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

Feb 20, 2014
6:00:46am

workindev

student loans you have to pay off, or all that malpractice insurance you have to buy. But never fear, the long hours of thankless work make up for it. Plus, you have Obamacare to look forward to!

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cougarbart

2/19/14 11:19pm

You didn't build that!

Fatalplacebo

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

Cosmo Kramer

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.

Cosmo Kramer

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?

Conan O'Fresno

2/20/14 12:46am

No. Centerville Downstairs Medical College

TNT

2/20/14 12:58am

Otherwise known as Mom's Basement

Cougrrrs Roll

2/23/14 10:04am

You deserve a good salary for all the school debt

saltlakecoug1

2/19/14 11:30pm

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

Shimmy

2/19/14 11:30pm

D.O.*

The Underminer

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.

Virginia Ute

2/20/14 10:42am

This.

IGlowInTheDark

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

Virginia Ute

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?"

vegas cougar

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.

Virginia Ute

2/20/14 3:51pm

False, many residencies don't interview DO or FG

smartup

2/21/14 4:08pm

"Many" is overstating it

San Juan Sun

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.

Virginia Ute

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

BIG XII Coug

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.

The Underminer

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

IGlowInTheDark

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

San Juan Sun

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

San Juan Sun

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

San Juan Sun

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?

San Juan Sun

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

San Juan Sun

2/20/14 10:57am

RE: No doubt

BYUCoug11

2/20/14 11:07am

Yawn

San Juan Sun

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

San Juan Sun

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

BIG XII Coug

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

BIG XII Coug

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

Fatalplacebo

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.

vegas cougar

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

vegas cougar

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

vegas cougar

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.

vegas cougar

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

IGlowInTheDark

2/20/14 5:24am

/\ Doesnt understand economics

vegas cougar

2/20/14 8:49am

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

IGlowInTheDark

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.

IGlowInTheDark

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

San Juan Sun

2/20/14 8:36am

Dear cougarbart

San Juan Sun

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.

SouthernCoug

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):

vegas cougar

2/20/14 1:09pm

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

Almaden Cougar

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

Rogue Gunner

2/21/14 2:05am

For the sake of public knowledge...

IGlowInTheDark

2/21/14 5:23am

Fair enough. Thx for the info.

Rogue Gunner

2/21/14 8:35am

spot on

smartup

2/21/14 4:14pm

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