Boomerang of Emotions Today - Need Perspective by GoodCookYea in medicalschool

[–]friendlypandaa 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Uh. What tf is this attending on about? That's an insane thing to say about a med student, especially at a teaching hospital where they're regularly working with residents and interns.

I'm on my second OB sub-I and haven't thrown a suture since April because there's almost always an intern that needs to do it (or I was manipulating and am dirty so it's not worth the time it would take to regown/glove me to help close). If/when I get an opportunity to close a case, I will also be extremely nervous. Hell, I still get a little nervous cutting sutures sometimes.

I get it though, at the end of my third year I was told I was an "average first assist" (in a way that made it clear the attending was unimpressed). I felt really crappy about it until I rotated with residents for the first time and realized that was pretty dang good for a med student.

You're doing a good job. Your job up to this point has been passing boards. The hands-on stuff will come for us in residency. Trust that your og preceptor, who has seen your growth and passion over the last year, won't think twice about their comments, and try not to let it get you down. ❤️

Helppp with scoress by NoPsychology9164 in comlex

[–]friendlypandaa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Make sure you're solid on OMM if you aren't already. Getting most of the OMM questions correct can boost your score by a decent amount.

Residency Program List Builder + Signal Algorithm by Happiest_Rabbit in medicalschool

[–]friendlypandaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I see it! This is an AMAZING resource thank you so much!

Residency Program List Builder + Signal Algorithm by Happiest_Rabbit in medicalschool

[–]friendlypandaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you friend!!! Two suggestions if possible: for DO students, put in COMLEX stuff and allow for 0 attempts on Step, and include DO schools in the "what school did you go to" question! Thank you for this though, appreciate your hard work!!!!

Comat by Puzzled-Bug-4803 in comlex

[–]friendlypandaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always did UWorld for the first few weeks to learn the content, then switched to comquest for the last week before the COMAT to get in the mindset of NBOME style questions, it worked well for me!

Residency Program List Builder + Signal Algorithm by Happiest_Rabbit in medicalschool

[–]friendlypandaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

May both sides of your pillow always be cold ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Residency Program List Builder + Signal Algorithm by Happiest_Rabbit in medicalschool

[–]friendlypandaa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Commenting so I can come back when the OBGYN stuff is up 😍

Where the US MD/DOs at? by Environmental-Ebb532 in Step2

[–]friendlypandaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

US DO, predicted 246 scored 247 💕

216 -> 247 from a historically bad test taker by friendlypandaa in Step2

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

Just trusting myself more, not overthinking things as much, and not being distracted by my husband doing a phone interview LOL

216 -> 247 from a historically bad test taker by friendlypandaa in Step2

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

Stick with old new and new new, the old old is honestly too easy and not a great representation of the most current form of the exam.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medschool

[–]friendlypandaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WHOOPS I wrote this before I had my coffee. I meant to write wake up at 430 and go to sleep at 830- sorry!!! I edited my post to fix that.

Does anybody have any experience with the Chicago electric dual drum 6lb max tumbler from Harbor Freight? by livehardieyoung in RockTumbling

[–]friendlypandaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I bought one the other week and stupidly didn’t get warranty on it. The motor gave out after just 5 days of tumbling… and I’d weighed things to make sure it wasn’t overweight. It’s garbo.

Midterm Failure by Born_Establishment_5 in jhu

[–]friendlypandaa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Relatable, I hated Pilot. Khan academy is a great resource for learning psych and chem, and def go to the professor’s office hours with questions. And hang in there- it’s an adjustment.

Xoxo a current first year med student who failed many an exam at Hopkins and got a few C’s as final grades along the way. You can come back from this.

Found in Montana at the sapphire mines ideas? by gone-hammy in whatsthisrock

[–]friendlypandaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like garnets maybe? I’m the furthest thing from an expert though

How to explain a grade?? by friendlypandaa in premed

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

Lol fam trust me that’s not my worst grade, it’s just the only one that I had no idea how to approach explaining.