anyone ever feel smart enough

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for med school? I"m willing to work my butt off but sometimes it just seems so darn hard.

 

[jad2121]

for med school? I"m willing to work my butt off but sometimes it just seems so darn hard.

Its so hard, but the feeling of getting in is so worth it. Just chug coffee study your ass off and feel like the man when you get in.

 

[armybound]

I always (arrogantly) thought I was. Then you realize there are a lot of other kids who are a lot more hard working and/or smarter than you are. Hopefully you just use that as motivation to try harder.

 

[eagle34]

Med school is really hard. But i feel like the drop out rate is not that high, even though I don't know exact numbers...however, I also feel that we can trust that when admissions committee chose to admit you, they believe that you can succeed in med school and become a physician...trust them!

 

[pakbabydoll]

I don't feel smart enough. I don't know if I am but I have a good work ethic and I am very good in memorizing things.

 

[Jathin]

I honestly don't think you need sheer intelligence to do well in med school. It helps, of course, but hard work is much more admirable. I think comparing yourself to your peers will just leave you dejected, and contains very little productive value. You cannot control your intelligence, so why worry about it? Working hard, on the other hand, is something you have complete control over.

 

[armybound]

we get the point, there was a typo. let it go and move on to a more productive discussion.

 

[Nargosi]

After trying to blow Armybound's avatar off of my screen for about 5 seconds, no, I no longer feel smart enough.

 

[Geekchick921]

for med school? I"m willing to work my butt off but sometimes it just seems so darn hard.

If there's one thing about myself that I am proud of and confident in is my smarts. I'm much more worried about the emotional stress than the academic stress, once I start caring for patients, I mean. I'm much more worried about how I'll handle a patient dying on my service.

 

[nybrian]

I'm not to worried about doing well in college, or medical school because I don't think I have to.

 

[emttim]

After trying to blow Armybound's avatar off of my screen for about 5 seconds, no, I no longer feel smart enough.

Lmfao!!! That happened to me the first time I saw his avatar. Haha, it still makes me laugh. 😛

I was never worried about whether I was smart enough to medical school simply based off the actions/words of people on here who have been accepted, are currently med students, etc. If people can make it who have said half the ignorant crap I've read, obviously you just need to have good study habits and not an enormous amount of intelligence. And I'm sure there shall be flames in response to this, but, well...I guess I just don't really care. 😀

 

[Drogba]

I fell smart enough. Why don't you fell smart enough?

Glad to see you trolling the pre-med forums now

Now I don't have to go as far as the residency forum to read your craziness. One question though, don't you have some research to be doing on Saul? We need to get to the bottom of all this.

 

[FinchHead]

I know for damn sure that I am smart enough... the problem is making the stupid adcoms see that

 

[Auron]

I'm smart enough.

From my research, it appears that the material in medical school is not really that much harder, but rather their is just so much more material that you have to know. The sheer volume makes it hard, and takes time to get used to. Solution? Just work harder, refine study skills/habits.

Only with struggle comes progress.

 

[Dendrite]

Only with struggle comes progress.

👍

 

[pinkpanther88]

After trying to blow Armybound's avatar off of my screen for about 5 seconds, no, I no longer feel smart enough.

That happened to me too, except for I tried to kill it with my finger. 🙁

 

[TMP-SMX]

The questions in medical school are harder but the material is not. You just have to study every day and you'll be fine. If you can succeed on the MCAT, do well in your undergrad GPA, and adapt on the roller-coaster that is med school you will do well.

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

Look up the term "Imposter Syndrome". You'll become very familiar with it.

 

[Drogba]

Look up the term "Imposter Syndrome". You'll become very familiar with it.

Gotta love medicalization. Wonder how long before it makes its appearance in the DSM.

 

[pakbabydoll]

If you don't fell smart enough, what do you fell?

How do freshmen undergrads know if they are smart enough? We have not taken the MCAT, or any upper level classes or anything. If we are suppose to compare intelligence with our high school records then I am definitely not smart enough.

 

[void]

I thought I was coming into freshman year. I thought the classes I took were easy given the grades I got in them and not putting too much effort.

Then came sophomore year when everything crashed down on me. I'm not going to go as far as to say I'm not intelligent, I just have to seriously work on my time management. I have to study efficiently, and the correct material.

