I wouldn't worry about going out of your way to get a minor tbh. Of course, if you're already close to having one from all of your prereqs then you might as well, or if you truly think the minor will help you with your future career.
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jdbolick
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Originally posted by rams78110
I don't think you realized I was talking about admissions and employment in that post. You still need training outside med school when you first get to a hospital. Every one has their own rules, regulations, and procedures. They will still look at your undergrad and they will still look for stuff like that.
No, you talked about admissions and then tried to apply the same circumstances to employment when they're entirely different. You then made up a story about the people you have "talked to in the medical field" in an attempt to excuse your error. Employers don't look for "that unique little flower that catches someone's eye," they look for relevant training.
Originally posted by mat5592
I wouldn't worry about going out of your way to get a minor tbh. Of course, if you're already close to having one from all of your prereqs then you might as well, or if you truly think the minor will help you with your future career.
The idea, for me at least, was that a lot of people don't end up working in their major and therefore having alternative experience as a minor can be beneficial.
I don't think you realized I was talking about admissions and employment in that post. You still need training outside med school when you first get to a hospital. Every one has their own rules, regulations, and procedures. They will still look at your undergrad and they will still look for stuff like that.
No, you talked about admissions and then tried to apply the same circumstances to employment when they're entirely different. You then made up a story about the people you have "talked to in the medical field" in an attempt to excuse your error. Employers don't look for "that unique little flower that catches someone's eye," they look for relevant training.
Originally posted by mat5592
I wouldn't worry about going out of your way to get a minor tbh. Of course, if you're already close to having one from all of your prereqs then you might as well, or if you truly think the minor will help you with your future career.
The idea, for me at least, was that a lot of people don't end up working in their major and therefore having alternative experience as a minor can be beneficial.
as far as grad school goes, sure having a minor will help a little, but i would bet that it's weighted pretty low. for example, i'd much rather have a 3.8 GPA and no minor than a 3.5 with a minor in any field. of course, GPA is usually the most highly weighted part of an application.but i'd also worry more about having good recommendations, a good interview and good test scores than having a minor.
Originally posted by seths99
I see where the confusion was...yeah, I wasn't clear before. my overall point is that, just like a major, choice of a minor should be made based on if that minor will make you more marketable in any way, and not simply because you kinda like that subject. the philosophy thing makes sense the way you describe it, and I can see now how that would be a marketable in med school and beyond
Fair enough. If one isn't guaranteed a job with their major right away yeah a minor in a flippantly 'enjoyable' subject isn't the most prudent choice. Even in my example I was going with a minor to make myself more marketable, because philosophy and chemistry aren't enjoyable worth dick.
I see where the confusion was...yeah, I wasn't clear before. my overall point is that, just like a major, choice of a minor should be made based on if that minor will make you more marketable in any way, and not simply because you kinda like that subject. the philosophy thing makes sense the way you describe it, and I can see now how that would be a marketable in med school and beyond
Fair enough. If one isn't guaranteed a job with their major right away yeah a minor in a flippantly 'enjoyable' subject isn't the most prudent choice. Even in my example I was going with a minor to make myself more marketable, because philosophy and chemistry aren't enjoyable worth dick.
Originally posted by mat5592
as far as grad school goes, sure having a minor will help a little, but i would bet that it's weighted pretty low. for example, i'd much rather have a 3.8 GPA and no minor than a 3.5 with a minor in any field. of course, GPA is usually the most highly weighted part of an application.but i'd also worry more about having good recommendations, a good interview and good test scores than having a minor.
Also testing. Your GRE, MCAT, DAT can make a 3.5 look like a 4.0 or a 2.5 based on if you ace or straight bomb it.
But yeah GPA is a lot easier to maintain than your grad tests are to ace.
as far as grad school goes, sure having a minor will help a little, but i would bet that it's weighted pretty low. for example, i'd much rather have a 3.8 GPA and no minor than a 3.5 with a minor in any field. of course, GPA is usually the most highly weighted part of an application.but i'd also worry more about having good recommendations, a good interview and good test scores than having a minor.
Also testing. Your GRE, MCAT, DAT can make a 3.5 look like a 4.0 or a 2.5 based on if you ace or straight bomb it.
But yeah GPA is a lot easier to maintain than your grad tests are to ace.
Originally posted by rams78110
Literally no one I have ever talked to in the medical field agrees with this. They will give you the training. They want to see a solid biology background and well-rounded applicants that have more diverse skills they can bring to the field. English minors excel in charting, transcribing, and communicating. Communications minors are a joke without some ridiculously intensive specialty. Art minors can think and picture shit like previously stated. Philosophy minors excel in ethics. Bio-chem minors know the stuff they're gunna be re-taught anyway.
