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AltaWest2
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If they're any on this site, what are you plans. When are you taking MCATs? How long after Orgo? Where are you applying? What internships are you looking to stomp?

Personally, i am taking my first semester of orgo right now and am aiming to take the MCats not this summer but the next.
Feb 25 2008 7:34PM
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RudyGarmisch
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I was pre-med until I got too hooked into this biology and bioengineering thing. Doctors dont have lives outside of work.
Feb 25 2008 8:08PM
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coolhandluke
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i used to want to do bioengineerding.  i would go pipette shit all day at FredHutch in high school.....its addicting.
Feb 25 2008 8:13PM
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SHastatahoe
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I was pre-med until I remembered that my dad is a doctor and works entirely way too much.  I'm microbiology and its sweet tits. 
Feb 25 2008 8:13PM
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emopoppins
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yea man i'm like totally smart me and john symms hang out and just talk about shit like biology and engineering and bioengineering and its sweet.
Feb 25 2008 9:09PM
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.AR6rider.
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I'm a premed human bio major up at Michigan State and I'm taking the MCAT next year sometime (I'm a sophomore this year).  I'm in my second semester of orgo.  I just took a practice MCAT a few weeks ago and I felt like i knew most of the orgo stuff so once you take both semesters you should be good on that.  Have you taken any sort of classes for it?
Feb 26 2008 9:18PM
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.AR6rider.
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For the MCAT that is.
Feb 26 2008 9:20PM
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user098123
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How odd...I'm also a premed sophomore at Michigan State haha. What orgo are you in? I'm in 352 atm. Anyways, I'll probably take it next summer. Haven't taken any practice stuff yet, I'm planning on looking into it soon. As for internships, currently I've had three so far. One was in an Organic Chem Synthesis company, the second one was at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and currently I'm working in a chem lab at MSU. Hoping for another Pfizer internship this year, and then hospital work after that.
Feb 26 2008 9:21PM
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GetPitted
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Good thing my dad(anesthisiologist) goes ice climbing/skiing once a week.
Feb 26 2008 9:22PM
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.AR6rider.
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Small world huh?  I'm in 252 right now and I'm taking the 255 lab with it.  You don't live over at the Sigma Chi house by any chance do you?  I saw an explorer parked over there with two pairs of twins on top the other day.  Who knows, we may be neighbors haha.  How did you get involved in all those internships and stuff? I need to start looking at something like that, I've been really lazy about it.

Feb 26 2008 9:51PM
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SHastatahoe
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I know a kid named ethan pickering that goes there.  Maybe you guys know him.
Feb 26 2008 10:42PM
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skithebert
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not in med school, but in my first year in graduate school for cell and molecular biology.
Feb 26 2008 10:48PM
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SHastatahoe
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Where at?
Feb 26 2008 10:50PM
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RudyGarmisch
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I'm sure there are exceptions, but all of the MD's and MPh's I work with have some aspect of their life that is routinely collapsing or in shambles.
Feb 26 2008 11:01PM
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Yauch
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thats only cause they get addicted to making INSANE amounts of money, which is probly fun
Feb 26 2008 11:03PM
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grubix2
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I'm pre-med.  I'm currently a junior at the University of Pittsburgh double majoring in Biology and Anthropology, minor in Chem.  I'm actually taking a year off after i graduate.  I'm taking my MCAT's my senior year and I'm going to continue working in my lab doing independent research during that year between med school.

Right now I work for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism.  I work in a diabetes lab, doing mostly Western Blotting if you're familiar at all with that.  Basically a type of experiment to detect various proteins of interest.  I occasionally do some PCR work.  But I also take care of the mice and rats we use.

This summer I'm living in Peru for 6 weeks volunteering in a hospital.  I'll be doing things like taking vitals, and other simple nurse's aid tasks.  I'll also be certified in phlebotomy by then, so I can take blood samples, and run IV's.  I'm really pumped.  It's going to be an awesome experience.

My grades could be better though.  I'm only at a 3.22.  I need to bring them up to like a 3.4-3.5





Feb 26 2008 11:16PM
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user098123
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With that kind of experience I'm thinking you would be ok. I'm in a similar situation. Like 3.3. I'm counting on a ton of experience/internships to boost me up as well as my strength of schedule (going for BS in Chem.). We'll see though.
Feb 26 2008 11:21PM
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cousinmark
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i was going to make the same exact thread. anyway im 22 and just starting my first year in a bio/chem program and hope to take the MCATS summer 2010. its weird being older though. there are kids in my class who are 5 years younger than me. we should start a pre med cult! anyone down?
Feb 27 2008 7:32AM
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twix_182
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"Oooo Super Mario. Nice name drop."
Feb 27 2008 9:13AM
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skithebert
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haha.  this is funny to say this to a bunch of skiers, but at the University of Texas-Austin.  I am from Colorado and went to CU for undergrad.  I was thinking of going to U of U for grad school but I needed something different and U of U felt like CU too much.  Plus I thought I would never do any work with all the snow there.

