med school
Dr Atul Gawande- Physician, Writer, Role Model
Last year I attended a lecture by Dr Atul Gawande, a physician with several best selling books (Complications, Better and most recently The Checklist Manifesto) who came into prominence due to an article he wrote in June 2009 for the New Yorker called The Cost Conundrum. It is well worth your time to read it.
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Med School Update, Home Sweet Home Edition
It has been a busy past few months! After traveling in Peru for nearly three months I’m now back in the states enjoying the beautiful northwest summer. The transition back has been smooth, save for a minor illness (which thankfully was not some strange tropical disease).
Now I’m in full preparing for med school mode. Right [...]
My First Deposit to Medical School
I just put down my first deposit for medical school. $1000 to hold my place at my top choice so far.
One thing I didn’t realize about osteopathic medical schools is that they have early and expensive deposits. They want deposits 2-3 weeks after you are accepted.
This was tough to do, but I didn’t [...]
How Many Applicants Get Into Medical School? 2009 Data Released
The AAMC recently released applicant and enrollment data for 2009.
What are your chances of getting into medical school just based on the numbers? About 43.5% based on the 2009 data. The ratio was also 43.5% in 2008.
While the number of slots in schools have increased slightly, so have the number have applicants thus the constant ratio.
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Bad mood
I woke up today in a bad mood.
The alarm went off at 5:20. It was dark out. I didn’t have time to eat breakfast or get coffee. I crawled onto my bike and had to rush to work to make it for a 6:30 shift.
Along the way I thought about the traffic ticket I had gotten [...]
