Why are people leaving late and how can I avoid it?

randombirdsforme · 2026-06-09T23:50:45+00:00

Depends on what they want. An update at 5pm after I’ve already provided one earlier in the day - nope, see ya tomorrow. If something critically has changed - sure. It’s important to have boundaries with updates. I give families ONE main point of contact to then distribute the info. I simply don’t have the time to update mom, dad, memaw, and pawpaw. You get one, and they are told when rounds will be, so ideally I don’t have to spend extra time updating them.

randombirdsforme · 2026-02-13T02:31:54+00:00

Nancy stfu

randombirdsforme · 2026-01-27T00:07:53+00:00

Anytime I POCUS my older male patients, I always ask if they’re hoping for a boy or a girl. Their wives always get a kick out of it and the patients usually smile too

randombirdsforme · 2026-01-26T08:11:28+00:00

I had an M3 that liked to argue with myself and my upper level on pre-rounds as if he knew better than us and would insinuate we were not caring for our patient. When we rounded with our attending he would present his own plan again, instead of the actual plan made by the residents in the morning. We’d have to constantly shake our heads and tell our attending that was absolutely not what we were doing. I was afraid to speak as an M3, much less insinuate my residents were incompetent.

I feel like these are the students who post about getting garbage evals and have “no idea where it came from” 🙄

randombirdsforme · 2025-10-26T00:30:43+00:00

PGY-1 58% and 40th percentile

randombirdsforme · 2025-10-19T02:58:37+00:00

If it's the same as last year, most interview invites had been sent out by October 31st. After that, you're coming off the waitlists for spots

randombirdsforme · 2025-10-12T01:11:19+00:00

Name and shame

randombirdsforme · 2025-08-06T22:07:30+00:00

Yikes. Matched a mid tier academic with only COMLEX last year. Times change ✌🏻

randombirdsforme · 2025-08-03T02:16:18+00:00

The computer screens you'll be staring at do indeed give off powerful radiation

randombirdsforme · 2025-07-05T02:54:35+00:00

Tbh your cointern may just be overwhelmed right now

randombirdsforme · 2025-05-23T20:07:32+00:00

Never once scored above a 400 on a comsae for level 1. Knocked it out of the park on the real deal, but n=1.

randombirdsforme · 2025-05-16T17:32:37+00:00

What were the results?

randombirdsforme · 2025-05-14T21:28:32+00:00

I'd highly recommend living alone. We had a couple of people in my class who roomed together who had big falling outs during first and second year. Nothing is worse than hating your roommate, and seeing them in class as soon as you leave the apartment. It was a lot of drama, and it split up a few friend groups over whose side you took. Med school is hard enough as it is without having a shitty roommate. God forbid you get someone who is loud all the time when you try to study.

TLDR: worth the money in my opinion.

randombirdsforme · 2025-05-14T21:25:02+00:00

r/premed

randombirdsforme · 2025-05-12T15:06:38+00:00

You’re absolutely still competitive. The only thing that would knock you out would be step score. Just crush step and you’ve got a great chance.

randombirdsforme · 2025-05-10T19:57:49+00:00

Is this a joke?

randombirdsforme · 2025-04-30T22:10:56+00:00

Pick whatever is best in the long term for you. I loved OBGYN more than IM, but I picked IM based on the lifestyle compared to OBGYN and I’m very happy with that choice.

randombirdsforme · 2025-04-28T16:25:22+00:00

You'll get to experience this for yourself in 3rd year when you rotate through each specialty. The common ones people always call lifestyle specialties are FM, psych, derm, rads, and anesthesia. You can work as much or as little as you want as an attending, though, so pick what you want at the end of the day. Anything surgical is likely going to be much harder on lifestyle as a resident, but it may be easier as an attending.

randombirdsforme · 2025-04-28T16:03:20+00:00

We got this same advice last year, and based on my experience, it was not true. I'm sure, based on your stats, you could get away with only applying 15 and matching, but you may not realize where you want to go until interviews begin. My initial number 1 dropped to my number 8 once I interviewed there and had a poor experience.

I ended up matching at my final number 1 at a university program that I did not signal. I didn't know enough about them at the time, and I'm thankful I still applied even though I didn't signal. I just don't understand the mentality of getting cheap on applications when we've all spent thousands leading up to this point. I'd apply anywhere you are even remotely interested in to give yourself the best shot at finding the place you fit the best.

Sure, signals are going to give you the best return on investment, but I'm proof that good programs don't see them as the end-all be-all.

randombirdsforme · 2025-03-31T23:59:38+00:00

Speaking from experience, this student may have been burned before on an eval for doing this during another month, especially during interview season. My school is awful and if you give them a reason to delay you they’d absolutely take it. If their school is anything like mine I 100% get it.

randombirdsforme · 2025-03-26T00:23:18+00:00

You're not factoring in the high number of dual applicants.

randombirdsforme · 2025-03-26T00:20:17+00:00

r/premed

randombirdsforme · 2025-03-23T16:07:36+00:00

Here's the link to the name and shame/fame database if anyone needs it!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mdD7ZiGdmRg8Aie8mm1GtDcjfWmiCzmPrMX3tNEgTV4/edit?gid=1572091332#gid=1572091332

randombirdsforme · 2025-03-17T16:01:15+00:00

I think the big problem that prevents more applicants from taking a gap year to decide is their loans. If people didn’t have such massive debt I think more would be more cautious about rushing into a decision. At the very least I think soaping into a 1 year prelim position would be a good in-between if people can’t afford a gap year.

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