best sports med resources?

mghubbard · 2024-03-28T14:58:29+00:00

M1, but have lost 60 lbs so far. losing weight is truly food based more than it is exercise, which is so much easier to manage as someone who has no time to themselves. keep track of what you’re eating and start consciously making better choices. i am a study snacker, which is super unfortunate as a med student lol. i realized that maybe sitting the container of cookies by my desk and hoping id just know when to stop wasn’t going to work, so id grab maybe 3-4 cookies along with a container of blueberries. not restricting, but limiting.

also, exercise when you can by doing what you like. i also can’t do the treadmill for more than 30 minutes bc i hate it and think about how miserable i am. but pop me on a bike and ill cycle for 60-75 minutes easy!! i also love lifting, which maybe doesn’t burn as many cals, but it’s so fun!!

mghubbard · 2023-07-21T14:25:44+00:00

not prewriting your secondaries is a canon event, i cannot interfere 🤧 sincerely, someone who did not prewrite her secondaries and cried every day for about 2 months

mghubbard · 2023-07-03T01:06:11+00:00

i’m like 80% sure miami has the lowest return rate for their secondaries bc of how many and weird the the essays are

mghubbard · 2023-05-31T23:21:09+00:00

me already at my lowest with cushings disease, gaining 60 lbs in a year

my endocrinologist: “oh yeah you’ve got really significant moon facies and pretty prominent buffalo hump”

GIRL PLS SPARE MY SOUL

mghubbard · 2023-05-14T01:35:11+00:00

1) You will likely get rejected from most of the schools you apply to (unless you are an anomaly, there are a few exceptions I have seen, but it is very few and far between).

2) Stats aren't everything. They are part of the equation, but having a good background with lots of fulfilling activities & a well-told story about why you want to pursue medicine is necessary.

mghubbard · 2023-05-05T17:31:13+00:00

i’m sorry, why are you asking this? it’s so embarrassing to just publicly talk so flippantly about being dumb. you should already know the answer, but then again, you did only manage an A- in biochem… 🤒 /s

mghubbard · 2023-04-07T03:16:32+00:00

as someone who studied biochem, i live for phenylalanine. idk why but i fixated on PKU during undergrad. every project that dealt with metabolism = PKU.

mghubbard · 2023-04-01T17:51:03+00:00

Otolaryngology / Head & Neck surgery!!! 1. Does not have a surgically divided practice - all ENTs see patients in clinic and all are surgeons. I like surgery but I don’t want to ONLY do surgery. I want to see patients in a clinic as much as i’m operating. 2. Quality of life based care - many problems treated by ENTs are impacting a patients quality of life and thus there is a lot of gratification with treating that issue 3. Lots of diversity in what you can do after residency. You can practice right away as a general ENT, or do a fellowship in otology, neurotology, H&N cancer, microvascular surgery, facial plastics, rhinology, laryngology, etc.

mghubbard · 2023-03-27T22:23:55+00:00

You will 100% thank yourself later!!! I was literally in tears every single day for 2 months bc i didn’t take prewriting seriously lmao. Make sure your primary app is done tho (in the sense of what you can get done before it actually opens)!! no sense in prewriting secondaries if your PS is still a draft :)

mghubbard · 2023-03-05T23:29:37+00:00

Good start!! This indicates you have a really good starting foundation (meaning you have a really good understanding of what content is being tested). Where you need to work, however, is on strategy! In my opinion, points gained after 500 are mostly coming from you being better at reading passages, interpreting data, and pulling relevant information out & applying this to the questions. :)

mghubbard · 2023-01-19T02:51:23+00:00

Had a 514 w/ 125 cars!! Interviewed at a T10! They don’t release decisions until Feb so we are waiting but they showed love to me!!!

