RFK (mailorder) MD and Psuedoscience Performative Theatre
Everything is…not OK. Everything doctors work for, including public health infrastructure, is now in the gutter. In the name of Pseudoscience.
Specialty Competition and Residency Strategizing
Life comes at you fast. You’ll eventually have to decide what type of doctor you wanna be. Well, specialty competition is a hellscape and you are strapped on a fast moving medschool car watching the chaos. What to do?
Can I get a litre of COLA
COLA (cost of living) vs PGY1 salaries: who wins? You guessed it, stuff is just more expensive and even subsidies from residencies aren’t enough to cover you just existing in the said city. As my cousin found out…
Gross!….Anatomy
Pretty early in MS1 we all get to get our hands into…a dead body. Gross Anatomy is exactly how it sounds.
Delayed gratification….F that
Is it always best to pay off debt as fast as possible? Nope. You gotta live life. Spending $10K more having fun, taking vacations, raising kids > losing out on life in younger age.
We need to talk.
Premed hypercompetitivonia continues even in P/F schools. Why? follow the process and be a doc.
Heart Failure.
Fresh off of Reddit fame, where after helping a few folks decide how medicine may not be worth it…I go on a date!
To be a Doctor. Is it worth it? A Financial Analysis
Is it worth being a doctor? If so at what cost? We are now approaching debt levels that may not make it worth it. But you decide for yourself…objectively, using math.
IYKYK: Student Loan Repayment Plans and Calculator
Student loan repayment calculator you always wanted, but couldn’t find (or make it yourself).
Is Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) always good? No
You choose death by a thousand cuts? both choices kinda suck. Which debt option is less sucky? lets do some analysis between PSLF or higher paying job.
My Personal Medical School Personal Statement.
Med schools crave it, premeds hate it. The lovely Medical school personal statement.
A Hero in all of us
Med school is fun and games, but once you git good, you deal with the big bad boy: insurance. I used my medical school debt to donate money. I'm smart.
The Great Academic Arms Race - rise of MCAT and GPA
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's…rising GPA and MCAT scores over the years, leaving premeds in the dust.