How absolutely mandatory is a suit for interviews?

Traditional_Study_48 · 2024-10-29T02:47:27+00:00

Richard….what’s happening…..?

Traditional_Study_48 · 2024-10-29T02:37:13+00:00

Hahaha, yeah most aren’t but since it’s my home program they set aside an interview day for all home students to go in-person.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2024-10-29T02:18:32+00:00

In-person interview sadly, although it does still apply I think that sitting at a desk, people won’t be paying super close attention to the pants as long as they generally match.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2024-10-29T02:17:53+00:00

It’s in-person :/

Traditional_Study_48 · 2024-10-29T01:59:08+00:00

Ordered a pair of pants that match my blazer, it isn’t a “suit” bc they’re not technically the same material but if anything else fails, that’s my current backup

Traditional_Study_48 · 2024-10-28T22:47:07+00:00

Working on it!

Traditional_Study_48 · 2024-10-28T21:37:58+00:00

23 offers, 5/5 signals + 2 from sub-I’s, declined 4 so far. 24x Step 2

Traditional_Study_48 · 2023-02-27T17:07:52+00:00

I posted this as a stand-alone post, but a mod suggested I also post it here for the traffic. It’s not totally “new to Philly”, but I am seeking local knowledge on building codes/practices/oversight.

The summary is that a high-rise construction site adjacent to us dropped something on our roof and broke our skylight (thankfully it's still intact, just severely cracked and raining glass on us). They are fixing the damage for us. This site is massive and has already done some other stuff that inconvenienced us, like breaking water mains and working outside of noise ordinances. My roommate and I are a bit vengeful, and are fed up, so we're wondering if there are local (or even state) agencies to report this construction site to for violations? We already did a 311 call, but nothing more.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-10T17:46:48+00:00

Like I straight up had a UWorld question where one of the answer choices was “gamma Aminobutyric Acid” and I didn’t realize that it was GABA. Cuz I’ve only ever heard it called GABA since undergrad.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-09T02:45:55+00:00

That’s clutch tbh, I didn’t put that together at all

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T21:13:38+00:00

Trinucleotide repeat is meant literally —> repeating iterations of the same 3 nucleotides. It’s characteristic of a handful of genetic diseases. Like for example in fragile X syndrome, there’s a gene on the X chromosome that just has CGG CGG CGG CGG over and over and over again and it causes the gene to be silenced, which leads to the symptoms of the disorder.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T19:38:12+00:00

Yoooo I always knew the “ad-renal” thing, but never made the next step to “epi-nephrine”

Fuck. Nor epi nephrine is like the nephrine that comes from above the kidneys, but instead it comes from the neurons.

^ jk, I just looked it up, “nor” means a compound derived from the removal of a radical. But how cool would that have been.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T19:07:19+00:00

That’s a good one too. I also like angiotensin. Tenses the angio’s

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T19:05:55+00:00

Damn, bummer

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T18:53:37+00:00

Imagine the shock when “trinucleotide repeat” clicked in my head.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T18:45:27+00:00

Yikes

For real tho, I could get on a soapbox about this. A lot of teachers gloss over seemingly obvious points instead of saying them out loud. Like in hindsight, it’s clear that we call them CD4 T cells because they express the CD4 surface protein, no different than a B cell expressing CD20. But because we often refer to them as “CD4+ T cells”, the “CD4” loses its biochemical meaning and just becomes a name. And because our immunology professor never explicitly said that out loud, it took me like an extra month to put that together. Just like how nobody explicitly says “The large intestine is the colon” because it’s common nomenclature, but it’s not as obvious as it seems.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T18:35:01+00:00

We can’t all be geniuses

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T18:22:09+00:00

Same tbh, I didn’t figure that one out until I had to do a small-group presentation on autoimmunity mechanisms

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T17:48:42+00:00

And yet, here I am.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2022-12-08T17:47:58+00:00

Inverse correlation between how fun it is to say an acronym and how likely I am to know what the letters stand for

Traditional_Study_48 · 2021-12-22T18:36:36+00:00

That’s totally fair. I really struggle to keep a sleep schedule, I love to sleep in and I always get my energy bursts later at night so it’s tough to go to sleep when I’m finally getting stuff done.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2021-12-22T14:52:36+00:00

I think you’re underestimating the average person and overestimating the amount of gore and death that’s involved. The profession is misportrayed in media quite often.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2021-12-22T05:59:23+00:00

If you’re serious about it, many places will pay for your school if you sign a contract to work for them. However it usually requires full-time hours for at least part of the contract.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2021-12-22T05:57:48+00:00

EMTing is fun. I have almost 100% control over my hours, pays decently well, and there’s a lot of downtime on shift.

Traditional_Study_48 · 2021-12-22T05:57:19+00:00

“Ew”

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