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I'm planning to start preparing for the MCAT and I'm realizing I need to do a pretty serious refresher of my basic science knowledge before I jump into actual MCAT prep.

I don't mean normal MCAT content review. I mean something that essentially assumes I've forgotten a lot of my introductory science courses and walks me through the material from the ground up in a structured order.

For example, instead of just saying "review general chemistry," I'd want something that goes through things like:

• Atomic structure → bonding → stoichiometry → solutions → thermochemistry → equilibrium → acids/bases, etc.
• Cell biology → genetics → molecular biology → physiology, etc.
• Physics fundamentals → mechanics → fluids → electricity → optics, etc.

Basically, I want a structured foundation/refresher course that tells me exactly what I should learn and in what order before I move into actual MCAT-level preparation.

I'm much better with video/lecture-style teaching than learning primarily from textbooks, so ideally I'd like something that has actual instruction rather than just a list of topics to review.

Does anything like this exist? If you've ever felt like you needed to essentially relearn your prerequisite science before starting MCAT prep, what resources did you use?

Also note I don't plan to take the MCAT for quite a while so I got a lot of time but I just feel like I've completely forgotten everything.

This is definitely gonna ruffle some feathers because people don't wanna hear this. Yes, I agree that the job market is rough, but that's not the sole reason people aren't getting hired. A good chunk of the problem lies with the applicants themselves. This is definitely gonna be a bit of a yap fest, but I wanna hear what other people think about this and maybe help some people realize where they might be struggling with their applications. Also, this is kinda more geared toward the younger generation, people who are about to start college, are currently in college, or have been out of it for a bit. That said, some of my points can apply to anyone.

Now, before I start, everything I say has exceptions. There is no hard rule when it comes to this stuff, and there will always be people who don't fit what I'm talking about.

First off, college. College has gained quite the reputation for being a scam and useless when it comes to helping people get a job, butttttttt I think a big reason for that is because people don't realize what their degree and/or college can actually do for them.

Now, let me make this clear: I am a firm believer that college is not required to be successful. With that out of the way, in most people's eyes, college is just where you go to get a degree, which, while true, is only part of it. College is also a place full of opportunities to learn, grow professionally, and develop as a person in an environment that's literally designed to help you do that. Join clubs. Get involved. Reach out to the services your school provides. Just going to class isn't enough anymore.

Getting a degree in computer science may sound nice and all, but guess what? Over 100,000 people graduate with essentially the same degree as you. They took many of the same classes and learned a lot of the same material. On paper, you're basically just another number. What makes people stand out are the experiences and skills they gain outside the classroom. Join a coding club and learn practical coding skills, pick up another programming language, or work on group projects with a club. (BTW, I'm not a coder, so don't come after me if those examples suck lol.)

Reach out to your college's career services (if they have one) and look into internships or co-ops. These experiences, clubs, internships, etc show initiative, drive, and a willingness to learn while also giving you valuable skills that employers actually care about. At least in my experience, a lot of people who say they can't find a job spent their entire college career doing nothing besides going to class. Meanwhile, the people who got involved and actually took advantage of the opportunities their college offered were more often than not the ones who became their version of successful. Now, this doesn't mean you need to spend every waking hour doing something for your career because, no, that's stupid. Go have fun. Have a social life. You're still young. Both are so important to your growth as a person.

One more thing: make connections. Whether it's with fellow students, professors, staff, or whoever, you never know who might open a door for you someday. That doesn't mean you need to become best friends with every person you meet. Don't be a fake ass bitch (and obviously don't be rude to people just because you don't like them), but do put yourself out there and build genuine connections.

Now, in regards to degrees, I think too many people get locked into one specific career path. They think there's only one or two things their degree can lead to, when in reality it can open way more doors than they realize. Like I said earlier, I believe degrees create opportunities, but it's up to you to open those doors and find them. A degree by itself isn't enough anymore. Thousands upon thousands of people have the exact same one.

Let's take medicine as an example since it's a pretty obvious career path. When someone graduates medical school, it's logical to assume they'll become a practicing physician after residency and passing their boards. A lot of people think that's the only thing a medical degree can lead to, but that's simply not true. Obviously, becoming a physician is the standard route, but medical degrees can also open doors in business, consulting, research, law, technology, public health, and plenty of other fields. The same idea applies to most degrees. Music is another great example. Most people assume a music degree only leads to performing or teaching. While those are definitely the most common paths, music graduates can also work in arts administration, recording and production, marketing, business, nonprofit organizations, event management, and so much more. You just have to dig into what your degree can actually do for you. Communications is another degree that gets clowned on because it doesn't have one clear career path. Ironically, that's part of what makes it so versatile. There are opportunities everywhere if you're willing to look for them.

