Hey. I think this is a very informative thread. Much appreciated. So I will add some questions that I've come up with. Hope to get answers to some of the questions if they're not too inappropriate. By the way I am a first year med student and about 5years older than most first years.
1) Could you post a pic of your fiance? If that's not possible, please describe her assets-> what makes her a 10, according to you. Hair, face,breasts, body type?
2) When is a good time in your career to get a fiance (or some type of girl that you plan to make babies with)?
3) Would it be a good idea for a 1st year resident to import a hot girl from his home country, just because he isn't cool or attractive enough to date the same level of girls in the u.s.? I mean if you want an upgrade from a 5 to an 8-9? Why don't more attendings do this?
4) I am most interested in ER, anesthesia, neurology, or primary care(or possibly some noncompetitive specialty like allergy). I do not think I would be able to match into a very competitive specialty because of my severe/pathologic "lack of people skills". Please tell me if I should also consider radiology? I am getting A's in anatomy, but I dislike this subject and find it much easier to excel in physiology/biochem/genetics,etc. I understand that radiology is known to have much higher income than those specialties listed above, but I read in some posts that this may no longer be true for new grads or in the future. So is 1 hour of work in radiology dept more or less difficult than 1hr of Er, anesthesia, etc? I heard that anesthesia attendings can actually read a novel while at work..
5) I plan to get the best residency that I can by getting 260+ on step1 and I do not foresee that I'll get good grades on clerkships or strong LORs despite my best effort. As such, I also do not see any value in summer research. In that case, what should I do next summer? I'd like to travel(overseas), but I have no money.
