I've never understood this absolute aversion to scut work and the not so subtle subtext of entitlement that comes with it. I saw it frequently but don't really understand it. Maybe I'm too old and it's a generational thing.
I'm okay with work but there's a line drawn where any person with common sense knows it's just something insulting and not beneficial to the team or anyone but just for that persons amusement.
Third year is all about mindset. If you go in with the idea that you're paying and therefore entitled to be taught and above any menial work, then you'll be disappointed. If you view anticipating needs as having to read minds instead of learning how to care for patients, then you're going to feel disillusioned. You can decide how you want to look at things, and your decision will shape your year.
The idea that I'm paying only pertains to the idea that I should be able to dictate how I spend my time during training. Far more than anything; telling me to go to class or write an essay about feelings is not just insulting but stupid. This is where I suppose I'm entitled. But only in the sense that I'm an adult, not a child...
It may also shape the years to come. When you start m3, watch the interns. Many of them look terrified and lost, but a few are very comfortable and adapt quickly and easily to their new role. You'll know who these interns are because you will instinctively turn to them for help and they'll give it. Want to guess which group of interns had which attitude and outlook as students? When the nurses come to the workroom and ask what we're doing for mrs. Jones, it's the intern who spent the last two years anticipating needs and basically managing her own patients who steps up without having to call her upper level with a stupid question.
If your self image can't stand being someone's b---h and doing some scut here and there, then approach it all like a game. Do your scut with a fake but convincing smile and then ask to do more. Ask to get involved every chance you get. Come early, stay late. Read every chance you get. Don't take anything personally. Anticipate needs like a fine waiter or concierge - medicine is the ultimate service profession after all. No matter what, always stay in the circle - body language is huge. Come in with this attitude and people will want to help you and teach you and give you opportunities. They will welcome questions. You will learn a TON and crush shelf exams(assuming you study of course). You'll likely get all clinical honors. Through it all, remember that at its worst it's still better than second year and WAY better than a "real" job.
. I asked, and they all carried different things. We rotate with the same group of people, so if someone doesn't have something, someone else will. 
