"Funny quotes from 'less informed' pre-meds," On-Topic Edition

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SOMBound13 said:
Great that you're not graduating after 3 years, particularly with a sGPA issue. So, you'll be applying during the 2017/18 cycle?
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Yup!
And I'm working to repair it. Luckily I'm not a science major so I've taken very few science credits, definitely a lot of wiggle room left for me!
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As a scribe I once met a patient who lamented she "had to drop out of medical school" due to her chronic pain condition (man, would that suck!). I was skeptical primarily because she was pretty young and because she made egregious misspellings all over her intake paperwork. Still, she kept bringing that up in her appointment so I gave her the benefit of the doubt.

We later found out she dropped out of medical assistant school.
 
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Goro said:
You're not alone. When I finished high school, I was an idiot.

When I finished college, I was an educated idiot.

I didn't become educated until I went to grad school!
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An educated idiot in debt!
 
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jaxon said:
IM LIVE TWEETING THIS RIGHT NOW FROM THE DINING HALL:

1: Yea my cousin got into Med school in ROME.
2: OMG THATS AWESOME
1: Yea since he's near the Vatican, he's gonna get like guaranteed residency at a Catholic hospital back here. It's basically vacation for him.
2: So he didn't want to do med school in the states?
1: Nah, he got in like everywhere though but got a full ride in Rome.
2: Oh wow, thats pretty unreal.
1: Yea dude unreal. He's a literal genius.

Me: :corny::corny::corny::corny:
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jaxon said:
IM LIVE TWEETING THIS RIGHT NOW FROM THE DINING HALL:

1: Yea my cousin got into Med school in ROME.
2: OMG THATS AWESOME
1: Yea since he's near the Vatican, he's gonna get like guaranteed residency at a Catholic hospital back here. It's basically vacation for him.
2: So he didn't want to do med school in the states?
1: Nah, he got in like everywhere though but got a full ride in Rome.
2: Oh wow, thats pretty unreal.
1: Yea dude unreal. He's a literal genius.

Me: :corny::corny::corny::corny:
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I believe ill need some whiskey alongside that popcorn after reading this.
 
I am still often surprised at how little MD applicants know about their DO colleagues. I suppose this is why campus advocacy will never stop being relevant because of widespread misinformation.
 
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Dr Tony T. Chopper said:
I am still often surprised at how little MD applicants know about their DO colleagues. I suppose this is why campus advocacy will never stop being relevant because of widespread misinformation.
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I'm surprised how some colleges don't inform pre-meds of other medical fields. I knew of DO, but my university only mentioned MD. They did not tell pre-meds anything about podiatry (I had no clue it was separate until last year), dentistry, optometry, or even stuff like PA school. I was pretty disappointed in my school that I had to find out everything myself!
 
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Rousey said:
I'm surprised how some colleges don't inform pre-meds of other medical fields. I knew of DO, but my university only mentioned MD. They did not tell pre-meds anything about podiatry (I had no clue it was separate until last year), dentistry, optometry, or even stuff like PA school. I was pretty disappointed in my school that I had to find out everything myself!
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My school had similar situation... and kind of the opposite for DO. They told us about DO but gave us misinformation by saying that anyone who does not have scores in the MD range should apply DO. This is not necessarily the case, ya know? B/c a lot of my friends applied just to DO schools without truly understanding what a DO actually does compared to MD (both similarities and differences). It is kind of sad, actually. .... Big surprise, they did not matriculate into DO programs b/c adcoms saw through them.
 
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robin911 said:
My school had similar situation... and kind of the opposite for DO. They told us about DO but gave us misinformation by saying that anyone who does not have scores in the MD range should apply DO. This is not necessarily the case, ya know? B/c a lot of my friends applied just to DO schools without truly understanding what a DO actually does compared to MD (both similarities and differences). It is kind of sad, actually.
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I agree. It was sad. I should be able to talk about other medical fields to other pre-meds without them giving me blank stares or having to explain myself. We're getting a little off topic, so I'll just close with my university needs to revamp their pre-med information sessions :)
 
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This is probably my favorite thing I have read on the internet, ever. I wish I knew how old the poster was. I can assure you, from the comments, this guy was dead serious. :laugh:

"Lately I have been thinking of becoming a doctor. In my mind I have this idea that I will be working with sick people and trying to make them better. I would like to share with you a couple of stories, that I though I one day might experience and I want you real doctors to tell me if something like that regularly happens or if at all.

