Recent content by mendel121

I'm doing prelim surgery as an intern year which I think is the definition of BOHICA - but I'll be around as much as possible to help you guys out. Here is a link to my Step 1 study sched - http://www.yousendit.com/download/dVlvSU5EQ0NqY3AzZUE9PQ I studied for 7-8 hours a day and then...

As I said above - it is my fault I didn't match, I am ultimately responsible for me. I sensed a problem, reached out to KB on three occasions - was ignored without an email response twice, and told sorry I can't help you the third time. It's my fault I didn't match, no one's fault but mine, but...

I don't want to discourage too much - better than 9/10 of you will match without trouble - my only point is that you have to be your own advocate - if you see a problem, or feel one, don't give up until you get a satisfactory answer. The bottomline is that there are too many students and not...

This is a crappy excuse, if people applied out of their league, one of the reasons it happened is because the student affairs people and the clinical departments do a crappy job of advising (in general certainly not all). You'll notice that some of the competative specialties matched well - like...

You really just have to contact people - I think that student affairs does have a list by specialty. Talk to them and if you think that they can help you then stay in touch - you really just have to interview people. If you can't find someone at wayne, start looking at the departments at Henry...

Careful, K. Black - in classic K. Black fashion - "recalled" that email, I know there are mistakes in it. The 88% thing should be troubling - it has a lot to do with how poorly the Office of Student Affairs supports students - wayne policies severely handcuff people going into competative...

Did you see the email? - K. Black is on it, come on guys you can't expect her to get this done in less than two weeks, she has students that she needs to screw over daily, in addition to her other counterproductive activities

I think that most specialties want to see step 2 CK scores, so I think a good time to take it is in July - you've just finished the third year, so it's all fresh in your head. If you do end up in one of those specialties that doesn't care, then take it the last possible second in December.

Wow! That's a pretty fired up message for 3 in the morning, the old ball and chain must really be in your ear :). Anywho - here is a fourth year rundown - There are 11 months in fourth year (July - May). You should have everything done by June 1, not May 1. In those 11 months you have 3...

Thanks jeeps

Can any of the wayne alumns or any of my classmates who know more that me describe match day proceedings for me? Specifically can your significant other sit with you or do they have to stand off to the side? K. Black described it to us but I don't trust a word that comes from her mouth.

Never used one - there is a push in the DMC to use ultrasound to place central lines - all the central lines I did were on the surgery service and they are . . . um . . . reluctant to use them, so I did it the low tech way

I've been around wayne long enough to expect that they will probably reach into my grave to provide me with BOHICA moments :(

I think the acronym that we have all learned as med students applies here - BOHICA

a good attitude to have