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my med school class was about 1/3 the size of my graduating high school class...so it can make for some drama. However, it can also be really fun for the same reasons. If you really want to avoid being a part of the drama, just don't sleep with anyone in your class (the class above and below you are much safer bets). Other than that, the rest of the drama pretty much occurred within the same cohort of like 20-30 people that try and do all the extracurricular stuff.
 
*brobro* said:
my med school class was about 1/3 the size of my graduating high school class...so it can make for some drama. However, it can also be really fun for the same reasons. If you really want to avoid being a part of the drama, just don't sleep with anyone in your class (the class above and below you are much safer bets). Other than that, the rest of the drama pretty much occurred within the same cohort of like 20-30 people that try and do all the extracurricular stuff.
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This may be the best piece of advice I've gotten on SDN yet
 
futuredoc520 said:
I have a friend in law school who says that it's just like high school. Small class = drama, rotations with the same ~50 students, she even has to eat lunch in the same 1 hr. period as them.

Is med school kind of like that or nah?
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I think this is pretty dependent on the school. I've heard the occasional rumor at my school, but in general I like our class a lot, and I have very little patience for BS drama. I'll also say it could be because my school has a large class size compared to most other schools (~250), so maybe there is drama that stays in smaller groups.

themoonman2 said:
I literally LOL'd at this. WTF was everyone thinking back then when it came to deodorant?
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At my school it was always in the locker rooms after gym when guys were self-conscious about smelling like BO and would rather take an Axe bath. Because we all know having a 10 foot lingering cologne trail is way better than a slight smell of BO...

Walter Lance said:
...I know at least a handful of people in the class that still use Axe...
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I'm not gonna lie, I use it on occasion and have actually gotten more than a few compliments on "my nice cologne". Some of the scents are actually okay if you just spray it in the air and walk through it instead of spraying half the can straight on your shirt like a boy going through puberty.
 
Stagg737 said:
I'm not gonna lie, I use it on occasion and have actually gotten more than a few compliments on "my nice cologne". Some of the scents are actually okay if you just spray it in the air and walk through it instead of spraying half the can straight on your shirt like a boy going through puberty.
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That's better than my old roommate who showered 2-3 times/week, never used deodorant, and doused himself in Febreeze Fabric Refrsher before he left the house everyday.
 
It's professional school so there are definitely more people who do their own thing, maybe are older, etc. but there's still the whole cool clique, party clique sh** going on.
 
How hard is it to sleep with your classmates as a tall, athletic, racially ambiguous guy who is fostering a kitten?
 
Feels like middle school. Everyone taking the same classes together. Honestly the content is not that challenging to be honest and a middle school student could probably learn it with some background in gen bio.

High school physics was more challenging.
 
Well, I'd say medical school is a lot more like primary/elementary. Because I've finally found people who will play Pokémon with me!

Or rather, people who would play Pokémon with me if we weren't all too busy lying on the floor crying about inguinal canal anatomy (j/k CNS physiology is worse).

In seriousness tho, it depends on where you're going - insofar as being like high school, gunners are going to be the new bullies and the less of those you have in your class the nicer a time you'll have. Avoid gunners like the plague. Be ambitious but don't be a gunner.
 
Walter Lance said:
That's better than my old roommate who showered 2-3 times/week, never used deodorant, and doused himself in Febreeze Fabric Refrsher before he left the house everyday.
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I think I met your old roommate at a hostel in New Orleans. Some hostelmates sprayed extra Febreeze on him while he slept to improve the smell.

There can't be more than one person who used this technique, can there?
 
CharakaComplex said:
Well, I'd say medical school is a lot more like primary/elementary. Because I've finally found people who will play Pokémon with me!

Or rather, people who would play Pokémon with me if we weren't all too busy lying on the floor crying about inguinal canal anatomy (j/k CNS physiology is worse).

In seriousness tho, it depends on where you're going - insofar as being like high school, gunners are going to be the new bullies and the less of those you have in your class the nicer a time you'll have. Avoid gunners like the plague. Be ambitious but don't be a gunner.
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how does one spot a gunner? how does one not become a gunner? I really want to do well, but don't want to look at myself in the mirror one day and find out i'm..... dun dun dun.... a gunner
 
drcon said:
how does one spot a gunner? how does one not become a gunner? I really want to do well, but don't want to look at myself in the mirror one day and find out i'm..... dun dun dun.... a gunner
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Don't be a giant douche or try and sabotage your classmates. It's really not that hard...
 
