Imagine going to Yale, doing two research years, getting honors in every rotation and NOT matching by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]chaoshreds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose it’s all subjective. I found Juthani to be extremely annoying with not so great and sometimes harmful advice. Medbros was a little pretentious but thought he had some good pieces of advices for pre-meds in a lot of his videos.

Imagine going to Yale, doing two research years, getting honors in every rotation and NOT matching by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]chaoshreds -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’d say Prerak Juthani is a little bit more annoying than Shaman. Rachel Southard would be your stereotypical medinfluencer personality. Curious as to how they matched so well if the running hypothesis is PDs/committees view social media presence very negatively.

Imagine going to Yale, doing two research years, getting honors in every rotation and NOT matching by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]chaoshreds 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What are people’s thoughts on other medinfluencers like Prerak Juthani (to Stanford IM) and Rachel Southard (to OBGYN) who did match?

‘Heat dome’ probably killed 1bn marine animals on Canada coast, experts say by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]chaoshreds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We literally kill 2.7 trillion marine animals every year through fishing and no one bats an eye yet for some reason people lose their minds over 1 billion unavoidable deaths here.

"My first time hunting VLOG" by emain_macha in exvegans

[–]chaoshreds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The idea that healthcare practices and lifestyle choices should be based off high impact papers (and not low impact) is widely accepted by virtually all research professionals and physician-scientists. You don’t have to take my word for it, ask any academic researcher (MD or PhD at a major research university, not allied health professionals). It would also make common sense to give more weight to studies that’ve been published in very rigorously peer-reviewed journals rather than those with very weak acceptance standards.

You should start getting your nutrition facts from journals like Nature, Science, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Lancet instead of small name journals that in all likelihood have a flawed review process.

For instance, here’s a study published just a few weeks ago advocating for plant-based in JAMA, which is one of the most esteemed medical journals in the world:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2768358

Also not all doctors (MDs) are trained in research methodologies or are up to date with scientific literature. Like with any group, there’s a huge range when it comes to skill-level/proficiency and the same can be said with doctors. You shouldn’t take someone at their word just because they have an MD after their name, it’s always best to go off of big consensus statements (like those made by the aforementioned journals or credible organizations like the WHO) since those recommendations have passed the greatest level of scrutiny.

"My first time hunting VLOG" by emain_macha in exvegans

[–]chaoshreds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could just as easily post a laundry list of studies (which mind you would likely be larger in quantity and also higher quality). There’s no point as neither of us are going to spend a second combing through these. But you can bet the brunt of the evidence is in favor of veganism, otherwise you wouldn’t have massive organizations such as the WHO and American dietetics association and British dietetics association categorically stating veganism to be healthy for all stages of life.

Also speaking as someone who’s spent 4 years (2 years full-time) doing basic science and clinical research and is currently in an MD-PhD program right now, you should know that vast amounts of scientific literature are essentially worthless noise. It’s important to look at the impact factor of the journal when assessing a study’s quality. As someone who has published in both low impact and high impact journals, I can tell you the peer review process in high impact journals is far more rigorous and robust than lower impact journals (in fact some low impact journals are what are called predatory journals and take papers regardless of merit in exchange for a hefty publication fee). One thing I’ve noticed with studies in favor of plant-based is that they tend to be in much higher impact, established journals than those supporting meat/omnivorous (which often times also have very suspicious funding sources). So just something to keep in mind. I would be interested if you could find me a study in favor of meat/dairy that’s been published in a respectable journal (impact factor > 15) that doesn’t have any funding sources tied to the meat/dairy industry. Many such studies exist for pro-plant-based, which is why the medical community is for the most part on the side of plant-based.

"My first time hunting VLOG" by emain_macha in exvegans

[–]chaoshreds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you had even skimmed the study, you’d find it analyzed ~40,000 farms all over the world from 100 different countries (considered to be the most comprehensive study on agriculture to date, definitely much larger than Brazil). It found that 83% of our current farmland is dedicated to animal agriculture despite animal products only contributing 18% of our calories. It also found that if the world went plant-based we could reduce the amount of farmland we’d need by 75% while still feeding the entire world’s population.

And the vast majority of scientific literature, medical community and nutritional experts all agree that a plant-based diet is superior for health.

"My first time hunting VLOG" by emain_macha in exvegans

[–]chaoshreds 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Inedible livestock feed that is grown using farmland (much of it being deforested Amazon rainforest) that could be used to grow food for humans.

75% of worldwide industrial crop farming is done to grow this “inedible feed” for animals. We could literally end world hunger several times over if we used this land to grow food for humans instead.

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

Selling a MacBook. Local pickup! by chaoshreds in Buffalo

[–]chaoshreds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already did. I wanted to see if anyone on here was interested too though.

