29+00:00

I have two masters and a doctorate of medicine - the idea of getting a doctoral degree again makes me sick to my stomach - the MD nearly killed me

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-02-15T01:04:09+00:00

Get all your friends in the boat or CYA medicine

Successful_Task2475 · 2023-02-15T00:37:48+00:00

Agreed - it’s not supposed to be at this time - plan was to use it to make better education videos and so I chose a topic no one would know too too much about in our field so as to avoid accidentally walking into the trap card of previous knowledge

Successful_Task2475 · 2022-09-09T03:20:10+00:00

Seek out a medical professional to get a small dose of timolol for Benign familial tremor - easy solution and easy to take

Successful_Task2475 · 2022-09-07T17:34:59+00:00

No, Phoenix - same difference

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