Unfortunately some people act like it is. Idk if it's just my school, but a lot of guys also seem to be into their feelings and throw emotional fits all the time. It actually blows my mind..
 
I remember not liking high school and feeling like it was a prison sentence I had to get through. Now reflecting on stuff from over a decade ago, I for the life of me can't remember what was so bad. But what I've experienced so far at med school doesn't seem that bad at all. Then again I'm not some 15 yr old immigrant trying to learn the lay of the land in a new country so that probably helps.
 
Very much like HS, with cliques and immature behavior. Overall, IMO, less collegiate than undergrad and grad school.


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As an incoming M1, I'm very curious to see if what all you guys are saying holds true for my school. I'm not a super outgoing person, and not one to start a conversation with someone, so I likely won't join a "clique" during those first few days of orientation. Getting married in two weeks, so I'm not looking for a bunch of friends. But, I'm definitely interested to observe how clique-y, drama filled my class will be..
 
Dr.JD.House said:
As an incoming M1, I'm very curious to see if what all you guys are saying holds true for my school. I'm not a super outgoing person, and not one to start a conversation with someone, so I likely won't join a "clique" during those first few days of orientation. Getting married in two weeks, so I'm not looking for a bunch of friends. But, I'm definitely interested to observe how clique-y, drama filled my class will be..
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i am also getting married before m1 starts! it will be interesting to see how we mesh with our classmates (my guess is 90% will be single/unmarried). i'm hoping it will allow me to socialize when necessary/i feel like it, but have more of an adult/professional experience.

good luck on ur impending nuptials!
 
Med school is similar to high school in many ways, but I like the people so much better. I actually like all my classmates, but I wouldn't say anything to anyone that I didn't mind the whole class knowing. People gossip.

I took almost ten years off though between undergrad and med school, I'm married, and I mostly hang out with other non-trads that I like to call "the former f**ck ups". So maybe my social experience is not the most representative.
 
My class is pretty damn cliqueish. We have the party crew (younger single folk who all live in dorm like apartments next to the school), we have the BYUites (they wear blue all the time and never go to the coffee shop or out..ever, unless it's with their spouse and kids), then you have the roamers (like me) who haven't found any friends the whole year and goes home to eat a grilled cheese with some tomato soup, lay in bed and go on Vine, sleep, and go back to school.


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DOFOSHO said:
its worse. the attitudes are bigger. there is greater competition over who is the coolest. there is also something called gunning. unlike highschool where people in teaching positions are required to undergo some formal training in teaching, in med school all the "teacher" needs is microsoft office and a pair of lips.
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This perfectly describes the vast majority of college professors in the entire country
 
It's a function of

age, stress, innate competitiveness, innate insecurities, late social maturation.

Think of it this way. A lot of your classmates are just four years removed from high school. Instead of having life-maturing experiences, they decided to study alot and jump through hoops.
 
AlteredScale said:
My class is pretty damn cliqueish. We have the party crew (younger single folk who all live in dorm like apartments next to the school), we have the BYUites (they wear blue all the time and never go to the coffee shop or out..ever, unless it's with their spouse and kids), then you have the roamers (like me) who haven't found any friends the whole year and goes home to eat a grilled cheese with some tomato soup, lay in bed and go on Vine, sleep, and go back to school.


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I could see this being very true. I went to a BYU school myself but thankfully don't have any clothing that would reflect that.
 
*brobro* said:
my med school class was about 1/3 the size of my graduating high school class...so it can make for some drama. However, it can also be really fun for the same reasons. If you really want to avoid being a part of the drama, just don't sleep with anyone in your class (the class above and below you are much safer bets). Other than that, the rest of the drama pretty much occurred within the same cohort of like 20-30 people that try and do all the extracurricular stuff.
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Wrong. Nobody screws down, you either screw across or above. What kind of charity do you think this is!?
 
Giovanotto said:
Wrong. Nobody screws down, you either screw across or above. What kind of charity do you think this is!?
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um, I shouldn't point out "high school" rules for dating up or down apply lol

way more fashionable for the guy med students to date "down" than for the gals to, regardless of age actually
no matter who does it though, I feel like it always has this robbing the cradle vibe
I think because med school not only infantalizes you, the stress causes regression
we are so imprinted with the hierarchical structures of medical practice that it even infects the psychology of dating at the between-med-student-years level
 
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