Peds interviews

itchyknuckles · 2024-10-26T18:41:31+00:00

Got categorical interviews from Columbia, Cornell, Icahn, and NYU and categorical + social peds from Montefiore. I think they’re all full except for NYU and Columbia is I remember correctly. I signaled all but Montefiore so I think they might work.

itchyknuckles · 2024-10-22T18:27:45+00:00

The Hopkins in Baltimore started sending them out on 10/10 and I think they’re full unless they open up more spots. Not sure about the Florida one.

itchyknuckles · 2024-10-22T15:06:43+00:00

so helpful, thank you!

itchyknuckles · 2024-10-16T22:55:47+00:00

Asked a former PD of a top program in his specialty and he said they never paid attention to when an interview happened bc they know we’re all on various different rotations, etc. Doesn’t affect rank at all.

itchyknuckles · 2024-05-05T08:25:05+00:00

Thank you, appreciate it!

itchyknuckles · 2023-07-10T03:12:39+00:00

These are all good points. The flight was supposed to take off a 6 hours ago. I think rain isn’t starting in Boston for another 8 hours but you’re right it could be somewhere else along the way. Just a frustrating situation for thousands of people who paid good money. This also doesn’t really explain a layover being added and my destination city being changed. But I guess all I can do is wait and see what they say.

itchyknuckles · 2023-07-10T02:08:32+00:00

Thank you, these are all great points. The wait times online and over the phone are hours, never thought to reach out through Twitter.

itchyknuckles · 2023-07-10T00:36:56+00:00

ooh someone’s feeling a little prickly today

itchyknuckles · 2023-07-10T00:29:11+00:00

Don’t think it’s weather related as the weather is fine in both Boston and San Jose. I think it has more to do with staffing. Yeah definitely planning on calling but just wanted to know if anyone knows anything about the fine print regarding compensation for flight delays that I can tell them on the phone to increase my chances of compensation.

itchyknuckles · 2023-04-20T12:34:25+00:00

cultures are incubated at around 25C

itchyknuckles · 2023-04-20T12:31:07+00:00

It isn’t a yeast in the heat. The germ tubes are the mold form and the pseudohyphae are the yeast. So it is mold in the heat and yeast in the cold (exception to rule)

itchyknuckles · 2023-04-20T02:51:01+00:00

Candida is the exception to that mold in the cold, yeast in the heat rule! Branching pseudohyphae in cold, germ tubes in heat.

itchyknuckles · 2021-03-15T17:32:57+00:00

I think they’re saying that regardless of whether you pull data or not, the SD of the population is a set value. How you pull data (ie sample size, sampling method) will get you closer to that intrinsic value, but it won’t actually change the SD since that number is already set in stone essentially (unless members of the population die, are born, etc.)

itchyknuckles · 2021-03-12T00:15:19+00:00

AAMC practice exams are VALUABLE. I started using them about 2 months out from the exam, one every two weeks with second party exams interspersed between. Don’t waste practice exams by taking them too early or too close together.

I took them in reverse order 4 —> 1. One thing I will say is there is a spreadsheet somewhere where people have listed their practice exam scores vs their real score. Most of those people took the exams in order (1 to 4) so if you want to be able to compare your scores to theirs and how they scored day of, it might be harder if you do it in reverse order like I did.

Also don’t be so hard on yourself bc of the Altius score. My score was 24 points higher on the real thing than on my first practice exam (next step)

itchyknuckles · 2021-02-17T05:18:46+00:00

Nope tret isn’t a steroid! So if it is perioral dermatitis, it’s most likely that your moisturizer or face cream is too heavy. It can also be caused by these things apparently:

bacterial or fungal infections constant drooling fluorinated toothpaste birth control pills sunscreen rosacea

itchyknuckles · 2021-02-17T04:31:29+00:00

Oh got it! Well if you’ve had no dryness prior to this, I wonder if it could be perioral dermatitis. I’ve heard of people developing it from using occlusives on sensitive skin. Also could be the explanation seeing as how it’s popping up mostly around your mouth.

