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Feb 20, 2014
12:46:45am

Conan O'Fresno

Hey, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too?

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Conan O'Fresno

Previous username: fresnocoug
New username: Conan
Bio page: Conan O'Fresno
Joined: Jun 14, 2005
Last login: Jun 30, 2015
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cougarbart

2/19/14 11:19pm

You didn't build that!

2/19/14 11:20pm

So you have been up what, 70 or so hours?

TNT

2/19/14 11:23pm

That's a terrible exam preparation strategy.

Caboom

2/19/14 11:26pm

Should have studied harder the whole semester

BlueFrog

2/19/14 11:27pm

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cougarbart

2/19/14 11:48pm

Geffen 1995

BlueFrog

2/19/14 11:52pm

did Obamacare somehow lower the bar

Michael Skarn

2/20/14 9:12am

And yet you're posting on CB. You have it rough.

OpusX

2/19/14 11:28pm

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cougarbart

2/19/14 11:49pm

I think you have the most fragile ego of any poster here.

Non-donor troll

2/19/14 11:59pm

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:01am

RE: says the internet tough guy

Non-donor troll

2/20/14 12:06am

It's not primarily the long hours

Spocougar

2/19/14 11:28pm

Rough crowd on CB tonight

2/19/14 11:29pm

You may not be cut out to be a doctor

TNT

2/19/14 11:29pm

So says a Simpson's doctor character.

2/19/14 11:30pm

You sir seem to have skin failure

TNT

2/19/14 11:31pm

When you were in that coma did you feel your brain being damaged?

Caboom

2/19/14 11:35pm

Exactly

TNT

2/19/14 11:42pm

Hey, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too?

2/20/14 12:46am

No. Centerville Downstairs Medical College

TNT

2/20/14 12:58am

Otherwise known as Mom's Basement

2/23/14 10:04am

You deserve a good salary for all the school debt

2/19/14 11:30pm

Once you get your M.D. it'll be worth it.

Shimmy

2/19/14 11:30pm

D.O.*

2/19/14 11:31pm

Oh, well, yeah, ummmmmm, that'll be great too. Keep up the good work I guess.

Shimmy

2/19/14 11:33pm

This explains so much...

Non-donor troll

2/19/14 11:54pm

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cougarbart

2/19/14 11:57pm

A lot of your thoughts/comments in a prior deleted thread that I can't discuss

Non-donor troll

2/20/14 11:09am

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cougarbart

2/19/14 11:58pm

RE: My MCAT/GPA

Non-donor troll

2/20/14 12:04am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:17am

As I said...

Non-donor troll

2/20/14 12:20am

Bart, here's some free advice: take the ribbing and move on.

Shimmy

2/20/14 12:31am

Good Post.

Wingnut

2/20/14 5:58am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 6:05am

So drop a bomb and have Jefe kill your CB account. Then you don't have to deal

unctoothman

2/20/14 9:19am

Why'd you do DO then? Just more debt for "same thing".

CougarEyes

2/20/14 1:09am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 1:14am

I call bull. My nephew is a med student at UVa. He chose their MD program

unctoothman

2/20/14 8:59am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 11:15am

That was an awful decision.

2/20/14 10:42am

This.

2/20/14 11:09am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 11:17am

I don't? I am single. I am a medical student. I am currently applying for

2/20/14 11:30am

cut him a break, he may very well have taken it into consideration

Michael Skarn

2/20/14 12:21pm

"Cant we all just get along?"

2/20/14 12:57pm

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cougarbart

2/20/14 3:37pm

Yeah, you've looked at a match list, and I'm in the trenches right now.

2/20/14 3:51pm

False, many residencies don't interview DO or FG

smartup

2/21/14 4:08pm

"Many" is overstating it

2/21/14 4:21pm

RE: "Many" is overstating it

smartup

2/23/14 9:18am

Wait...are D.O.'s really doctors?

RalphWiggam

2/20/14 12:16am

They are a doctor that specializes in quackery.

Alkili

2/20/14 12:20am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:20am

So an MD program is easier, huh? That's interesting.

RalphWiggam

2/20/14 12:23am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:27am

So after you graduate from a DO school do you have

RalphWiggam

2/20/14 12:32am

So it's kind of like a nurse practitioner or physician assistant.

Alkili

2/20/14 12:32am

Pfft...not my experience.

CougarEyes

2/20/14 1:04am

Wrong about MCAT scores. Wrong about course difficulty.

unctoothman

2/20/14 9:06am

Spot on.

2/20/14 10:46am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 11:20am

Stop digging and go study.

unctoothman

2/20/14 11:39am

Average MCAT for MD schools is 32. A 30 doesn't make your GPA very pretty either

WorfoSAUR

2/20/14 3:36pm

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:33am

Or, you know, you could move out of state for school.

