Archive for April, 2010
… And then there were two
Along with the revival of MedHopeful, there’s going to be some fresh blood posting here. I’d like you to give a nice warm welcome to a good friend of mine from class, Shelly Luu. Having skipped two grades growing up, Shelly studied biochemistry for three years at the University of Ottawa before being accepted into [...]
Hidden Luck
Luck, variance, randomness – whatever you want to call it, it has an undeniable influence on the course of events. Taking a simple case, you get lucky when your medical school interview is conducted by a physician who turns out to be life long buddies with one of your referees, or perhaps you get unlucky [...]
I’m Back
After discussions with a friend and some personal reflection, I’ve decided to sort of revive MedHopeful, and at the very least, cross-post my entries between here and MedChatter.com. The main reason being that I don’t think the target audiences for both websites necessarily completely overlap, and this is a nice personal space for me to [...]
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