# I passed! Hot damn!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 22, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423 "2000-07-22T01:56:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/1 "2000-07-22T01:56:17Z")
Many of you may remember my relentless bellyaching a couple of months ago over the USMLE Step I, the first of three tests on the road to a medical license and the traditional halfway point of med school.
I was very happy about the test at the time, but six weeks of lingering self-doubt had taken their toll. When I heard this week that the scores were in our mailboxes at school, I couldn’t bring myself to go look. (Med school hasn’t been a bed of roses, and I see my mailbox as a vile, evil place where no good ever comes.)
I e-mailed the dean today and asked her if I had any particular reason to be unhappy. She replied that she isn’t supposed to give out such info via e-mail, but “if we were playing Monopoly, you could now collect $200. Congratulations!”
Woo-hoo!
Everyone is out of town tonight, so I’m celebrating with some Chinese takeout and the beer left over from our Phish week. It is truly good to be alive.
Of course, this means I have to start rotations a week from Tuesday…
Dr. J
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### Author:  [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/2 "2000-07-22T02:10:37Z")
_high-fives DoctorJ_
What the hell were we ever worried about again?
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### Author:  [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/3 "2000-07-22T02:19:08Z")
time to have a huge party, methinks!
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### Author:  [@Quadzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quadzilla)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/4 "2000-07-22T02:27:53Z")
Congrats, DoctorJ! May you not be in college for 25 years like my own medically employed father 🙂 Have another egg roll…
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### Author:  [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/5 "2000-07-22T02:54:19Z")
Awwwriight! Well done, **DoctorJ**!
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/6 "2000-07-22T04:06:34Z")
All right, Dr. J!
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### Author:  [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/7 "2000-07-22T04:28:16Z")
congratulations!
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### Author:  [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/8 "2000-07-22T04:37:22Z")
Congratulations Docko!! I think that was pretty cute how you got told too. Some kind of humor there!
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/9 "2000-07-22T04:45:58Z")
I’m supposed to trust my health to somebody who wasn’t sure he could pass the first big test in med school? Don’t get into brain surgery with self-doubt like that! 😉
See? I told you you could do it. Didn’t I? Maybe I just thought it. Congratulations!
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### Author:  [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/10 "2000-07-22T05:33:39Z")
Wooohoooo! Congrats Dr. J!
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### Author:  [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/11 "2000-07-22T05:37:36Z")
Doctor J. all the way, he can do it, we know he can!
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### Author:  [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/12 "2000-07-22T06:51:18Z")
Congrats, Doc.
Now, since we’re here, lemme just show you this weird lump…
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### Author:  [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/13 "2000-07-22T07:47:02Z")
Congratulations!!
Does this mean free advice? 😉
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### Author:  [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/14 "2000-07-22T11:23:53Z")
Woohoo! and a hearty Hi-yo Silver, Doc. It is definitely cause to par-tay.
I’ll bring more Moo Shoo Pork.
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### Author:  [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/15 "2000-07-22T14:01:20Z")
Congrats Doc.
Jeffery
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### Author:  [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/16 "2000-07-22T16:13:17Z")
Way to go, Doctor J! 🙂
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### Author:  [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2000, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/17 "2000-07-24T18:56:45Z")
I missed this over the weekend, but I’d bet you are still celebrating!
Way to go!
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### Author:  [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/18 "2000-07-24T19:02:14Z")
Rock on Doc. Congrats. Operate on a spleen for me sometime.
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### Author:  [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/19 "2000-07-24T19:03:01Z")
Yeah, now nobody can say “Go see your doctor and don’t ask on the SDMB” because now we HAVE our own doctor!
Many, many congratulations, **DoctorJ**. May it be the beginning of a most satisfying and interesting career.
So can we print up “Straight Dope Member” discount cards yet?
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### Author:  [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-hot-damn/26423/20 "2000-07-24T19:06:30Z")
Congratulations. I have many friends that went to Med School and know how hard it is.
Just keep in mind, the 36-hour days your fixing to experience will pay off in the long run.
BTW, I need a prescription. Can you call it in for me?
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