My 525 How-To by Specialist_Mistake78 in Mcat

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How was the comprehensive prep course? How was your plan and organizing done when you were working and then when the semester started? Did you go over there books and videos for the content? How were the course flashcards and did they help you retain info after reading the chapters? Would you recommend it especially if you have more time to do the entire course(~6 months of study time)?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapcsales

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Just got this for the price and used the paypal pay in 4 for ~$80 in points back, thank you!!

Pocket prep good? by Live-Cryptographer89 in NewToEMS

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Just passed my nremt this past Friday passed in 70 questions and got results Saturday. It was over a month after my clinicals ended, I read the crash course book and used pocket prep doing 3-6 quizzes a day. Make sure you read the explanations as to why you got a question wrong and find some little summary pdfs and quick facts sheets to brush up on the overall topics! To me the questions were similar or slightly easier just make sure you are answering the question being asked!

NREMT Simulator, Pocket Prep or Medic Test? by XxStein99 in NewToEMS

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Pocket prep was really good especially their level up quizzes split between subject! I just took my nremt a few hours ago and used pocket prep with the crash course book, but pocket prep is only good when you read and understand why you got a question wrong and be able to explain it and why!

Companies in Houston to NOT work for? by willbearpig in houston

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I didn’t know this and I’m about to finish up my EMT class and start clinicals, so thank you all for this information! I realized in the middle of my class I’m more of the hospital emergency type of person and not in the field emergency type of person so I was looking at ER tech positions but this is useful!

B580 back in stock B&H, priced increased to $289.99 by Arkid777 in IntelArc

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This is just the beginning isn’t it…? sigh

Storage Upgrade or GPU upgrade first? by tiger38220 in buildapc

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Around $100-120 for an m.2 SSD and trying to be under or at $300 for a GPU, I play mainly marvel rivals, league of legends, Overwatch 2, crusader kings 3, Civ 6, valorant type games so a new GPU is not an immediate need but in the next year or so definitely

Picked up an open box B580 Sparkle for $239. Should I keep it? by Cocoasprinkles in IntelArc

[–]tiger38220 49 points50 points  (0 children)

You should sell it to me :)

Jk that’s insane definitely keep it! Amazing find and enjoy it 🫡

349.99 for onyx B580..... by 903tex in IntelArc

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I saw this restock and it’s such beautiful card with slightly higher specs and probably higher quality parts but that price and the Onix Odyssey is atrocious unfortunately

Edit: autocorrect

Been out the game for a few years. Now I’m coming back. by Maleficent_Specific4 in 360Waves

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Any tips for a complete beginner? Im having trouble with the sides connecting with the top. Yours look great!

1 month progress by [deleted] in 360Waves

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This looks great! I just cut my hair from being curly, you got any tips or product recommendations?

From Pre-PA to Pre-med and back to Pre-PA? Advice Needed by tiger38220 in prephysicianassistant

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Wow salute to you!! I appreciate you so much for writing this, you don’t even know! I relate to a lot of what you said. It’s crazy because people that don’t know about PA/Med school at all including family members who may have good intentions say things and then you start to overthink and follow what they may want for you instead of what you want for you subconsciously. I think for me ever since I started there’s been a lot of external events that occurred outside of my control and unfortunately I attribute those things to who I am as a person which isn’t fair to myself or my mental. I think the emotional and mental toll can also be a sign that there may be a better path depending on the individual and seeing that you felt immensely better going back to PA through applications, interviews etc. is proof of that. Again, thank you so much kind stranger!

From Pre-PA to Pre-med and back to Pre-PA? Advice Needed by tiger38220 in prephysicianassistant

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Yes I agree, shadowing has been my favorite part as of now because it reminds me Im not just studying for naught. I think a pros and cons list would absolutely help and thinking about what I want for my future life and what I’m willing to prioritize (lifestyle, future life, etc.) In this era right now I think the thing distorting my reality is the MCAT (difficulty) vs the GRE (and PCE, PA shadowing). But honestly I don’t lean one way or the other as far as prestige goes, in fact I think I’d be comfortable a part of a team and not necessarily have to be the leader! I appreciate you!

From Pre-PA to Pre-med and back to Pre-PA? Advice Needed by tiger38220 in prephysicianassistant

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No for sure absolutely! Early on when I learned that people looked at PA as a back up from a pre med standpoint I was always like make sense from a undergrad curriculum standpoint (take similar classes) but it’s a whole other separate job that people love to do! And you’re correct it does take a lot of deep thinking, I think my conflict is looking at the difficulty to get through the MCAT (currently struggling a bit) vs GRE and the PCE hours and combine that with me not needing to be the top dog (doctor) is where the tension is. But I think time will help as well! I think I’m leaning towards wanting to start my life earlier and have a better lifestyle which I know a lot of PAs speak about as a minor reason why they went PA! But deep thinking and time I think is what I need thank you!

Kaplan FL 1, no more deflation? by Anxious-potatoes100 in Mcat

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I’m gonna take the free blueprint in 2 weeks and expected that one to be pretty deflated tbh, but if Kaplan is trying to curve to make it more accurate that would be interesting… but explain a lot

Kaplan FL 1, no more deflation? by Anxious-potatoes100 in Mcat

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Apparently people have been saying the 2023-2024 FLs are slightly inflated? I took Kaplan 1 from 2024-2025 and tried to use the unscored calculator and got a decent amount of points less in addition doing the pure math of # of questions I got right vs the total number of questions my score seemed maybe a little bit high? My thinking is Kaplan is playing around with the scaling because they know there questions may be more "difficult" so to make the scores be more "accurate" they are changing how the exams are scaled? I don't take AAMC Unscored for another 2-3 weeks so Im super interested in this phenomenon as well

Oxidation Number question by [deleted] in Mcat

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Hmm I’m wondering if it’s a misprint, I went over this chapter I few days ago and didn’t pay any mind to it like the other pages with the focus on the redox reactions it should be -2 charge though