<p>Hey hey!
so...i'm in too :-D and i'm REALLY excited about prog weekend...but i was wondering...how does it work out for people who have prior engagements? i did have plans that i can cancel...but...:-\
anyway...who's all definitely goin for this program?
for those of u who are deff going, are you doing the 6-year?
and when are you planning on sending back ur info? (should that stuff be sent asap?)</p>
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<p>hey hey....fobida! ;-)
I knew it would be only a little time until you started using this site too! lol.<br>
Yea...I would also like to know...who's doing the 7 year program? (cuz I am)</p>
<p>If I choose penn st.. I will definitely pick the 7 year option.</p>
<p>SHOOT! im coming in on the 9th</p>
<p>Hey, just wondering. I'm a junior looking at some undergrad/md programs to apply to next year. What are your stats for all you who got accepted? (Congrats on that!)</p>
<p>Was I supposed to get an e-mail about Prog weekend?</p>
<p>no, you'll get a letter by mail soon though</p>
<p>hey mlee,
don't worry bout the stats so much! my sats were 1450, prolly like the lowest of anyone admitted, and i didn't even take sat IIs until it was too late to submit my scores...i dont even remember what i got...haha
but i did go to the pa gov school of health care...and i play tennis and i love crafts and singing and dancing...and i LOVE medicine
i think there's a post from waternoodles on like the first page of these posts...where she gives her stats but makes a huge point...do whatever your passionate about so u can do it well
i'm really passionate about medicine...making a difference in people's lives thru medicine is a huge deal for me, i mean...i enjoy doing stuff for fun...i'm not a TOTAL geek...but i don't do anything i'm not gonna put forth full effort for...i.e. i used to play the violin but because i was dissatisfied about how much i sucked, i dropped it, and i didn't list it as an activity on my resumes because i felt like that would be cheating, even if playing an instrument like the violin may seem impressive...instead, i listed stupid stuff like babysitting, that i enjoy doing...
anyway...that's my ramble for the day...good luck to you!
btw, i'm deff doing the six-year track...anyone else interested in that?</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip Fobida. I'll keep that in mind. Good luck to you at psu/jefferson!</p>
<p>f i were to graduate from the psu/ jefferson med 6 year program and get my md at the age of 24, i know i would have to do residency and such but around what age would i be able to truly start practicing medicine?? about 30?
how long is the residency and whats after it? thanks much</p>
<p>okk im very annoyed right now...i just spend a good few minutes writing a reply and it didn't work...well, here goes again:
basically, i'm not sure about all of this but goin by experience, (my sister and her husband both went thru the jeff program) after med school comes a four year residency, and then if you wanna specialize, you do a fellowship...
the length of ur "education" really depends on what field ur lookin at...cuz my sister's doin her residency in radiation oncology and i think she can start "working" when she's done with that...whereas my bro-in-law is doin interventional radiology, and he has to do a fellowship for that...4 or 5 year...i forget exactly...:-\
but anyway, ivybound, are you a junior or a senior?</p>
<p>ya they way it works is a residency is typically three years; if you do an internal medicine residency u start a residency right after med skool for 3 years and thats basically becoming a general physician; from that you can specialize in many different fields branching off of an IM residency such as cardiology, g.i., and what not, this specialization is called a fellowship and i think can range form liek 2/3 years to liek 4/5 years depending on the specialization technically u could start practicing after ur residency; for other residencies besides internal medicine; its 4 years - one called a prelim/transistional year in where u work at some hospital - and then the next 3 years u work at the residency u matched with for 3 years in fields such as neurology, or anesthesia so on and so forth. for these fields u can specialize as well but more indepth like for anesthesia u can do like pain managment or osmethign and that too is called a fellowship and can take up to 2/3 to 4/5 years. u can also start practicing after ur residency. so its all up to you for when u want to start practicing medicine. thats the basic outline of it and this is what i gathered from my members in my family</p>
<p>wow thanks a lot guys...so i guess that means to become a cardiologist or smtg it would take me about anywhere from 6-8 or so more years after getting my medical degree....WOW lol
thats where all the real training happens tho and eveyrhting you know is actually put to use and really learned i guess
im a junior....and i dont think my name matches me that mcuh anymore but what i used to be when i first started cc anyway thanks</p>
<p>haha...no prob kiddo...
you've got a long road ahead of you...actually...so do i haha
anyway, good luck! and think about it, you save 2 years' tuition, you start earning 2 years earlier, and you have more time to be successful...in addition to the fact that you're respected wherever you go...i mean really, who's not gonna be impressed by a 24 year old doctor standing next to one who's 26 and equally qualified?
:-D</p>
<p>hey waternoodles!
i'm currently a junior and i'm thinking about applying to these programs. anyway, i just wanted to thank you for all the info you posted. you are too kind. you're exactly the kind of person i'd want my doc to be like! lol</p>
<p>ps. do you know shiv from new jersey?</p>
<p>hey for those of u considering psu, did u realize that they are plannign to make changes in early 2007 to the mcat; supposedly chagnes that will shorten the test and the time it takes to get results, increase frequency, and make it all computerized (i took a computerized SAT one time and it was awesome, half the time and so much comfort) this change directly affects us as psu/jeff 6 year students because im guessing we take the old one in august of soph year and new one in april!; other program students will automatically have to take this new Mcat...something to think about</p>
<p>Is this good or bad for us in the accelerated medical program?</p>
<p>well for 6 year program jeff students it matters b/c we have to take an old one and a new one if we want to utilize the full 2 or 3 chances that we are given, but that is the only negative that is shown so far from the new mcat's otherwise its much better especially since 3 to 4 hours is cut down and its like only 1 or 2 hrs more than the new SAT; if u don't write well or perform well on a computer and love paper and pencil then that will hurt u but who is liek that anyway?</p>
<p>So then....it's good news for us 7 years? :-)</p>
<p>waht were ur extra currics for those accepted? thanks</p>