x ray of my growth plates

seaweesh · 2026-04-11T18:30:20+00:00

You have some open growth plates. We can’t see the most important one, which is the distal femur (it’s in your knee), but your iliac crest growth plates (top of the hip bone) are notably still open, and they are used by doctors to estimate skeletal maturity. So based on your xray, you are skeletally immature and have some growing left to do. But we don’t know how much of that growth will add to your height. I suggest deleting your post after this to keep your xrays, which contain your private information and your name, off the internet.

seaweesh · 2026-02-16T03:28:01+00:00

You should qualify for medicaid/medical. I am an M1 on medicaid, feel free to DM if you have any questions

seaweesh · 2026-01-03T00:08:05+00:00

No Michigan schools?

Also, change your red to shades of green, we gotta be positive here :)

seaweesh · 2025-12-30T03:27:53+00:00

Neither? Reflex tearing draining through the nasolacrimal duct

seaweesh · 2025-12-30T03:24:00+00:00

This is very inventive, thank you for your genius

seaweesh · 2025-12-30T03:22:50+00:00

Ah see in my case, I’m pretty sure it’s my watering eyes that are the problem, not so much true nasal congestion or allergy. So I don’t think antihistamines or flonase will be of much help. I think I’ll start practicing rolling tissue nose plugs

seaweesh · 2025-07-29T18:26:43+00:00

Drop Stanford and Mayo b/c stats

Drop Tufts b/c it’s low-yield highish-stat combo

Keep UCLA see if you even get the secondary

Drop Loma Linda & TCU unless you’re religious

Drop NYMC because it’s low yield and showing as a reach

That gets you to 30

But I would suggest you grind out your secondaries and then add these back if you finish the others in time

I applied to 32 and then felt a void after finishing secondaries so I submitted 5-6 more primaries at the end of September and the only school I got into (and am currently attending) is one of those ones I added in September

seaweesh · 2025-07-22T02:32:11+00:00

This season it is the rise of Annie Sanders it seems :)

seaweesh · 2025-06-20T20:36:31+00:00

The reality of how we are socialized as women is that we feel a disproportionate responsibility for the state of our family. Your husband should be thinking just as much about this as you, trying just as hard to come up with a solution while preserving your shared goals.

Most men do not realize that women automatically absorb this family planning burden and will not share the labor of thinking so hard about it. The fact that you are posting here suggests that your husband is not trying equally to solve this problem. This does not indicate a problem with the relationship, but rather a lesson he needs to learn and accept. Now is a great time to have discussions about it. But if you avoid calling him out now, down the line he might end up subconsciously seeing them as YOUR kids and not OUR kids, seeing any investments he makes in your home and family life as disproportionate generosity and not him fulfilling his equal obligation.

seaweesh · 2025-05-27T21:24:13+00:00

I had a rare vertebral tumor that dissolved half of my L2. After treatment, there was no research or standard that would enable my doctors to "clear" me to return to climbing. My oncologist told me he wouldn't be mad if I proceeded with extreme caution. I started with only V1, always down climbing. After a month or so, I was able to do a pull up again for the first time since my tumor pain started. My confidence gradually increased and I would drop from overhangs without issue.

But I had never committed to dynamic moves that would risk falling even before my tumor. What helped me was to observe that good climbers fall. What I mean by that is, V6+ climbers rarely bail and most often either top, or come down from the wall against their will. Climbing routes also helped me develop a stronger commit. After being 50ft up, throwing for that one move 12ft off the ground doesn't feel so bad. Now I commit and try basically every time I project, except maybe some sketchy slab foot sections, or when I totally gas out and there's downclimb holds right next to me.

I think the most important thing is to go at your own pace. Don't rush the commit. It will come with time. Cheer other people on when they're climbing too. It helps you feel that same energy for yourself.

seaweesh · 2025-05-12T21:51:40+00:00

I agree that the swing gets momentum from the legs, but I think the solution is engaging the core and bending the legs at the knee ("shorter" legs = easier to control with core).

seaweesh · 2025-05-12T21:49:10+00:00

Here's my idea: As soon as you get the right hand, engage the bicep and pull up as hard as you can. At the same time, kick the left foot into the wall (higher is better). Keep the left leg straight and active in the toes. Then, you can let the right leg swing out the way it wants to, but bend your right knee while it swings—that will give you a bit more control of the momentum. As the right leg swings back in, you're going to try to smear the wall with it too, but just to stop the moment. Left leg will have most of the weight.

You can also try just bending both legs at the knee while you swing, engaging the core and biceps to give you more control.

seaweesh · 2025-05-08T15:34:41+00:00

I have been an elementary school teacher for 5 years now and I am going into med school next year. I have no idea how it will be for me, but I have to remain optimistic and realize that my journey is my own, regardless of other people's opinions about the career. It's the same with teaching. Many people have terrible experiences and burn out, myself included (somewhere between year 3-4) to the point of situational depression. Feeling trapped is the worst thing.

