[Navydoc]

Is it me, or doesn’t it seem particularly suspicious that Wells Fargo is reporting high earnings immediately after Mark-to-Market was suspended? I’m certainly not a financial wizard, but this sure smells like smoke and mirrors to me. Didn’t WFC buy up all of Wachoia’s crap mortgages?

I just realized that I think my car has appreciated 2 million dollars this year. Congratulate me, I’m a millionaire! I wonder if I can declare that as an asset on my mortgage application?

[Navydoc]

Is it me, or doesn’t it seem particularly suspicious that Wells Fargo is reporting high earnings immediately after Mark-to-Market was suspended? I’m certainly not a financial wizard, but this sure smells like smoke and mirrors to me. Didn’t WFC buy up all of Wachoia’s crap mortgages?

I just realized that I think my car has appreciated 2 million dollars this year. Congratulate me, I’m a millionaire! I wonder if I can declare that as an asset on my mortgage application?

[Navydoc]

Is it me, or doesn’t it seem particularly suspicious that Wells Fargo is reporting high earnings immediately after Mark-to-Market was suspended? I’m certainly not a financial wizard, but this sure smells like smoke and mirrors to me. Didn’t WFC buy up all of Wachoia’s crap mortgages?

I just realized that I think my car has appreciated 2 million dollars this year. Congratulate me, I’m a millionaire! I wonder if I can declare that as an asset on my mortgage application?

[Navydoc]

Is it me, or doesn’t it seem particularly suspicious that Wells Fargo is reporting high earnings immediately after Mark-to-Market was suspended? I’m certainly not a financial wizard, but this sure smells like smoke and mirrors to me. Didn’t WFC buy up all of Wachoia’s crap mortgages?

I just realized that I think my car has appreciated 2 million dollars this year. Congratulate me, I’m a millionaire! I wonder if I can declare that as an asset on my mortgage application?

[Navydoc]

Pitt is undoubtedly an excellent school, and I’m quite poud to call it my Alma Mater, but it’s not in the same “elite” class like Hopkins, Harvard, Penn or Yale. Typically in the US News rankings we come in about 15-18 or so, not bad, but not quite top tier. And you can ususally find somebody from any medical school that has achieved greatness.

[Navydoc]

Pitt is undoubtedly an excellent school, and I’m quite poud to call it my Alma Mater, but it’s not in the same “elite” class like Hopkins, Harvard, Penn or Yale. Typically in the US News rankings we come in about 15-18 or so, not bad, but not quite top tier. And you can ususally find somebody from any medical school that has achieved greatness.

[Navydoc]

Pitt is undoubtedly an excellent school, and I’m quite poud to call it my Alma Mater, but it’s not in the same “elite” class like Hopkins, Harvard, Penn or Yale. Typically in the US News rankings we come in about 15-18 or so, not bad, but not quite top tier. And you can ususally find somebody from any medical school that has achieved greatness.

[Navydoc]

Pitt is undoubtedly an excellent school, and I’m quite poud to call it my Alma Mater, but it’s not in the same “elite” class like Hopkins, Harvard, Penn or Yale. Typically in the US News rankings we come in about 15-18 or so, not bad, but not quite top tier. And you can ususally find somebody from any medical school that has achieved greatness.

[Navydoc]

Pitt is undoubtedly an excellent school, and I’m quite poud to call it my Alma Mater, but it’s not in the same “elite” class like Hopkins, Harvard, Penn or Yale. Typically in the US News rankings we come in about 15-18 or so, not bad, but not quite top tier. And you can ususally find somebody from any medical school that has achieved greatness.

[Navydoc]

I would argue strongly that going to a top school doesn’t make you a good doctor. I have known many colleagues that went to elite schools that don’t know the first thing about how to talk to a patient, or that couldn’t operate their way out of a paper bag. Elite schools only matter if you want a career in research or administration. One of my classmates in med school went to Harvard for undergrad, and was one of those that couldn’t adjust to being an average medical student. As a result she spent all of her time studying to be an Honors medical student, yet has essentially zero clinical ability. We went to the University of Pittsburgh, a good second tier school. Who do you want to operate on you? The studious honors student with no clinical judgment, or the average student who concentrated on being more well rounded, and can make better decisions?

