Nontrad 3.86 517 ORM WAMC/list help
Hi everyone! Any feedback on my app or further school list suggestions would be welcome.
uGPA 3.86 (4.0 last 64 credits), sGPA 3.7 DIY Post bacc GPA (to finish prereqs) 3.95 in 16 credits
MCAT: 517 (127/130/128/132)
State of Residence: VA, ties to IN
ORM, female
Liberal Arts (not a well known one)
Clinical:
180 hr hospital volunteer (various departments)
480 hr as MA in rural clinic (ongoing, will be nearly 1000 hr by June)
40 hr as MA in Covid unit
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 25, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: JAK2-STAT3 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
KYCOM vs TouroCOM-NY Harlem vs BCOM
Hey everyone! I could use any help on how to make the best decision regarding which medical school I should attend.
Some goals: practice in a lively place, have a good chance at competitive residency programs, good research opportunities, and currently interested in psychiatry, OB/Gyn, or orthopedics.
KYCOM
Pros:
- KYCOM advantage (iPad, pay for board prep/exams)
- great match rate
- low tuition
- more established
- exams are monthly
Cons:
- super rural, population of like ~7,000...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: subliminalstatus Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School (2021-2022) Source Type: forums
Video laryngoscopes
I'm trying to buy relatively cheap/durable video laryngoscopes for some very small rural EDs. The users would be infrequent intubators who have reasonable but novice airway experience. It would be nice to have something like the Karl Storz C-MAC Pocket Monitor, for example, but it's just not feasible financially. So far, I've looked at the iView, McGrath Mac, AirTraq, Glide Scope and Ambu King Vision. Any recommendations, thoughts, or experiences? I would appreciate any help.
(I've already...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: lymphocyte Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
WAMC Rural State/Big Upward Trend
3.54 cgpa, 3.4 sgpa with freshman year being 3.6, 3.4 for sophomore and junior year and a 3.98 for my senior year, I was my grandmother's caretaker, she was terminally ill, over covid as I have a single parent and I was unable to balance school and personal responsibilities, I will try and explain my bad grades in my application. Also my last year is packed full of science and math courses so it is not an easy year to boost my gpa.
511 127/127/130/127, deciding on retake my fl...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: PremedImmigrant Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
attn: OMSIII & OMSIV (comlex Q bank)
Hello all,
I am an OMSII and getting ready to take comlex 1. I am interested in rural fam med and only planning to take the comlex. I would like to know, based of your experiences, what resource is best for someone in my position. I understand Uworld is the pinnacle but I don't know if it would be right for me because most OMS use it to study for USMLE+COMLEX. thanks in advance friends (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 11, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: thegrandbull Tags: Medical Students (DO) Source Type: forums
WAMC / School List (3.97/512)
Hi guys. I'm planning on applying this coming cycle. I'm a 21 year old white male from a very small rural town in Upstate New York, I do not have any family in medicine. I'm very passionate about rural medicine and its something that I want to continue to pursue. I'd appreciate any advice about where I should apply or how I can improve my chances. Thanks!
Biochemistry Major cGPA: 3.97 / sGPA: 3.94
MCAT: 512 (128/128/127/129)
State of residence: NY
Ethnicity and/or race: White...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 10, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: randallrinkler23 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Any thoughts on mentioned Hospitalist Offer?
I am in the final stages of contract negotiation and wondering if I could get feedback on the below offer:
Rural Intermountain State, Open ICU Hospitalist position
- 120/hr for 24 hour shifts
- minimum of 10 of these per month
- can not do more than 5 in a row
- can go home at night, but covering admits
- Typical Floor Census: 9-12, ICU census: 1-3
- no RVU bonus, it's a straight salary
- 90k loan repayment
- 10k moving stipend
- 10k CME
- 10k sign bonus (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 5, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Intentionalbalk12345 Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Dentists, how much do you make?
