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Skiing and med school?

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williamtell414
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just curious to know if theres any med students who have been able to ski during school, and if so where at...
Jun 20 2010 11:08PM
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nickyp
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Anyone who tells you they did is not doing Med School right
Jun 20 2010 11:11PM
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skiingpimp
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I am finishing my first year up right now. Have boards in 3 weeks. I got in like 30 ski days this year and about 30 skydives in the past 9 months. I am in CO so mtns are just up i70. The course work is A LOT about 60 credit hours since aug. and no summer breaks. you can ski just have to have good time management.
Jun 21 2010 12:36AM
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SteezeBall
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damn very impressive. Cheers to that
Jun 21 2010 12:49AM
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Fischer-Addicted
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UVM has med school. good luck going to med school and skiing alot though...
Jun 21 2010 1:06AM
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Walkawalka
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I live in manitoba (right above north dakota) and my brother is in 3rd year med school, he didnt get to go skiing this year at all. His only time off in a year is 2 weeks at chirstmas(we didnt go at christmas) and 2 weeks for summer.

We do have a very small hill which is alright for park but he's not into that. However one of his friends who is also in med school does ski park and I've seen him night skiing there a few times.

I wouldn't say its impossible if you live near a resort but don't expect to be going often at all.
Jun 21 2010 1:46AM
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Ducky.
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On Newschoolers? That might be a stretch.
Jun 21 2010 3:04AM
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A-dub
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Hey! I've just completed (and passed) medschool in the UK. And to let you know you definitely can do both, you just have to be super OCD organised, motivated and willing to sacrifice other things. I managed to get about 10 days in
final year, alongside skiing indoors once a month up intil about 8 weeks before finals. I did more in 1st year through 3rd but hardly skiied at all during  4th year.  I organised my elective in a hospital at the base of a ski hill and got 4 hours a day for 7 weeks between 4th and 5th yr. However  I had to sacrifice alot, I barely went out this year and didnt drink at all between christmas and exams in may, and missed out on other opportunities. That said, I have a decent job next year, and will be able to ski indoors at least once a week next year so I wouldnt change anything.
I say go for it, be organised, plan all your work in advance, and you will be able to get a decent amount in! good luck!
Jun 21 2010 4:55AM
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Static
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Dr Robb Gaffney
Jun 21 2010 5:15AM
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Capurnicus
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I'm trying to get into med school, and I'll tell you that if I do get in, I will be shredding. There is always a way. If you think you "can't ski", then you're just not into skiing enough.
Jun 21 2010 7:28AM
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Flien
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If you can't do something, you just don't want it bad enough...
Be prepared though, cause it's gonna be hard. You need a very strict time schedule and the discipline to follow it. Most likely you will have to skip things you'd otherwise had done, like party's, but it can be done. I ski friday nights and saturday afternoon-nights except in the examperiods. However, I almost never go out during the week, when I study a lot during the week, I manage to do less in the weekend and go skiing instead.
My piece of advice: Pay attention in class, it's really half the work done.
Good luck and just go for it. =)
Jun 21 2010 9:27AM
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oasis1
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it would be very hard, but you can find time. And then once you graduate you have plenty of money and time to ski wherever you want
Jun 21 2010 1:12PM
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thankagaper
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after med school would be working at a hospital, not getting paid, with a huge debt over your head. unless you plan on skiing while on call (most doctors do) plan on skiing when youre 40.
Jun 21 2010 2:03PM
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.steezymcgoose.
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so im going into pre-med and definately find it mandatory to both ski a shit ton in college and med school, so im hoping there is a way! when my dad was in med school he did a random rotation and worked in the keystone medical center on the mountain and he got plenty of skiing in, but im not sure if thats at all possible anymore.
Jun 21 2010 2:28PM
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oasis1
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is med school really worth it if you like the studying medicine? because that is a shit ton of school
Jun 21 2010 2:32PM
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fuck.your.tits
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Uhm...didn't you read the third post?
Jun 21 2010 5:45PM
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freestyler540
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Yeah, a coach of mine is at U Laval in his 6th yearof med school. He then is going to specialize in gynecology , thats 4 more years. He still gets to skiing like 2 or 3 time a week.
Jun 21 2010 7:38PM
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skiingpimp
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YES. Everyone has there own reason for earning the title of Dr. I didn't get into it to ski everyday. I do like to ski if I am not in school. I am not getting an MD though, rather a DDS so my program is only 4 years (after 5 years and a double degree in biochem and molecular, cellular, and developmental biology). So I will be 27 before I have my first "real" job. I will like my job hopefully for the rest of my life. No one really wants to study 16 hours a day, but it is necessary to have a job that you will be good at and like. So I think the time is worth it. Not to mention pay isn't bad, everyone who graduated from my school got a job and are all making 6 figs or very close to 6 figs with great benefits (aka went army/navy/AF).

I can understand the sticker shock of at least 8 years after high school, shit I almost didn't go to college because I wanted to be a professional ski bum.
Jun 21 2010 8:04PM
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williamtell414
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wow i have to say these posts exceeded my expectations. the fact that everyone has enough time to be on ns during med school is encouraging in itself. hopefully the learning curve will be pretty steep and ill get the time management thing under control. im just submitting my primaries right now so its all hypothetical, but it would be sweet to ski during school, especially since ive grown up in pittsburgh and gone to college in chicago.

thanks for the response and good luck to everyone in the shit right now
Jun 21 2010 10:49PM
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KramerC
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Wait MD school or DO school. Cause my cousin is first year in CO and im pretty sure its DO.
Jun 22 2010 12:18AM
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skiingpimp
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I am getting a DDS - doctor of dental surgery. If you mean DO i think that is some type of eye surgeon which would mean they have completed med school already. But if ur cousin is in the DDS program I would know him because there are only 52 people in each class
Jun 22 2010 12:45AM
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skiingpimp
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i take back the DO thing thought it had to do with ophthalmic stuff. my bad
Jun 22 2010 12:53AM
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grambo
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Buddy of mine clocked 50 day seasons at Whistler while doing dentistry @ UBC (Vancouver). First two years of med you will be able to ski a lot if you sacrifice other things (mostly on weekends, you absolutely cannot skip lectures, at least at the schools in Canada). Third year probably less because you are busy for 12 months with clinical rotations (although if you stack them properly you can get 4 weeks off consecutively @ Christmas). 4th year you will probably get more days than 3rd year. Residency you will not be skiing much.

After residency it depends on what you are doing, you can design your career to have flexibility e.g.:

Dentists - can ski a ton, work a week on/week off and still make $200k, or work 4 days a week. If you have your own practice it will take a while to build up to this.

Emergency - 8 hour shifts, can stack them 4 on/4 off

Family Medicene - very flexible

Surgeon - maybe not

It just depends how much you want to work, how much money you want and where you live.

Also there is no such thing as pre-med, it just sounds stupid and pretentious. You do your BSc with pre-reqs and hopefully get good enough grades and life experience to get into MD.

Jun 22 2010 1:23PM
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