OT: Happy Match Day MGoDocs!!!
March 17th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
I remember how nervous I was three years ago today. The key thing to remember is that you're going to be FINE regardless of where you end up. Congratulations on the next step in an arduous, rewarding journey!
March 17th, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
The enormity of Match Day cannot be overstated. Where you will be for the next 3-7 years of your life is about to be announced. Both of my sons are doing their residencies at Michigan, which fortunately for them was their first choice. The anxiety before that envelope gets opened is off the charts.
Congrats to all of the soon to be PG-1's.
March 17th, 2017 at 10:41 AM ^
but this morning I paired 2% milk with Cinnamon toast crunch.
March 17th, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^
March 17th, 2017 at 11:36 AM ^
March 17th, 2017 at 10:54 AM ^
Backdoor brag here:
Any new oncology docs in the Boston are will possibly get to work on the clincial trial for my new chemotherpy drug in the next year or three.
Good luck to everyone today.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:13 AM ^
March 17th, 2017 at 11:33 AM ^
I'm in pharmacy school at the moment. If you don't mind me asking, what areas of research are you involved with mainly in oncology? I ask only because I am possibly interested in specializing depending on how rotations go. Thanks in advance.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:43 AM ^
March 17th, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
My main research area is targeted drug delievery. That and immunotherapy, seem to be two of the hottest research areas right now. I guess if you want to choose one or the other to study, I would consider how much you like biology (immunotherapy) vs chemsitry (delievery). Though they will overlap a lot in many cases.
M Go Cue, can you email me at my gmail address : Peeeeeeeete .
I have a few questions about the financial end if you are willing to answer them.
March 17th, 2017 at 12:16 PM ^
Short answer is maybe. We haven't set up all of the clinical sites yet.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:07 AM ^
March 17th, 2017 at 11:17 AM ^
Two of my best friends became surgeons and they love it.
We were all in the Chemical Engineering program together. I toyed with the idea of medical school and, even knowing what they are making now as surgeons (colorectal and vascular), I wouldn't have taken that path. It was just brutal sometimes. 105 hour weeks. Ugh.
All the respect in the world to those of you who gave up 15 years of free time to follow your passion.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:55 AM ^
March 17th, 2017 at 11:20 AM ^
March 17th, 2017 at 11:31 AM ^
After going through Match Day with my wife, I feel that Match Day can be very brutal. The idea that you and your significant other discover a life altering change to you in front of others is kinda brutal. I remember seeing some break down bc they didn't get a choice or got stranded somewhere you didn't really want to go, all the while being surrounded by others who couldn't be happier...
March 17th, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
March 17th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
Sounds like an inevitable reality show that will arrive within a couple years.
MATCH DAY - will Lucy get her dream residency?!
March 17th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
It is a nutso process really. Hopefully you were lucky to be able to try and couples match. The most brutal situations I witnessed were enganged friends going into fields that didn't line up, one of them was early match so they couldn't match together. They had to apply to large cities and hope for the best, only to be assigned to residencies about 800 miles apart.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
I checked online while @ SXSW, already a bit tipsy.
Good times
Good luck to the future PGY1s!
March 17th, 2017 at 11:37 AM ^
I've seen both scenarios happen to friends, where they get to go exactly where they wanted (even managing to stay local as they wanted, in one case) and getting sent to what seems like the farthest known reach of civilization. Wishing everyone about to get matched the best today.
Good luck to our rather generous supply of medical professionals in the MGoCommunity.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:40 AM ^
Get a job, hippies!
Kidding--good luck to everyone.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^
Congrats! I still remember the day I got into UMich Law thirteen years ago; there's nothing like that feeling of relief and accomplishment after so many years of hard work.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
Asking for a friend
Have your friend amputate his penis.
Trust me I'm a doctor (on the internet, and maybe in real life?)
Maybe good luck isn't the right phrase, since you found out a few hours ago, but hope everyone got their dream matches!
I still get nervous thinking back to match day. I teach a lecture on the matching algorithm used (which won the Nobel Prize in Economics), so I always include a picture one of Michigan's photographers got of my wife opening her envelope. You can't really tell in the picture, but my wife, who can handle any situation calmly, had to brace herself against a wall to stop the nervous shaking when she opened it.
It later won the Noble prize for avoiding anti-trust lawsuits.
March 17th, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
March 18th, 2017 at 12:15 AM ^
My face and your ass. How bout that friend? I mean your ass and my face, what's up?
Seriously, congrats and good luck. Seems like forever ago. (Because it was)