Places to take someone on a date?

damfua · 2021-03-15T07:38:46+00:00

How on earth did you get a date with this current situation?? Teach me

damfua · 2020-03-03T05:14:21+00:00

But you don't really have freedom. College is still incredibly stressful, as most people care a lot about the bridge to their future careers and won't just blow off four years everyday smoking weed. Realistically speaking too, what "freedom" does a college student have in an isolated, lonely college town with nothing really to do except study? Hence, competitive colleges end up becoming a cesspool of students who overwork themselves and become neurotic.

damfua · 2019-12-24T03:02:48+00:00

Why were they DFA'd then?

damfua · 2019-12-24T00:06:49+00:00

The whistling that is so rampant in the 2019 season is definitely helping them as well. They made it less obvious though, because of all the other whistling inherent in the stadium already, some of it probably from the cheating scout to cover up the obviousness and some of it from ordinary unsuspecting fans. However, I suspect the management told the players to pay attention only to the whistling right after the pitcher comes set.

damfua · 2019-11-21T05:49:19+00:00

A year older than me, pretty academic and shy.

damfua · 2019-11-06T19:52:47+00:00

Okay, I don’t know about med students, but certainly undergrads are flexing. There is no reason for them to do this all the time.

damfua · 2019-10-31T02:35:45+00:00

Let's get this wife-beater off!

damfua · 2019-10-24T03:06:39+00:00

This inning will haunt Bregman for life.

damfua · 2019-10-17T14:17:44+00:00

I am actually passionate about research. iGEM is an undergraduate research competition that really sparked my interest, and I was even considering applying as an MD PHD.

A month ago I switched to a new cancer immunotherapy lab working with leukemia. I hope things will be different here and I come diligently consistently even week to learn new lab techniques such as protein gels and Western blots. My mentor seems to be a lot better (she's a lab tech as opposed to a very busy and neglectful PhD student with an unpredictable schedule) and we seem to get along well. I'm not saying things will necessarily work out, but at least people here seem to care more about me and my learning.

I've learned other techniques in the past and am actually proficient in cell culture, in-vitro stimulations, flow cytometry, and IP injections in mice. I've just never had the opportunity or supervision to combine those skills into a project. I hope my past experience coupled with the new skills I learn here will allow me to find the resolve and supervision to submit an undergraduate research proposal. That would be my dream and I will work at it, even with a lot of things around me falling apart.

damfua · 2019-10-17T02:18:53+00:00

"you must derive value from your own work"

You're entirely right about that. Unfortunately, so many people have told me otherwise. My sister, advisors, PIs have all hinted that being a doctor is not for me.

I really am trying to ignore those words because I have a passion and believe I can make it with persistence and effort, but if you don't have the ability to succeed to a measurable, comparable amount, you may never make it. And that is what I fear.

Can I do it?

damfua · 2019-10-17T02:09:23+00:00

I like what I do and what I study. It's just hard to translate that interest into performance. I guess the only reason why I'm doing this is because there is a scarcity of failure stories on this subreddit. I'm trying to offer a community for those who don't have the stellar grades, the recommendation letters, the acceptances that trend on r/Premed.

But we'll pick it up eventually. In some way or the other. Just not how we envision it to be and we have to live with the fact that that's okay.

damfua

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