And one last side note: understand what your degree actually prepares you for. Like... what do you mean you're complaining that you can't find a job with a doctorate in agriculture, but you refuse to live anywhere except a major city? (literally saw someone complain about that online) All in all, do your research. Your degree is probably way more versatile than you think, it just takes some effort on your part to find those opportunities.

When searching for jobs, don't let your ego get in the way of opportunities. Now this is a tricky topic because every situation is different, so use your own judgment. If you just graduated college and/or are looking for your first job, you probably aren't gonna land some high-end job making bank. Maybe you will, but the chances are pretty slim. You need to understand that it's okay, and honestly normal to start from the bottom and work your way up. Graduating college doesn't mean the grind stops and everything gets handed to you. People still have to push themselves and continue growing.

Now, I'm not saying to apply for jobs you're clearly overqualified for (keyword being qualified, not "too good"). For example, if you graduated with a master's degree, you probably aren't gonna go apply to be a janitor just to work your way up the company ladder. I'm also not saying to stay with a company that's clearly taking advantage of you. If they're exploiting you, then yeah, leave. What I am saying is that you may have to start a little lower than you originally hoped, and that's okay. Gaining experience makes you a stronger candidate for your next opportunity, and at the end of the day, money is money. Depending on your situation, you can't always afford to spend months unemployed just because you're waiting for the "perfect" job.

Now my last big point is gonna be blunt and kinda rude, but damn... y'all are ass at interviews. I've hosted and sat in on multiple interviews, and while this isn't true for everyone, I've noticed it a lot with younger applicants. Genuinely, some people just cannot hold a conversation or don't know how to interview at all. I've literally talked to students during freshman orientations and asked simple questions like, "What's your name?" or "What's your major?" and they immediately look at their parents to answer for them. I totally get being nervous, but also... come on.

The good news is that interviewing is a skill, not something you're just born knowing how to do. There are so many resources out there. Most colleges have career services that offer mock interviews, and there are countless websites and videos online that can help too. Practice with friends or family, use ChatGPT if you want, and reflect on interviews you've already done. No interview is ever gonna be perfect, and that's okay. Every interview is another chance to learn.

I also understand that some people have really bad anxiety during interviews, and I genuinely sympathize with that. Unfortunately, interviews are still something we have to deal with. Hopefully, with more knowledge and experience, they become easier over time. And yes, I know someone can absolutely be an amazing worker while also being terrible at interviews. The problem is that employers don't know that yet. The interview is their first impression. If you can barely hold a conversation, struggle to answer questions, or don't seem engaged, it unfortunately leaves a bad impression. It sucks because you might genuinely be a fantastic employee, but employers can't assume every candidate who interviews poorly is secretly an amazing worker.

From my experience interviewing people, you do start to notice a difference between someone who's simply nervous and someone who's genuinely unprepared or not a good fit. Hopefully, the person interviewing you can recognize that too and cut you some slack if you're clearly just anxious. Personally, I try to make my interviews feel as casual and conversational as possible because it helps candidates relax. I also think seeing how someone acts in a normal conversation gives a better picture of who they are as a worker since that state is what they’ll be in the majority of the time at work.

Okay, here's the end. :)

Again, everything I've said has exceptions. You might be the complete opposite of everything I talked about and still not be able to find a job. The job market is still rough, I can't deny that. But from my own experiences and from what I've seen and heard from other people (both in real life and online), these are some of the biggest patterns I've noticed.

If you completely disagree with me, that's totally valid. I'm just sharing my perspective and what's worked from what I've seen. No need to bash me in the comments, I'd much rather have an actual discussion :)

The last two movies had 2 songs each and as far as I’m aware the Dino movie so far only has 1.

One of my favorite aspects of Paw Patrol is seeing all the different and unique uniform designs! It’s so fun seeing what the artist come up with. I would said majority of them are pretty good with only a few being fine.

Some of my favorites include all of the rescue uniforms. The air rescue designs are just so cool, fire rescue I think had better designs compared to the ultimate ones also having Marshall in the beige rather than his traditional red just looks so good and research and rescue while a bit simple I think that’s the charm. I especially LOVE Marshall and Zumas unique designs and how rocky still keeps his signature cap and Skye has a Skye diving helmet. The little individuality is just such a nice touch. I also really like the air pups design, I can’t really pin point why I just do.

