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2-3 years of 4.0 (or close) would definitely look impressive after initial poor grades, but due to the amount of applicants if you are below the schools cut off more than likely you will not be...

I agree that Zanki is huge for Step 1, but I disagree with starting the first 2-3 months of med school in a foundations curriculum. Material is too scattered and cherry picking decks such as "basic"...

Although Zanki is Life, don't start that early unless your school goes straight into organ blocks, you will gain so little from cards

Just my 2 cents as an MS4 who has worked a lot with students applying. Sorry if this is unsolicited

You have enough EC's, volunteering, and shadowing (maybe you can do a little more shadowing to...

For the shelf: (Got 99th percentile on it)
1) UW Psych
2) FA for Psych (there is a good anki deck on it from Reddit)
3) NBME practice exams
4) Sketchy all psych drugs

For the clinical aspects...

You can do it bruh, I took both 2 months ago.

CS is actually relatively chill once you start getting into the swing of things on actual test day. Just practice your timing several times for both...

If its a poster you may talk to like 5-20 people that come by, most one on one, but some like one on three. If its an oral presentation it depends what tier you are accepted to (the higher tiers...

From my understanding, if it gets the final approval it will be for med students that are starting the following year so as to not screw over current MS1 gunners that are on third pass of FA already....

Congrats on PGY3/6, PM'd

I know some friends that did not do research who are applying Medicine/EM. The friend who is doing Medicine was encouraged strongly to get involved in research if he wants to match to a top 15...

MS3 (soon to be 4) applying to plastics this upcoming cycle. Any plastic residents/attendings here?

I had to sit out 3 months for a shoulder injury, and I didn't really get that much smaller or lose significant strength, so if that's stressing you a lot don't worry about it too much! It's more...

Hyperextensions work pretty good at hitting your lower back

But listen to your body and progress slow, if you feel like 135 deadlift is fine on your back and is making you feel better go for it....

Can you provide an image showing where it hurts on your shoulder and what motions aggravate it?

Seems like you answered your own question in the start of your post! Fix your flexibility issues in your shoulder and make sure each area is strengthened equally.

The shoulder is a complicated...

Get off the weights until you get it checked out, just focus on stretching. Make sure to stretch your hip flexors.

What makes you think you have a torn meniscus? What did you do?

Sounds more like an impingement or labrum. Where does the pain present on your shoulder?

I'm just a med student, but my advice is to take 2 weeks off full rest and ice 3x per day for about 15...

Look up the TEDtalk how to have a better conversation by Celeste Headlee. You just need to practice, start easy and keep making it more challenging.

I used to be a pretty nervous (still am a...

Incoming MS1 checking. Moving all my stuff to my apartment tmrw and I'm overly excited for school to start, hopefully that excitement remains.

Wish I could know if some of y'all are in my med...

I have this same thing. Hurts in my right elbow when I do type of extension over my head when my elbow is prone.

I went to the doc and got an x Ray and he said it's probably just a strain. I...