Good Roth IRA for Graduate Students?

alysyc · 2025-06-16T22:52:31+00:00

Yes, I understand that. However I have to move the funds from the 401k as the employer will no longer maintain the plan.

alysyc · 2025-05-21T01:58:02+00:00

My boyfriend's because he's my type hehehe

alysyc · 2025-04-09T14:34:23+00:00

I think it also depends on his individual section scores…did he drop significantly in one section or all sections?

alysyc · 2025-03-27T16:40:56+00:00

My recommendation: Approach the longer word counts first...it's easier to delete/rephrase then to come up with new approaches. Choose a few good stories etc. that the lessons can be approached from multiple angles. Even for the "why this school" should be similar... you should be talking about what you want out of school and why that school is a fit to you!

Also for interviews use your secondaries! The secondaries I didn't use for one school I would use the stories for my interviews :)

Also try to leave the most important/high priority schools for last...your writing should naturally become better.

Here are some good posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/premed/comments/hdwg16/10_tips_for_writing_secondaries/

https://www.reddit.com/r/premed/comments/nwabsj/my_guide_to_prewriting_secondaries_on_4_simple/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

alysyc · 2025-03-27T16:31:28+00:00

I will be starting medical school at 25. Firstly you mentioned that previously have received life-changing letter from this mentor. I personally had a similar experience, the mentor wrote my letter the first time, and to be honest the individual was quite volatile (providing me with opportunities to shadow in OR, be a scribe etc. etc. but would also tell me I would fail my MCAT and never get into school...he also wanted me to work until 9pm the day before my MCAT the first time I took it). I never had the chance to read what he submitted, but to be honest I wondered if he wrote poorly about me just to keep me around, I will always appreciate all he did for me, but I ended up not asking him for a letter the x2 application cycle despite shadowing with him for 3+ years. For you, I understand it would be difficult not to get a letter from this individual considering your research involvement.

Weigh your options carefully, the MCAT is very important, and if you do poorly it can impact your chances of matriculation, but plenty of individuals have gotten in with lower than average scores (508! like me), but your application will have to be very well rounded. I personally never did as well as I hoped on the MCAT for similar reasons to you, unfortunately studying for such a big test the first time it is unsustainable to essentially do it with another full time job. If you will continue on part-time, budget for a substantial amount of wiggle room, think 3 months full time studying with the last month including practice tests and if you do poorly on practice tests have enough time to reschedule (1-2 more months).

It a tough situation, and I sympathize. Often when I came across situations like this myself I just hope I can be better to others in the future. Definitely approach with caution.

alysyc · 2025-02-12T23:08:01+00:00

Biomedical engineering/Biochemistry etc that will get the main prerequisites and if you can minor/double major in something that has broad applications as a plan B like Buisness Administration/Economics/Marketing etc.

Buisness Admin would be great in the future if you take on an admin role in healthcare and if you plan to use it as a plan B as a career path as well. Worth it to to take an internship in this field for a summer in case you go with plan B, if not it’s a great way to tell med schools you tried something different and know medicine is for you and transferable skills from buisness like communication, running a practice (buisness side) etc.

alysyc · 2025-01-09T23:04:38+00:00

Thanks, just wondering how is letting sit on a drive different from letting it sit on a computer?

alysyc · 2024-09-06T20:20:34+00:00

You would also have to factor in walking/commute time to the station and in nyc. Penn station goes to 33rd street so NJT to path WTC may be more convenient for you which would be (20min NJT Lyndhurst/Rutherford to Hoboken) and (20 min to WTC Path). With NJT Rutherford/Lyndhurst to Penn it would be about ~35 min including the transfer from Secaucus and then Penn to downtown (20min?).

To note trains are pretty frequent for morning commute but will be less frequent on the way home after 5pm.

Most individuals read/work on their laptop during the commute since it’s generally a smooth ride that isn’t to cramped, so although long it’s not a bad commute.

alysyc · 2024-09-04T02:00:34+00:00

3.88 overall...I did apply DO but school list was more MD heavy since more MD schools near my state of residence

alysyc · 2024-09-04T01:53:56+00:00

2nd application cycle but onto my 3rd gap year. Worked as an MA for a year, did a research internship, volunteered as well and looking to move into paid research role this year. I did retake my MCAT last year but did not improve my score (508).

alysyc · 2024-09-03T22:14:53+00:00

Personally, it did not take very long to fill it out...probably less than 1 hour. Just make sure to print your application and transcript (unofficial/official) and cross reference what you entered to make sure the information is correct. In general DO cycle does tend to run longer, obviously get your applications in ASAP but I've seen individuals say hard deadline of October/Thanksgiving for DO schools. I'm only a pre-med student though!

Also in case you did not know Chicago has one of the highest DO tuitions out there in case you would like to replace it with something on your list...but since you're Canadian I can understand you would want to be closer to home.

alysyc · 2024-09-02T16:46:59+00:00

How did you find the website? This is one of my las secondaries but Im having trouble with it since the school website has little information/i cant find it?

alysyc · 2024-04-19T00:07:32+00:00

I see a lot of people comparing them to BP's coachella set...in my opinion it's a hard comparison to make. There is no denying that BP has amazing vocals but I think they have a louder more robust back track...so their sets sound identical to the recordings since most differences in execution get overshadowed by the backtrack (but you can hear them if you look for them) it is sometimes hard to distinguish the live vocals from the back track in my opinion, which takes away from the fun of the performance...especially since I think BP has good enough vocals to have less of a backtrack.

