Funny quotes from "less informed" premeds

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Syqers said:
I once had a pre-med tell me she was just going to apply to Harvard. I told her that it's pretty hard to get in there - maybe she'd want some backup schools. She said, "Yeah, well most people that apply there have no business applying there."

I gave her a thumbs up and said, "I'm sure you're gonna do just great."
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:laugh:
I would've done the same.
 
Miss Terious said:
This was posted in the pre-DO forum but should become an introductory video for every single new member that joins SDN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlALIXS2UI
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😀 What a coincidence. I came across this video on YouTube a few days ago. I didn't see the thumbnail, and all I saw was "premed to premed." Then I started reading the comments, and it later made sense. The video never gets old. NEVER.
 
funtertaining15 said:
😀 What a coincidence. I came across this video on YouTube a few days ago. I didn't see the thumbnail, and all I saw was "premed to premed." Then I started reading the comments, and it later made sense. The video never gets old. NEVER.
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The sad thing you premeds don't realize is just how close this approximates your first year of medical school... 🙄
 
That was a pretty lame video to be honest. I hope it's not supposed to be funny.
 
serenade said:
Honestly teachers should give word banks for anatomy tests, I mean idc if it's a page long, but some anatomical structures aren't as easy to spell as Dura Matter or sebaceous gland. But subarachnoid or some of the tuberocities on certain bones ? Come on now, even I have to use spell check.
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Lol.
 
TheMightySmiter said:
Lol.
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weird, isnt it? I guess once medical school happens you suddenly realize just how much you really still don't know so you avoid the "look what I know!"-type examples that really only serve to highlight the knowledge gaps, right? :laugh::laugh:
 
SpecterGT260 said:
weird, isnt it? I guess once medical school happens you suddenly realize just how much you really still don't know so you avoid the "look what I know!"-type examples that really only serve to highlight the knowledge gaps, right? :laugh::laugh:
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So true.... Med school has a way of humbling the slightly arrogant. (Hopefully, the really arrogant get "humbled" during the admissions process...when they [hopefully] don't get in year after year.)
 
music2doc said:
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So true.... Med school has a way of humbling the slightly arrogant. (Hopefully, the really arrogant get "humbled" during the admissions process...when they [hopefully] don't get in year after year.)
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no, there are still some really arrogant ones that make it through. Those are the ones who still raise their hand in class to ask something with the overwhelmingly irrelevant and complicated answer already in the question.

"Professor, is it true that blah blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda, shoop de whoop?"

Being a medical student and being forced to always choose the "most correct answer" on MC tests, I have to assume the professors answer of "yes..." is not the best answer, rather "Listening to you makes my tongue itch" is probably more appropriate as it is equally irrelevant to anything anyone is learning 🙂 (if I for some reason lecture medical students, this will be my answer every time haha)
 
SpecterGT260 said:
no, there are still some really arrogant ones that make it through. Those are the ones who still raise their hand in class to ask something with the overwhelmingly irrelevant and complicated answer already in the question.

"Professor, is it true that blah blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda, shoop de whoop?"

Being a medical student and being forced to always choose the "most correct answer" on MC tests, I have to assume the professors answer of "yes..." is not the best answer, rather "Listening to you makes my tongue itch" is probably more appropriate as it is equally irrelevant to anything anyone is learning 🙂 (if I for some reason lecture medical students, this will be my answer every time haha)
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SpecterGT260 said:
no, there are still some really arrogant ones that make it through. Those are the ones who still raise their hand in class to ask something with the overwhelmingly irrelevant and complicated answer already in the question.

"Professor, is it true that blah blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda, shoop de whoop?"

Being a medical student and being forced to always choose the "most correct answer" on MC tests, I have to assume the professors answer of "yes..." is not the best answer, rather "Listening to you makes my tongue itch" is probably more appropriate as it is equally irrelevant to anything anyone is learning 🙂 (if I for some reason lecture medical students, this will be my answer every time haha)
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Probably true. So far, I have not met any of them in my class nor have we had any that are like that, although we do have on kid that basically tries to answer every question. He's probably a little on the arrogant side but a cool guy nonetheless so I'll let him slide....
 
A friend of mine introduced me to her pre-med friend at another university.

Him: I was going to go to Wash U for med school, but then I failed calculus, so I'm going to Vanderbilt instead.
Me: You already got in?
Him: No, I'm applying next year.
 
capsaicin trip said:
A friend of mine introduced me to her pre-med friend at another university.