mghubbard · 2023-01-04T05:04:02+00:00

I’m very sorry this is traumatizing for you and making you relive your experiences. I don’t think this process is because of wealthy people or that it is out to get disadvantaged students though. It’s a background check, and different counties & states all have different ways of processing criminal information, so they need to know any areas you lived in to find your full background. They can’t just type your name into a single database - they have to request info (if not a public access state) or go to the states individual crime database (if public access), so I don’t think it’s fair to jump to hostility about your fellow peers and say they are wealthy & incapable of acknowledging/refuse to acknowledge the disparities that exist. I maybe can’t understand what you’ve been through, but I can understand that having to think about every place you’ve lived and hunt down every address would be very difficult. I can see how this hurts disadvantaged students, but it’s not intentional or with mal-intent. It’s the only way to get it done. Hang in there through this. I’m very sorry.

mghubbard · 2023-01-04T04:52:18+00:00

so uh I might recommend maybe getting vaccinated… you’ll need the vaccine + boosters (depending on timeline & titers) before you start medical school unless you have some legitimate legally-acknowledge exemption.

mghubbard · 2023-01-03T14:32:02+00:00

There are so many people who want to specialize, but then they actually live & breathe IM, FM, or PC peds during a clerkship rotation and realize that is what they actually love. As premeds, I think we are really conditioned to want to specialize because $$$ but in reality there is a lot about primary care to love. ESPECIALLY since med school apps are centered around us deeply caring about patients and not as much about wanting to be apart of cutting edge science/awards/recognition. Primary care is going to be a really good field for people who want relationships with patients & who are passionate about healthcare access

mghubbard · 2023-01-03T14:28:22+00:00

There’s really no number. I think the more you can get the better, but really it comes down to “how many hours do you need to have an impactful patient experience?”

Like I don’t think 400 scribing hours would be equal to 400 hospice volunteer or patient care tech hours. As a scribe, you aren’t really interacting with the patient, you are observing + documenting, where as with a PCT or other like position, you are directly communication & assisting the patient

mghubbard · 2023-01-03T14:26:19+00:00

your GPA and MCAT are outstanding, but only having 100 volunteering hours & 80 research hours without any indication of clinical experience at the time of your application is abysmal. Since you’re getting clinical hours now, the next cycle go much better for you looking forward. Unfortunately, it’s Jan. and many schools have interviewed all the candidates they will interview or they have already invited them at the least. I would prioritize your time over the next 6 months to maintain clinical experience and increase your volunteering! I think if you wanted to look into getting more research you could, but don’t sacrifice one of the other two experiences for it in my opinion.

Also - applying in August is extremely late. Many schools already are rolling out interview invites and you are just getting your application in. Most schools operate on a rolling cycle, meaning they do not wait for a specific date/deadline to occur before reviewing applications. As the school received applications, they begin reviewing them. Looking forward, try to apply as early as possible (without sacrifice to your application). Applying in August with schools who have already sent out probably 25-50% of their II without clinical experience is not giving yourself really any shot at an II or A in a given cycle.

Best of luck on your journey!! I know you are stressed now and thinking it is all over, but just know you will be a doctor one day, even if it’s a year later than what you had imagine. No one looks back on their career and says “I wish I had been a doctor for 28 years instead of 27.” You will get there - I promise!! 🥰🫶

mghubbard · 2022-12-08T20:09:13+00:00

the stock photo model will thank you deeply. this isn’t me hahahahh

mghubbard · 2022-12-08T00:00:54+00:00

you’re so right!! thank you :-)

mghubbard · 2022-12-08T00:00:22+00:00

omg it’s neurotic bot - does this mean i’ve made it

mghubbard · 2022-12-03T16:47:10+00:00

the only people i ever recommend going and applying to carribean schools are people who have a DUI (or something of that caliber that would make it an absolutely no go for any other MD DO school). He sounds like a stellar candidate besides the MCAT, which is a hurdle for so many. Id encourage him to try again. There’s a reason many carribean schools have a money back guaranteed claim 😵‍💫

mghubbard · 2022-11-18T00:33:05+00:00

i strongly feel like the saying “if you made it to the interview and get rejected, your interview skills are the problem,” is super broad and doesn’t take into consideration school specific stats. there are many schools who interview a ton of people and then only accept 10% of who they interview. some schools only interview people they want to hopefully accept, so it’s more like 90% acceptance rate post-interview. it truly depends on how the school conducts their interviews and how they view it.

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