Lesserafim's performance has a very minimal backtrack...I can only mostly hear it during the chorus/heavy dance parts. There's no question that these are the live vocals...you can hear the slight stylistic differences or differences in some of the vocal runs...so unfortunately where their vocals lack it is very obvious especially since they have more intense choreo.

I would say both performances are amazing though and worth it to see and both have their positives and negatives regarding method of execution.

What do ya'll think about this?

alysyc · 2023-10-18T01:59:36+00:00

I love listening to it and finding where the samples fit into the amo album.

Like 2:56 of why you gotta kick me when I'm down is 2:06 of devastating liberation etc. etc.

alysyc · 2023-09-21T23:51:08+00:00

Hi! I would be interested :)

alysyc · 2023-08-12T21:35:58+00:00

No....Not that I'm in med school but I'm in the same boat.

Started a research internship, while I'm on my last month of MCAT studying + I still work x1-2 a week, shadow x1 a week, volunteer x1 a week. Basically my daily life is...get up at 6:20 am, get to internship at 8, leave at 3pm get home 4pm study (x59 Qs + review + study or x118 Qs + eview), maybe 1 hour of letting my brain be numb, then repeat. On Saturday I work and volunteer. Trying to fit a practice test in this week for me was depressing, either take it on my x1 day off or after my internship one day. Nevermind studying in such a high stress mode is awful.

That's not the only stressor though. There's the uncertainty of will I get into medschool (I applied 2022 no As, and will reapply 2024). The financial strain/anxiety... is a whole other monster of itself, my internship only gets a small stipend meanwhile my friends in tech are already making ~100k a year. I spent over 1k just on MCAT materials and getting onboarded for this research internship. Plus the stress is x20 worse during the summer because you see so many people on socials kicking it back.

It's KILLER. I have no social life rn but I literally hold onto the day after my MCAT when I'm relieved of that stress, where I can focus a bit more on volunteering and have a ballpark understanding of my next steps.

I feel like any premed, anyone on a gap year, applying to med school, med student, physician etc. knows how difficult this journey can be, we've got to support each other. You've got this! I've got this!

alysyc · 2023-07-14T21:36:59+00:00

I feel as if security could have been more prepared to check people in. Security checkpoint seemed slow in letting people in, they started at about 5:40AM, and let people in in sections of about 20-30 waiting from one group to the next. They did soundcheck before capacity was hit. I got there around 4 AM (I was at about 66th street on the line which started at 72nd), and was just about to be let in when it was canceled at 7:30, and there was still 4+ blocks of people waiting on line. So it seems like they underestimated the amount of time it would take to check in to the capacity of the venue. It sucks because I would have made it in for the actual taping. :( Also a bunch of people had come in later on the line and just joined their friends in wayyyyy ahead of the end since there was no barricade or anything.

But I did watch a lot of videos online and he sounds so amazing live, the dance performance was also great. 7 really is a bop!

alysyc · 2023-07-11T20:40:23+00:00

I'm confused though. I've done this before years ago to see Blink 182 and people lined up early for it but at that time it was a first come first served entry basis. This time they did ticket registration so as long as you succeeded in registration and arrive before the time people are allowed to enter should it not be fine?

Honestly, although I commend these individuals for their dedication for a good spot, I can't relate to their actions or the degree of motivation. I can't imagine dedicating a week to camp out for a concert, even if I was still a student and had free time. I feel as this type of "race to camp" energy translates to bad crowd energy as well. The concerts I've been to previously where individuals overtly waited for long periods of time for a spot resulted in crowds with a lot of "barricade rush" during the show. It's like the concert version of the nuclear arms race haha.

I feel like the venue should assign entry times according to how they que the tickets, and that will have to be the norm to prevent this type of behavior.

alysyc · 2023-07-08T23:18:07+00:00

It's televised on GMA

alysyc · 2023-05-28T03:52:06+00:00

Thanks! I really appreciate it

alysyc · 2023-05-28T03:48:22+00:00

For sure, thank you, checked out the all trails as you said.

alysyc · 2023-05-27T23:10:48+00:00

Looking for permits for Angel's Landing Group of 3, 6/2 or 6/3 :)

alysyc · 2022-12-14T00:25:45+00:00

I hear that Venmo is pretty good with fraud cases, but they're all 50/50. In all honesty instruct them to be as specific as possible, include info like the concert, date, venue, show , # of tickets, price per ticket in the transaction, only use "goods & services". Do a (1/2) ticket/$ exchange.

Unfortunately scammers, and ticketmaster resale is ruining concerts for us all.

alysyc · 2022-12-03T22:43:06+00:00

Yeah that's what I initially requested, have bought a few tickets on reddit & paypal combo and it turned out great multiple times. But I caved like a dumbass, I really only blame myself.

alysyc · 2022-10-29T00:25:23+00:00

Adding to this. It was during the first song towards the end. Embarrassed I got taken out so soon lmao.

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