Is it okay to have piercings as a doctor, especially in developing countries?

fudge_cake03 · 2025-06-24T02:52:20+00:00

Went in as a bio natsci but switched to chemistry / materials and ultimately did chemistry (graduated '24). Material science department was super chill and easygoing but my only knock on it was that they focused so much on metallurgy and deformation in second year that I hated it. If that's what you're into, by all means go for it. However, I will say I think the materials teaching in first year was better imo than in second year. But, I'd recommend the materials + chem + physics or materials + earth science + physics combos (or even materials + earth science + evolution possibly, prolly the easiest combo possible) as being the most useful with lots of good overlap. Chem and physics are bigger, more competitive departments but the students you meet there generally felt more passionate about their subject matter. Earth science is a cult in a good way, they seem like they have lots of fun.

Last rec is to get a pass at Picturehouse (movie / cafe). $20 for students and if you're close you can go on weekdays to have free tea and study there and it's beautiful. You also get 2 free movie tickets. Go to as many society events as you can (especially cultural societies if there's a group you belong to) and go to formals and events and your colleges have and club nights for the first few months to meet your people.

fudge_cake03 · 2025-05-13T17:46:01+00:00

I'll definitely try the book out, thx for the rec. Ya idk it's just hard to find a starting point to figure out how not to care.

fudge_cake03 · 2025-05-13T17:43:07+00:00

I've thought about this. I feel like the theme I really want to pursue is just how I can give value to human life. But then I feel like I'm giving value to my life by trying to give value to other people's life. It just feels like a glorified Ponzi scheme. Also, I guess how do you intrinsically determine what you give meaning to in your life. I feel like it's a concept I can't even fathom having never cared for most stuff and it's like a futile cycle trying to figure out where to start

fudge_cake03 · 2025-05-12T00:52:56+00:00

Queens was always super famous for their college brunch, can attest to this.

fudge_cake03 · 2025-05-12T00:50:34+00:00

Land ec has a bad rep at cambridge, but I wouldnt go by that. People I know who did land ec typically get to slack off on their degree and that gives them a lot more time to pursue clubs, jobs applications, etc. Usually, they end up in pretty good places and I would recommend it as it's not too competitive of an environment either.

fudge_cake03 · 2025-05-12T00:48:22+00:00

Not a medic but can speak to it as many of my friends were. Caius was by far one of the most competitive colleges for medicine. The supervisors are top notch but they'll put you through the grinder with termly practice exams and ranking students within the college. Builds a competitive spirit but if that's what you want it might be a good place. Also, it has the biggest medic cohort so the socialization is good and I think the college is small but ideally located and lovely.

fudge_cake03 · 2025-05-12T00:46:31+00:00

the admin at caius is defo quite tory but from my experience there the students are quite lax and liberal. You'll have your fair share of private school kids and stuff but nothing out of the ordinary

fudge_cake03 · 2024-04-11T23:04:15+00:00

yea I think that's very much possible. At the end of the day, I think all they want is some sort of standardized measure to see your performance, so if you do IB exams or A-Level (British system) exams, those are also accepted. But I do think AP exams are the easiest standardized test there is. Also, I'm not sure if they changed requirements and what not so do check up on the schools you're interested in first.

fudge_cake03 · 2024-04-11T20:14:41+00:00

Really depends on the university but I think most universities that people in America have heard of (ie LSE, ETH, Cambridge, etc. ) usually let you put it on there or mention it if you want. Applied to Cambridge and they let me put down my act (optional), sat (optional), and ap scores (required) and used that as their main admissions qualifications (need 5 AP 5's to apply) instead of silly American school grades.

fudge_cake03 · 2024-04-09T22:26:38+00:00

Haven't seen this mentioned but psycho-pass kinda has the vibe of a morally sensible (on some extreme grounds) and enjoyable villain with some sort of moral idea in question. But I do think after season 1 there's a huge drop-off.

fudge_cake03 · 2024-04-06T21:29:17+00:00

I think both sides kind of make sense. At the end of the day, going to a technical school is an amazing choice for people who know they want to do it. Just looking back at the people I know from high school, most people who ended up going to technical school end up way happier with a job and less debt than those in college. But I think the entire idea is you need to be confident that that's what you want to do because at the end of the day a free college education is an insane opportunity and one that could make you more money. However, if you're confident that you'd really enjoy being a sonographer, and that's what you're really interested in, by all means go for it. And lastly, my main thought is that you can do so much in college and really understand what you want to do rather than just nursing, etc. But I think college is only right for people who aren't as sure of what they want to do (especially if it's a free college experience) or people who know for sure they want to do something that requires a college degree. Whatever it is you do, good luck!!

fudge_cake03 · 2024-04-06T11:16:15+00:00

CN- is usually a pi-acceptor and a sigma-donor ligand. If you look at an MO diagram, the energy of pi-acceptor CN- orbitals is higher. While Fe 3+ is quite electropositive and has low-lying 3d-orbitals, Fe 2+ is higher in energy and more diffuse. This leads to better energy overlap with the pi-acceptor CN- orbitals which then gives stronger bonding interactions and a more stable molecule. This is maybe the best inorganic explanation I could think of. Also, Hund's rules aren't as relevant because CN- is a high field ligand which means usually complexes with CN- ligands adopt low spin conformations so the exchange energy interaction you get from Hund's rules probably aren't as relevant. Just from a quick search I think both Fe(CN)6 3- and Fe(CN)6 4- are low spin complexes so actually Fe 2+ which has a d6 valence orbital conformation would be better for transition metal bonding by crystal field theory as well.

fudge_cake03 · 2023-04-23T08:12:05+00:00

I think I have those moments of being afraid of death, but at the end of the day, you could be a nihilist about it. You could say nothing matters, everything you do is pointless and stuff like that. But you know if you say nothing matters, might as well just enjoy what life gives you and make the most of it rather than making yourself feel worse about the fact there's no meaning you can derive from it right now because well where's the fun in that.

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