rmorelan Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Unrelated newbie question: What does sGPA stand for? Science GPA? I'm just calculating my chances in US Medical Schools (purely out of curiosity) with this spreadsheet on SDN. hehehe no one with almost 400 posts can be called a newbie, It is my understanding that yes sGPA is your science gpa. Often computed for U.S. schools. I wonder if that really give anymore information than a standard cGPA? Guess is blocks out some potential "bird courses" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Ahhhh, so I took my car to the body shop today...estimate was $1070. I had damage to both bumpers, but told them to fix up only the rear one, because otherwise they couldn't fix the tail light. The front bumper was just cosmetic damage. They did an estimate on it for me and said it was gonna be another $1,000, so I told them not to do it, since it's too much cash for something purely esthetic. Anyway, drop off my car, hang around town for like 5 hours (it was near my job), come back to pick it up....first thing I see - my FRONT bumper's fixed! :facepalm: Total!? $2070! He FORGOT that I had told him to ONLY order and put in the rear bumper! And when I spoke to him last week, he said "the bumper is here" - not bumperS! I thought I was gonna die....I ended up paying $1,200 and they gave me an interest-free account without a deadline to pay the rest, which is not too bad, but it's like, last thing I need is MORE debt right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewfieMike Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I would've argued it. They didn't give you what they agreed to fix... like if you walked in and they had Xzibit do a number on your car and say you owe them like 15k, that wouldn't be very fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I would've argued it. They didn't give you what they agreed to fix... like if you walked in and they had Xzibit do a number on your car and say you owe them like 15k, that wouldn't be very fair I thought about arguing, but there was never anything in writing re: what he told me and what I told him, he just had copies of the 2 estimates and I had a copy of the one that I had told him to proceed with back in Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smile Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I thought about arguing, but there was never anything in writing re: what he told me and what I told him, he just had copies of the 2 estimates and I had a copy of the one that I had told him to proceed with back in Feb. Chances are you didn't sign for the extra repairs. I would refuse to pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Chances are you didn't sign for the extra repairs. I would refuse to pay! I didn't sign anything, actually (not for the ones I wanted, either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMmd Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 omg avanir has been spotted on p101! she is not dead, or jailed for being a terrorist!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 WTF...+20 and sunny yesterday, and now -1 and wet snow...blarg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Unrelated newbie question: What does sGPA stand for? Science GPA? I'm just calculating my chances in US Medical Schools (purely out of curiosity) with this spreadsheet on SDN. That spreadsheet needs to be stickied on the US forums here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Oh good god! Just got a call from Toyota about my car, they have a couple of things that need to be fixed, so they quoted me $500 (the original was $235). I told them my wallet isn't bottomless and it will have to wait till later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryann Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Hmm..Jochi, economy is not doing well..maybe they are looking for business..cars are not selling, but people always need repairs...buyer /customer beware, you need to find someone who is in the "know" for auto repairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryann Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Sources: Craigslist suspect kept victims' underwear as mementos April 22, 2009 12:13 PM Email| Comments (91)| Text size – + By Maria Cramer and Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff Police searching the Quincy apartment of Philip Markoff found underwear from two of the victims in the Craigslist attacks and a handgun hidden in a hollowed-out copy of the medical textbook Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation." THIS IS FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE NEWSPAPER... still creeping me... I think Law said they we all probably meet people with criminal backgrounds and do not know...never thought of that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 I think Law said they we all probably meet people with criminal backgrounds and do not know...never thought of that.. We had a convicted rapist come and lecture on our campus once...the kicker was that his victim had been our student years prior! No one bothered to check his criminal record before inviting him to speak....moreover, he had "greatly exaggerated" his degree of involvement into what he was lecturing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Just got a message on MSN from one of my good friends: "I watched an episode of Sex and the City....I think I might watch the rest of them now...have you ever seen this show?" HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryann Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Jochi...Can't believe, they had a rapist speak at your school..hmm..maybe criminal checks are a must do..who knew Sex and the City is fab..watched all the seasons and the movie..great escapism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost__in__space Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Sources: Craigslist suspect kept victims' underwear as mementos April 22, 2009 12:13 PM Email| Comments (91)| Text size – + By Maria Cramer and Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff Police searching the Quincy apartment of Philip Markoff found underwear from two of the victims in the Craigslist attacks and a handgun hidden in a hollowed-out copy of the medical textbook Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation." ........wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 A-skillet, when are you done exams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryann Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 -FROM BOSTON GLOBE..--In the dark of night in 2001 Daniel Mason, a fourth-year medical student, shot and killed a man execution-style, critically wounded another, and shot their dog while they slept in their Jamaica Plain home. The crime was so gruesome that it nearly brought prosecutors to tears when they described the scene in court hearings. Gee..Boston U...not good for their history records.....perhaps psychiatric evaluation of med students entering their program...or anger management classes..hmm... ---------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenzle Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 My friend was staying at the Marriott Copley hotel the night Julissa Brisman was killed...on the 21st floor (Julissa was killed by Markoff on the 20th floor) and her boyfriend looks similar to Markoff and the next day surveillance pictures came out of Markoff and there was one photo that looked exactly like her boyfriend! It was also taken around the area where they both had passed multiple times and so they originally thought that maybe they accidently released a picture of her boyfriend and not actually Markoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 My friend was staying at the Marriott Copley hotel the night Julissa Brisman was killed...on the 21st floor (Julissa was killed by Markoff on the 20th floor) and her boyfriend looks similar to Markoff and the next day surveillance pictures came out of Markoff and there was one photo that looked exactly like her boyfriend! It was also taken around the area where they both had passed multiple times and so they originally thought that maybe they accidently released a picture of her boyfriend and not actually Markoff Freaky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 My friend was staying at the Marriott Copley hotel the night Julissa Brisman was killed...on the 21st floor (Julissa was killed by Markoff on the 20th floor) and her boyfriend looks similar to Markoff and the next day surveillance pictures came out of Markoff and there was one photo that looked exactly like her boyfriend! It was also taken around the area where they both had passed multiple times and so they originally thought that maybe they accidently released a picture of her boyfriend and not actually Markoff That's messed up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryann Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 finishing research paper..hopefully published...then yoga, then studying for organic chem..on May 5...and when bored trying to learn some physics since I have never taken it for mcats..dahhhhh and physics is stressing me as far as mcats....as to when I should write them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryann Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 the innocent til proven guilty craigs list killer...I find it so odd that someone in medicine would have such a character defect...and the person in 2001 from Boston Med 01...who murdered someone in his 4th year...honestly I do not get it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Law Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 the innocent til proven guilty craigs list killer...I find it so odd that someone in medicine would have such a character defect...and the person in 2001 from Boston Med 01...who murdered someone in his 4th year...honestly I do not get it.... I don't really find it odd at all, to be honest. People just glorify doctors and assume they possess the qualities that their profession sets as the gold standard and is supposed to represent. It's always eerie when someone who is entrusted with caring for vulnerable populations, such as the sick, is discovered to have such malicious qualities. It can happen in any population though, so I don't know why people are so shocked that he's a medical student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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