My favorite designs however have to be the uniforms from the first Paw Patrol theatric movie. Genuinely the art team ate so hard and left very little crumbs. I LOVE the designs so much and think they are the best of the whole franchise, both movie and show included. The only thing I think could be improved is I think Chases uniform is a bit bland but still pretty good and Rubbles I kinda just don’t like it. However Marshall, Rocky and Zuma look SOOOOOO good. Skye’s uniform also looks good too. Speaking of the movies I also think the Dino movie uniforms look really nice and I like the small differences between the pups.

Apart from those outliers where the voices were oddly really deep I kinda feel like the show is attempting to show the pups are aging. Maybe it’s just me but overtime I’m noticing the va’s have deeper voices overall. It’s not like a full on man deep or anything but idk I’m kinda down for it. Feels like time is actually progressing. When it comes to hiring actors typically it’s a pretty deliberate process and I’m sure there were other actors with higher voices but the team have decided to slowly progress towards this lower set voices. Again there are outliers where one is actually pretty high and vice versa but I feel like overall it’s been shifting.

A good example of this is Marshall’s va. He’s had I believe 5 va’s and each one has gradually deepen Marshall’s voice. With the most recent actor being quite a bit deeper. Funny enough I think Chase has had the opposite effect. His voice is kinda going up higher lol. I wonder if this whole gradually getting deeper was actually planned or if it’s something subconsciously happening as the team realize how long they’ve been working on the show.

Ok, so I made this post like a day or two ago, and then a brand-new idea popped into my brain. I went to edit my post to add the new idea realized to another movie, but apparently I accidentally used “profanity” so it was auto taken down. I think it was because of the name of the movie since I was talking about the DreamWorks movie with the orange talking cat that wears boots, or maybe because I mentioned the villain of the movie. Either way, here’s the original post along with the added idea I had.

This may be a bit of a long post, but ever since the trailer for the Dino movie dropped, I’ve really been thinking about the themes for future movies and what the remaining pups’ stories could be about.

First, let’s go over what the past two movies were about. The first movie covered Chase and his story of anxiety and overcoming his fears. Chase has always been the “brave” one, but what happens when the brave one gets scared? Chase’s story is about learning that being brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared and fear doesn’t make you weak but being brave is being able to overcome your fears. Skye’s movie was about accepting herself. She’s the smallest one on the team and believed she wasn’t worth as much. Her story is realizing she is enough and as the motto goes “no job is too big, no pup is too small.”

For the Dino movie, it will cover Marshall’s whole clumsy trait. I’m assuming it will focus on how Marshall may feel like he’s a liability, that the team would be better without him, and his shame over failure. His story is realizing he still matters even when he fails. Everyone fails, but the key is learning from your mistakes and never giving up.

The remaining three are a bit harder to come up with themes and plots for. I have a few ideas, but I feel kinda ehh on them. Rocky has been talked about a bit, and people think his movie could revolve around his dislike (or fear) of water, but in my opinion, I think that’d be kinda boring and repetitive. Chase’s movie already covers overcoming fear, and the show has touched on Rocky and water multiple times. I think it’d be more interesting to do something else.

Zuma might be the second hardest because while he does have fun traits, that’s kinda it. The show barely touches Zuma at all, so he doesn’t feel as fleshed out as some of the others. Maybe his story could be about feeling forgotten? That may be a bit too deep for a preschool movie, though.

Lastly, Rubble is also a bit hard, but I think his theme could be about growing up. Rubble is the youngest and more childlike compared to the others, so I think his story could focus on growing up without losing joy. I kinda think of Avatar and how Aang’s story was about becoming a fully fledged Avatar.

Lastly, the next gimmick for the movies. I feel like a Mission PAW gimmick would be fun and interesting. The other sub-series and gimmicks just don’t feel “grand” enough for a movie, like Big Truck Pups, Jungle Pups, Rescue Knights, etc.

I just thought of this idea for Zuma. Zuma is probably the most emotionally balanced out of all the pups (or maybe Skye), and unfortunately that’s kinda due to his lack of character development and screen time, but that’s a separate issue. Zuma has always been known as the chill one, and I think one way of utilizing that trait is to have his movie be about not pushing down your feelings and learning that it’s okay to ask for help.

The past three movies sorta revolve around “am I enough,” which is a fine theme, and I think the first two movies (and hopefully the third one) do a good job of handling that idea in different ways. So far, each approach feels distinct and focuses on its own important issue, but eventually we’ve gotta change things up. I think Zuma’s movie could steer away from that and do something different.

When this idea came to me, I instantly thought of (DreamWorks’ movie with the orange cat in boots). Now obviously a Paw Patrol movie isn’t gonna cover the anxiety and fear of (villian of movie)  like that movie did, but I think it could still explore stress, anxiety, and learning to ask for help and talk things through.