I miss the skiing and the mountains definitely but I went home for Christmas and got some days in.  I'm thinking I might slip out for a few days and drive back in march.  Despite what everyone says about Texas, Austin is a great city.
Feb 27 2008 11:37AM
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SHastatahoe
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 A friend of mine is in flightschool there for the air force. 
Feb 27 2008 2:07PM
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cousinmark
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no one for a medical school or pre med cult? it would be kind of cool dont you all think. hw help and what not.
Feb 27 2008 2:20PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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Isn't everyone pre-med for the first couple of years they go to college?
Feb 27 2008 4:46PM
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SHastatahoe
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I'm down for the cult.
Feb 27 2008 5:40PM
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cousinmark
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bump. cult created.
Feb 29 2008 7:21AM
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AltaWest2
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hook me up with a vite
Feb 29 2008 3:29PM
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cousinmark
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any practicing doc's out there? or people just finishing up?
Feb 29 2008 3:52PM
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hendriab
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damn.  i am jelous.  im a kins major, and i was hanging with this orthropedic surgeon at a clinic.  he has next week off so he can go to breck (we live in wis.) to live in his other house and ski for a week.  mad props for becoming a doctor (someday)
Feb 29 2008 4:04PM
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cousinmark
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^is he on ns. if not get him to join! and then tell to join the cult.
Feb 29 2008 4:23PM
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hendriab
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haha hes like 40ish.  ill ask though lol

Feb 29 2008 4:24PM
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user098123
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i guess i'll take an invite
Feb 29 2008 4:59PM
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cousinmark
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one last bump.
Mar 2 2008 9:07AM
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psychkub
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I'm going to bump this thread because I wanted to make one up, but, I'm pre-med at UW. I'm double majoring in Bio specializing in Physiology and Biochem. I will be taking the MCAT in March of 2010 and will be applying to Med School for 2012 admission. I currently work in an ER as a physician Scribe, and have worked in an outpatient mental health clinic in the past dealing with separated families in an effort to try and reunite them through the CPS system. I had my stint in research: worked for 2 years at a clinical lab researching the etiology of schizophrenia through a multi-directional approach. Did mostly social cognitive impairment stuff. Created a research paradigm, but never implemented it, so technically I don't have "independent research". Have all sorts of experience in clinical and non-clinical patient care, so if you have questions let me know.

I'd be interested in the cult, but it looks like that is dead so lets keep this thread alive!
Dec 28 2009 3:27PM
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Elijah.
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Thinking about it. Either pre-med or sticking to the radio business.
Dec 28 2009 3:32PM
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prontocuts.com
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lol neither do engineers (electrical engineering student here)


but respect for bioengineering, I could never do that
Dec 28 2009 3:35PM
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BigJew
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Yep, I'm also an electrical engineering student, but doctors still work way more than engineers. And they have to do the whole grad school thing too. But I'll agree that for the undergrad part engineers work way harder than pre-meds.
Dec 28 2009 3:56PM
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psychkub
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Aside from worrying about academics, what else does an engineer?

Are you aware of all the expectations of a pre-medical student? There is so much more than simply worrying about getting a good GPA, experience is vital to getting accepted. I had a friend graduate from UW with a 3.5 GPA and a solid MCAT score and she didn't get secondaries to any school she applied to because she had NO volunteer, or clinical experience. You are expected to job shadow numerous physicians in different fields, you are expected to work in the clinical field, do research, volunteer and be a part of the community that you intend on changing, merge all that with the rigors of a difficult pre-med coursework, and I think you have something that is comparable if not more intense than an engineering program.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
Dec 28 2009 6:01PM
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neon1peace
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Well I'm a high school senior but I will be heading off to pre-med next year (I'm hoping on Cornell, haven't got any mail back yet). I'm psyched to be going for it, even if it destroys my social life or whatever, I love biology. I did some independent research through my high school's program at Albany Med so I already have some lab experience Woot!
Dec 28 2009 9:26PM
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psychkub
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Well, it's the first week of school and instead of going skiing this weekend, I'm going to stay in and study :-(

I can pretty much kiss my season goodbye


Jan 9 2010 11:09AM
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Clevinger
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Can I have an invite to the cult? Is it still alive?
Jan 9 2010 12:31PM
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superpoluha
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lol sorry rowen, but both my rents are doctors (yea they are rich im not, believe me) and they really do have a life, unlike what most people think
Jan 9 2010 12:33PM
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*rkp*
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"Pre-Med" is an amusing term. There isn't actually "pre-med" that you take in university (though you can have a medical concentration in a science degree). I find that it is more so a pretentious title used by science students to conceal their insecurities about the odds of gaining admission into med school (or to simple state the fact that they "are going to be a doctor").

You aren't actually in Medical school until you've been accepted. If you're in an undergrad, don't designate yourself as "pre-med". It's embarrassing.

Sorry if I've offended anyone btw.
Jan 9 2010 12:57PM
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vincepru
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thank you.

whenever people ask me what im going to school for. i just reply "im going to work on tits"
Jan 9 2010 1:42PM
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no_steeze
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i guess the apple fell very very far from the tree
Jan 9 2010 1:49PM
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Black-Bandanna
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ZING!!
Jan 9 2010 2:06PM
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-Dan
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I'll take an invite to the cult please. I'm an Athletic Training Major at UVM, and hoping to get to med school. Anything that I could read would be helpful I'm sure.
Jan 9 2010 5:39PM
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superpoluha
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i have no valid comebacks, well played sir, well played
Jan 9 2010 5:58PM
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steveys
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Uhhh, a anesthisiologist is like even with a dentist!! 
Jan 9 2010 9:08PM
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antwone
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oh wow what a nice comment your so cool and hip
Jan 9 2010 9:10PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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I want to do pre-med when I go to college this year, and then end up in some with infectious disease or viruses or something.
Jan 9 2010 9:18PM
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Slinger1x1
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both my brothers were sigma chis!!!

im in ap chem right now as a junior in highschool. i actually love chem and im good at math, but i dont think pre-med is what i wanna do. I cant imagine being in school for that long or killing myself over work. My parents want me to be a dentist or something, but i donno if it will happen. i've been thinking about material or chemical engineering.

but the thing is, i am more interested in being a lawyer or something around there, but i hate English and history classes and all that. im kinda stuck.

also, when i think of my future, i think of my life outside my job. i could be the working man who is a lawyer with an interesting life all around, or the material engineer who works in lab in the middle of no where. i mean its probably not like that, but it just seems that way.
Jan 9 2010 9:55PM
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