If you're a rural applicant the combo score drops to 1.55 and my wife and I live 20 minutes away from a "rural" area which we have dreams of moving to in a decades time.... its not feasible to move now tho and you need to live rural foe 5 years for it to count. So close but so far!
― H.P, Sunday, 18 February 2024 00:40 (two months ago) link
I'm taking the other route, where you do any undergraduate (literally any, I did a bachelor of philosophy/bachelor of theology) and then take this ridiculous gamsat test.
that's roughly the process here in the US as well. I was an English major and did ultimately have to go back for some post-baccalaureate classes in order to qualify for admission
i love...parts of my job. the US healthcare system is pretty busted and that can lead to a lot of indirect moral injury if you're not careful (eg my clinic is so short-staffed, and my patient panel so large, that there have been times that the soonest follow-up appointment I can get someone is months out. this is Not Great for when someone is in crisis). but ultimately very rewarding, yes. do i sometimes think that i should have been an electrician? also yes
― gbx, Monday, 19 February 2024 16:16 (two months ago) link
Combine careers. Go into surgeries in a jumpsuit and explain loudly why the previous electrician really fucked up the cables and didn't know what they were doing as you blare loud music of some sort from your iPhone, all while the surgical team are anxiously waiting for you to fix the issue with the essential piece of equipment for the ten-hour procedure that stopped working halfway through.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 February 2024 16:21 (two months ago) link
hmmmm yknow maybe not
― gbx, Monday, 19 February 2024 16:31 (two months ago) link
Lol Ned. Sorry to hear about that. The US healthcare system does give me the heebie jeebies but glad to know there's doctors that care working in it
― H.P, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 00:11 (two months ago) link
Test finished, now the painful 2 month wait for results......
― H.P, Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:54 (one month ago) link
good luck! these exams, and the wait for the results, are always excruciating. and if it’s anything like the US, there will be another 2-3 tests with similar stakes. it does get better eventually!
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 March 2024 10:44 (one month ago) link
Thank you! I have no patience so these two months will be painful. Just this one and then an interview and we get into med school! Obviously that's where it REALLY begins. You're Dr.'ing? Or just in the know?
― H.P, Saturday, 23 March 2024 12:24 (one month ago) link
I am doctoring!
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 March 2024 12:29 (one month ago) link