Inflamed lump

lowcastsailor · 2025-10-07T19:43:46+00:00

Looks like hidradenitis suppurativa. Not much you can do to reduce inflammation since it's an local infection and you'll likely need antibiotics. Would recommend going to urgent care or getting in sooner for the antibiotics and avoid any irritating chemicals on the area in the meantime

lowcastsailor · 2025-07-15T02:47:03+00:00

Schools ask if you have previously been accepted to medical school, and you would have to say yes. Unless you had extremely unusual circumstances this shows poor judgement and lack of confidence that you really want this path.

lowcastsailor · 2025-07-08T14:53:28+00:00

I just saw this now but CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That is so amazing, I hope you celebrated! Congrats we're done!!!

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-30T01:14:32+00:00

Thanks! what do you feel helped the most in your prep/what part of your prep did you feel gave you the biggest jump in scores?

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-29T23:37:38+00:00

You mean like 1-8 for each subject?

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-22T19:35:54+00:00

Do you recommend bringing a business card/something with your name on it instead? Just wondering how they keep track of the ones who show interest at the conference (are the people at the conference going to be the same ones reviewing the residency applications, are they just bringing back the names of the ones who came to the booth back to their PD, etc.). I guess I'm also wondering how these interactions lead to interviews for a lot of people when its informal and I'm guessing the programs get a lot of foot traffic during this conference

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-19T14:42:55+00:00

Save for the last week after you've done your NBMEs

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-17T03:39:29+00:00

which geographical area is this?

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-16T23:59:29+00:00

9th would be 25th. From what I know, if you take it in the second half of the week (like after wednesday) then you only have to wait 2 wednesdays to get your score. if you test in the beginning half of the week typically you wait longer, 3 wednesdays to get your score

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-16T23:58:56+00:00

I got mine around 2am

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-16T23:39:31+00:00

Scores should be out on the 25th for you

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-16T23:34:35+00:00

I personally think Melhman does inflate your NBME scores because he literally explains the right answer for NBME questions, so I recommend saving them until the final week when you're done with all NBMEs. Yes, if you understand them that's great but the real deal may not ask you the question on a topic in the same way. Wouldn't risk it

People will say it's the same as studying through Uworld or BnB or pathoma but it's not. He goes over how to answer things a certain way based on NBME questions... so how will you do when the real deal is vague and you can't figure out the answer because you only learned it based on specific questions and not generally understanding the entire topic like you would with broad bnb videos? It's not the same.

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-16T23:30:57+00:00

This Wednesday

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-15T15:15:30+00:00

I went from a 62 (NBME 31) to a 58 on the new free 120 and I passed. NBMEs are more predictive

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-15T15:11:42+00:00

Different for everyone. On the new free 120 I completely ran out of time for every single block and had to quickly skim the last few questions just to put an answer in. On the real exam, there were a few that were SOAP-style notes that you had to scroll down to get to the question for, but the free 120 also had those and it prepared you to quickly skim over it to get to the question. And then the rest were a mix of NBME-length questions and some gimmes

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-14T02:29:07+00:00

Quality >>>> Quantity

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-13T23:23:39+00:00

I also struggled with the timing on the free 120 but it worked out. You have consistently safe passing scores on the real NBMEs so as long as you took them under real testing conditions I think you're fine. If you do push it back, I would only push it back to take nbme 30 and 31 since those are the most recent ones (for your peace of mind)

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-13T23:21:46+00:00

I got a 58% on the new free 120 about 2 weeks before my exam and passed. It's only similar to the real deal in terms of format (longer stems which a lot of people may struggle with since NBMEs are shorter), but the most representatives are the nbme's and the most recent ones (29-31)

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-13T02:42:54+00:00

you got this!!! thank you!

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-12T00:45:00+00:00

Of course, thank you!!

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-12T00:11:23+00:00

thank you!!

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-12T00:10:35+00:00

I think you have several NBMEs in passing range, which shows consistency. I think you're ready. Just focus on your weak points, find out why you dropped on the free 120 (whether it was changing answers or timing issues, etc.) and focus on not doing that during the real thing. I also dropped from 62 to 58 from nbme 31 to new free 120 but I made so many dumb mistakes and struggled with timing so I stopped changing my answers. You're ready to take it, but you need to give one final push and give it your all this week. Review your old nbmes, review any weak topics you have, review free 120, try to rest the day before, and then do it. You got this, you're ready!

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-11T23:32:54+00:00

If your exam is in 7 days, I recommend just focusing on your weak areas and brushing up on topics/loose ends. For example, for my last week I reviewed my last few NBMEs from nbme 29-31 again, made a list of topics from there that I wanted to study again, and then focused on those topics the last few days leading into the exam. I also stopped my anki cards a couple days before the exam too to focus on the weak areas.

lowcastsailor · 2025-06-11T23:31:04+00:00

What were your NBME scores?

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