  1. I get a call from the hospital late at night calling me in for an emergence. I get there and this kid has been stabbed and needs to be operated immediately, like waiting 5 min more will kill him. I rush him into the operation room, and there my team is waiting for me. We begin the operation, it's hard, as we operate we have to think on our feet. We talk a bit during the surgery, maybe say some jokes or talk about what we will do during the weekend. After a couple of hours, we are done and as we look at the table we see someone we saved, we made a difference. Then after everything is done, I get to look at the kid and say with absolute certainty "You only have one life, make it count", because I knew he was inches from dying.

  2. I see a young girl walk in in a wheel chair, and after having a meeting with her and her parents, we begin a knee surgery that also takes a couple of hours. At the end of it, we are tired and are just begging to go home. As we finish up, I go home. Then one day, a month later I walk down the street and I see that little girl running around laughing. And in that moment I will know that although I am not Bill Gates that is saving the world with vaccines, I at least made one life much better.

  3. Some days it's easy. I walk in and I have a patient that believes they have cancer. We run the test etc, and I get to walk in and tell them that it isn't cancer. And I get to see that big smile on their face and the relief that comes over them.
That's it guys, three stories of how I envision the doctor life to be. Am I doing it for the right reasons, I know every day won't look like this but I hope more than 50% will. I like biology but only in it's practical use. So becoming a researcher isn't for me. And I love working with my hands. So I thought becoming a surgeon was the perfect fit for me. Also, you can't forget about making a difference, but that's true for everyone in medicine."
 
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If you're ever looking for funny quotes just follow these simple instructions:

1. Go to instagram

2. Search #rossuniversity

3. Read captions.
 
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whatever5 said:
If you're ever looking for funny quotes just follow these simple instructions:

1. Go to instagram

2. Search #rossuniversity

3. Read captions.
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whatever5 said:
If you're ever looking for funny quotes just follow these simple instructions:

1. Go to instagram

2. Search #rossuniversity

3. Read captions.
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#sunsetporn
 

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qkhb said:
I get a call from the hospital late at night calling me in for an emergence. I get there and this kid has been stabbed and needs to be operated immediately
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dude wants to be a trauma surgeon...alright, ok, cool..I dig

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I see a young girl walk in in a wheel chair, and after having a meeting with her and her parents, we begin a knee surgery that also takes a couple of hours. At the end of it, we are tired and are just begging to go home. As we finish up, I go home. Then one day, a month later I walk down the street and I see that little girl running around laughing.
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ok now it's seeming a bit ortho-y

qkhb said:
Some days it's easy. I walk in and I have a patient that believes they have cancer. We run the test etc, and I get to walk in and tell them that it isn't cancer. And I get to see that big smile on their face and the relief that comes over them.
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hem/onc. wut
 
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whatever5 said:
If you're ever looking for funny quotes just follow these simple instructions:

1. Go to instagram

2. Search #rossuniversity

3. Read captions.
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"Outside the gross anatomy lab today.. #anatomy #dead #gross #rossuniversity"
 
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qkhb said:
This is probably my favorite thing I have read on the internet, ever. I wish I knew how old the poster was. I can assure you, from the comments, this guy was dead serious. :laugh:

"Lately I have been thinking of becoming a doctor. In my mind I have this idea that I will be working with sick people and trying to make them better. I would like to share with you a couple of stories, that I though I one day might experience and I want you real doctors to tell me if something like that regularly happens or if at all.

