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18 | Aquarius | Aspiring to work for UNEP & Environmental PCV

[journeythroughmedicine]

// 14/05/18: *What’s in Tayla’s library?*


Here are a few autobiographies that I’m loving (of course they’re medical)! The top two follow the lives of neurosurgeons: one as he reflects on his career before retirement, and the other as he battles lung cancer). The bottom two follow the lives of a neuroscientist whose brain tumours caused her to reflect on her mental health experiences, and a forensic counsellor who has seen just about everything in his field of work 👩🏻‍⚕️💉


More books to come! Please comment your suggestions below

[stemcellee]

February 16 2019

I hate worrying about whether I’m going to get a class or not. One of my honors classes (THAT I PLANNED MY SCHEDULE AROUND) was closed today because the prof decided they only wanted FIVE !!!! students (was supposed to be 18) and I’m like. what

I contacted the professor and they said they had an application process for the class aND AGAIN IM LIKE NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT AN APPLICATION ???

other than that ive been studying for round 2 of midterms. I also have 6 tutoring sessions next week because everyone is cramming for the March 9th SAT so 🙃 so busy

Taking an easy quarter next quarter tho to study for the MCAT! (Also taking tips on how to tackle this esp the behavioral sciences part because I haven’t taken psychology or sociology at all)

[astudyjournal]

greetings from denmark! studying neuroscience abroad here for the next four months.✨✈️

☁️ now playing: we don’t talk anymore // jeon jungkook (bts) cover

[idekstudies]

goood morning! ☁️ I have my online lab in like 10 minutes but I'm still messing around on YouTube haha. I allowed myself to have a chai latte tho... as a treat 😌

been having a lot of trouble fixing my sleep schedule, especially when it's so easy to stay up all night and sleep in. but I want to be more productive with my time rather than waking up at 2pm and having half of my day already gone. any tips?

[emerysnotebook]

2017.09.26     (reposting from my previous blog)

Officially moved in!  So my desk is relatively empty right now, but I guarantee that by Week 2 or 3, it will be covered in papers, pens, and post-its.

Book: Anatomical Atlas (Maud Jepson)

Music: Never Gonna Die - Abstract ft. Aspen Dawn

[thefeelingmoveson]

7.12 stormy morning coffee shop things

[untitled39803]

Free MCAT Study Materials!

Here’s master post of some great MCAT study materials and resources. Click on the bold titles to open links to folders containing the files listed below. Good luck!!!

2015 KAPLAN MCAT REVIEW BOOKS (pdf links listed below)

Behavioral Sciences Review

Biochemistry Review

Biology Review

Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Review

General Chemistry Review

Organic Chemistry Review

Physics and Math Review

BIOLOGY

Molecular Biology; Cellular Respiration

Genes

Microbiology

The Eukaryotic Cell; The Nervous System

The Endocrine System

The Digestive and Excretory Systems

The Cardiovascular System; The Respiratory System

Muscle, Bone and Skin

Populations

The Berkeley MCAT Review - Biology Part 1 (2011)

The Berkeley MCAT Review - Biology Part 2 (2011)

BIOCHEMISTRY

Lab Techniques

GENERAL CHEMISTRY

Atoms, Molecules and Quantum Mechanics

Gases, Kinetics, and Chemical Equilibrium

Thermodynamics

Solutions

Heat Capacity/Phase Change/Colligative Properties

Acids & Bases

Electrochemistry

Intro to Chemistry

Electrostatics

Gases

Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry

The Berkeley MCAT Review - General Chemistry Part 1 (2011)

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Molecular Structure

Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Substitutions

Carbonyls and Amines

PHYSICS

MCAT Physics Book (2015)

Translation Motion

Force

Equilibrium, Torque and Energy

Momentum, Machines, and Radioactive Decay

Fluids and Solids

Waves

Electricity and Magnetism

Light & Optics

Linear Momentum

PSYCHOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY

SCIENCE

MCAT PRACTICE TESTS / QUESTIONS

Practice Tests

Solutions

OTHER MCAT STUDY MATERIALS

Examkrackers Complete MCAT Study Set (2007)

These materials will help build your knowledge and test taking skills, they may not fit the current MCAT exam criteria but it will definitely build your knowledge of the subjects being tested.

[helloimstudying]

120319 The circulatory system has consumed my last few days and I’m actually not mad about it. Paperless note-taking is getting better and better. The possiblities are endless, and mixing different elements is making me learn a lot more. look at that juicy musculus papillaris.

