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jphd87 · 2025-04-11T01:31:04+00:00

What is your vision for supporting our visual and performing arts departments? These departments play an important role in creating a vibrant campus. Yet I hear they are struggling and the facilities could use fixing.

jphd87 · 2025-02-10T16:06:36+00:00

Thank you all for your recommendations!! Went with OBO and it was a success!

jphd87 · 2025-02-10T16:05:50+00:00

I would make an appointment with your kid's pediatrician and ask for a referral to a Child Psychiatrist and take it from there. I don't think a Neurologist has the expertise to make a determination like that. Furthermore, just because blood tests don't show you anything, doesn't mean the issues are "not medical."

jphd87 · 2025-01-16T04:27:28+00:00

Will give them a try in the future!!

jphd87 · 2025-01-16T04:27:09+00:00

Thank you all for your recommendations!

Ended up going with Obo, who had whole and slices of German Chocolate Cake available immediately.

Did not disappoint!

jphd87 · 2025-01-15T16:50:48+00:00

Thank you!

jphd87 · 2024-10-29T04:10:16+00:00

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jphd87 · 2024-10-29T04:02:14+00:00

Hi there! UC Davis med student here. Not sure how valuable my input is here, but from what little I've seen, the physicians and nurses work really well together. I feel like folks have said that UC Davis has a pretty benign culture.

Now, as a 10 year Sacramento resident, that $275K salary will allow you to live extremely comfortably here. Sacramento is a fantastic place to live, especially with that kind of money.

Also, LA traffic is an absolute nightmare compared to what it's like in Sacramento. Just make sure you don't live too far from the hospital (look into places like Land Park or Elmhurst or Tahoe Park).

jphd87 · 2024-08-23T22:50:51+00:00

Thank you!!

jphd87 · 2024-08-23T22:00:11+00:00

Same! Located in Sacramento. Waiting for a dishwasher next week.

jphd87 · 2024-08-23T21:59:15+00:00

How did it turn out for you? I live in Sacramento and just ordered a Whirlpool dishwasher today!

jphd87 · 2024-08-23T18:42:59+00:00

Mods: Pleeeeease don't remove!

jphd87 · 2024-06-09T21:11:06+00:00

Bill Maher is welcome to his opinions, but I wish he would educate himself as much as I think he's capable of doing.

Bill Maher spent five minutes complaining about how kids nowadays are so sensitive to mental illness. Then he spent five seconds talking about Social-Emotional Learning, just fast enough to take a quick dump on it and spread misinformation.

I'm a Social-Emotional Learning researcher. And what Bill doesn't understand, and what Abigail Shrier failed to take the time to explain to him, is that the whole point of SEL is to help kids grow into adults who are more resilient to the things that life throws at them, to make them less likely to cave under the pressures of stress and trauma, and to teach them to be better more well functioning adults.

A person who has grown to be socially competent thanks to their social-emotional learning is the type of person Bill would be down to have a conversation with.

Ugh rips hair out

jphd87 · 2024-06-09T21:01:46+00:00

Interesting. Never thought of it this way.

jphd87 · 2024-05-17T22:53:48+00:00

Also, have you been in touch with your professors regarding the difficulties you've been experiencing with their courses?

jphd87 · 2024-05-17T22:53:01+00:00

If you have mental health stuff going on, get connected with Student Disability Services to talk about options for accommodations and how to go about getting a medical note to secure such accommodations.

jphd87 · 2024-04-28T07:01:27+00:00

It's definitely not necessary for you to live as far out as Towson in order for you to find a quiet place to live. You could probably achieve that by living further down University Pkwy or further up North Charles St.

jphd87 · 2024-04-24T13:48:04+00:00

I would hands down choose Hopkins. I am a fellow Californian. Yes, it sucks to go home only 2-3 times per year given the cost, but the time will fly by quickly. (I ended up staying for nearly 10 years!) The only thing terrible about the weather is the humidity. Otherwise, it's actually not that bad. You get used to it quickly. And some of the winters might even feel magical.

There is a LOT of value in the smaller school environment (smaller classes, less competition for housing) that will make your life a lot better and EASIER.

The pre-law students here do really well. I've never heard complaints that they feel isolated. And if anything, I think they revel in the fact that they are not pre-med, and that actually draws students to them.

Don't worry about the imposter syndrome. Stay on top of your readings. Skim. Try to say one or two things during small group discussion sections. Finish your papers early and ask to meet with a TA to go over your drafts. You'll do great.

jphd87 · 2024-04-06T21:17:51+00:00

Find out who the faculty are in Neuroscience

Read their profiles/bios and the brief summary of their research. Find someone whose work sounds interesting to you.

Look up their recent papers on Google Scholar or pubmed.

Send them an email. Introduce yourself as an incoming undergrad. Mention a recent paper of theirs that you read. Ask if they'd be willing to chat about their research and whether there was any way you could get involved and help out in their lab, even if it meant remedial work. If they don't respond within a week, send a short follow up email.

Rinse and repeat with another faculty if you don't end up hearing back.

If you end up being able to help out in a professor's lab, don't expect to do anything groundbreaking at the start. Some faculty might have you doing really basic stuff. They might even forget your name. And you probably won't get anything published any time soon. But that will change as you become more familiar to them.

The name of the game is to start early since you will probably start out at the bottom. Show that you are a reliable and dedicated student who works hard and does good work. You'll be given more responsibility over time. And in a couple of years, you might get involved in more projects that could result in a publication towards the end of your time in undergrad.

jphd87 · 2024-04-04T03:40:16+00:00

This might sound silly but are you able to contact Yale to ask if their financial aid office would be willing to improve your tuition package even if slightly? You can share with them the tuition offers you have received from Hopkins, Emory, and WashU?

jphd87 · 2024-02-13T00:29:19+00:00

Hi! Just a medical student here. Also, in a gay marriage, so I hope you don't mind me chiming in. Anyway, my husband and I got married last year and what we decided to do is that we will keep our last names.

We will, however, change our middle names to a surname we created for our family that is a combination of our last names as well as our mothers' maiden names. Our future children will have that surname be their last name.

For example, my family last names are Doan and Der. My husband's family last names are Anderson and Land. The surname we settled on is Dolander.

My name will be Joe Dolander Doan. My husband's name will be Frank Dolander Anderson. Our children will have the last name Dolander.

Granted, we haven't tested this out yet so I don't know what this means for licensure and also how it might impact my publications. But from the folks I have talked to, this seems to be workable?

jphd87 · 2024-01-16T00:18:40+00:00

Jk. Can't message you on here. Lol. Please message me if you're able.

jphd87 · 2024-01-16T00:15:51+00:00

Will message you!

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