  1. I get a call from the hospital late at night calling me in for an emergence. I get there and this kid has been stabbed and needs to be operated immediately, like waiting 5 min more will kill him. I rush him into the operation room, and there my team is waiting for me. We begin the operation, it's hard, as we operate we have to think on our feet. We talk a bit during the surgery, maybe say some jokes or talk about what we will do during the weekend. After a couple of hours, we are done and as we look at the table we see someone we saved, we made a difference. Then after everything is done, I get to look at the kid and say with absolute certainty "You only have one life, make it count", because I knew he was inches from dying.

  2. I see a young girl walk in in a wheel chair, and after having a meeting with her and her parents, we begin a knee surgery that also takes a couple of hours. At the end of it, we are tired and are just begging to go home. As we finish up, I go home. Then one day, a month later I walk down the street and I see that little girl running around laughing. And in that moment I will know that although I am not Bill Gates that is saving the world with vaccines, I at least made one life much better.

  3. Some days it's easy. I walk in and I have a patient that believes they have cancer. We run the test etc, and I get to walk in and tell them that it isn't cancer. And I get to see that big smile on their face and the relief that comes over them.
That's it guys, three stories of how I envision the doctor life to be. Am I doing it for the right reasons, I know every day won't look like this but I hope more than 50% will. I like biology but only in it's practical use. So becoming a researcher isn't for me. And I love working with my hands. So I thought becoming a surgeon was the perfect fit for me. Also, you can't forget about making a difference, but that's true for everyone in medicine."
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Wait, this is stuff you heard other pre meds say?
 
qkhb said:
This is probably my favorite thing I have read on the internet, ever. I wish I knew how old the poster was. I can assure you, from the comments, this guy was dead serious. :laugh:

"Lately I have been thinking of becoming a doctor. In my mind I have this idea that I will be working with sick people and trying to make them better. I would like to share with you a couple of stories, that I though I one day might experience and I want you real doctors to tell me if something like that regularly happens or if at all.

  1. I get a call from the hospital late at night calling me in for an emergence. I get there and this kid has been stabbed and needs to be operated immediately, like waiting 5 min more will kill him. I rush him into the operation room, and there my team is waiting for me. We begin the operation, it's hard, as we operate we have to think on our feet. We talk a bit during the surgery, maybe say some jokes or talk about what we will do during the weekend. After a couple of hours, we are done and as we look at the table we see someone we saved, we made a difference. Then after everything is done, I get to look at the kid and say with absolute certainty "You only have one life, make it count", because I knew he was inches from dying.

  2. I see a young girl walk in in a wheel chair, and after having a meeting with her and her parents, we begin a knee surgery that also takes a couple of hours. At the end of it, we are tired and are just begging to go home. As we finish up, I go home. Then one day, a month later I walk down the street and I see that little girl running around laughing. And in that moment I will know that although I am not Bill Gates that is saving the world with vaccines, I at least made one life much better.

  3. Some days it's easy. I walk in and I have a patient that believes they have cancer. We run the test etc, and I get to walk in and tell them that it isn't cancer. And I get to see that big smile on their face and the relief that comes over them.
That's it guys, three stories of how I envision the doctor life to be. Am I doing it for the right reasons, I know every day won't look like this but I hope more than 50% will. I like biology but only in it's practical use. So becoming a researcher isn't for me. And I love working with my hands. So I thought becoming a surgeon was the perfect fit for me. Also, you can't forget about making a difference, but that's true for everyone in medicine."
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I'm going to print this out, putting it under my mirror, and read it every morning for inspiration. So beautiful. This kid gets it.
 
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ls2412 said:
"Outside the gross anatomy lab today.. #anatomy #dead #gross #rossuniversity"
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All of these instagram posts makes me think that Ross is full of all the dumb white girls from CA who couldn't make it in anywhere else and want to work on their tan.
 
