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Five days until residency

probably first and second year. its alot of studying, and then you take your first step of the boards after second year. third and fourth year are time consuming, but more fun b/c there is far less book work, and your actually in the hospitals seeing patients
 
Originally posted by: biffbacon
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: biffbacon
only five days left in my life until the hell of general surgery internship starts
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Congrats, are you going to specialize?
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yes, im doing anesthesiology
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Hang in there & don't overspend the first few years out in the work world, I see a lot of docs screw up their lives by livin' the life, when they need to focus on a sustainable lifestyle....

<--knows a lot of docs that are in their 60's & 70's that'll die on the job rather than ever retire because they can't control their spending or their families leech off from them so heavily...
 
Awesome. I'm applying to med school this summer. All the Ohio public schools, Northwestern, Chicago, NYU, Mount Sinai, Albert Einstein, Cornell, Stanford, Yale, and a few others.

I've got above average MCAT and GPA for all of them, but I'm East-Indian and male so that doesn't help 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: biffbacon
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: biffbacon
only five days left in my life until the hell of general surgery internship starts
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Congrats, are you going to specialize?
Click to expand...

yes, im doing anesthesiology
Click to expand...

Hang in there & don't overspend the first few years out in the work world, I see a lot of docs screw up their lives by livin' the life, when they need to focus on a sustainable lifestyle....

<--knows a lot of docs that are in their 60's & 70's that'll die on the job rather than ever retire because they can't control their spending or their families leech off from them so heavily...
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yeah, i know the temptation is great. alot of the anesthesiologists are getting hired out of residency between 250k and 350k a year. thats quite a big jump after making 40k in residency.
 
I've noticed a lot of female med students in the last few years, it's a trip to see a team of them (all female) round on patients.
 
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I've noticed a lot of female med students in the last few years, it's a trip to see a team of them (all female) round on patients.
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yeah, alot more females in medicine today, but i sure dont mind. its nice to have some around
 
If you look at the application figures since '97, the number of applications from males has been plummetting so fast it's not even funny.

Women are on track to outnumber men at medschools either this year, or by '05 at the latest. That said, they still have affirmitive action for females at med schools.
 
Originally posted by: glen
If you are a black female with a 3.0 GPA and a 25 MCAT, you can go any where you want.
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i find that sad, b/c it is true, and at the same time, a white male with a 3.7, and a 29 on the mcat could have trouble getting into many schools
 
What were most of your GPAs/MCAT scores?

Is it me, or is it harder to get into med school in Canada (Ontario). To be safe, you need 10's on all of your scores, and a Q...

The VR section scares me...

 
Originally posted by: biffbacon
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: biffbacon
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: biffbacon
only five days left in my life until the hell of general surgery internship starts
Click to expand...


Congrats, are you going to specialize?
Click to expand...

yes, im doing anesthesiology
Click to expand...

Hang in there & don't overspend the first few years out in the work world, I see a lot of docs screw up their lives by livin' the life, when they need to focus on a sustainable lifestyle....

<--knows a lot of docs that are in their 60's & 70's that'll die on the job rather than ever retire because they can't control their spending or their families leech off from them so heavily...
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yeah, i know the temptation is great. alot of the anesthesiologists are getting hired out of residency between 250k and 350k a year. thats quite a big jump after making 40k in residency.
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don't forget that anesthesiologists are also the ones that are most likely to get sued 😉
 
Congrats and as moose mentioned don't overspend. I know of MDs who have overspent and even though they reel in the cash they don't have as much to show for it as they may like.
 
Congrats!!! Good luck with your prelim. Where are you doing your prelim and your residency (if I may ask)? Just curious....

I'm just finishing up my third year in med school at UCLA and am looking forward to finally starting fourth year! But I'm still trying to decide what I should do...Medicine or ER. I figure that once I do my sub-I's, I should have a better idea. Another question though, Anesthesia is a close third for me, and I'm also curious why/how you decided to go into it? At this point I'm pretty confused, so anything would help me!

I really appreciate all of your comments...

Congrats again!
 
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