Him: I was going to go to Wash U for med school, but then I failed calculus, so I'm going to Vanderbilt instead.
Me: You already got in?
Him: No, I'm applying next year.
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Well obviously he's a lock for vanderbilt if he failed calculus.
 
capsaicin trip said:
A friend of mine introduced me to her pre-med friend at another university.

Him: I was going to go to Wash U for med school, but then I failed calculus, so I'm going to Vanderbilt instead.
Me: You already got in?
Him: No, I'm applying next year.
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:laugh:

Similarly, I was at a school function when I overheard 2 students talking.

A: So, my major is Electrical Engineering, what's yours?
B: Pre-med. I wanna be a doctor.
A: Cool. What kind?
B: Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon.
A: You know what medical school you want to attend?
B: Mmmmm....Baylor or maybe UT.
A: UT in Galveston?
B: Naw. Austin.

I was like:

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capsaicin trip said:
A friend of mine introduced me to her pre-med friend at another university.

Him: I was going to go to Wash U for med school, but then I failed calculus, so I'm going to Vanderbilt instead.
Me: You already got in?
Him: No, I'm applying next year.
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Haha this is great.
 
capsaicin trip said:
A friend of mine introduced me to her pre-med friend at another university.

Him: I was going to go to Wash U for med school, but then I failed calculus, so I'm going to Vanderbilt instead.
Me: You already got in?
Him: No, I'm applying next year.
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lol
 
La Presse said:
:laugh:

Similarly, I was at a school function when I overheard 2 students talking.

A: So, my major is Electrical Engineering, what's yours?
B: Pre-med. I wanna be a doctor.
A: Cool. What kind?
B: Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon.
A: You know what medical school you want to attend?
B: Mmmmm....Baylor or maybe UT.
A: UT in Galveston?
B: Naw. Austin.

I was like:

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I don't understand the pic
 
My first day of hospital volunteering in child burn center of hospital:

Director: So why did you decide to volunteer in this department of the hospital?
Me: Because I'm trying to gain medical experience, and I plan on working with children in the future.
Director: Oh, that sounds great.

--20 minutes later while being introduced to site manager--

Director: Here's Unhistoried, he wants to be a pediatrician.
Site manager: That's great! Why do you want to be a pediatrician?
Me: Well, I was actually thinking about going into pediatrics after medical school, but maybe I will switch to becoming a pediatrician after I learn more about it.
Director and site manager exchange concerned looks.

Yeah, I didn't know what a pediatrician was. Going by the name, I thought it was a dietitian for children or something like that.
 
unhistoried said:
My first day of hospital volunteering in child burn center of hospital:

Director: So why did you decide to volunteer in this department of the hospital?
Me: Because I'm trying to gain medical experience, and I plan on working with children in the future.
Director: Oh, that sounds great.

--20 minutes later while being introduced to site manager--

Director: Here's Unhistoried, he wants to be a pediatrician.
Site manager: That's great! Why do you want to be a pediatrician?
Me: Well, I was actually thinking about going into pediatrics after medical school, but maybe I will switch to becoming a pediatrician after I learn more about it.
Director and site manager exchange concerned looks.

Yeah, I didn't know what a pediatrician was. Going by the name, I thought it was a dietitian for children or something like that.
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To be fair, we all were at a point where we all lacked knowledge on a certain level or another. It's just better to gain that knowledge at an earlier age.:laugh:
 
unhistoried said:
My first day of hospital volunteering in child burn center of hospital:

Director: So why did you decide to volunteer in this department of the hospital?
Me: Because I'm trying to gain medical experience, and I plan on working with children in the future.
Director: Oh, that sounds great.

--20 minutes later while being introduced to site manager--

Director: Here's Unhistoried, he wants to be a pediatrician.
Site manager: That's great! Why do you want to be a pediatrician?
Me: Well, I was actually thinking about going into pediatrics after medical school, but maybe I will switch to becoming a pediatrician after I learn more about it.
Director and site manager exchange concerned looks.

Yeah, I didn't know what a pediatrician was. Going by the name, I thought it was a dietitian for children or something like that.
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Lol this actually somewhat happened to me when I first switched to premed. I was making smalltalk with a woman and told her I was planning to go to med school.

Her- oh that's great! I'm an internist at Northwestern.
Me- That's really cool! So you're only an intern for the first year of residency right?
Her- *no response and blank stare for a couple seconds* yeah that's right but I'm an attending physician in internal medicine
Me- *wide eyes* Ohhhhh right right I just meant.. non-sensical explanation of my question...