You know what else? Since I started residency I have not had a single patient ask me where I went to medical school. They judge me on my ability to interact with them, and my skill in educating them about their condition.

[Navydoc]

I would argue strongly that going to a top school doesn’t make you a good doctor. I have known many colleagues that went to elite schools that don’t know the first thing about how to talk to a patient, or that couldn’t operate their way out of a paper bag. Elite schools only matter if you want a career in research or administration. One of my classmates in med school went to Harvard for undergrad, and was one of those that couldn’t adjust to being an average medical student. As a result she spent all of her time studying to be an Honors medical student, yet has essentially zero clinical ability. We went to the University of Pittsburgh, a good second tier school. Who do you want to operate on you? The studious honors student with no clinical judgment, or the average student who concentrated on being more well rounded, and can make better decisions?

You know what else? Since I started residency I have not had a single patient ask me where I went to medical school. They judge me on my ability to interact with them, and my skill in educating them about their condition.

[Navydoc]

I would argue strongly that going to a top school doesn’t make you a good doctor. I have known many colleagues that went to elite schools that don’t know the first thing about how to talk to a patient, or that couldn’t operate their way out of a paper bag. Elite schools only matter if you want a career in research or administration. One of my classmates in med school went to Harvard for undergrad, and was one of those that couldn’t adjust to being an average medical student. As a result she spent all of her time studying to be an Honors medical student, yet has essentially zero clinical ability. We went to the University of Pittsburgh, a good second tier school. Who do you want to operate on you? The studious honors student with no clinical judgment, or the average student who concentrated on being more well rounded, and can make better decisions?

You know what else? Since I started residency I have not had a single patient ask me where I went to medical school. They judge me on my ability to interact with them, and my skill in educating them about their condition.

[Navydoc]

I would argue strongly that going to a top school doesn’t make you a good doctor. I have known many colleagues that went to elite schools that don’t know the first thing about how to talk to a patient, or that couldn’t operate their way out of a paper bag. Elite schools only matter if you want a career in research or administration. One of my classmates in med school went to Harvard for undergrad, and was one of those that couldn’t adjust to being an average medical student. As a result she spent all of her time studying to be an Honors medical student, yet has essentially zero clinical ability. We went to the University of Pittsburgh, a good second tier school. Who do you want to operate on you? The studious honors student with no clinical judgment, or the average student who concentrated on being more well rounded, and can make better decisions?

You know what else? Since I started residency I have not had a single patient ask me where I went to medical school. They judge me on my ability to interact with them, and my skill in educating them about their condition.

[Navydoc]

I would argue strongly that going to a top school doesn’t make you a good doctor. I have known many colleagues that went to elite schools that don’t know the first thing about how to talk to a patient, or that couldn’t operate their way out of a paper bag. Elite schools only matter if you want a career in research or administration. One of my classmates in med school went to Harvard for undergrad, and was one of those that couldn’t adjust to being an average medical student. As a result she spent all of her time studying to be an Honors medical student, yet has essentially zero clinical ability. We went to the University of Pittsburgh, a good second tier school. Who do you want to operate on you? The studious honors student with no clinical judgment, or the average student who concentrated on being more well rounded, and can make better decisions?

You know what else? Since I started residency I have not had a single patient ask me where I went to medical school. They judge me on my ability to interact with them, and my skill in educating them about their condition.

[Navydoc]

I had to make the same adjustment to medical school. In college I HAD to be in the top 10%, or else I never would have gotten accepted. You become like a thoroughbred, all you really know how to do is study for and pass exams. When I started medical school it was a little jarring to be “only in the mean”, but fortunately I adapted quickly, and as a result enjoyed life and grew much more as a medical student than as an undergraduate. I had several friends that could not complete the adjustment, and as a result at times grew discouraged and depressed. It is a shame that higher education has to be this way, but I can’t think of a better system.

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