Here’s a plot idea: something big happens at sea, and the PAW Patrol is called to help, but Zuma is the only one trained and equipped to handle problems in the water. So Ryder decides to implement the Sea Patrol, which also gives the movie a gimmick. Zuma is suddenly put under a lot of pressure to help train the rest of the team to adapt to water rescues while also still maintaining his own responsibilities. This eventually leads to Zuma making a mistake during a mission because of the amount of stress and pressure he’s under. Zuma then needs to learn to open up and realize he doesn’t have to do everything himself. He has a team for a reason, and he can rely on them.

This may be a bit of a long post but ever since the trailer for the Dino movie dropped I've really been thinking about the themes for future movies and what the remaining pups could be about.

First let's go over what the past 2 movies were about. The first movie covered Chase and his story of anxiety and overcoming his fears. Chase has always been the "brave" pup but what happens when the brave one gets scared. Chases story is about learning that fear doesn't make you weak and you can grow past them. Skyes movie was about her accepting herself. She's the smallest one on the team and believed she wasn't worth as much. Her story is realizing she is enough and literally "no job is too big, no pup is too small".

For the Dino movie it will cover Marshalls whole clumsy trait. I am assuming it will cover how Marshall may feel as though he is a liability, the team would be better without him and his shame of failure. His story is realizing he still matters even when he fails. Everyone fails but the key is to learn from your mistakes and never give up.

The rest of the 3 I feel are a bit harder to come up with a theme and plot. I have a few ideas but feel very ehh on them. Rocky has been talked about a bit and how his movie could revolve around his dislike (or fear) of water but in my opinion I think that'd be kinda boring and repetitive. Chase's movie already covers over coming fear and also the show has touched about Rocky and water multiple times. I think it'd be more interesting to do something else.

Zuma might be the second hardest because while he does have fun traits thats kinda it. The show does not touch Zuma like at all so he doesn't feel as fleshed out as some of the others. Maybe his story could be about feeling forgotten? That may be a bit too deep for a preschool movie though. Lastly Rubble is also a bit hard but I think his theme could be of growing up. Rubble is the youngest and more childlike compared to the others so I think his story could be of growing up without losing joy. I kinda think of Avatar and how tang's story was that of becoming a fully fledged avatar.

LASTLY the next gimmick for the movies. I feel like a mission paw gimmick would be fun and interesting. The other sub series and gimmicks I just feel like they aren't "grand" enough for a movie. Like big truck pups, jungle pups, rescue knights, etc.

Basically the question is the title. Also yall I ain’t talking about the white people perms with the tight curls.

What does growth as a PA typically look like? I'm not just referring to compensation or becoming a better provider, although those are obviously important. I'm also curious about things like leadership opportunities, administrative roles, and other ways PAs can continue to grow throughout their careers.
For example, what does moving into administration actually look like for a PA? Is that a common path for people who are interested in it, or is it more of a case-by-case situation? I once met a PA who was the cleft lip and palate coordinator in a plastic surgery department, but I never got the chance to ask what that role involved. She also did still practice as a provider though obviously not as much as usual. I think this is where I’d like to be eventually as I do still want to practice medicine as I love it but I want to grow my career as well.
I'm still an undergraduate preparing to apply this coming cycle, but this is something I've been wondering about for a while. I'm someone who enjoys always working toward a goal. Of course, the overarching goal would be to become the best provider I can be, but that's a fairly broad objective. What motivates me is having a long-term path to work toward and being able to see my growth and effort translate into greater responsibility, expertise, or impact over time.
It's not really about titles, power, or status. I just enjoy continuous improvement and having something meaningful to strive for. What has your experience been, or what have you seen in the careers of other PAs?

As the title implies are there any Mexican restaurants with fresh tasting salsa? Truly not to bash any restaurant but so far the places I've been too the salsas low key kinda taste like they're from a can. If anyones been to Frankfort and ate at Garcia's near Kroger their salsa is kinda what I'm after. Their salsa is just so fresh and good tasting!

It might come off as too much advertising, but this is a genuine Lexington question. I’m offering beginner saxophone lessons for any age this summer (2026), but I’m unsure where to ask about it.

I tried Facebook groups, but they’re really confusing in terms of posting requirements. On Reddit, you usually need an account of a certain age and enough karma, etc., but Facebook doesn’t clearly explain any of that. I don’t actively use Facebook, so I can’t figure out what I’m missing.

I also can’t really rely on music stores since I’m not looking for a full-time position or anything permanent, I’m currently a college music major, so I’m pretty busy during the school year.

Does anyone have advice on where I could post or ask in the Lexington area?