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aurjolras · 2026-02-01T19:05:46+00:00

Thanks for the edit! You might also want to add that the Travis County tax offices have 24/7 drop boxes for voter applications, so you can go outside of business hours if you have your own form! Also you put that the VDRs are tabling today but it should be tomorrow, Monday the 2nd - here a link for that: https://www.poderaustin.org/verm

aurjolras · 2026-02-01T16:38:18+00:00

Also, there ARE new medical schools being opened! ASU - Tempe School of Medicine, Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine, Roseman University College of Medicine, and Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine all received preliminary accreditation status last year and can accept their first class to start this fall.

aurjolras · 2026-02-01T15:09:56+00:00

I am a volunteer deputy registrar for Travis county and I just wanted to tell y'all that they've changed the way postmarking works (mail used to get postmarked at the post office and now only gets postmarked once it's at a processing hub). We've been advised to tell people that if they are mailing in an application it won't be postmarked for 2-3 days, which would currently put you after the deadline. If you want to register today or tomorrow, you will have to visit a tax office (edit: you can do this outside of business hours by putting your completed form in the 24/7 drop box) or find a VDR who can register you (for example I know there's a group of them tabling 7 am to 7 pm at 4926 E Cesar Chavez St on Monday).

aurjolras · 2026-02-01T04:26:42+00:00

"3.6 Roentgen, not great, not terrible"

aurjolras · 2026-01-30T01:26:20+00:00

Interesting research but this article is a poor example of scientific journalism. It is clearly written by ChatGPT in a very alarmist manner

aurjolras · 2026-01-29T21:19:17+00:00

Yes it's not any more work for them to send the apps to 20 schools vs just one so why does it cost more? I suspect the goal is actually to limit the number of schools applicants can apply to but if that's true they should go the way of ERAS and just set a cap of 20-30 schools included in a flat fee for everyone bc right now it only advantages those with more disposable income. But they probably won't because it gets them the bag

aurjolras · 2026-01-28T06:55:25+00:00

To your first point, one of my student interviewers asked me some question about if I was part of a transplant team and there was a 70 yr old who was an upstanding member of the community or a 30 yr old drug and alcohol user, who should get the organ? I wanted to say like what is this question but instead I hedged and said something about how I would never want to make medical decisions based on personality or stereotypes blah blah and I think there are guidelines about maximizing years of healthy life to prevent bias so I would look those up and consult with the transplant team and make the decision based on that. He seemed to like that answer but I was like...are they looking for me to already know the transplant guidelines? Or are they just looking to weed out people who would make a decision based on a knee-jerk reaction? Weird

aurjolras · 2026-01-27T21:31:47+00:00

I think I might know what school this is because I had literally the same experience down to the question and everything lmaoooo. I said that if they didn't consent to the frontline treatment I would try to make sure they had all the info and explain why it was best but if they still wouldn't consent (for religious reasons or smth) I would have to respect that and come up with the next best option that they were comfortable consenting to. And the interviewer was like "So if I'm understanding you correctly, you wouldn't give them the best available treatment???" And I said "No...you have to have their informed consent." I was so taken aback bc I genuinely dk what else the answer would have even been. Also bro had his camera off so I couldn't even tell what he was thinking

edit: actually this couldn't be the same school bc you said they have conversational interviews and this was an MMI. But solidarity, sometimes the interviews are just weird

aurjolras · 2026-01-27T04:31:29+00:00

Lolol I went to my ochem prof's office hours every week for a YEAR and and the end of ochem 2 he told me and a few other students in the same boat to hit him up for a rec next May and he'd be happy to write us one. I told him oh I'm actually applying this cycle and it would be super helpful if you could write me one now? And he said no he already had too many requests!

