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#Mentalhealth x #minorityhealth are very close to my heart! I serve on the board of @SAMHINorg , a NJ based NPO focused on #SouthAsian mental health

We are looking for dedicated #volunteers (1/n)
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DM me if interested for the application process!
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In 1920, Dr. Otto Warburg wrote the best grant request ever: "Request. I need 10,000 Mark."
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The request was granted and in 1924 he decided to thinly cut and mount slices of rat tumor in Ringer solution. He then measured lactic acid (lactate) production.
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Why? Well in 1863, Pasteur showed that a hypoxic environment induced the fermentation of sugars. Warburg essentially wanted to determine how tumors respire. It would follow that in a hypoxic environment, tumors would produce lactate.
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How's #PreMedTwitter doing? You guys okay? My mentee is carrying on like the world isn't falling a part and I honestly couldn't be more proud lol.
One time, there was a hurricane of the coast and our professor said, "Yes, I know there's a hurricane, but you all have a test. You should prepare like nothing is lurking in the Atlantic"

My family, calling: Kei, are you gonna evacuate?! When do you get home?!
Me: uhh, no? I have a test Friday and my professor said to prepare like there isn't a hurricane.

My family:
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Life is filled with perspectives. If wearing fig scrubs, posting little quotes and having your only frame of reference of hospital life FOR NOW is #GreysAnatomy, that is perfectly fine.

I am on an outpt rotation and every attending is in figs. Name embroidered & all. t.co/XOtstBR8dj
The reason you *shouldn’t* see operation physicians in name brand scrubs in because they aren’t the personal dry cleaning of physicians and they can’t be processed sterilely.

I said all that to say to #PreMedTwitter that it’s ok to do what you need to do in order to stay
motivated. If you’re committed to medicine, then you have a LONG ROAD ahead and it will be hard and EXPENSIVE and, at times, discouraging.

You do what’s best for you.

When I become a RESIDENT, I’m cashing out.
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1. Decided if you would like to go to DO or MD school
-The residency match for the degrees are merging (2020), so truly just decide based on philosophy.
2. If you want to be a “traditional” medical student, you should prepare to take your MCAT EARLY
Spring of your JUNIOR year of college (Jan/Feb)
- Score return takes approximately 1 month. Should you need to retest, you need to give yourself ample time.
3. Know that you can do EVERYTHING right and still not be granted admission into a college.
- Thats’s okay, if this is truly what you want, then don’t give up on it. Be prepared, have a plan B (job, plans for a gap year, post-bac, etc) lined up!
4. Create a study schedule for how you will manage your class work and studying for the MCAT. You CANNOT allow your grades to
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