u/Inner_Chemical_6028

for context i am a 16yr old female, i’ve done cross country for three years, but I didn’t do it last year because my other extracurriculars always fell the same time as practice. i’ve been running nearly every day since my 5K PR is 22 mins but that was over a year ago.

Since I’m not running with my schools team anymore, I’ve been trying to run every day, but it usually ends up being like 4 to 5 times a week instead and I haven’t been doing that many hill, workouts or tempo, I do them sometimes but maybe once a month.

For context, I have ran 10 miles at a time three times before and my average mile pace was between nine and 10 minutes for each of those three runs but again those were all over a year ago and the last time I ran even 5 miles was a few months ago. I still have been trying to run every day and I run a mile to 2 miles but I haven’t been getting my mileage up and I want to run a marathon by may. i’ve obviously never ran a marathon so I also don’t know if this is a completely unrealistic goal to have either??

I’m currently figuring out running in the heat of the summer does not pair well with me. right now where I live it’s around 90° every day and my blood sugar also drops easily. I know a lot of people on the Internet say that you shouldn’t be needing gels unless you’re running over 20 miles, but I wanted to see what the sub Reddit had to say and if people do recommend that I take gels to keep my sugar up what gels taste the best? I know a lot of people also say to use the treadmill, but I feel like my feet drag on the treadmill and I have no motivation or willpower to keep running after like the 1st mile because I feel like I’m not going anywhere and I’ve tried YouTube videos of like videos on trails that progress as you go forward, but those don’t do anything for me.

Also, if anyone could give me like a rough outline to try to run one with a consistent mile pace between eight and nine minutes by the end of may, I would greatly appreciate it? and this might be crazy, but does anyone think that it would be somewhat realistic goal to have an average mile pace, sub eight minutes?? Also, any other running tips or workouts/exercises that help a lot of people?

before anyone starts hating, I still read lots of classics and self-help books and my favorite author is Dostoevsky, but I still like to indulge in smut.

What are the dirtiest books to read?!

Hi! I am rising Junior, and I have applied to several research programs within the past few months and I got waitlisted for all of them, even though I felt like I had very strong letters of rec, good essays, good extracurriculars with leadership etc. I’m really interested in research and I think sometime in the future I might want to pursue a PhD but it’s really hard to get access to it or start.

My friend and I are very interested in biochemistry and we want to do research relating to epidemiology, spectrum of disease, etc. But we don’t know where to start. Someone told me to get a mentor, but I don’t know where I’m supposed to get a mentor. I also don’t know what our limitations are being highschoolers like can we test on mice or are we gonna be allowed certain bacteria strains of like the flu for example? and to be clear, we do have several ideas already of what we want our specific research to be about.

Should we reach out to a lab? If we write a research paper, would it basically be the same thing as a research poster, but in a different format?

Sorry for all the questions but I’ve been interested in doing this for a long time and I haven’t gotten anywhere because I just don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m never gonna learn until I ask. Any advice is appreciated!

I am rising Junior, I took a practice SAT (test #4 on bluebook) and got an 1190. For context I went in with no studying and I also have pretty bad unmanaged ADHD so it is really really hard for me to focus for long periods of time and on all four modules I left the last 5 to 10 questions unanswered because I ran out of time.

I do really good in school and take all APs and have a 4.0 unweighted at a competitive public school, I’ve done Science Olympiad for years, etc. But after scoring that low, I feel really stupid and I took it with two other friends at the time (we all took it independently, but we sat together) and they haven’t done any studying and got in the 1400s for their first try on their practice test and both of them finished every module with like 5 to 10 minutes to spare.

I would ask for a specific piece of advice, but I feel like I scored so low that I need all the advice I can get but especially pacing myself and timing. Does anyone have any tips for that and also just general tips on how to improve my score are appreciated!!

Hi, i’m a rising junior in high school. I have been interested in BSMD programs since middle school. I’ve been working on having a competitive application for years. I have lots of clinical experience, lots of shadowing, lots of leadership positions, good stats etc. And a few doctors I have spoken with as well as med students and bsmd student students have told me that I have a shot at a BSMD program.

However, I feel conflicted because I really like research (my impression of research, since I haven’t personally done my own research as of just finishing sophomore year) but if I get into a bsmd program I’m wondering if I should just take that since it’s an automatic acceptance and I’m not even 110% sure that I love research where I’m 110% sure that I love medicine?

I feel like it kind of sounds to me like an obvious choice to do the BSMD program (if I get into one) but I have also never been in contact with anyone doing an MDPHD program so I don’t know what that’s like. Can you guys give me some direction?

