A word of advice from one of my good students...

[el_duderino]

This is ridiculous.

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[efle]

Yeah the liberals are def the racist ones. Thank god the conservatives have repeatedly helped the country with stuff like ending segregation

And all liberals are lying hypocrites because a few famous ones are. I know every conservative is exactly like the famous ones

 

[efle]

This is ridiculous.

I'm like 85% convinced joo is the first 9/10 troll I've ever encountered

 

[TrueWolverine]

Weird how a thread trying to give us pre-med students a heads about what's to come ends up in a place like this....

 

[Goro]

Back on task, kids!

 

[asdf123g]

I entered medical school and costed me my first marriage. I think if I rethought this thing out, I probably would not go to medical school unless I had someone else pay for it and was single and younger.

Unfortunately because I have student loan debt, I am stuck, I think though once I finish I will think I accomplished something, became a doctor, and maybe these feelings will go away.

I think for anyone entering medical school soon, my best advice is to make sure you got a good social support system outside of school, your classmates might appear friendly, but nowhere else will you meet a bunch of cutthroat type of people, you really cannot trust your classmates or really anyone that has the job of evaluating you, I would be extremely wary of faculty and school administrators as well, you have to be cordial and diplomatic with them of course, but keep your distance. What I am saying might sound harsh but its reality and its particularly the case when you enter the clinical phase of medical school where your evaluation can become very subjective.

can you message me? (your current settings do not allow me to msg you first)

 

[JeBrAs]

I am about 2 weeks in, so far I have to say medical school has been eye opening to say the least. Never in college had I looked at my schedule before the next exam and feared that there just wasn't enough time. My first week was very stressful adjusting to the elevated study load and figuring out a good study strategy that focused on being as efficient as possible with the limited time available. So far from what little I have experienced, the material comes at you not only at a fast rate but also highly detailed as well. The material is not as difficult as I thought it might be, really allows for you to be able to put in the study time for long stretches. And plus some of it is quite fascinating. I have been going to lecture everyday and I am starting to see why that might not be a very efficient use of my time.........

Definitely agree with @Goro's student so far about med school being like drinking from a fire hose while chasing the fire truck!

 

[Oh_Gee]

can you message me? (your current settings do not allow me to msg you first)

please share with me via PM or here lol

 

[asdf123g]

please share with me via PM or here lol

?

 

[Oh_Gee]

?

if the other guy PM's you the name of his school

 

[asdf123g]

if the other guy PM's you the name of his school

now why would I do that?

 

[Oh_Gee]

now why would I do that?

b/c everyone on SDN is kind, friendly, and very open
lol jk just wanna know what school is so cutthroat like that

 

[asdf123g]

b/c everyone on SDN is kind, friendly, and very open
lol jk just wanna know what school is so cutthroat like that

if he/she chooses to msg you that info, that's their prerogative. I dont mean to come off as a jerk but thats something I respect for this person (and anyone for that matter).

 

[Oh_Gee]

I entered medical school and costed me my first marriage. I think if I rethought this thing out, I probably would not go to medical school unless I had someone else pay for it and was single and younger.

Unfortunately because I have student loan debt, I am stuck, I think though once I finish I will think I accomplished something, became a doctor, and maybe these feelings will go away.

I think for anyone entering medical school soon, my best advice is to make sure you got a good social support system outside of school, your classmates might appear friendly, but nowhere else will you meet a bunch of cutthroat type of people, you really cannot trust your classmates or really anyone that has the job of evaluating you, I would be extremely wary of faculty and school administrators as well, you have to be cordial and diplomatic with them of course, but keep your distance. What I am saying might sound harsh but its reality and its particularly the case when you enter the clinical phase of medical school where your evaluation can become very subjective.

Medical school is not like drinking from a fire hydrant, its like getting into a ring for five hours with the heavy weight champion of the world and getting hit left and right.

i would also like to know what school you are at if you don't mind. please PM if you would like to share

 

[Goro]

You'll be OK.