This is blatantly wrong, and I'm actually in a position to talk about it.
It's sooooooo experience-heavy. There'a a reason why nurses all want ICU/critical care experience, even if it is just 1 year. If you have absolutely no experience you're going to have a really hard time finding a job in the medical world...even with shortages for some positions.
Standing out comes with experience in the medical world, not college minors.
Literally no one I have ever talked to in the medical field agrees with this. They will give you the training. They want to see a solid biology background and well-rounded applicants that have more diverse skills they can bring to the field. English minors excel in charting, transcribing, and communicating. Communications minors are a joke without some ridiculously intensive specialty. Art minors can think and picture shit like previously stated. Philosophy minors excel in ethics. Bio-chem minors know the stuff they're gunna be re-taught anyway.
This is blatantly wrong, and I'm actually in a position to talk about it.
It's sooooooo experience-heavy. There'a a reason why nurses all want ICU/critical care experience, even if it is just 1 year. If you have absolutely no experience you're going to have a really hard time finding a job in the medical world...even with shortages for some positions.
Standing out comes with experience in the medical world, not college minors.
Wtf is it with you people? I'm telling you what the admissions director for one of the best medical schools in the country told us. Stop arguing.
Unrelated note-
We were supposed to get trace to 2" of snow last night. We got 6 inches of the heaviest, wettest snow I've seen in a long ass time. Branches are breaking, power lines are going down, etc. This would be more than a foot of 'normal' snow easily.
We were supposed to get trace to 2" of snow last night. We got 6 inches of the heaviest, wettest snow I've seen in a long ass time. Branches are breaking, power lines are going down, etc. This would be more than a foot of 'normal' snow easily.
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Originally posted by jdbolick
Employers aren't going to hire art majors because they seemed really nice. Businesses hire people with experience and/or pieces of paper indicating training in applicable skills. When choosing between applicants with relevant experience/degrees, then sure, attitude matters a lot. That wasn't the question, though.
Did I not say that the applicant had the core requirements?
If you have a Business degree with a major in Accounting and also have a second degree with an Art major, I don't think that they are going exclude you on the basis that you might also be an interesting person.
Employers aren't going to hire art majors because they seemed really nice. Businesses hire people with experience and/or pieces of paper indicating training in applicable skills. When choosing between applicants with relevant experience/degrees, then sure, attitude matters a lot. That wasn't the question, though.
Did I not say that the applicant had the core requirements?
If you have a Business degree with a major in Accounting and also have a second degree with an Art major, I don't think that they are going exclude you on the basis that you might also be an interesting person.
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Originally posted by mat5592
What do you all think of Chromebooks?
I bet they are heavy and hard to read with all that chrome.
What do you all think of Chromebooks?
I bet they are heavy and hard to read with all that chrome.
Originally posted by InRomoWeTrust
This is blatantly wrong, and I'm actually in a position to talk about it.
It's sooooooo experience-heavy. There'a a reason why nurses all want ICU/critical care experience, even if it is just 1 year. If you have absolutely no experience you're going to have a really hard time finding a job in the medical world...even with shortages for some positions.
Standing out comes with experience in the medical world, not college minors.
Standing out in pretty much every field comes with experience.
College degree is a secondary factor to experience, despite however hard your college professors are selling college degrees.
This is blatantly wrong, and I'm actually in a position to talk about it.
It's sooooooo experience-heavy. There'a a reason why nurses all want ICU/critical care experience, even if it is just 1 year. If you have absolutely no experience you're going to have a really hard time finding a job in the medical world...even with shortages for some positions.
Standing out comes with experience in the medical world, not college minors.
Standing out in pretty much every field comes with experience.
College degree is a secondary factor to experience, despite however hard your college professors are selling college degrees.
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What's funny is the fact that with the increasing knowledge and capabilities of computers, it seems like a viable career to hack the bank accounts of all those grad students out there in the work force and repurpose the income they earn. You could buy enough time to hide if you duck behind a TOR system and maybe make a few bitcoin transactions. Now you could do all the recon and social engineering from home but(t), when the time comes (fap-fap-fap), you take a trip to say, the Cayman Islands to initiate the unsolicited transfer of funds from behind a TOR network. Heck, you could bounce off of a Chinese server and make things really interesting.
Anyway, study hard grad students. Someone might need your income to fund their own purposes. It would help if you could strive for the executive level of your field.
Anyway, study hard grad students. Someone might need your income to fund their own purposes. It would help if you could strive for the executive level of your field.
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