Cant wait for 2nd year to end..so over this classroom stuff

[TarHeelEMT]

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This discussion turned weird, fast.

 

[RadicalRadon]

Hahaha, great post. I don't know if you're 100% serious or not, but whats your opinion on how to game 3rd year (ie getting honors while doing the least work or playing the right cards).?

Honestly, there isn't much to it. Be pleasant, not a douche, and do very, very well on your shelf exams. Additionally, if you can answer a ton of clinical questions and impress attendings, you will look like a superstar. Fortunately, you usually can, if you're well prepared for shelf exams.

Ask yourself: Do you think attendings reward hard work or knowledge? How often do you think they see hard work vs knowledge? Logically, almost all medical student are hard working. Few really know what they're talking about.

 

[MedicalStudent5]

Honestly, you'd be amazed at how simple and stereotyped things become on the wards. Classmates talk a lot about one another too. You can infer an enormous amount of information from random, anonymous internet forum posts. You really can.

You won't honor anything if you go to a conventional medical school where there is grade deflation (i.e. not HMS or UCLA). You will see. That's all I'll tell you.

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Sure buddy! Btw, I think we do have grade inflation🙂

Honestly, there isn't much to it. Be pleasant, not a douche, and do very, very well on your shelf exams. Additionally, if you can answer a ton of clinical questions and impress attendings, you will look like a superstar. Fortunately, you usually can, if you're well prepared for shelf exams.

Ask yourself: Do you think attendings reward hard work or knowledge? How often do you think they see hard work vs knowledge? Logically, almost all medical student are hard working. Few really know what they're talking about.

Sounds easy to me. Can't wait.

 

[link2swim06]

Honestly, there isn't much to it. Be pleasant, not a douche, and do very, very well on your shelf exams. Additionally, if you can answer a ton of clinical questions and impress attendings, you will look like a superstar. Fortunately, you usually can, if you're well prepared for shelf exams.

Ask yourself: Do you think attendings reward hard work or knowledge? How often do you think they see hard work vs knowledge? Logically, almost all medical student are hard working. Few really know what they're talking about.

This. At my schools everyone gets essentially the same evaluation scores, unless you really screw up.

Your grade is completely based on shelf.

 

[RadicalRadon]

This. At my schools everyone gets essentially the same evaluation scores, unless you really screw up.

Your grade is completely based on shelf.

Exactly. Clinical evaluations can only break you, never make you.

To the person I was cautioning earlier, best of luck with you custodial approach to the wards. Prove me wrong.

 

[MedicalStudent5]

Exactly. Clinical evaluations can only break you, never make you.

To the person I was cautioning earlier, best of luck with you custodial approach to the wards. Prove me wrong.

That's the thing though, I could care less if you're right or wrong. Life goes on and I enjoy whatever I do, FM or surgery, I'll be happy.

 

[swamprat]

I never said I knew anything, just that working with people is better than studying. It appears you liked 3rd year more than preclinicals also.

And my opinion means the same to me today as it will 5 years from now. Your appraisal is meaningless to me, or any of the other know it all med students! Funny that you guys think that being a year or two ahead means that I care about your opinions or what you think of mine.

First it's "you're only a premed" then "you're only preclinical" then "only a med student" then "only a resident" then "only a fresh attending". Lol, if anyone places value in your bs system they would have to wait a decade before their opinion mattered.... Unless of course you get to crap on someone lower in the food chain. What a joke. But the best part is that you guys actually buy into the idea that being 12-24 months ahead means your opinions should hold weight in another persons mind. As if you have something that they might want or some value to give them. The truth is that you could approve or completely disapprove of everything I say and that would make zero difference in the world.

Being ahead of you should mean that you should take into consideration our opinions and not just dismiss them based on some fantasy idea where u think ur going to be the next dr house next year. And get used to the ur only just a .. insert title here. Do u think I dont get it from people ahead of me? 9x out of 10 its true and the more u go through the process the more u look back and think wow i was naive or an idiot or whatever.