I am about 2 weeks in, so far I have to say medical school has been eye opening to say the least. Never in college had I looked at my schedule before the next exam and feared that there just wasn't enough time. My first week was very stressful adjusting to the elevated study load and figuring out a good study strategy that focused on being as efficient as possible with the limited time available. So far from what little I have experienced, the material comes at you not only at a fast rate but also highly detailed as well. The material is not as difficult as I thought it might be, really allows for you to be able to put in the study time for long stretches. And plus some of it is quite fascinating. I have been going to lecture everyday and I am starting to see why that might not be a very efficient use of my time.........

Definitely agree with @Goro's student so far about med school being like drinking from a fire hose while chasing the fire truck!

 

[SLC]

What I wouldn't give to make changes knowing the things I know now. Remember, less than half of physicians would recommend their children go to medical school, and there is a reason for that Enjoy life while you can, not getting in immediately is a blessing, not a tragedy.

I can only speak for myself, but I kinda liked medical school. I would do it again, and I sorta hope one of my kids decides to do it too.

But I gotta say, residency is a million times better. Sure the schedule is difficult, and I have actual real clinical responsibilities now, but all of that combines to what I think is an awesome time.

I'm on what everyone at my program says is the worst rotation of intern year both schedule and stress-wise, but I'm having a blast! I still have a hard time referring to myself as Dr. SLC when I go into see the patient, but that's what I am now. I also sorta chuckled when I signed my first prescription, I didn't think the pharmacy would honor it because I still felt like a medical student. Now I have a full panel of 300+ patients, both adults and children for whom I am the PCP, I go to clinic and then hit the L&D floor and have been managing laboring patients, delivering babies, doing post-partum rounds as well as pedi rounds, I consult with specialists, write orders, etc. My program is extremely hands on, and they expect us to manage as much as we can, and are there for backup at all times.

Even though it's all a lot of work and can be stressful at times, I wouldn't trade this job for any other at this point!

 

[Mad Jack]

I entered medical school and costed me my first marriage. I think if I rethought this thing out, I probably would not go to medical school unless I had someone else pay for it and was single and younger.

Unfortunately because I have student loan debt, I am stuck, I think though once I finish I will think I accomplished something, became a doctor, and maybe these feelings will go away.

I think for anyone entering medical school soon, my best advice is to make sure you got a good social support system outside of school, your classmates might appear friendly, but nowhere else will you meet a bunch of cutthroat type of people, you really cannot trust your classmates or really anyone that has the job of evaluating you, I would be extremely wary of faculty and school administrators as well, you have to be cordial and diplomatic with them of course, but keep your distance. What I am saying might sound harsh but its reality and its particularly the case when you enter the clinical phase of medical school where your evaluation can become very subjective.

Medical school is not like drinking from a fire hydrant, its like getting into a ring for five hours with the heavy weight champion of the world and getting hit left and right.

Didn't you go to a really awful Carib school and not match? And then reapply for a US school? I mean, if you'd gone the US route the whole way through, your experience might have been better.

 

[Seth Joo]

Didn't you go to a really awful Carib school and not match? And then reapply for a US school? I mean, if you'd gone the US route the whole way through, your experience might have been better.

I go to a DO school, I was merely warning people coming into school about being cautious about sharing certain personal views on issues like politics, religion, and sexuality. I have noted from my experiences and many others that people who lean Left tend not be so kind to those who hold views in opposition to theirs.

There is a very big opportunity cost in going to medical school as well, since its four years of school, and another four years of residency. If you have things like a wife or a husband, or kids, it can be very tough on them as well. There are also other career paths, a friend of mine from undergrad is now a VP at Facebook and has a nice stock option package.

I was friends with another student and discussed how Obamacare combined with increasing costs of medical school and student debt did not bode well for future and current doctors. Apparently that person got so riled up at my observation but if you do the math, the Affordable Care act reduces the income of doctors, that while the cost of being a doctor increases, its basic math. The only thing I said in addition is that if Obamacare exists, medical school tuition should be subsidized to make up for the reduced income of physicians, to me it just seems to be the fair thing to do.

If you think about it increased student loan debt and lower pay is a not a good thing for obvious reasons, but my friend did not get it. There is a reason why home ownership has not caught on among millennials, too many have debt and not enough income. Those of us becoming doctors will face a similar outcome.

A lot of new medical students act as if they just won the lotto, its nothing like that at all, you just got a huge second mortgage, its a big investment in time and money.