Recent content by Sonya

I haven't read all the prev posts, but i just want to bring out a few points. * Make sure what you are feeling about quitting is REAL. i.e. it is not the effect of short term stresses. I'm really struggling with M1, and so sometimes i feel like giving up. but, I remind myself how supremely...

If you read the right material, idont see why it would be a mistake. Sometimes i did it for undergrad classes, and it always helped. It could be a mistake if you do not know which school you will attend. Finding the right books for your school you will attend, even if you dont start reading...

I know this is an old post, but I have an answer and want it on the record in case someone else is looking. Princeton reviews book (cracking the mcat CBT, or some title like that), gave me online access to four hand graded with feedback writing sample scores. The feedback was detailed and...

Thank you for your help. It just seems most docs are in private practice/small group practice. and, in that case its seems it would be hard to move around. At least that has been my uncle (a cardiologists) experiience. Thats a good point about leaving patients behind. I do also very...

First years i stayed with clearly thought it was very hard. But, they seemed happy here. i love their curriculum. Totally on bannie, need a hypothesis... but i havent read far enough back to know what we're talking about. :D

Hi, I interviewed in october and haven't heard any response back from them. For some reason, they were not giving the "special tour" the day i visited. I got the regular tour (building/study area etc). Is the special tour really worthwhile? I dont need to see libraries, study areas...

if you are interested in academia, i.e. research, you could skip residency all together. of course, you could not do any practice then. Your salary in resarch will not be as high though. i am not sure how it compares to salary as a psychologist. However, keep in mind you will have a huge...

Hi, I am interested in a career in psychiatry (or neurology). I have a few unusual questions that will help with some personal descisions i am making: * How easy is at a psychiatrist to find a job in any city you want. I am not talking about rural areas, but any normal town or city...

great choices! Look into for UCLA how flexible they are about letting you take time off for residency interviews. Do they limit you on # of iview you can go on? What i know about ucla/ucsd is so outdated, that I cant say facts. Calif is home tho and will always have a special place for me...

Can any bostonians comment on the culture/personality of people in boston. I know, this is kindof a vague question, but southerners or new yorkers have certain qualities, in general. what are those qualities for bostonians? In/out of BU area. I'm debating between cheap/instate/staying in...

Hi, I wanted to get an idea of the workload at boston university (yr 3 and 4 for of medical school). I have a general idea of hours worked in clerkship, but what do BU students end up doing at BUMC? I know there are great variations with specialities (surgery can be 75-100 hrs/week, psych can...

I have 3.8 and 31R and got interviews from WashU, Duke, and mayo (and other not so good schools). But, I applied across the board to a TON of schools. Oh, and i've done a lot of research and am not fresh out of college, and have a good amount of clinical/non clinical volunteering. But, I had a...

berkely review has several (>7) full length tests, cbt format. they cost 35 bux each, tho. I found my gold standard verbal scores compared well with AAMC scores. all im studying is verbal. Kaplan 45 book (something like that, dont remember exact name, except it is kaplan's and has something...

im in the same boat getting 8-9s. I was getting all 8s. Everybody advised me against reading the questions ahead of time. But, I gave it a try. And, thats when I started getting nines, and finishing without having to rush th elast passage. It actually saved me time by spending the extra time to...

are there any other websites that do it? I have kaplans verbal edge, but im not in a kaplan class. Their office is very close by tho.