Looking to hear from you guys how much I could expect to make at different parts of my career. Mostly interested in associate dentist salaries but owners can respond too. Just please make sure to state if you are an owner or an associate
Years of Experience:
Specialty or General:
City or Rural:
Company (Corporate or Private):
Insurances:
Days/weeks per year:
Salary: (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: drornot Tags: Dental Residents and Practicing Dentists Source Type: forums
Anesthesiology vs Emergency Medicine
3rd-year med student here stuck in the middle.
Should I go for anesthesia, do the 4-year residency, and have a somewhat stable, well-paying, and happy albeit possibly repetitive and slow job (relatively speaking)?
Or should I go into emergency, do the 3-year residency, see all the crazy, ****ed-up **** that society has to offer (which draws me in for some reason) and feel like a doctor but also burn out by the time I'm 40 and call it quits?
Also, EM makes more $$$ per hour, and rural...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: otherstuff12321 Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Realistic hourly rate for nocturnist locums?
What is a realistic hourly rate these days for nocturnist locum jobs? I am thinking specifically suburban/rural and open ICU (I imagine this setting pays the most but I could be wrong). Ideally jobs that are open to both FM and IM. I am posting this on the IM forum since you all do much more hospitalist work than FM on average.
My very uneducated guess is $170-180/hr based on what full-time nocturnists make yearly. But, it would be sweet if it was more like $200+/hr
Also, did locums...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 18, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Vivid_Quail Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Would an additional LOR help my application?
Hello,
I am a current applicant who received 4 interviews and is sitting on 2 waitlists.
I received letters of recommendation from my evolutionary biology professor, my research mentor (post-doc MD/PhD), my supervisor at the center I volunteer for, and a rural internal medicine physician.
I recently left a job as a Patient Transporter at a hospital to start a research position. My old supervisor (RN/PhD unit director) has offered to write me a letter of recommendation. We had developed a...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 3, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: BioPsychotic Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
2022 Pharmacy Graduates: Are You Getting Any Offers Yet?
I was given a contract from Rite-Aid for a fulltime staff position upon graduating:
Pay Rate: $4600 biweekly pay based on 80 scheduled hours (will increase pay incentive to $62.50/hour if willing to relocate to the Rural NW Oregon Coast).
Incentives: $5k relocation bonus with a $10k signing bonus upon graduation
Promissary Note: Repay all the bonus incentives upon leaving the company within 12 months of start date...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: BC_89 Tags: Job Market Source Type: forums
Any advice from people who did their second or third choice specialty??
Hi everyone, previously in my M3 year I was considering dropping out, with motivation from my family I’ve decided to keep going and am doing better emotionally. But I still have my low step 1 (205) and will have one HP and rest Ps in clinicals.
Really tried to like the rest of my peds rotation bc I love kids but I really disliked both clinic and inpatient, the general medicine of peds didnt interest me. FM was fun in a rural setting but liked it much less in my city (300k), living rural...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 28, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: kgamon8 Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Any advice from people who did there second or third choice specialty??
Hi everyone, previously in my M3 year I was considering dropping out, with motivation from my family I’ve decided to keep going and am doing better emotionally. But I still have my low step 1 (205) and will have one HP and rest Ps in clinicals.
Really tried to like the rest of my peds rotation bc I love kids but I really disliked both clinic and inpatient, the general medicine of peds didnt interest me. FM was fun in a rural setting but liked it much less in my city (300k), living rural...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 27, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: kgamon8 Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
VCOM-Auburn vs PCOM-GA vs LMU-DCOM
Hi all,
I am sitting with acceptances from these schools and I could really use everyone’s insight on these schools!
VCOM-Auburn
Pros
Closer to home
Friendly faculty and staff
Small class size (150 students)
Affiliated with Auburn University (access to amenities and research opportunities)
Can opt in for a 4 week rotation in the Dominican, Honduras, or El Salvador
Beautiful campus
Cons
Rotation sites are rural and spread out across various...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 21, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: itsd3ath Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School (2021-2022) Source Type: forums
