So, I checked my mail the other day, and slipped in between a solicitation to apply for a credit card with a $10,000 limit (who do they think I am?) and the monthly electricity bill, there was a slim little envelope from my medical school. Upon seeing it, my mind immediately set out to [...]
Entries from May 30th, 2008
Must watch: Gross Anatomy
May 27th, 2008 1 Comment
What? You haven’t seen Gross Anatomy?
Shame on you.
Tags: Gross Anatomy · movies · must watch · review
Some advice on the AMCAS
May 23rd, 2008 4 Comments
Well, it’s that time of year. The AMCAS is open for this year’s round of applicants, and before long they will begin accepting submissions. If you’re planning on attending an allopathic medical school in the US next year, this torturous little web-app will likely become the bane of your existence at some point in [...]
The joy and the agony of MS-0
May 22nd, 2008 No Comments
Last night I got a big packet from my med school. They send one out around the same time every month, and even though I keep expecting it to be my financial aid notice, it’s usually just a promotional magazine about how super-awesome their cancer research center is, or something about how their alumni [...]
Tags: MS-0 · summer plans
Review: Intern–A Doctor’s Initiation
May 21st, 2008 No Comments
As you may have guessed by the name of my blog, I’m quite a fan of medical memoirs. It’s not exactly the most robust literary sub-genre–only a few titles are released every year, to my knowledge, and they’re rarely much to be excited about. Being a sucker, I tend to snatch up the latest med [...]
Tags: book review · books · Intern · memoirs · Sandeep Jauhar
A guide to not being a pre-med douchebag.
May 19th, 2008 23 Comments
A few weeks ago, I posted a response to a blog entry at wired.com about pre-meds. At the time, I was pretty worked up and defensive about it, and I went out of my way to disprove their negative take on pre-meds.
Now I realize I was just taking it all too personally.
The article was [...]
Tags: douchebags · pre-meds
Long Live PandaBear MD
May 15th, 2008 No Comments
Today I’m a sad Panda. (stolen from an SDN thread.–thanks Depakote!)
I’ve been a long-time reader of PandaBear MD’s blog, so I was saddened today to learn that he’s decided to call it quits.
Tags: blogging · PandaBear MD
May 15th
May 15th, 2008 No Comments
Today is May 15th. That’s the day that med school applicants with multiple acceptances must officially give up all but one acceptance in order to begin the winding-down of the application process. From what I understand, this day is especially stressful for lots of people torn between attending two or more good schools.
But [...]
Tags: Pre-med
Let The Countdown Commence…
May 13th, 2008 No Comments
Holy crap. Where does the time go? This time last year, I was nervously preparing to take the MCAT, and now, here I am, posting to my med school blog about how I’m nervously preparing to begin med school. What a difference a year makes.
So, it’s now May 13th. That means [...]
Tags: Countdown · Pre-med · summer plans · wrapping up