Pretty embarrassing but we actually still talk from time to time so she must have felt sorry for this uninformed premed 🙂
 
Not exactly a quote, but a poor girl at my university was informed that all she needed to do to prepare for the MCAT was read over the AAMC's "The Official Guide to the MCAT Exam".... And that's all she did. Results were as expected I guess....

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A recent conversation I had with my helicopter parents...I consider them pre-meds because they are more worried about the irrelevant **** than I am.

Mom: So what are you going to major in, sweetie?
Me: I don't really know yet. Whatever I find interesting, I guess.
Mom: Well, what majors does your school offer?
Me: *Gives mom book full of courses and majors offered by my school*
Mom: *Looks through book* Where is the Biology major???? Your school doesn't offer a Biology major???
Me: -_-
Dad: YOU BETTER NOT COME BACK WITH A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR BOY. (all caps means he is yelling)
Me: -______-;

My school does offer a biology major, it's just not simply called "biology". I've tried telling my parents that one's major has no influence on getting into medical school. They simply refuse to believe me.

Guess that's comes with having African immigrants as parents...
 
CheerfulChatter said:
A recent conversation I had with my helicopter parents...I consider them pre-meds because they are more worried about the irrelevant **** than I am.

Mom: So what are you going to major in, sweetie?
Me: I don't really know yet. Whatever I find interesting, I guess.
Mom: Well, what majors does your school offer?
Me: *Gives mom book full of courses and majors offered by my school*
Mom: *Looks through book* Where is the Biology major???? Your school doesn't offer a Biology major???
Me: -_-
Dad: YOU BETTER NOT COME BACK WITH A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR BOY. (all caps means he is yelling)
Me: -______-;

My school does offer a biology major, it's just not simply called "biology". I've tried telling my parents that one's major has no influence on getting into medical school. They simply refuse to believe me.

Guess that's comes with having African immigrants as parents...
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Lol. I told my parents I was gonna major in psych and they flipped.....
 
CheerfulChatter said:
A recent conversation I had with my helicopter parents...I consider them pre-meds because they are more worried about the irrelevant **** than I am.

Mom: So what are you going to major in, sweetie?
Me: I don't really know yet. Whatever I find interesting, I guess.
Mom: Well, what majors does your school offer?
Me: *Gives mom book full of courses and majors offered by my school*
Mom: *Looks through book* Where is the Biology major???? Your school doesn't offer a Biology major???
Me: -_-
Dad: YOU BETTER NOT COME BACK WITH A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR BOY. (all caps means he is yelling)
Me: -______-;

My school does offer a biology major, it's just not simply called "biology". I've tried telling my parents that one's major has no influence on getting into medical school. They simply refuse to believe me.

Guess that's comes with having African immigrants as parents...
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Hahaha. Yup, sounds familiar. German immigrants aren't any better. Plus, totally unintentionally spiting them, I ended up speaking Spanish nearly fluently rather than German and majored in psychology, sociology, and neuroscience: Geh zur Hölle! LoL 🙂
 
I love the stories about overbearing parents although I feel bad for some people. I'm amazed at some of the crap people put up with from their parents.

Here's a quote from a friend's mother.

"Oh you want to be a DO, so you mean not a real doctor ha ha ha" (*****)

A good friend of mine

"But Evan, organic chemistry is the most important grade you'll get in college! You won't get in without an 'A'!" (naive)

Every person I've ever talked to after I told them I was studying Neuroscience

"So you want to be a neurosurgeon huh?"
 
thomprya said:
A future applicant I know tells everyone how she is going to be going to Stanford when her gpa is pushing a 3.1 and she has never taken the mcat. She however tells everyone she got a 43 on her mcat based upon an oral 20 question mcat test administered by her dad. So stupid....
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Omg I'm laughing so hard
 
Be prepared. You will still have idiot classmates in med school. There's one girl in our class who cannot keep her mouth shut. It's embarrassing and just painful
 
I know this is not technically a pre-med quote, but I found it funny nonetheless:

So I was browsing Facebook today, just wasting time, when I stumbled upon this gem -- a girl I knew from high school (who was by no means even remotely bright -- was failing basic english/math and didn't attend college after finishing high school) posts this:

"I am so happy that I'm finally going back to school. I'm excited for the day I can say I'm an orthodonist🙂"

