Recent content by vballer

Just trying to get a sense of what others have done to pass, without overdoing it and studying "too much". For reference, I finished residency last week, have been studying a few hours/day (~4) for the last week or two. Am I ready?

I'm at a low-key internship year and have already matched to my derm residency. I'm finding that I do a lot of sitting around waiting for sign-out in the afternoons. I would hate to come off as an over ambitious dermie but any current residents/attendings with suggestions on some light reading...

Anyone having difficulty with the Stony Brook prelim interview scheduling process? They only offered two dates, both with wait lists now, and have been completely unresponsive to email and telephone inquiry. Frustrating

Does anyone know if the interview invitations for prelim medicine go out at the same time as the medicine interviews, or are they distinct programs?

Two years ago, I submitted two abstracts to a conference in a field I am now applying in. I was first author on one, second to last on the other. Both were accepted. I received an award and traveled to the conference where I presented a poster about the research. Because I didn't want to make...

Thanks guys. That seems reasonable.

So I got a bit short-changed by my registrar and got surgery assigned as my first rotation even though I told them i'm considering orthopaedics and would like it later in the year. I'm worried that I will be completely clueless-I don't even know the basic logistical things, never mind writing...

just wrote my first post! http://moreinterestingmed.blogspot.com/ please let me know what you think and if you want to see more!

really changed the intercourse ehm i mean course of science, this did.

I really have no desire to chime in on this but the number of misinformed posts on this thread is silly. I am matriculating there in about a month so feel free to pull the bias card but here's my attempt at objectivity, in no order. -Endowment. It's enormous, and they're happy to finance summer...

I've thought about this in the past, and I've concluded I still don't know how I feel about it. For full disclosure, I'm a senior at an Ivy where the two major outcomes are either med school or the corporate world (consulting, ibanking, PE, etc). For the most part, I have stayed away from...

Silly question, more so because I'm a dude, but what are the dress expectations for revisit? Jeans/t-shirt/flip flops, or polo/khaki/loafers, or am I completely off base?

I do...I was the guy who at the end of the campus tours would ask to see the gym. Let's be honest, I'm choosing a med school based on US News rankings and gym facility quality :D Ok maybe some other things too...

I've got to say, I'm pleasantly surprised by the figures in here girls and boys. 6'3" and about 218 at the moment

Oops, forgot to add mine! 6reps Bench:245 Squat:315 Deadlift:365