u/fxryker

I'm wondering if I have a good shot at academic programs in the middle atlantic, mountain, and pacific regions, all of which I have family ties

Board scores

• Step 1: Pass (1st attempt)
• Level 1: Pass (1st attempt)
• Step 2 CK: 260
• Level 2: Pending (expected 8/4)

Clinical performance

• Honors: General Surgery, OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Psychiatry
• High Pass: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
• Pass: OMM

Academics

• GPA: 3.53
• Class rank: 50–75th percentile
• Sigma Sigma Phi

Research/Letters/Sub-Is

• 10 research items
• 3 so far (both home program PD and surgical chair, M3 surgery attending)
• Home program and two aways

I'm wondering if I have a good shot at academic programs in the middle atlantic, mountain, and pacific regions, all of which I have family ties

Board scores

• Step 1: Pass (1st attempt)
• Level 1: Pass (1st attempt)
• Step 2 CK: 260
• Level 2: Pending (expected 8/4)

Clinical performance

• Honors: General Surgery, OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Psychiatry
• High Pass: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
• Pass: OMM

Academics

• GPA: 3.53
• Class rank: 50–75th percentile
• Sigma Sigma Phi

Research/Letters/Sub-Is

• 10 research items
• 3 so far (both home program PD and surgical chair, M3 surgery attending)
• Home program and two aways

Hey y'all, I was very active on this sub back in 2022 and tested 4/30. When I got my score (127/124/126/125) I was devastated. Out of 30 schools I only got accepted to 1, but I was determined to cherish that opportunity and give it my all during medical school

I see posts every now and then from this sub pop up in my feed, and there's always someone who's struggling with a score they weren't expecting, and wondering if they should even apply or retake. I just want you to know that I was in your position, and that it will get better, you just have to keep giving it your all, which is easier said than done. But if I can do it, I know you can too :)

Good luck y'all!

I just got mine at 4:20am EST, tested 6/2

Tested 6/2, amboss predicts 251, all I want is a 250. Applying general surgery. The past three years of my life culminating to possibly tomorrow’s release

Test day was tough and felt ambiguous, tons of 50/50s and I remembered many incorrects

But I know it’ll work out, and that my scores don’t define me. Everything is gonna be okay :)

Hey, my wife and I moved in May last year. We signed up for PECO and had to pay an extra $210 ($70 over 3 payments) as a “deposit”. They said if we made the first 12 payments full and on time that the deposit would be credited towards the 13th payment and on.

So we did just that, and I noticed the deposit wasn’t credited. I’ll try to call them but I work M-F 5am-7pm and their wait times are 30+ minutes, so I figured I should submit through their online form too. Do they have a direct email? Any other thoughts?

This is for all my M3s starting their cores, my M4s starting their electives and sub-is, those still in dedicated, and honestly my preclinical homies too because that stuff was rough

This might be your first time rounding, expectations might be higher than you thought, or all of these comsaes and nbmes might be super daunting and you might not be scoring how you’d think, and you feel like everyone else around you has it figured out

They don’t, they’re just like you, like us. Medicine is a wild ride, we got into college, got a bachelor’s, took the MCAT, volunteered, did research, meticulously crafted personal statements and secondaries. Got into medical school, which come on now, that’s pretty amazing. We’re on track to becoming physicians and nothing is gonna stop us

Yeah sure we feel inadequate as a sub-I, or we feel unprepared for that shelf exam, or we feel lost in the sea of lectures and osces and compliance modules

But guess what?

So has every single attending and resident. That chief of neurosurgery, they were a clueless premed. That resident that’s frustrated with your presentations? They thought they failed their shelf. That M4 that’s pimping you when they should be helping the intern? I mean the only difference is they took step 2 so don’t sweat it!

Everyone you’ve interacted with thus far has been in your exact position before, and now it’s you, and soon it won’t be

You’re exactly where you need to be. You’re doing great. We’re all very proud of you

All of the sacrifices you’ve made and will continue to make matter, you’re going to or are already helping people in their most vulnerable state. As a sub-I I can tell you there’s no better feeling than when a patient remembers you

You’ve embarked on a journey few take, don’t give up, please

We just had a trauma for a hanging, pt is incarcerated. Pt arrived cuffed to the stretcher, and COs were like “oh we can’t remove the cuffs he’s an inmate” and we were yelling “take them off!” because they’re a trauma workup. They oblige and we do our thing. In CT they’re joking about his SA, saying “oh this is his 8th time and it wasn’t even serious, we’ve seen way better ones” and “he did it after learning what was for dinner”. I should have said something

I don’t care if you’re burnt out, you NEVER joke about that. “Oh but everyone jokes in healthcare—“ nope, I’ve never joked about stuff like that. Why do you think they keep making attempts? We have no right to assume, sure we can have a medical opinion, psych can interview him, but why are COs joking about how “he’s had better ones” in the radiology room. Trauma nurse was visibly uncomfortable. I can’t imagine what it’s like for him when they leave

Anyway rant over, patients are humans, inmates are humans. I understand people are burnt out, and I’m no saint, but come on guys let’s think for a moment

Edit: wording

Specifically, they said “those who tested in May and early June should expect to start receiving their scores on July 1st and on.” They didn’t say how far into June, nor did they say that all 5-6+ weeks of testers will receive their scores en masse the day of

Edit: they said this pertains to “both step 1 and step 2” testers

I’m assuming “Narrative”, but I wanted to make sure

I really enjoyed it, and went online to see if others shared the same experience, and for the most part they did, but some very salient points were also being made

I like to think the message is not lost on me. I enjoyed the show while understanding the greater cultural context of Mormonism and the damage that the organization has done, especially to the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, the latter of which I identify with. My wife’s family were Laotian refugees in Cambodia during the Vietnam war, due to the US’ bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail. Mormons came to these refugee camps and offered a life in the states in exchange for converting to the church

Fast forward to today and fortunately Mormonism is far from our lives, in fact my wife insisted on and also really enjoyed the musical

I think it would be intellectually dishonest to say “it’s just a funny haha show by the South Park guys!”, and I think it would be grandstanding to say “it’s just a reductionist caricature that punches down”. Does it exist somewhere in between?

I’m sorry if this is nothing new, it was my first musical and I’m left wondering if it was okay that I “enjoyed the show”. What are your thoughts? Thanks!

They’re so loud haha is today a holiday?

I know social media has a very insidious algorithm, but I’ve noticed an uptick in people who absolutely insist that all healthcare workers in all forms of medical settings always wear N95 respirators

It seems to usually involve covid. I just follow whatever my hospital says regarding airborne precautions, if there’s a local uptake and they say to mask then I will, but otherwise I won’t. Is this okay?

There seems to be an extreme covid cautiousness that doesn’t necessarily hinge on one’s immune status, and I’m not quick to call it a delusion whatsoever, because I don’t want to invalidate

My question is, as someone who recognizes that I don’t know what I don’t know, is why is it specifically covid and not other airborne illnesses? Why are people slamming healthcare workers online about it?

I appreciate that there also exists an intersectionality of covid consciousness with the left and lgbtq+ community, both of which I identify with, so I would also like to better understand covid consciousness and how it interplays within those spaces as well

Personally, I don’t see an issue with abiding by the request, even simply for making the patient feel safe, because the patient-physician relationship is paramount, but what are your thoughts? Thanks!