<p>Oh. And as to hg’s Civic. My D gave up a new ride to go OOS. She’ll still be driving her bright yellow Xterra she’s had since age 16. Hey. I put a new headliner and cheap seatcovers, an ipod friendly stereo and new speakers in it. Where’s she gonna go, anyway? The whole dang state is smaller than many of our counties. ;)</p>
<p>Internal medicine is a three year residency, often followed by a fellowship (often 2-3 years). Quite a few “specialties” as we think of them are like this. For example, cardiology comes off of an internal medicine residency. Trauma surgery comes off of a general surgery residency. Etc.</p>
<p>Yeah. That’s clear as mud because I don’t even understand the classifications- residency? fellowship? specialty? (Jeez. Do y’all ever finish this process of applying?) Let’s see…hmmmmm…I think I’m gonna punt. Too many variables for my pea-sized brain. ;)</p>
<p>There are to me, only two questions left worth asking…</p>
<p>at what point can she prescribe me “weekend medications”? </p>
<p>when can I quit my job and move into the doctor condo? (I’m thinking “mountains”. Mom’s thinking “beach”. D’s thinking “witness protection program”. ;))</p>
<p>After her first year of whatever residency she wants to do. =)</p>
<p>And that depends on what she decides to do. Neurosurgeons make something like $500K, but they have seven years of residency and almost always two years of fellowship plus a research year during medical school. So that would be 14 years from now, or roughly age 36.</p>
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I’ll be long dead. When y’all talk next, encourage something waay shorter.</p>
<p>not to burst your bubble curm but here is a ‘conversation’ I had with MY parents last week(they are in their 80’s):</p>
<p>hubbellsdad: ‘happy birthday, dad’
hubbellsgrandpa: ‘God, I am getting old’
hubbellsgrandma: ‘he is beyond old, if you ask me’
hubbellsgrandpa: ‘no one asked you’; so, hubbellsdad-when am I getting the ‘weekend medications’ and moving into one of my 4 sons vacations homes?’
hubbellsdad: 'funny you should ask, we were all recently discussing what kind of ‘HOME’ to put you in
hubbellsgrandpa: request rescinded;</p>
<p>Yeah. Yeah. You un-grateful “kids”. 
We sweat and we slave <sniff> . The least you can do for us is prescribe something for Friday and Saturday night, maybe get us into some fun drug trials. Is that really asking too much? Really? Maybe, if y’all are worried about the “ethics”, you could just “accidentally” leave a signed script pad around every now and again.</sniff></p>
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But the picture on the website looks so young. You can’t be a day over 30.</p>
<p>And very tan. It was my good side. And heavily air-brushed.</p>
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Many who lives in that cozy city would consider the whole New England area as their backyard. DS went as far north as the middle of NH at one time. And there is always New York City which is a magnet for many fun-loving youngsters. The first time DS was in NYC, all he could say was “wow!” I think he went to NYC twice last year (to hear the opera, I think. Hmmm…Were there any gals that went with these guys? I would never know!)</p>
<p>Parking could be a pain in that small city, so most college kids rely on their legs, but your D is not a college kid anymore so she deserves the wheels. One California kid who drives his little car across the country every beginning of a semester needs to park his car far north near the science hill. This is because this is the only parking space he could afford.</p>
<p>Just got an interview invite from my top choice school! Very excited! It is still a long, hard road from here, but I can know that there were no glaring problems with my primary or LORs. Phew!</p>
<p>Thanks mcat2 and curm for the info about interviews!.. And congrats lollybo on your first invite !!! - I am giving my school one more week and I am showing up at the Health Careers Department!</p>
<p>Congrats, lollybo! I know you (as well as MyOpinion, I believe) should not have any problem! (This is because the CCers here tend to be from a pool of “above average” applicants – but not as neurotic as SDNers.)</p>
<p>I heard the only interview dates for DS to choose from are either toward the end of october or in the first half of November. So, it is more than two months (almost 3 months) away.</p>
<p>Is it normal for the interview date to be scheduled 2-3 months later than the invite date? Or, is it because DS applied later than many other candidates for that school did so he can only get a “late” time slot, or the first batch of intervew slots are reserved for those who walk on the water (like curm’s D as she appears to get one of the very first interview dates :))?</p>
<p>When is the first interview date for a school typically? I know texas ones are super early – Some TX interviews could be held early August. How about a typical AMCAS school? Start in the beginning of September?</p>
<p>Congrats, lollybo! </p>
<p>mcat2, Congrats to your S.!</p>
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…Good job!</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS LOLLY and good luck! <em>opens new tab to check the kristin5792 AMCAS to see if it’s been verified yet</em></p>
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<p>It’s dependent what career path she chooses, then hoping she doesn’t marry another doc with huge debt, and she doesn’t have a baby so she works half time before retiring her debts.</p>
<p>Question re: AMCAS verification–</p>
<p>Sent in my AMCAS on 7/7. All transcripts were received by 7/20 (grrr community college english credit!). Still awaiting verification on 8/11. It’s “only” been 3 weeks–how much longer til I start to wonder? Any insight?</p>
<p>SDN has a pretty comprehensive verification thread- but if I can recall AMCAS can be pretty darn slow when it is all backed up around the “hot spot”. I submitted in early June so it didn’t take long to verify.</p>