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Pusheen said:
All of these instagram posts makes me think that Ross is full of all the dumb white girls from CA who couldn't make it in anywhere else and want to work on their tan.
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the only person I know who is in medical school in the caribbean is a dumb white girl from Florida so....the shoe fits so far
 
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I'm doing research in my gap year and sometimes we have undergrad volunteers. One in particular says some of the weirdest pre-med comments I have ever heard

Her: so was your GPA above a 3.8?
Me: uhh... no, it was fine though
Her: Oh. Well you can probably get into DO school


Her: So Ted[notmyname], why weren't you confident enough to go to med school right away?
(soooooo condescending)


Her: I hope there's no math on the MCAT. I'm really bad at math and it's useless. I'm not doing well in algebra and I don't think I'll survive pre-calc next year [she's a sophomore in college. a good college]
 
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One of my good friends goes to SGU. I don't know why, she said something about not wanting to wait a year to become a doc. Her stats would have gotten her into the tier 3 and 4 schools, and would have been perfect for DOs. She's not a dumb girl.

She uploaded an album that was titled "Med school in paradise."

I fear for her.
 
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Me summer 2014: I can finish all my science pre-reqs for med school by May 2015 and apply to med school October 2015.

Me now: ::face palm:: what a fool I was
 
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qkhb said:
This is probably my favorite thing I have read on the internet, ever. I wish I knew how old the poster was. I can assure you, from the comments, this guy was dead serious. :laugh:

"Lately I have been thinking of becoming a doctor. In my mind I have this idea that I will be working with sick people and trying to make them better. I would like to share with you a couple of stories, that I though I one day might experience and I want you real doctors to tell me if something like that regularly happens or if at all.

  1. I get a call from the hospital late at night calling me in for an emergence. I get there and this kid has been stabbed and needs to be operated immediately, like waiting 5 min more will kill him. I rush him into the operation room, and there my team is waiting for me. We begin the operation, it's hard, as we operate we have to think on our feet. We talk a bit during the surgery, maybe say some jokes or talk about what we will do during the weekend. After a couple of hours, we are done and as we look at the table we see someone we saved, we made a difference. Then after everything is done, I get to look at the kid and say with absolute certainty "You only have one life, make it count", because I knew he was inches from dying.

  2. I see a young girl walk in in a wheel chair, and after having a meeting with her and her parents, we begin a knee surgery that also takes a couple of hours. At the end of it, we are tired and are just begging to go home. As we finish up, I go home. Then one day, a month later I walk down the street and I see that little girl running around laughing. And in that moment I will know that although I am not Bill Gates that is saving the world with vaccines, I at least made one life much better.

  3. Some days it's easy. I walk in and I have a patient that believes they have cancer. We run the test etc, and I get to walk in and tell them that it isn't cancer. And I get to see that big smile on their face and the relief that comes over them.
That's it guys, three stories of how I envision the doctor life to be. Am I doing it for the right reasons, I know every day won't look like this but I hope more than 50% will. I like biology but only in it's practical use. So becoming a researcher isn't for me. And I love working with my hands. So I thought becoming a surgeon was the perfect fit for me. Also, you can't forget about making a difference, but that's true for everyone in medicine."
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This is artistry at its apex.
 
A conversation I was having with my boyfriend (who works as an EMT) a few months ago. I was somewhat misinformed myself and he was completely clueless, so reading back on this I was laughing my a** off.
 

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A conversation I was having with my boyfriend (who works as an EMT) a few months ago. I was somewhat misinformed myself and he was completely clueless, so reading back on this I was laughing my a** off.
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I don't blame him. I don't understand what DO is either no matter how much i look into it...

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They use the #futuredoctor very liberally.
 
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>#PhiDE

Holy ****ing ****.

I don't have a hipstergram account, anyone wanna do a search on #PhiDE to see what other hilarity pops up?