Clearly, I don't think she knows that she must go through undergrad, dental school, and a 3 year residency to become an orthodontist, but what's even funnier is her boyfriend's comment of "$$$$"
 
xroc said:
I know this is not technically a pre-med quote, but I found it funny nonetheless:

So I was browsing Facebook today, just wasting time, when I stumbled upon this gem -- a girl I knew from high school (who was by no means even remotely bright -- was failing basic english/math and didn't attend college after finishing high school) posts this:

"I am so happy that I'm finally going back to school. I'm excited for the day I can say I'm an orthodonist🙂"

Clearly, I don't think she knows that she must go through undergrad, dental school, and a 3 year residency to become an orthodontist, but what's even funnier is her boyfriend's comment of "$$$$"
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So what is she going to school for?
 
tenndoc said:
Be prepared. You will still have idiot classmates in med school. There's one girl in our class who cannot keep her mouth shut. It's embarrassing and just painful
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Dish! You must have a few quotes by now. 🙂
 
xroc said:
not sure ... just to be an orthodontist according to her ... 😕
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Is there a potential that she got into dental school while u were not paying attention?
 
SpecterGT260 said:
Is there a potential that she got into dental school while u were not paying attention?
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Nope, considering she never went to college after H.S., hence saying "finally going back to school" three years later.

I'm not saying that there is a 0% chance of her becoming an orthodontist, but I just found it funny that it's pretty much the equivalent of a freshman going into college saying that he/she is going to be a neurosurgeon with full conviction.
 
Deutsch Arzt said:
Dish! You must have a few quotes by now. 🙂
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The usual "uhhh will this be on the test", "do we have to know this"

We did have someone email the dean and ask for supplies in our lounge. She listed popcorn as the number one student request.... Yeah I don't remember ever hearing that
 
tenndoc said:
The usual "uhhh will this be on the test", "do we have to know this"

We did have someone email the dean and ask for supplies in our lounge. She listed popcorn as the number one student request.... Yeah I don't remember ever hearing that
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Dear. God. :poke:
 
xroc said:
So I was browsing Facebook today, just wasting time, when I stumbled upon this gem -- a girl I knew from high school (who was by no means even remotely bright -- was failing basic english/math and didn't attend college after finishing high school) posts this:

"I am so happy that I'm finally going back to school. I'm excited for the day I can say I'm an orthodonist🙂"

Clearly, I don't think she knows that she must go through undergrad, dental school, and a 3 year residency to become an orthodontist, but what's even funnier is her boyfriend's comment of "$$$$""
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Think you've might of misread here bud. Seems like an expression of aspiration to me.

Looks like she has gotten her act together. Give her 8-10 years who knows only time will tell...
Maybe she'll be become an orthodontist one day, or maybe she'll star in the next adult film titled "The Big Drill" starring as Dr. Bracie Fixxx DMD.

BTW, tell her it's spelled orthodonTist not orthodoNist🙂
 
tenndoc said:
Be prepared. You will still have idiot classmates in med school. There's one girl in our class who cannot keep her mouth shut. It's embarrassing and just painful
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Truth.
 
SpecterGT260 said:
weird, isnt it? I guess once medical school happens you suddenly realize just how much you really still don't know so you avoid the "look what I know!"-type examples that really only serve to highlight the knowledge gaps, right? :laugh::laugh:
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She was probably laughing at the mispelling of dura mater.
 
Smurf12 said:
Think you've might of misread here bud.


BTW, tell her it's spelled orthodonTist not orthodoNist🙂
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While we're on the subject of spelling and grammar, it's "might've" and not "might of." It's short for "might have." "Might of" makes no sense.

This should hopefully save you a lot of embarrassment in the future when it actually counts.
 
GuyWhoDoesStuff said:
While we're on the subject of spelling and grammar, it's "might've" and not "might of." It's short for "might have." "Might of" makes no sense.

This should hopefully save you a lot of embarrassment in the future when it actually counts.
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Lol. Slippery fingers. You just caught me red-handed here.:laugh:
 
GuyWhoDoesStuff said:
While we're on the subject of spelling and grammar, it's "might've" and not "might of." It's short for "might have." "Might of" makes no sense.

This should hopefully save you a lot of embarrassment in the future when it actually counts.
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You possess a grammatical might of great proportion!

😛

EDIT: w00t
 
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pfaction said:
She was probably laughing at the mispelling of dura mater.
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she absolutely was. The irony being it was a vain attempt to loose some medical jargon on us.

I have a video if you want a better example of how it comes across - see below
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyvbFMGmImg[/YOUTUBE]
 
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