kayster94
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I've been holding this in for a while but it needs to be said. I just feel like I don't connect with the vast majority of med students in my class. I am not nor have I ever been a "type A" personality. Sure I did well in college and was able to get into med school, but I am far from what some may call a "gunner". However, the vast majority of students in my class seem to be in that category and it's driving me absolutely crazy. Mainly the extreme competitiveness and trying to outdo one another. I'm much more on the laid back and reserved side of things and have my own way of studying and getting things done. It's hard to explain but sometimes I can even sense that they know I'm different from them and I get treated differently. Anybody else ever feel this way? At the end of a long week I'm DYING to get away from med students and have any and all interactions with non-medicine people. I was also hoping to meet my wife in med school, but now I'm convinced that I want to wait for a nurse or somebody outside of medicine entirely. I've done a COMPLETE 180 on this. My question is, am I just an outlier? Is this not the right career for my personality type? I'm an M2 and scoring above average on every exam, but what concerns me is that I will constantly feel this way throughout med school, residency and beyond.