Hello all,
This is something i've been thinking about for a while now. Most of the pre-meds in my school are the bubbly outgoing type. They have a "passion for people", have leadership roles in all the right organizations,and excel at the softer sciences, like bio and and psych and stuff.
I'm a lot more introverted, I prefer a lot time alone, which to be honest, hinders my ability to be involved in a lot of things outside of school. I got A's both semesters of calc-based physics, and do better in stuff like calc and Pchem than in bio and ochem. I was wondering if I have the social energy or mindset to be a doc. I love problem solving and critical thinking, so diagnosing patients and having an algorithm of care is what i enjoy about medicine.
Are there a lot of people like me in medicine? I often feel like I'm not as good as the extroverted people who are networking pros, and loved by all the profs for their outgoing and pleasant nature.
Sorry for the stereotypes, this is just what I have encountered in my experience.
This is something i've been thinking about for a while now. Most of the pre-meds in my school are the bubbly outgoing type. They have a "passion for people", have leadership roles in all the right organizations,and excel at the softer sciences, like bio and and psych and stuff.
I'm a lot more introverted, I prefer a lot time alone, which to be honest, hinders my ability to be involved in a lot of things outside of school. I got A's both semesters of calc-based physics, and do better in stuff like calc and Pchem than in bio and ochem. I was wondering if I have the social energy or mindset to be a doc. I love problem solving and critical thinking, so diagnosing patients and having an algorithm of care is what i enjoy about medicine.
Are there a lot of people like me in medicine? I often feel like I'm not as good as the extroverted people who are networking pros, and loved by all the profs for their outgoing and pleasant nature.
Sorry for the stereotypes, this is just what I have encountered in my experience.