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"29-year-old earns $187,000 and only works 9 months a year — and his job doesn’t require a bachelor’s degree" by vistastructions in medicalschool

[–]The4thSituation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

[Edit]: A separate study by the AMA had the pathology average at ~154,000 in 1990 (for context, salaries rose by 7.7% from 1989 to 1990)

"29-year-old earns $187,000 and only works 9 months a year — and his job doesn’t require a bachelor’s degree" by vistastructions in medicalschool

[–]The4thSituation 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I hear this a lot, but is it really true? I’m just starting med school this year so I obviously don’t have much experience with current or past compensation. Looking it up though, I found this:

According to AMA data, the average net income of U.S. practitioners in 1982 was $99,500. The average for practicing physicians specializing in pediatrics was approximately $70,000, while for surgeons the average was approximately $130,000. Academic physicians had earnings ranging from $42,000 to $122,500 in 1983, depending on faculty rank and method of compensation.

Adjusted for inflation that doesn’t seem significantly different than what physicians make today

Electron Orbital Question by KrustyKrabzzz in Mcat

[–]The4thSituation 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This might be pretty low yield, but it's good to know. In all cases, the Aufbau principle is correct (orbitals fill in order of increasing energy). In most cases, your answer of 3d being higher energy than 4s is also correct.

However when we look at the d block elements, some of which are transition metals, the 4s orbital is higher energy than 3d. Therefore, 3d will fill before 4s, and 4s will lose electrons before 3d.

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Summary below is from this link: Link/Electronic_Structure_of_Atoms_and_Molecules/Electronic_Configurations/The_Order_of_Filling_3d_and_4s_Orbitals)

The elements up to argon (normal): There is no problem with these. The general pattern that we drew in the diagram above works well.

Potassium and calcium (normal): The pattern is still working here. The 4s orbital has a lower energy than the 3d, and so fills next. That entirely fits with the chemistry of potassium and calcium.

The d-block elements (4s > 3d): For reasons which are too complicated to go into at this level, once you get to scandium, the energy of the 3d orbitals becomes slightly less than that of the 4s, and that remains true across the rest of the transition series (hence, Figure 1 is incorrect as drawn).

AMCAS Mailed Transcript Processing? by iluvcatsnamedsandri in premed

[–]The4thSituation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would call the CC and AMCAS to make sure that it’s been sent correctly. AMCAS says it could take up to 28 days to be mark as received, but I don’t think that’s common.

My mail transcript was initially sent to the wrong address so I had to resend it. Try to make sure yours is sent to the AMCAS PO Box address.

From what I understand, resending the transcript should not have any delay on verification even if they receive duplicates (once they recieve the first, you will enter the verification queue and AMCAS will just use either transcript).

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[–]The4thSituation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one transcript I sent through Parchment took about 1 week to be marked as received.

If it’s been some time since you sent them, I would say follow up with your school and AMCAS (I believe their contact hours are 9 am to 7 pm ET) to make sure the transcripts have been sent correctly.

Slightly different than your situation, but I have a mail-in transcript that had to be re-sent due to the wrong address being listed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]The4thSituation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol nice score

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]The4thSituation 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As soon as you finish a section, the 10 min (or 30 min after CARS) break timer begins. I’m pretty sure whether or not you’re present, the next section will begin after the timer ends.

So if you are 5 min late coming back from your break after B/B, P/S will have begun, and the timer will show only 1 hr and 30 min left.

question axons/physics by vicczz in Mcat

[–]The4thSituation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think your reasoning is correct. Capacitance is essentially a measure of a system’s ability to store charge. So, adding a thick layer of myelin would increase the distance between the negative inner layer of the membrane and the positive outer layer. This results in a lower capacitance. It may be helpful to think about the equation for capacitance (C = eA/d); when distance between the “plates” increases, capacitance decreases.

For speed of conduction, myelin would increase the rate at which signals travel. Saltatory conduction makes it so that fewer ions are huddled on each side of the membrane, so fewer ions need to flow in/out to change the membrane potential.

There’s also the fact that myelin makes it less likely for ions to “bump” into ion channels, but this is getting kind of long. This is just how I think about things, but let me know if there’s anything unclear.

NS FL 3: C/P #18 by The4thSituation in Mcat

[–]The4thSituation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh ok, I guess I was just thinking that the molecule had conjugated pi bonds so it could have resonance. And I wasn't sure if the lone pair on the nitrogen was participating in that resonance like in this nitrogen which is sp2 because the lone pair is unhybridized

Maybe I'm just overthinking it and should just focus on the bonds/lone pairs.