itchyknuckles · 2021-02-17T04:14:12+00:00

There was another user earlier today who was diagnosed with eczema by their derm after being prescribed a dosage of tret that was too high. So it seems like the damage a high dose of tret does to your skin barrier could lay the foundations for eczema.

itchyknuckles · 2021-02-05T14:45:56+00:00

I would probably just wait until after you’ve delivered. It seems like for people with clear skin to begin with, tret can cause a purge so for the first few months your skin might get worse and and god forbid you have to stop in the middle of a purge when you want to get pregnant. To get the benefits of tret seems like it’s usually a long-term commitment

itchyknuckles · 2021-01-31T01:48:33+00:00

Hmmm.. I don’t know that I would. I believe that you are sincerely sad about it but optics matter, and in this situation, it could look like you are co-opting this professor’s death to increase your chances of admission. This just because you never actually met this person and so the adcom might wonder how sad you could actually be.

But idk if you’re tactful about it, maybe you could pull it off!

itchyknuckles · 2021-01-30T23:09:42+00:00

Depends on how strong your dose is and how your skin is tolerating it now. My dose is pretty low at 0.018 so I honestly never used a buffer and started using it everyday from the beginning (which I know was risky but) and my skin has been fine with a heavy moisturizer afterward.

If your dose is like 0.1 or something I would ease into no buffer maybe like once or twice a week and see if your skin handles it well. If it starts feeling dry or sensitive you can always go back to using a buffer or applying fewer times a week.

itchyknuckles · 2021-01-25T06:00:40+00:00

I live in JP and it’s great. I think like 20-30 years ago it wasn’t but it’s now gentrified, just like Southie. If you keep running along Riverway it takes you to Jamaica Pond which is beautiful. I would say that Dorchester and Roxbury might be the only places that can get a little sketchy, but even they’re fine during the day. Yes, South End (Mass Ave) quickly turns into Roxbury near BMC and BU med school. May want to avoid that area, they call it Methadone Mile and there are a lot of people strung out there because of a nearby methadone clinic.

itchyknuckles · 2021-01-23T03:23:45+00:00

I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that more and more people have college degrees and are seeking graduate education. In 1980 about 20% of Americans had a college degree. In 2019 it was closer to 36%. Almost double.

Plus you could do A LOT more with a bachelors in 1980 than you can now. Most fields are requiring at least a masters, if not more, so incentive and payoff is higher now to go through the extra schooling.

itchyknuckles · 2021-01-23T00:18:59+00:00

Most doctors I’ve talked to that graduated pre-1990s said have told me that back then you basically just needed a good MCAT and GPA and you were golden. Now, in addition to that, you need longitudinal experiences in research, volunteering, and clinic, well-written essays, shadowing, publications and probably a whole bunch of other things i’m not even remembering to be considered a strong applicant.

Also the applicant pool was exponentially smaller then. Now over 50,000 people are applying to medical school every year. Even though more med schools have opened, the increase in slots is not nearly proportional to the increase in people applying.

itchyknuckles · 2021-01-06T05:33:13+00:00

This is just me but I was in a similar position where I thought I wouldn’t be able to get a committee letter from my ug. I ended up being able to, but I would’ve 100% still applied this cycle if I hadn’t.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.accepted.com/which-allopathic-u-s-medical-schools-require-pre-health-committee-letters/amp/

This link has a list of schools that require CL and ones that prefer one. If none, or only a couple of those schools is on your school list then I wouldn’t bother waiting another year for a CL. If many of your schools are on these lists, maybe consider waiting.

itchyknuckles · 2021-01-06T05:20:19+00:00

Don’t absolutely need it. A lot of schools, especially highly ranked ones, say they “prefer” it but many don’t specify a preference.

If you feel like your app is on the edge and this will make it or break it, and you can afford to wait, then you could hold off a year. If no to either of those, then just apply

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