Feeling like my classes are not teaching me what I need for Step 1
I go to a decent med school (top 30) apparently well-regarded by residency programs for the quality of our students. I chose my school based on perceived strength of curriculum and teaching, but now...
View ArticleWhich is harder to get into: PT or OT?
I spent the past year applying and interviewing at DPT programs only to be relegated to waitlists. I have now been planning what to do this next year. Do I reapply to DPT or do something else? This led...
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The upcoming collapse of US Economy...what are we pharmacists gonna do about it?
First of all, I am not a doom and gloom guy. I'm a realistic person. Five years ago, I came to this forum and advised students to consider alternative careers since I forecasted a major saturation in...
View Article2013-2014 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Application Thread
These are the prompts for MD/PhD applicants. If you are applying MD only, please shoot me a quick PM so I can confirm that the prompts are the same when you receive your secondary. Thanks! Section F:...
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**The Official University of Iowa Class of 2018 Interview/Acceptance Thread***
Good luck to everyone who is applying!
View ArticlePharmacy Supersaturation: 14,000-15,000 new graduates in 2016
There's already a flood of new graduates but apparently, there will be a tsunami of new gradates by 2016 The growth has yet to abate. Although 27 new pharmacy colleges and schools had not graduated a...
View ArticleMyo clinic Arizona IM?
Any thoughts on the Mayo Clinic IM residency program at arizona?
View Article2013-2014 APPIC (internship) interview thread
Hi all, This post will be a running list of which internship sites have notified applicants (either interview invites or rejections). In the past, this has been part of the main APPIC thread, but we've...
View ArticleCAP Webinar Summary
For those that didnt attend the teleconference/webinar on the 2014 PFS reduction: Highlights: 1.) Obamacare supposedly gave the CMS "power" (although technically illegal) to completely ignore the RUC...
View ArticleQuadriplegic with CAD for cystoscopy/poss stent
I agree with Jet. This forum is on the decline lately. I have noticed it too. I actually was going to post something to the effect that the forum was dying, but I felt it started moreso with the format...
View ArticleLearning "Medicine" in FM
Hi all, I appreciate your helpful advice. I'm on the interview trail and have had some great experiences at a few solid FM programs, one unopposed 10 minutes from my house in SC. (I was able to spend a...
View ArticleSchool related gifts?
As the holidays near, is anyone asking for something dental/school related? Laptop? Bag? Books?
View ArticleLSU c/o 2018 Applicants!!
I haven't noticed a thread for LSU applicants yet, so I thought I would post one! My status changed today to Folder Under Review, so hopefully we will hear about interviews in the next few weeks.
View ArticleGo To The Cheaper School - A Cost Analysis
First off, sorry for the length of this post, it just takes a while to discuss this matter. Every year around this time, there are a ton of threads like "This school vs. that school". And many students...
View ArticleSilent schools
Ive heard from only 4 of the 14 schools I applied to. 1 rejection, 1 waitlist, 1 post-dec interview coming up, and 1 school that put me on hold for later review. So 10 schools have been completely...
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2013-2014 The Commonwealth Medical College
Space reserved for prompt. Please PM the essays or lack thereof to me when the secondary is available and I will update this. Good luck to everyone applying!
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Need Advice Please!
Hi I'm back I know that in the past I said I wanted to do dermatology. But because everyone else said its so competitive, what other specialties will let me work only 30 hours a week and still let me...
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Official Acceptances for C/O 2018!
I can't believe no one has started this thread (or at least I didn't see it when I searched). I've seen multiple acceptances at different schools already, so it's time you guys get to post the good...
View ArticleTexas applicants! Need advice from class
Hi everyone, I am in a dilemma, and I am debating if I should take a risk and get a C for an upper division biology course or drop the course and take it again? My overall GPA is a 3.6, and science is...
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