Non-donor troll

2/20/14 12:35am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:39am

I thought you had kids, no?

Shimmy

2/20/14 12:44am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:47am

You do realize that there are girls back east. Even LDS ones

LaserCoug

2/20/14 7:09am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 7:12am

There are many of us who grew up on the East Coast of the US and had no problems

LaserCoug

2/20/14 7:35am

To be fair though, if you are an egomaniac and narcissistic you really need

2/20/14 9:04am

Is that documented? My roommates all went for MDs out of state.

Shimmy

2/20/14 12:36am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:43am

Probably true. I see as much BYU gear here as every other school combined.

2/20/14 12:45am

Tons of byu fans in the dental and Pharm programs there too.

PharmCoug

2/20/14 12:46am

I don't think so. That BYU commercial last year said that we were like 5th

Tennessee Ernie

2/20/14 12:40am

Here's some real data

2/20/14 5:29am

I've always thought highly of Doulas. I didn't

Tennessee Ernie

2/20/14 12:27am

What's a D.O. anyway? Is it some sort of 'doctor's little helper' degree?

BYUCoug11

2/20/14 12:25am

^^^ says the guy who works in a cubicle

2/20/14 8:52am

Ha. Are we not allowed to ask questions?

BYUCoug11

2/20/14 9:12am

Sure you can. But the guy in a cubicle might want

2/20/14 9:37am

Why should it matter where I sit when I do my work?

BYUCoug11

2/20/14 9:48am

I don't think anyone has an issue with cubicle work

2/20/14 10:01am

strange of you to bring it up, then. Are you also a DO?

BYUCoug11

2/20/14 10:38am

RE: strange of you to bring it up, then. Are you also a DO?

2/20/14 10:49am

You're being a little too sensitive. Many people don't know what a DO is.

messi

2/20/14 10:53am

No doubt

2/20/14 10:57am

RE: No doubt

BYUCoug11

2/20/14 11:07am

Yawn

2/20/14 11:13am

Ok, got it. Your hypersensitivity makes sense now.

BYUCoug11

2/20/14 10:55am

Just make sure your TPS reports have cover sheets

2/20/14 10:58am

on the plus side, the chip on your shoulder probably pushes you to be a really

BYUCoug11

2/20/14 11:16am

Shimmy didn't say it would be easy, but he did say it'll be worth it.

BW84

2/19/14 11:38pm

RE: Nobody would ever complain about doctors' high salaries

mulletino

2/19/14 11:32pm

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cougarbart

2/19/14 11:52pm

I am sorry that you are being forced to go to med school. America is a cruel

2/19/14 11:58pm

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:00am

Obviously I am bitter. I have had to spend three nights studying. It is a

2/20/14 12:10am

That's how you justify it? Not the volume of information, or the complexity

SuperTank

2/19/14 11:34pm

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cougarbart

2/19/14 11:51pm

Nah. Masters students do the same thing.

Shimmy

2/19/14 11:52pm

I do all-nighters all the time, just because I don't want to go to bed

BigTex

2/20/14 12:08am

But you'll get to be condescending to the people you 'serve'

JoeMamaBesser

2/20/14 12:11am

No med student would ever complain about how hard they had to

Usmcboot

2/20/14 12:19am

^puts it in perspective. I'd take hrs behind books than having rounds fly over

2/20/14 12:27am

Yeah you just completely changed my point

cougarbart

2/20/14 12:29am

Because they had to cram for finals.

SuperTank

2/20/14 12:39am

whatever

Belboz

2/20/14 9:37am

No, he basically just called you out on a shallow whiny humblebrag. Accept it

Big Daddy D

2/20/14 11:40am

For a med student you're kind of an idiot.

canadiancougar624

2/21/14 12:22am

*slow clap*

riboflavin

2/20/14 1:12am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 3:11am

hey boot.. I think bart just compared you to Jesus.

jota

2/20/14 5:58am

you just did the same thing he did by stating how tough YOU have it. don't

chazen

2/20/14 3:06pm

Amazing that nobody else saw this

cougarbart

2/20/14 3:19pm

I think most people saw it for what it was.

JamesDean

2/21/14 12:01pm

Bart and I go to the same school, and I have taken the same courses from the

SuperTank

2/20/14 12:38am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:51am

Nope.

SuperTank

2/20/14 7:52am

Doctor salaries should be determined the same way other

Tim

2/20/14 12:47am

Then your outspoken support of Obama is inexplicable.

2/20/14 3:56am

My support for him is far from outspoken.

Tim

2/20/14 9:23pm

perhaps we should take a poll on that

2/20/14 9:34pm

So many people on CB love to try and tell me what they think I am.