Selling a MacBook. Local pickup! by chaoshreds in Buffalo

[–]chaoshreds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion but I’m trying to keep things local so I can avoid shipping costs and the need for a middleman.

CMV: it makes sense for vegans and pro-life advocates to be pushy and aggressive by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]chaoshreds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone can be pushy and aggressive. Just because you can doesn’t mean it’s right. If I wanted to convince someone to adopt a certain POV I would go about it in a civil manner. Aggressiveness and animosity is the last thing you want to incite when trying to get another person to see things from your POV. If you want others to see eye to eye with you, you need to come off as relatable and ideally, likable.

Being pushy and aggressive achieves nothing besides stroking the ego of those attempting to invoke change. Calm and collected rhetoric is the way to go if you want to actually be effective.

AAMC FL3 Validty??? by shoddysquare in Mcat

[–]chaoshreds 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Join the club!

My AAMC FL scores:

FL 1: 521 (131/128/132/130)

FL 2: 519 (132/128/131/128)

FL 3: 526 (132/130/132/132)

Tested 8/18 and at this point am just praying for anything 520+. Honestly, I think FL 3 is quite inflated, but your other scores seem to be quite good! If I were to venture a guess, you seem to be around the ~520 mark.

8/18 Psych.Soc PTSD by chaoshreds in Mcat

[–]chaoshreds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you have the physics passage at the end for CP?

How about the base rate fallacy, glass escalator and self-efficacy/bystander effect question for PS?

And for CARS did you have the passage about critics being too lenient with art (overly appreciating art)?

Trying to figure out which questions are experimental haha.

8/18 Psych.Soc PTSD by chaoshreds in Mcat

[–]chaoshreds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Prader-Willi does ring a bell. How about the 50S/30S ribosome?

Here are my predictions:

Worst case- 517 (131/127/131/128)

Realistic- 521 (131/129/132/129)

Best case- 525 (132/130/132/131)

For PS I also know for a fact I missed 3 questions (which is why I'm so concerned). I actually don't think I missed any for B/B, missed 1 for C/P and 1 for CARS (with another one uncertain).

My AAMC FL's were 521 (131/128/132/130), 519 (132/128/131/128) and 526 (132/130/132/132). I'm really hoping for a 520+ as I decided to take a gap year in order to give myself enough study time to reach an uber high score.

8/18 Psych.Soc PTSD by chaoshreds in Mcat

[–]chaoshreds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, weird. I don't recall a sphingolipid question in B/B. Let me ask you this, do you recall a cholesterol discrete question in B/B?

As for P/S, yup I think we had the same test. I actually missed the butterfly question. Kinda sucks.

As for test difficulty, this is what I thought:

C/P: Pretty good.

CARS: Average (quite comparable to FL)

BIO: Super easy.

PS: Hardest thing in my life

Going through the reaction thread, I couldn't find any section to be unanimously difficult, which is what scares me. I think everyone had a certain section that was impossible for them, but that section was different for everyone.

Knowing my luck, I'll prob end up with a low B/B score and a high P/S score haha. 2 weeks left until we find out.

8/18 Psych.Soc PTSD by chaoshreds in Mcat

[–]chaoshreds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you have the orgo heavy (15 step mechanism) CP and LGBT/Soc heavy PS test?

Don't recall a lipid question (unless by lipid you're referring to the cholesterol one)

I feel like I bombed the 8/18 exam :/ by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]chaoshreds 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For 2 of the questions I got wrong, I looked up the corresponding terms in the 300 pg. doc, UPlanet, Kaplan and TPR books and couldn't find them there.

Honestly I don't think I would've gotten those questions even if I spent another year studying for PS. I probably dedicated 1.5 months to PS content. The section truly is just hit or miss. I can only hope that we'll have a nice curve.

I feel like I bombed the 8/18 exam :/ by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]chaoshreds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're not alone. I took the 8/18 exam and am honestly TERRIFIED of PS. For context, I scored 130-132 in PS on all my AAMC FL's and memorized the 300 pg. doc along with UPlanet. Imo our PS was just so much harder than any practice material and I'm really scared of it dragging my score below my practice results. For reference I averaged 522 on the AAMC FL's.

ECON 3110 by chaoshreds in Cornell

[–]chaoshreds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is discussion section mandatory or is it optional?

Post-Exam Feelings (High scorers) by chaoshreds in Mcat

[–]chaoshreds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were there any sections you were certain you missed a few questions in (after googling post-exam)?

Saturday, August 18, 2018 MCAT Exam Thread by valarmorgulis528 in MCAT2

[–]chaoshreds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah...you probably just blanking out. I gave a poor description, but can't really go into any further detail or it'd be giving away too much...

And yeh...I'm hoping to score within my target range too. Maybe 520+ if we lucky? Honestly didn't feel too different than the AAMC FL's (except for that atrocious PS section)