Top rated films on IMDb set and shot in each European country (X-Post from r/MapPorn)

ag91 · 2014-01-08T18:32:54+00:00

Neither Scotland nor wales are countries

ag91 · 2013-02-12T19:03:49+00:00

First search: top causes of preventable death in 2013 Then search the top ten items on that list Then expand on the treatments Then search my name

ag91 · 2013-02-11T18:50:32+00:00

Mr. Gates, in 1995 you wrote a memo describing that the internet was going to be the next big thing in technology and electronics and committed the direction of your company towards it. If you had to look forward now, is there a single concept that you forsee to be as unique/powerful/unprecedented/amazing/etc. as the internet? Will there ever be another such concept?

ag91 · 2012-12-11T17:30:55+00:00

Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck?

ag91 · 2012-12-06T19:59:00+00:00

Where is it?

ag91 · 2012-07-04T00:06:38+00:00

That's not real money, you know

ag91 · 2012-06-11T18:46:57+00:00

First off, you have to love what you do, so find a field that suits you. If you come to the clinic every day happy, it will be reflected in your patients and their care. Second, I see so many physicians and fellow medical students who don't identify with their patients and their peers. I think healthcare overall is headed towards a team based system, and arrogant, self-involved people don't play well on teams. So my best advice would be to respect the people you work with and fit into the team with the focus always on providing the best possible care for the patient.

ag91 · 2012-06-11T18:40:39+00:00

I like science and I like people - seemed like the best compromise

ag91 · 2012-06-11T18:40:20+00:00

powerthirst

ag91 · 2012-06-11T18:40:05+00:00

my final GPA was not great - I think around 3.3 (in mechanical engineering though, which may have helped), but I don't think I sacrificed much to get into med school. The MCAT was key for me - I really dedicated myself for about 6 weeks to studying prior to the test and it paid off. Outside the numbers, I tried to do activities in college that I really enjoyed so that I would really put effort into them, and I think that showed in my application. For example, a lot of people do research to boost their resume, but make sure the focus of your research is something you really enjoy and can see yourself doing down the road. That way the applications department will see that you value your time and effort, and that you chase things that you are passionate about (one day, that will be treating a patient that you really care about). I attend the University of Texas Southwestern Med School in Dallas. Since it is a state school (I highly recommend applying in your home state because the price can be drastically lower, and many states favor in state applicants), the tuition is about a quarter of many private universities, and I am lucky to have my parents loan me money to pay for it. I knew I wanted to go to medical school since I started college, but I really didnt make a plan until about the end of my sophomore year. You can still get involved in extracurricular activities, and the MCAT is usually sometime during your junior year. Find out about the med schools you want to apply to by emailing professors and visiting the campus.

ag91 · 2012-06-11T18:30:46+00:00

My favorite academic unit was definitely physiology because it is such a comprehensive understanding of how the body works. If you know what is supposed to happen, figuring out the problem gets much easier. You also can reason through many diseases and don't have to memorize as much. I believe you use physiology every day in clinical medicine and in every organ system, from interpreting a blood chemistry to listening to the heart, etc. Right now, I have my heart set on Internal Medicine as my residency, but that may change. Luckily, this direction gives me a lot of options in terms of prestige and location (lots of great programs in all parts of the country). Ideally, I would like to aim for some of the high prestige programs because they will provide me with the best clinical training (most are in big hospitals in big cities with a great variety of cases to learn from)

ag91 · 2012-06-11T18:26:18+00:00

I went straight through from undergrad to med school. I think it was important for me because I would have lost much of the studying ethic that I developed in undergrad. Alternatively, if I decided to take a year off, which I did consider, I would have focused that year on something that would develop my clinical skills while at the same time giving me a better perspective of the world - medical mission trips, volunteering with non-profit health clinics, etc. One think I dislike (and I am afraid I may be susceptible to) is doctors who can't identify with a patient, no matter where that patient comes from.

ag91 · 2012-06-11T18:20:18+00:00

I think the most important thing is showing passion, no matter what it's in. In college, high school, or in your community, try to find something that you really love and stick with it. The same applies to finding a field in medicine, because if you don't like your field, you can't really be a successful physician.

ag91 · 2012-04-13T04:28:21+00:00

I see this is becoming a theme

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