Tim

2/20/14 9:47pm

Are you and Cougarbart related by chance?

messi

2/20/14 9:59pm

No way... I'd never let a member of my family become a DO.

Tim

2/20/14 10:13pm

I am more than happy to give you credit when you take a sensible position, like

2/21/14 7:07am

See: Law School

AxelDC

2/20/14 5:25am

Wow Tim, I'm impressed. Are you possessed by the capitalist spirit today?

jota

2/20/14 5:59am

How are Dr. salaries determined according to you?

buckeyeod

2/20/14 4:27pm

Doctors salaries are propped up by the fact that medical schools

Tim

2/20/14 8:12pm

What you describe is supply and demand though

shottyj77

2/22/14 7:37am

I dont get any American griping about anybody's salary, frankly.

2/20/14 3:51am

Bart is right. Becoming a doctor is one of the most rigorous things you can do.

WDaddy

2/20/14 5:07am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 5:18am

Oh it's completely reasonable to complain about having to study late for a

squirrelyearl

2/20/14 5:20am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 5:53am

In life, it's a worthy goal to become the best communicator possible. That way,

Supercoug

2/20/14 5:22am

If med school weren't so expensive

AxelDC

2/20/14 5:22am

I would be willing to accept lower pay if my school were paid for

2/20/14 5:24am

/\ Doesnt understand economics

2/20/14 8:49am

Oh man, I'm sad I missed the peak action of this thread.

2/20/14 5:25am

I hurt my shoulder a couple years ago, is there hope for me?

TN_Coug

2/20/14 6:57am

Your best course at this point is to not let me treat it.

2/20/14 11:08am

Me school is tough, but the studying med school is not why physicians get paid w

Littlerich

2/20/14 5:32am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 5:57am

oh cry me a river. You chose this path, now suck it up.

jota

2/20/14 5:54am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 5:58am

Don't worry, the salary isn't all that high after you factor in all those

workindev

2/20/14 6:00am

He should have earned a finance degree and worked as an investment banker. Same

WDaddy

2/20/14 6:15am

I want nothing more out of my life than to love, be loved, and to be a banker

cheezedawg

2/20/14 6:41am

If you are pulling all-nighters, it's your own fault

Medute

2/20/14 7:01am

I don't actually think MD is easier

cougarbart

2/20/14 7:14am

If you know they're trolling: DON'T FEED THE TROLLS

2/20/14 8:36am

Dear cougarbart

2/20/14 7:26am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 7:49am

RE: see my response to medute

kimchicoug

2/20/14 8:00am

Boo hoo! Like no one else has to do that in their schooling

Jkampana

2/20/14 7:50am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 7:53am

Get an Adderall script.

messi

2/20/14 8:08am

the funniest thing here is that cougarbart seems to think a wife

rad dawg

2/20/14 8:17am

I never complain about anyone and their salaries

RockyBalboa

2/20/14 8:29am

Here here. Lost in all of this talk - does anyone complain about how much

flavordave

2/22/14 8:06am

Your mistake is that you assume too much. But aren't smart enough to realize it.

lawboy

2/20/14 9:04am

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2RUEBLUE

2/20/14 9:21am

Do you know what you want to specialize in? Might I suggest Proctology?

kimchicoug

2/20/14 9:24am

It looks like someone logged in as Cougarbart and made some wild claims.

2/20/14 10:15am

Wait - he is not the first one to study for exams?

Big Daddy D

2/20/14 11:54am

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cougarbart

2/20/14 12:02pm

You could have gotten 8 more hours of sleep if you weren't posting on CB

WDaddy

2/20/14 12:11pm

You're a funny man, Bart. But I do wish you

Big Daddy D

2/20/14 2:32pm

RE: Nobody would ever complain about doctors' high salaries

BW84

2/20/14 11:33am

Shouldn't have put yourself in that position....

Japan Coug

2/20/14 12:47pm

The bottom line for me (FWIW):

2/20/14 1:09pm

One of the most important skills in life is learning when to zip it.

2/20/14 2:25pm

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cougarbart

2/20/14 2:40pm

I'm sure you started this thread solely to troll... or not.

srey

2/20/14 5:22pm

I do not think that's the reputation you've earned here

Michael Skarn

2/21/14 4:37pm

I don't care what doctors get paid, I care what I have to pay them. I realize

YnotU

2/20/14 2:47pm

RE: Nobody would ever complain about doctors' high salaries

2/21/14 2:05am

For the sake of public knowledge...

2/21/14 5:23am

Fair enough. Thx for the info.

2/21/14 8:35am

spot on

smartup

2/21/14 4:14pm

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2/23/14 10:20am

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