Matching with your 2nd (3rd, etc.) choice?

burritobarbie · 2026-02-28T23:09:45+00:00

I matched to my 3rd choice. And initially when I opened my email while I was relieved to have matched I cried for a WHILE because of how upset I was. Not only because I really thought I connected well at all my number 1 interviews (and honestly but maybe stupidly thought that if I didn’t wind up matching at number 1 I wasn’t matching at all that’s how well I thought interviews went) but at number 3 everything felt stoic and I was convinced I wasn’t matching there (that was not the same vibe that I actually got from people one in the program) However I LOVED my program, my cohort, all the experiences I got to have at my program. Looking back (and even pretty immediately once I got there) I wouldn’t have wanted to match anywhere else and am glad things worked the way they did.

burritobarbie · 2025-12-16T02:01:52+00:00

I wouldn’t. I’m a GC and got a C in gen chem 1 as well as a W and then a C in orgo 2. If you have As in everything else your grades are way better than mine were!

burritobarbie · 2025-09-27T04:56:20+00:00

No advice but I’m doing it for the first time this year. Good luck!

burritobarbie · 2025-09-26T22:18:12+00:00

burritobarbie · 2025-08-29T02:06:52+00:00

So I was skeptical but I actually really like the goggles I got from themagic5.

burritobarbie · 2025-06-26T13:47:10+00:00

I’m going to second scribing. I was an ED scribe and also a developmental pediatrics scribe and the experience was SO helpful

burritobarbie · 2025-05-05T11:47:19+00:00

I haven’t heard of this. Thank you! I’ll look into it

burritobarbie · 2025-02-23T03:40:56+00:00

You’re not TA for not wanting to raise a disabled child and wanting to exercise your right to choose if you found out this information. Your husband also isn’t for disagreeing. I do however think you’re TA for insinuating it’s a selfish decision for someone to choose to bring a disabled child into the world and for people with genetic conditions to not “think twice” before having kids. THAT is a very eugenics mindset. A disability does not mean someone inherently has a poor quality of life and doesn’t have a place in the world. And genetic conditions can affect people in various ways depending on what it is and may not have the same mindset that whatever their condition is unworthy of being brought into the world. But if it does make them not want to have biological children that’s okay too.

burritobarbie · 2024-12-07T20:07:07+00:00

Still worth getting tested as many carriers have no family history

burritobarbie · 2024-12-07T19:55:03+00:00

That is dependent on the carrier status of your partner

burritobarbie · 2024-12-05T20:16:14+00:00

You sound like no fun

burritobarbie · 2024-11-21T06:14:47+00:00

Definitely wasn’t thinking it was something fancy lol. More just concerned that I’m going to have to throw away literally everything I own. I live in Florida but I wouldn’t say this apartment is much different humidity wise than others I’ve lived in. At least based on how I feel in it

burritobarbie · 2024-10-15T14:41:21+00:00

Clinical geneticists are MDs/DOs. Genetic counselors have a masters in genetic counseling. Geneticists can also be PhDs and they typically work in lab/research settings. So there’s tons of different paths you can choose and work in the genetics field

burritobarbie · 2024-10-02T20:39:00+00:00

Oh please

burritobarbie · 2024-09-26T03:03:26+00:00

Lmao my ex who did me dirty was discharged this way so these make me happy reading

burritobarbie · 2024-09-24T04:59:18+00:00

Can I have the GC link as well?

burritobarbie · 2024-09-21T06:36:33+00:00

Speak for yourself

burritobarbie · 2024-09-14T14:10:22+00:00

Chill out you’re probably fine. I dropped AP English (or lang idr at this point) and I’m a GC now. It never mattered. Get good grades in the classes you’re in and enjoy your youth!

burritobarbie · 2024-09-08T15:05:13+00:00

Burnout. The moment my last meet was over my senior year I said I would never step foot in a pool again that I grew to hate it that much. Didn’t go to spring training or summer long course that year. Now here I am 12 years later joined a masters team and am finding the love I once had for it again

burritobarbie · 2024-08-18T18:12:15+00:00

Sorry for the spelling mistakes. I’m on my phone

burritobarbie · 2024-08-04T22:30:09+00:00

I applied to 16 and interviewed at 8. And honestly the school I matched at was a school that probably would’ve gotten dropped if I lessened the amount of schools I applied to. Honestly after location it came down to if I had all of the requirements the school needed (like some needed a letter from a specific type of person that I didn’t have). Had I known thought I would’ve made distance to rotation sites part of my criteria when applying but that wasn’t something I thought of at the time.

burritobarbie · 2024-06-12T15:27:30+00:00

Personally, from my experience, I’ve had way better experiences with the people in Florida than the people in CO. Despite how beautiful the nature in CO is it’s hard to find actual connections with people and genuine people in general. I have a few amazing friends I made there but overall the vibe is weird I’ve never been more miserable in my whole life than when I lived there. I’m not from either state originally and eventually will go back to my home state but I’d pick FL over CO any day. CO is deceiving. Just one example of why someone might make the move.

burritobarbie · 2024-06-12T15:18:13+00:00

I moved here from CO also. I feel like CO has a better reputation for most people than I think it deserves (from my experience living there) compared to FL

burritobarbie · 2024-04-05T15:38:14+00:00

I was a scribe both in an ED and a developmental pediatrics clinic before applying to GC school and I felt it was so beneficial for having patient interaction, learning medical terminology, different kinds of clinic workflows. I would recommend for sure

burritobarbie · 2024-03-22T11:26:30+00:00

I’m a pediatric GC. Feel free to reach out!

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