In the meantime, here's a funny one I just read:

Deidentified due to HIPAA said:
To give an idea of the kind of involvement in the MDM a scribe can have, I will give you a few examples from my own work as a scribe:

1.) A patient presents to the ED c/o (complaining of) back pain states that she had been taking acetaminophen every 2-3 hours for her pain. The physician forgets this fact and wants me to put in a prescription for Tylenol #3 when we discharge the patient. Because acetaminophen overdose can lead to liver damage, it is crucial that no more than 4 grams of acetaminophen be taken per 24 hour period. I remind the doctor that the patient has been taking a large amount of acetaminophen at home and that it would be a good idea to prescribe her something else. He thanks me and tells me to put in a prescription for Ultram instead.

2.) A patient presents to the ED c/o lower abdominal pain that began in her right flank and has traveled down to her suprapubic area. After the H&P, the physician asks me what I think the problem is. I tell him that ureterolithiasis is the most likely explanation. The physician says that it is a possibility but he thinks an ovarian cyst is more likely. A CT abdomen and pelvis is ordered which shows a 7 mm stone at the right ureterovesicular junction. He admits that I was right and tells me that he thinks I will be far ahead of my fellow students in medical school.

3.) A patient presents to the ED c/o generalized myalgias s/p (status post) multiple falls the night before. She also reports head trauma without loss of consciousness. She denies vomiting, headache, lethargy, confusion, or any other neurological symptoms. The doctor allows me to put in the orders for the workup on my own, which he later looks at before making the orders effective by signing them. Based on the H&P, I decide to order a CBC (complete blood count), a BMP (basic metabolic panel), a UA (urinalysis), a UDS (urine drug screen), an EtOH level, a urine pregnancy test, a lumbar spine X-ray, and a CT Head. The doctor asks me why I want to order the CT Head. I tell him that even though she has no neurological symptoms and did not lose consciousness, I have seen so many doctors order CT Heads as a CYA (cover your ass) measure. He disagrees with my reasoning and explains why he is comfortable with not ordering the CT. Eventually, after a re-examination of the patient, he orders the CT anyway after a nurse reported seeing the patient walk with a staggered gait.
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>#PhiDE

Holy ****ing ****.

I don't have a hipstergram account, anyone wanna do a search on #PhiDE to see what other hilarity pops up?

In the meantime, here's a funny one I just read:
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It's just a bunch of sorority girls squatting. What even is PhiDE?
 
Hey, don't knock it too much! I'm part of it and it's NOTHING like Greek life, at least not at my school...it's basically just a club to get involved with shadowing, volunteering, raise money for our children's hospital, have physician speakers at the meetings and we also do medical simulation labs with some incredible army medics. I put it down as one of my top 3 activities on my AMCAS app! The med school I was accepted at has it and I will definitely join so that I can continue with different volunteering opportunities and having a support group.
 
After the H&P, the physician asks me what I think the problem is. I tell him that ureterolithiasis is the most likely explanation.
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:barf::barf::barf:
 
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I sat in at the back of one PhiDE meeting at my UG and witnessed a Ross University speaker giving what sounded like an AmWay pitch. :rolleyes:
 
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"I hear the hardest part is getting in (which I btw I think is true) ... Can't wait to get in so I can finally relax"
 
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moisne said:
"I hear the hardest part is getting in (which I btw I think is true) ... Can't wait to get in so I can finally relax"
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Not true lol getting in is fun. Hardest part is getting motivation to sit down with a 20 page drug list and memorize.
 
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TBV said:
Not true lol getting in is fun. Hardest part is getting motivation to sit down with a 20 page drug list and memorize.
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what's harder ... reviewing a 200 question simulation that you got half wrong...
 
Today in the #rusm tag on instagram: a selfie in a bikini captioned "Working from the pool today. All i need is my phone and wifi #workfromanywhere #studentloans #rusm"

"Studying for our Step 1 test over brunch!#rusm #overmimosas"
 
haaaaaaaaaaveyoumetted said:
Today in the #rusm tag on instagram: a selfie in a bikini captioned "Working from the pool today. All i need is my phone and wifi #workfromanywhere #studentloans #rusm"

"Studying for our Step 1 test over brunch!#rusm #overmimosas"
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Yeah but she was kind of fine though
 
If you can study over mimosas, you're doing mimosas wrong.
 
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