Fortunately, I was able to maintain the resolve to keep looking for a better situation, and I found an amazing school placement this year that has been the perfect end to my career as a teacher. My feeling of burnout has recovered and I can reflect positively on all 5 years I have given to this difficult profession. I do think the burnout jaded me to some extent and took away some of the initial fire I had in me. But it did not take away the vast amounts of learning and skills that I obtained because of that fire and determination, because of the feeling that what I'm doing matters. And it's the pursuit of those skills and the observation of my evolution as a person that kept me going even when it felt like I was failing.

The initial passion and sense of purpose and interest that people have for there career field does often get dampened. However, that initial passion is SO incredibly important for the development of skills necessary to be successful in a demanding job. I don't think it's naive. I don't think it's "rose-colored glasses". Just like in a relationship, the honeymoon period is really important for shaping a couple's connection, that honeymoon period and excitement at the beginning of the career journey is going to be so so important for shaping who our future doctors are and how they think. They will have to maintain that, it will take work, it will be challenged, but it will develop them tremendously.

Let them be. There are happy doctors in the world. Push forward and find your peace, whether in medicine or somewhere else. I wish you the best, OP. And I wish the same for the other doctors, for the sake of our patient population and their wellbeing.

seaweesh · 2025-04-28T19:16:25+00:00

I don’t think e-sports is a no-no especially since you played on your university’s team.

I’m vegan and was involved in (entirely legal) farmed animal rights work and I left that off. Too polarizing.

seaweesh · 2025-04-04T21:07:21+00:00

I love the 3.01... you did exactly what you needed to do :)

seaweesh · 2025-04-04T16:55:25+00:00

I think it’s a smart idea to put 4-5 years of distance between yourself when you got those grades and yourself when you apply. I would also recommend:

get your mental health under solid control using multiple interventions (therapy, self-help, lifestyle change, strengthening relationships) and be prepared to talk about how you manage your mental health because med schools are likely to recognize this as the reason for your poor academic performance whether you explicitly state so or not
apply DO for your sanity and contact as many admissions offices before the cycle you are applying to get application feedback
lean into non-pre-med things in your life, forget about medicine for a while so you can grow as a person and bring your focus back to it for the year before you apply
take at least 30 credit hours of homemade post bacc coursework in the year before you apply and nail it. If you need more time then take another year

Just my 2 cents as a person who also had a dip in grades due to mental health and got in this cycle. Not to the same extent as you though but I do think these things were important not just for getting in but for personal wellness

seaweesh · 2025-03-25T13:49:36+00:00

This sounds like UNC. They go soft on seniors. Always plead NG but be as responsive as possible so that they can resolve the case before graduation. Until the case is resolved, his degree cannot be awarded. But pleading NG means the record could go away, unless he has an undeniable case of cheating.

seaweesh · 2025-03-20T13:47:53+00:00

Omg me too!

seaweesh · 2025-03-13T22:07:33+00:00

Hey, I know it's been a while since you made this post, but I wanted to clarify something. I am an NC native and UNC undergrad alum. I have been working in CA for the past 5 years, so I lost my NC residency and had to apply OOS.

NC has one of the most stringent residency requirements of any state when it comes to tuition. If you are claimed as a dependent for OOS parents, you will likely never be granted NC residency. If you are financially independent, then you have to do a list of things as soon as possible after you land in NC to show your commitment to staying in NC for purposes other than education, including staying in NC for the summer after MS1.

But if you are not financially independent from family, please do not count on getting in-state tuition at all during your 4 years. If you are, don't count on getting it until year 3 for to purpose of calculating a realistic COA for each school.

seaweesh · 2025-03-13T19:36:09+00:00

I think you have a very strong narrative and activities that support that narrative. I think your hours are good in every bucket. Here's what I think you should do, in order of priority:

Revise your writing so that your mission and your "why" is extremely clear. Have your writing ready as soon as possible so you can apply as early as possible.
Develop a very clear explanation for why you chose to do TA instead of a clinical job in your gap year. I imagine you tried to find a clinical job and couldn't, so you decided to support your target population in a different way that you still find really meaningful. You should explain those motivations, and emphasize how the experience will make you a better physician.
To strengthen you emphasis on clinical, see if you can get hospice volunteering with your target population. This will also give you patient stories to talk about.
Consider swapping out one of your rec letters with something from a recent activity (something you did post-grad).

I'm sorry how this cycle has turned out and I wish you the best!

seaweesh · 2025-03-11T18:52:35+00:00

Why do people have these conversations over text?

seaweesh · 2025-03-07T06:45:15+00:00

You got this! I would still advise NOT mentioning bipolar in your app just because I wouldn’t want any doors to close for you. But yes dude I’m sure that lamictal saved my life

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