I am rising Junior and I have been interested in BSMD programs since middle school. I feel that I have a pretty good, yet unfinished application- as I still have one more year of high school until applying- but I have heard many doctors that I have shadowed and many med students say that it is not worth it for a whole plethora of reasons.

I am 110% sure that I want to go into the medical field and I have been for years. I have lots of clinical hours and I love everything about it. I can’t even pick which specialty I like the most because so many are very cool to me.

I have also been told by many people that there is significant chance of me getting into an Ivy League or a top 20 school. I was looking into Brown PLME program and it looks amazing except the problem is I don’t qualify for any FAFSA and I can’t afford to go to schools with tuition. That is anything above 30 K because I don’t qualify for any financial need so I will be super in debt. I also live in PA so schools that are out of state are gonna be way more expensive tuition than one’s in state obviously.

This is kind of just rambling, but I just don’t know what the best route to take is and what I should be looking for as the most important features of a good program.

Lastly, if anyone has gotten into BSMD programs, I would love it if you DM me so I can get a little more in-depth on my application and have a little more personalized advice!!

I am 16, I have lots of money (around 2k saved) and I don’t know what to do at all and I obviously want to have a lot of money and make the most of it. I also have a credit card with my name that is hooked to my parents account and building my credit score.

1. ⁠Which bank is best? (online or in person both work too)
2. ⁠. My parents have an account for me at citizens bank, do I stay there or find a better bank to transfer to?
3. ⁠. Do I need to go to the place and speak with someone?
4. ⁠How do I invest in a Roth IRA?
5. ⁠What do I do with my savings to make the most of my money? (I am also trying to save for college)

Sorry if there questions are dumb, my parents know nothing about finance and I have no one to ask these to. Any additional advice is appreciated!

I am 16 (keep that in mind because I can’t like trade stocks etc.), but I have lots of money (around 2k saved) and I don’t know what to do at all and I obviously want to have a lot of money and make the most of it. I also have a credit card with my name that is hooked to my parents account and building my credit score.

1. Which bank is best? (online or in person both work too)
   1a. My parents have an account for me at citizens bank, do I stay there or find a better bank to transfer to?
   1b. Do I need to go to the place and speak with someone?
2. How do I invest in a Roth IRA?
3. What do I do with my savings to make the most of my money? (I am also trying to save for college)
4. I will be working 2 jobs soon, what do I do with that money to make the most of each paycheck? (I barely spend any money so I want to save or invest a lot of it)

Sorry if there questions are dumb, my parents know nothing about finance and I have no one to ask these to. Any additional advice is appreciated!

I know I am still far away from medical school as I am a high schooler currently but I get very anxious about my future and I don’t know if I want to go directly to an accelerated nursing program or try to get into BSMD programs as I’ve been told by a few people I’ve spoken with that I have a fair chance.

I am very overachieving and I actually just made a post earlier today on the career advice page asking people what they thought I should do and almost every single person in the comments said that I should go to medical school because I seem like the type who would enjoy it and that I would be bored another jobs. To preface I take all APs, CHS, and honors classes and have a 4.0 on waited at a competitive public school. I’m president of two clubs (HOSA and an investing club that I founded). I’m also a member of the female engineering council and have many international Sciense Olympiad medals. I’m currently getting EMT certification and I am looking into research programs and shadowing doctors this summer.

I have always been really interested in the medical field, specifically oncology and I run oncology seminars at my school but mental school scares me because of all of the debt and the ginormous time commitment but I do feel like I wouldn’t be fulfilled in any other job.

I (female), have known this girl that we will call Ava for a few years, but was never very close with her, but she was always close with a lot of of my close friends. She also has a twin brother that’s the same age as us and I am very good friends with him and have been for years.

She has always annoyed me a lot. For context she’s the type of person that says she’s having a terrible day and then when people ask her why she says it’s because some celebrity broke up with their significant other etc. She also constantly complains about her stomach hurting, but she’s one of those people that has three monster energy drinks in a day and everyone tells her to stop complaining about it if she’s gonna keep feeding the problem and she just rolls her eyes and tells people to shut up and that she’s not going to change.

For the reasons above, I find her insufferable and have had classes with her and I just act civil and normal and even when we were doing a lab one time I told her that all of her significant figures were messed up and how to fix them so that she wouldn’t lose points and then she crashed out on me and rolled her eyes and said that I was so arrogant and that I thought I knew everything. And since I am the president of two extracurriculars and in like 100 Science extracurriculars, as well as doing science academies and Science Olympiad invitationals at CMU- yeah I would think I know everything(and not necessarily everything. I’m saying that as a joke, but obviously more than her because she’s an idiot).

