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Useless Numbers From Medical School

||||| RESIDENCY NUMBERS
» # of Procedures Performed: 230
||||| RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS
» # of Programs Applied: 45
» # of Interview Offers: 15
» # of Interviews Attended: 11
» Miles Traveled: 23,725
» Cities Visited: 14
» $$$ Spent: $8,077
» Matched: #2!!!
||||| CLINICAL YEARS
» Patients Followed: 706
» Surgeries Scrubbed: 151
» Nights On Call: 56
» Prostates Examined: 10
||||| BOARDS (NOW WITH MORE STEP 2!)
» QBank Questions Completed: 5,747
» Review Book Pages Read: Too Many
||||| PRE-CLINICAL YEARS
» Notecards Made: 7,870
» Hours Spent Taking Tests: 152
» Hours Spent In Class: 2,490
» OR Hours: 37
» Clinic Hours: 293

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