[gracespdf]

Reading day 🌧

[studypanacea]

09.04.17 editing my manuscript that I hope to get published at some point; it’s a review of novel therapies for myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.

[thinkjar]

April 05, 2020 | 09:00PM

It's a starry night.

[calypsus]

we set in 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, letting the 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 in the 𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 what it could 🌿🌾🤍

[studyblr]

A lot of you have been asking me what’s on my iPad and how I use my iPad for medical school and studying in general. So, I made a YouTube video answering these questions!! Editing and filming was a lot of fun, so I might just start uploading videos now! Click here to check it out!

[somerabbitholes]

now that I can no longer scour bookstores, my pile of unread books has been shrinking for probably the first time in my memory

[sosuperawesome]

Embroidery Hoops

Shimunia on Etsy

See our #Etsy or #Embroidery tags

[timhortons]

i hope youre all lying and hyping your cv/resume’s up

[timhortons]

i have never gotten an interview and not been offered a job position after it

[timhortons]

I mean lets be honest if everyone else is gassing theirs up like no tomorrow and you’re being as honest as you can who th are the recruitment team going to be more interested in

[timhortons]

There’s people working in my banks head office with me WITH MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE than me BUT ARE GETTING PAID LESS

[timhortons]

we’re doing the exact same job role

[timhortons]

the point I’m trying to make here is if you’ve handled finances for a company you’re now what i would call a treasurer my g, if you’ve done admin work you are now a secretary (or as I’ve put Management secretary)

[timhortons]

you help some kid with his homework? you’re a private tutor.

keep your bullets points for the job role as concise and important sounding as possible AND ALWAYS EMPHASIS THAT YOURE A TEAM PLAYER IF YOURE GOING TO WORK IN A TEAM.

[timhortons]

go into that interview room and get your story straight the night before and remember that interviews are two way conversatons yes they might be grilling you but at the end of it make sure to grill them BACK. do you have any hesitations about my qualifications? my suitability for the job? any feedback on my cv? how long have you been working at this company? do you like it here? whats the work environment like?

I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS GET THE SAME FEEDBACK WHEN THEY GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME

“ive never been asked those questions before” / “you were one of the strongest candidates”

[timhortons]

throughout the interview emphasise that youre about progression, that you want more responsibilities than you did at your previous job, tell them the hours here are more suitable for me than my last ones were, AND WHEN IT COMES TO SALARY NEGOTIATION its all about continuity. tell them again that it boils down to progression. make up a reasonable figure for how much you were paid in your last role (do your research for how much the industry youre applying to or the role youre applying for pays, base it on that) tell them you expect more than you were previously paid. do not give them a figure. progression is your primary focus, tell them if youre progressing youre happy. leave it at that.

[timhortons]

LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETH AND GET THAT MONEY

[infiniteglitterfall]

I had an interview yesterday, at the place I’ve been temping, where I busted out the “is there anything about my skills or background that makes you concerned about my fit for this job” question for the first time.

Neither of my supervisors had never gotten it before either. They had to think for a while, and then it turned into them telling me how great I am and what they love about me.

This stuff is real. I would also say: none of it is lying. This is taking experience that you normally downplay and write off, and putting it in accurate words they’ll understand.

It’s hacking the capitalist system. Why ISN’T helping a kid with homework “tutoring”, when the only thing missing is a paycheck?

It’s especially important for anyone who isn’t a cis white man, because many of us are so thoroughly trained to feel like we are not good enough.

Privilege tells people they can fake it, and that they’re good enough just as people and can learn the skills on the job. Abuse and oppression tell people they aren’t good enough as people and that even their high skills are probably below average, and that unless they had the specific job title or were using certain skills officially, nobody will think it counts.

The goal is to at least fake the confidence of a privileged person, to give the employer a chance at seeing the skills that you’ve been trained to undervalue.

[queenklu]

I would also say to answer any query of “Have you done [X small task] before?” with “I have, but it’s been a while.” Or, “I have, but it was a slightly different program.”

100% THEY WILL GLADLY WALK YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, and I stress ‘gladly’ because claiming prior knowledge boosts their confidence in your abilities and any slips you make are already covered by your caveat. 

[leupagus]

blackstoic may have deactivated their account but this advice is fucking gold and all y’all looking for jobs or who think you might one day need to look for a new job PRINT THIS SHIT OUT AND STAPLE IT TO THE WALL. 

[whitepeopletwitter]