This other girl, I don’t like let’s call her Olivia, was talking bad about Ava. Every single day Ava would talk about how she loves Olivia so much and I was like girl just so you know, Olivia does not feel the same way. Then Ava asked Olivia if Olivia was saying stuff about her and Olivia called me a liar(although even knew I wasn’t because I provided her with screenshots and Ava has even walked in on this Olivia girl talking crap about Ava with her twin brother) so she definitely knows that I wasn’t lying.

Later, Ava texted me a bunch of paragraphs saying that she didn’t wanna be friends with me and that she believed Olivia and no amount of proof I have is going to change her mind and then she blocked me on everything. And I was like don’t come crawling back whenever you find out the truth.

I don’t know why this bothers me so much because as I mentioned above, Ava has always kind of annoyed me and I never really cared for her. But I think I was really upset because I was being called a liar and people were believing it even though I never lied and I don’t like that false persona being spread about me. I asked our shared friends to ask her to unblock me and her brother to ask her to unblock me and she kept saying “not right now”.

But then I recently talked to another girl that we can call Emma that I was really close with who is also very close with Ava, and she told me that Ava said she wasn’t even mad about the Olivia thing and that she just wanted an excuse to stop being friends with me.

I constantly think about this and it is so aggravating and annoying and I think I’m so upset about it, mind you this situation happened like three weeks ago, but I just found the new thing out from Emma a few days ago, but I feel like I am so bothered by this situation and I don’t know why because I don’t even like Ava but I think I’m just mad because I have always found her very insignificant and useless as I’ve described above, you can tell what type of person she is, as not many people like her, but I think I’m really just mad because I view myself as better than her and she’s the one who’s saying that I’m not good enough to be friends with her.

I know that this is such a dumb situation, but I genuinely think about this all the time and it’s taking a hold on my mind. What advice do you guys have to stop thinking about this situation and let it go because I know that I should let it go but everyone just tells me to let it go and it’s like I genuinely can’t like I’m so bothered by it still.

I was invited to a volleyball game by my 16-year-old male friend. I asked who I could sit with since it was only him and me in the hallway. He suggested his mom, but he didn’t mention that his 16-year-old female friend was coming.

When I arrived at the game, I was shocked to see her. She looked me up and down and asked why I was there. I explained that he invited me. I repeated the question, and she said “same.”

The entire night felt off. I felt like I was getting passive-aggressive looks. I also forgot to mention that she didn’t have a driver’s license, so another guy in our grade drove her there. He was also at the game, but he’s just her gay friend.

After the game, we planned to go to Sheetz, including the guy who invited us. I offered to drive him, but the girl whispered to her friend that they should convince the volleyball kid’s dad to let them drive him instead. I thought it was weird and unnecessary.
(Just to preface, I am not not was a I ever trying to romantically pursue this guy).

All the drama started when I went on a run with my other friend. We talked about the game, and we agreed that the girl was acting weird around the guy. I admit saying “boy crazy” was excessive, and I should’ve addressed my concerns directly. However, I felt it was unusual and insignificant, and not meant to insult her. I brought it up to seek an outside perspective. The girl I ran with confirmed this behavior at the volleyball game, describing her as “boy crazy” and “weird around guys” was a consistent characteristic of her.

A few days later, during class, the volleyball girl and another girl (also 16F) accused me of disrespecting the volleyball game girl. I explained that I discussed the volleyball game and my concerns, and that I thought she acted strangely. I talked to her she said the driving comment was a joke and when I asked multiple times if she liked the guy she said no. I feel she was most offended because she WAS acting weird and she knew it but it’s easier to just be mad at me.

I texted the girl I ran with, saying like wtf, why are you starting all this drama and ESPECIALLY when you were agreeing and adding on to everything!? And she said “we are both going to have different sides of the story, it’s gonna be a loop of my word against yours”. She later said that she never meant to bring it up and that the while situation was a misunderstanding.

The girl I ran with, the girl at the volleyball game, and the girl in my chem class that was yelling at me about the whole thing while the volleyball girl was there, are all a trio and very close and don’t want to listen to anything that I say and only listen to the girl that I ran with and won’t even hear me out.

Now, volleyball girl and the guy are dating, two weeks later even though she told me 100 times that she definitely wasn’t acting weird or jealous and that she didn’t like him. Am I in the wrong? -Also what should I do about this situation?