Guest moo Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 Wohoo!!!!!!! time to party I'm officially an M2!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 Congrats! Take some time off this summer before going back to the the second half of your "M"! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 I thought you got the whole M in first year? Second year is all about the period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 What period? You're getting greedy... Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 Nuts. So all I'm getting this year is the rest of the M? But I already thought I had that! I've thought I've had the M for so long that now I'm taking it for granted. Besides, I'm sick of just having the M. I want the D for a change. Ian. . . do you want to trade your D for a second M? Then you can be M and M. . . you know, eminem! Then Moo, you could take your half M, turn it upside down to make a V. Add my D and you get. . . I've been studying too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UofCMeds2005 Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 I guess I am now an M2 now too. Funny it does not feel like. Oh ya, that's b/c I am still in class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest therealcrackers Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 First year was all about the period---because you still don't know anything, period. Second year, you get the M, for all the Mega-cramming you have to do. Third year is another period---of heavy learning, scutpuppy work, lo mein on the totem pole, etc during clerkship. What's the difference between purgatory and hell? Purgatory is only temporary. Then fourth year, ah fourth year; since at Western it's electives and transition periods, you could say you do D*** all, or that you're Developing a bedside manner and the tools of the trade, so that's when D acquisition takes place. Congratulations to all those who are already done! Mumble a prayer to the deity of your choice into the beverage of your choice, then hoist it high, for those of us still buried in three feet of notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mying Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 Ooh, I think therealcrackers's explanation makes the most sense. Why? Because it's so delightfully a**-backward. You get the dot before the M etc. Somedays, some too many days, that's *exactly* what medical school is, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 Too bad the a**-backwards isn't get the MD first, do some moonlighting to pay the $100k, learn everything the same way they learn stuff in the Matrix (huah! I know cardiac auscultation!), skip the exams entirely. How does that sound? UWOMED2005, .M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UofCMeds2005 Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 So, I am just a dot eh? I guess it is better than not dot at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest medicator007 Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 This truly is a funny discussion.... 1/2 M, dot, no-dot, 1/2 dot :lol Simple solution might be for all schools to give out the double degree, MDCM... So for us at McGill we simply get one letter a year... no debate, no half letters and never being equated with punctuation marks :rollin Though i suppose for the three year programs that might not work as well :rolleyes Perhaps there really is no solution? Medicator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest McMastergirl Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 Speaking of 3 year programs, I often have trouble describing to others what year I'm in at McMaster. Am I in second year, because I started in 2001? Am I in 3rd year, because I graduate in 2004? Or because I'm halfway through the program (and clerkship) right now? Any suggestions??? :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest therealcrackers Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 How about a middle year medical student? You're not in your first year, and you're not in your final year... that's a happy medium, perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 I'm telling people I'm in 3rd year as of Saturday (of course if I've failed exams I'll be wrong, but I digress). Since you're less than a year from grad, I'd go with 3rd year. So I guess that makes you an Ml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UofCMeds2005 Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 Apparently, I am in second year now as classes have ended. But, they don't start again until August - March. Then March I will be in 3rd year even through the third years are still here and it has only been 9mths or so since I started second year. You are right it is confusing. You should have seen my preceptors face when he intro me as a frist year and I corrected him. "Last week you told me you were in first year" - I replied "I was ...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 So, as U of C is only a 3 year program. . . sounds like you guys have earned your 'N's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest therealcrackers Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Now we're sorta floating about, between lunch, parties and sleep... because WE'RE DONE SECOND YEAR!!!! :eek WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We now return to a wonderfully unscheduled nap... :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UofCMeds2005 Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 Something like that uwomed2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 Yeah, we got the M, even the M. depending on how you look at it. So much for being "done" though. I get to wake up at 5:40am tomorrow morning to drive to get to my summer elective on time as I got to make 8:00am rounds and it's a rural elective, meaning a long commute. No rest for the wicked. . . or the med student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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