So, I am my friend is in quite a conundrum at the moment. He is in the process of choosing the location of his future medical education, but has ran into a potential conflict of interest. He has a laundry list of schools to choose from, but only two schools really stand out in his mind: Pitt, because it is amazing, and SUNYSB, because you can gain residency while in school and significantly reduce student loan debt, and of course living in NYC is a fun prospect. All of the other schools are private, and are of less interest than Pitt.
The conundrum is this: I my friend is pretty dead set on neurosurgery (Of course, this might change, but he isn’t counting on it). At the same time, my friend is an avid proponent of intelligence, and thus an avid hater of Intelligent Design (Creationism). These topics may seem unrelated, but I assure you they are not. It turns out that at the latter of the two schools listed above (SUNYSB) a certain ID neurosurgeon by the name of Dr. Michael Egnor holds the position of Professor of Neurosurgery. Understanding that it’s quite possible my friend would need to ask His Egnorance for a LOR some day for residency, you might be able to see the problem…
I find that rather comical, while I can of course see your (friend’s) dilemma. Is he the only one at SUNYSB? How good are youyour friends at putting a lid on it [expression?]?
Heh, no. Engnor is certainly not the only neurosurgeon at SUNYSB. In fact, there is another neurosurg there that I admire greatly.
Also, I’m quite good at “putting a lid on it.” However, I’m not sure if anybody is good enough to keep the lid on for eight years…