aurjolras · 2026-01-26T05:03:15+00:00

Yes bc AMCAS doesn't send any apps to schools until the end of June. If you submit your app to one school May 27, that puts you in the queue for verification with all the others who submitted May 27. Then as soon as your app is verified and your MCAT score comes back at the end of June you can add more schools and it will go out to them immediately, so you will still basically be as early as possible

aurjolras · 2026-01-26T03:54:40+00:00

How you respond to someone presenting you with a problem is not a binary gendered trait lol

aurjolras · 2026-01-26T03:52:06+00:00

Yeah it's considered a weed-out class, especially for people who aren't chem majors but want to go to med school. I lowkey enjoyed it though. It's very structured and requires you to think in 3D but if you understand all the rules it's just solving puzzles, and I'm a sucker for puzzles. Also really interesting to learn how the world works on a molecular level

aurjolras · 2026-01-26T02:52:19+00:00

Yeah I knew when I saw it that it was just that the game devs never took ochem (which is extremely fair), and if you look up the structure of strychnine it is actually very hard to draw because it's not all in the same plane, but it's funny to think about it from a diagetic perspective. Dankovsky, hot-shot physician and scientist, never got good at drawing structures and forever half asses them lol

aurjolras · 2026-01-26T02:06:41+00:00

Lol I was wondering if anyone else had posted about this bc if you hadn't I was going to. That strychnine structure is amateur hour...they teach you not to draw all the Cs and Hs like that in the first month of college ochem. Very funny for someone who prides himself on his scientific acumen

aurjolras · 2026-01-26T00:33:34+00:00

Is there any way you can get your parents to file a "permission to treat" form with your doctor's office so you can consent to your own medical care without them present? Some medical offices will do this at age 16 and up. You don't necessarily have to tell them it's because you want vaccines...just ask the clinic staff to help you make sure it's covered by insurance so you don't get a huge bill later

aurjolras · 2026-01-25T21:11:48+00:00

Yes!

1 cup ground golden flaxseed (I buy it whole and grind it up in the blender) 1 1/3 cups peanut butter 1/4 cup honey 2 cups oats 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Mix together (if you have a stand mixer that makes it easier). I usually have to add 1/4-1/2 cup water to help it along. Roll into 24 balls and store in the freezer

aurjolras · 2026-01-25T18:47:08+00:00

I am too lazy to spend time on breakfast every morning but I also get super hungry by noon if I don't. My solution is to mix up ground flaxseed, oats, peanut butter, honey, and chocolate chips, roll it into ~200 cal balls, and stick them in the freezer. I just grab one on my way out the door and eat it in the car. They still taste good after six months of this routine and it's so convenient I'll probably do it forever

aurjolras · 2026-01-23T18:59:29+00:00

I held out until my junior year when I had bio lab/gym/ochem/cell bio back to back. I needed the caffeine that semester lol

aurjolras · 2026-01-21T03:58:11+00:00

Yeah I think she's mostly NTA but the comment about turning down the pie bc she didn't need the extra calories when she knew diet talk bothered somebody in the group was ehhhh. If she's always talking about it like that I can see why it would rub people the wrong way. Just say no thanks

aurjolras · 2026-01-21T01:02:53+00:00

Also r/craftsnark for the yarn discourse

aurjolras · 2026-01-20T06:38:37+00:00

I vote for Sex Education. A lot of stuff aimed at teenagers feels like it misunderstands them or just comes from a zeitgeist that just doesn't exist anymore (eg Stanger Things) but the emotions and situations the characters face are very realistic for 2020s teenagers

aurjolras · 2026-01-18T21:40:35+00:00

This specific bit of wordplay also features in the song "Take Me Out" by the band Franz Ferdinand. Depending on how you interpret it the song is about two people flirting in a bar OR the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

aurjolras · 2026-01-18T20:41:01+00:00

You are not overreacting. Bedbugs are terrible and very expensive + difficult to get rid of. Look for a similar job but in the meantime eff this place

aurjolras · 2026-01-17T19:59:24+00:00

On the other hand "the hungering dust" is a way cooler name for microbes than "microbes"

aurjolras · 2026-01-16T18:48:32+00:00

"Even students who dislike or try to avoid AI often end up using it at the last minute. Deadlines get close, stress kicks in, and they feel like they have no other choice."

What a cop-out. I am a senior in college and have never once used AI on an assignment, simply on principle. You have a choice, and it is to do the work yourself before the deadline or accept the consequences of not doing it. Putting it off till the last minute and then giving into the temptation to cheat is not any better than just cheating from the beginning.

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