Intelligence helps a great deal, but you have to have the work ethic. You have to also learn how to think analytically and have a plan. People I know with the more foresight do the best in classes, and that means they study everyday and are on top of everything. Never let your guard down, and take everything seriously.

Don't go with the mentality that you'll cram before finals, don't rely on that... you probably aren't that smart. hah.

 

[smq123]

How do freshmen undergrads know if they are smart enough? We have not taken the MCAT, or any upper level classes or anything. If we are suppose to compare intelligence with our high school records then I am definitely not smart enough.

Stop. Just please stop. This is for your own good.

If you don't get what Tired is trying to poke fun at, then don't post anything in response to him.

 

[sandler743]

I don't feel smart enough and I don't have a good work ethic, and I got in....hmmm not sure what I am getting at. Oh yea...maybe just have some more confidence in yourself and work harder.

 

[GoldShadow]

I always (arrogantly) thought I was. Then you realize there are a lot of other kids who are a lot more hard working and/or smarter than you are. Hopefully you just use that as motivation to try harder.

Does this mean that there are some students (in any given med school class) whom no one is smarter or harder working than?

 

[TheElement]

After trying to blow Armybound's avatar off of my screen for about 5 seconds, no, I no longer feel smart enough.

Haha same thing happened to me too. That avatar could be dangerous...

 

[HumidBeing]

Maybe I'm just dumb enough to not worry about whether I'm smart enough or not. I am good at staying on top of things, prioritizing, and focusing to cover large amounts of material quickly. Most of all, I seem to be unusually good at not worrying whether or not I make it in. If I do, great! I'll figure out how to survive it. If I don't, well, I'll just figure out some other suitable way to enjoy my life and accomplish the types of things I hope to.

 

[brianmartin]

It's called imposter syndrome, you'll get used to it. From now on, you'll live your entire life knowing there is a massive amount of information to learn and not enough time (or mental "space") to learn it. That feeling takes getting used to, and it can take many years even for people who are "smart enough." The truth is you don't have to be incredibly intelligent to be a doctor, just fairly smart and dedicated to tackling that mountain of information as best you can.

 

[HumidBeing]

It's called imposter syndrome, you'll get used to it. From now on, you'll live your entire life knowing there is a massive amount of information to learn and not enough time (or mental "space") to learn it. That feeling takes getting used to, and it can take many years even for people who are "smart enough." The truth is you don't have to be incredibly intelligent to be a doctor, just fairly smart and dedicated to tackling that mountain of information as best you can.

Fine! It hit me quite some time back that the more I know, the more I realize I don't know. Then I figured, okay, knowing how to locate the info when necessary is better than the next best thing. THEN I started realizing how much CAN'T even be located because we don't have the answers. BUT we can figure out how to approach discovering more answers.....which leads into the cycle of the more you know, the more you realize how much you don't but can find out, and the more you search the more you realize isn't yet known, etc, etc, etc, It doesn't end. Sometimes it's frustrating, but mostly I'm already okay with that.

 

[jr doctor in sd]

I'm not at all worried about being smart enough...simply worried about not being a hard enough worker. Trying to work on that all the time 🙁

 

[voirlesetoiles]

I'm not at all worried about being smart enough...simply worried about not being a hard enough worker. Trying to work on that all the time 🙁

Me too, I know I'm intelligent... but I have a long way to in terms of work ethic. What I have used so far to get through undergrad is not going to work at all for handling med school....

 

[Luxian]

for med school? I"m willing to work my butt off but sometimes it just seems so darn hard.

Med school isn't about the smarts, it's about the work. There are lots of jobs that require way more brain power, but if you're willing to work long hours and memorize things then you'll do just fine.

 

[StealthNerd]

anyone ever feel smart enough for med school? I"m willing to work my butt off but sometimes it just seems so darn hard.

Yep, you bet. I'm a genius.


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[pakbabydoll]

Stop. Just please stop. This is for your own good.

If you don't get what Tired is trying to poke fun at, then don't post anything in response to him.

I get the typo, I just don't think its something to made fun of repeatedly. Everyone makes mistakes.... Well I know I get typos and spelling errors all the time.