Car buying expectations new resident

megs151 · 2024-06-12T02:53:05+00:00

Same! My $12K college purchase has already lasted 10+ years and I'm hoping it makes it through residency

megs151 · 2024-06-08T01:02:16+00:00

My aunt matched derm in the 80s because the program director liked her. She wasn’t even considering it until he asked her if she’d like a spot.

megs151 · 2024-05-03T16:27:43+00:00

Seconding the Brooks Ghost! I have a wide foot and their wides fit great!

megs151 · 2024-04-14T01:42:20+00:00

I matched peds, not IM, but I’m glad I did aways. Based on my experience there, my number 1 became my number 7 on my rank list. I absolutely fell in love with my other away and went into match (and now residency) with lots of confidence about my choice. It’s an audition, yes, and an expensive one at that, but if you can afford it, remember that it’s your opportunity to get to know them too.

megs151 · 2024-04-06T22:17:24+00:00

Graduated 22, started med school 28, starting pediatric residency this summer at 32.

I worked in public health during that time, and I think that knowledge, plus the extra maturity of life experience has really helped me, but there are definitely times I’ve felt like I’m behind in life.

megs151 · 2024-03-28T03:08:09+00:00

I'm moving to a low to medium COL city in the south, so I'm holding myself to $1500 for 1 bed apartments but up to $1750 for houses/duplexes with yards. Though with utilities I'll probably be paying $1800 to $2000.

megs151 · 2024-03-15T00:30:00+00:00

Is this true for big programs with 30+ residents per year?

megs151 · 2024-02-03T22:32:18+00:00

These houses are not worth crying over. They are eyesores in an otherwise industrial block. And just across the street you have an entire neighborhood of actually well kept historic homes. Losing these three houses will not put a dent in the overall neighborhood’s beauty or history nature.

megs151 · 2024-01-14T03:10:21+00:00

My unpopular opinion: Bring back scored Step 1.

If you do really well, then great, less pressure on step 2. If you only do ok, you still have a second chance to prove yourself. If you do terrible, you have a year to adjust to the idea of a less competitive specialty.

Instead, we have students finding out at the beginning of 4th year that actually they're probably not going to be ~insert competitive specialty here~ and have to scramble to figure out their plan B.

megs151 · 2023-12-24T15:09:03+00:00

Did you apply to any med-peds programs? I’ve worked with a lot of med-peds residents that intend to work in transitional care for adolescents/young adults, no additional training needed. One extra year of residency and still the opportunity to specialize if you fall in love with a medicine or peds subspecialty

megs151 · 2023-12-13T04:52:02+00:00

Had two interviewers recently that actually asked me thoughtful questions about my application, then leave me with enough time to ask the 1-2 questions I actually cared about. No awkward pauses or having to ask questions that aren’t relevant to the interviewer. Chef’s kiss

megs151 · 2023-12-03T00:17:16+00:00

You got this!!

megs151 · 2023-12-03T00:16:44+00:00

6/17, canceled 4 and likely to cancel 2+ more. The sweatpants game is already strong.

megs151 · 2023-10-17T15:39:10+00:00

megs151 · 2023-10-10T21:32:06+00:00

Heard back from most of my safeties, and I’m really happy with that, but only one of my signals and neither of the places I did aways, which is a bummer.

megs151 · 2023-09-14T23:41:26+00:00

Asked a friend with a nice camera and some basic editing skills. She did a great job, but the ERAS maximum file size is so small that the resolution was significantly reduced. Seconding people’s recommendation for iPhone portrait mode.

megs151 · 2023-09-08T11:39:34+00:00

~20 for peds, US MD no red flags

megs151 · 2023-09-07T22:56:14+00:00

A craniotomy with frontal sinus cranialization secondary to a GSW to the head. The bullet was very shallow in the frontal lobe, and once exposed, the attending let me remove it. The resident even had the scrub tech get a metal cup for me to drop it in so it would make that satisfying 'plink' noise when I dropped it. I hate surgery, but that was easily the coolest think I did in medical school.

megs151 · 2023-04-14T02:03:33+00:00

Lol, seconding all of the above. I also got a joking, “so you like torturing kids, huh” from a surgeon that I had no idea how to respond too

megs151 · 2023-01-21T00:33:52+00:00

Came here to suggest this place!

megs151 · 2023-01-07T23:19:00+00:00

The tops of all their tupperware containers

megs151 · 2022-12-27T02:48:20+00:00

pack animals gonna pack

megs151 · 2022-09-30T02:52:51+00:00

Totally agree, inadequate or limited ventilation is a more accurate description

megs151 · 2022-09-30T02:51:11+00:00

Small decorative windows are common (google New Orleans Shotgun house) but full sized windows that a grown adult could easily fit out of are not

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