<p>Hmmmmm, Dd did not work in food service, but she went to Berkeley, so tons of experience dealing with crazies, both the homeless and the fellow students ;)</p>
<p>* “The most complete medical student I have seen in years.” Dang. Hope that gets sent along*</p>
<p>Wow…congrats!!!</p>
<p>GA2012…hope your D’s recovery is quick and complete.</p>
<p>My son worked in a Mexican restaurant for 3 years. :)</p>
<p>We have a Step 1 score! D1 is thrilled. She’s good to go in whatever specialty her little heart desires.</p>
<p>Woohoo, happy dance WOWM! GREAT NEWS!</p>
<p>Very nice! Another hurdle cleared.</p>
<p>^Consider me the most jealous I have ever been on any forum ever! Congrats to her :)</p>
<p>I have some fun news to share!</p>
<p>1) passed all exams this most recent block
2) got clerkship schedules today, very happy with mine
3) doing some rotations in a rural part of my state (no other students, residents, fellows, etc at my rural hosp–just me and the attendings!)
4) doing one rotation at home, likely working with my (former) pediatrician–which is exciting!</p>
<p>So happy that things are moving along. Boy am I sick of classrooms and boards studying. Blahhh</p>
<p>Congrats, and your rotations sound perfect for you!</p>
<p>Heard a new word mentioned during very long phone call with D1 today: orthopedics.</p>
<p>^ I think the bonesettersmom userid might be available…</p>
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<p>Nice, makes me think of Kristen’s dolla, dolla bills minus the looking up…well you know what. :)</p>
<p>Good news, Kristen! DD, so far, has really enjoyed the rotations in the smaller hospitals where she is much more hands on.</p>
<p>This week’s good news is that the IM specialist told her she is “to smart to be a surgeon” which she is taking as a compliement, sort of. She has been amused at the stereotypical sniping between specialties.</p>
<p>^LOL. The urologists who were talking with us the other day said they’re “cognitive surgeons–meaning we can think about stuff too!”</p>
<p>Might run that idea by your budding surgeon daughters, curm and WOWMom. Apparently female urologists are even more highly sought after than female GI docs. (Only basing this off what some uros told me recently…)</p>
<p>Hmmm… D1 has been talking about practicing ortho in Durango or Grand Junction or Glenwood Springs or Taos. Maybe I should tell her to do urology so she can live in Trinidad, CO. (Sex change capital of the US.)</p>
<p>@ somemom, this reminds me of old hoary joke that a urologist friend told. I can’t remember all of it, but basically there are 3 docs in an elevator and the door opens & closes too fast to exit. One doc sticks his leg in the doors to open it because he’s a radiologist and can sit all day. The second sticks his hands in the door because he’s a psychiatrist and never touches anything. The third doc is a surgeon; he sticks his head in the door because he never needs to think.</p>
<p>BTW, kristin, D1 is going to go talk with the above-referenced urologist. I’m sure he’ll try to recruit her…</p>
<p>Urology? My kid didn’t like it when I called Gastroenterology “guts and butts”. She’ll probably hate my urology description. ;)</p>
<p>Well…my hard-headed young’un is gonna do it her way. Imagine that. lol She has decided to do her research year with her surgery mentor (a thoracic surgeon who is “vertically integrated” in cancer research. He resects then experiments on the resected tissue…I think) even though it does not appear to directly relate to gastroenterology. His projects need to be “written up”. She loves the lab. Loves him. Knows the field. Knows the equipment. Says she can get in some esophageal “stuff” so…I guess that is “guts”. </p>
<p>It feels right, she’ll have a fun year, so she’s gonna do it.</p>
<p>In other news, third year clerkship grades will not be her downfall in the match. :)</p>
<p>Grats to all with good news. </p>
<p>WOWMM- Nice on the new word from D1. 'grats to her.</p>
<p>Way to go Kristen! You are rocking it girl, as we all knew you would.</p>
<p>Curm, that young’un of yours is definitely having it “her way”. I don’t think there is any surprise.</p>
<p>When applying for residencies, what are the considerations?</p>
<p>In another thread, a person posted that a student shouldn’t start at a CC because residency programs will look at that negatively. While we could argue that med schools might do so during the app process, do residency applications ask for undergrad transcripts, MCAT scores, etc? </p>
<p>I thought residency apps just involved what you did in med school…performance, USMLE, LORs, research, etc. I had never heard that they want a detailed list of what you did in undergrad…grades, ECs, etc, while in undergrad. </p>
<p>So, what I’m saying is…if you went to a Calif CC and then to UCLA, and then you went to med school, did excellent there, would a residency reject you over another applicant because you went to a CC first? That sounds insane.</p>
<p>Also, the question involved the competitve types of residencies.</p>
<p>^ I dont think they will come out and say they rejected you because you went to CC but they may hold an opinion that you might not be good enough. There are several doctors who post around here saying they do not like to accept people in residency that have not done full 4 year college or OTOH, have followed 6-7 year programs because they don’t believe the students have matured. It does not mean that those kids are not getting residencies but there is some sort of unofficial blacklisting at the top end residency programs.</p>
<p>The match has been done for the year. It would be a good idea to check where the students matched at the colleges your son is considering to see whether they meet your standards.</p>
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<p>? My question has nothing to do with my son’s future. My child never attended a CC. He went to a flagship for all 4 years. I was just asking based on another person’s post. I was just wondering.</p>
<p>I still think it would be weird to look at the first 2 years of undergrad at a CC for residency consideration. And, what about MCAT scores? ARe those looked at as well for residency consideration? That, too, would seem odd.</p>