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Mrla,
In addition to the wacky detour your thread has taken, let me chime in with a slightly more serious response:
I'm just finishing my first year of med school now, and I have had NO trouble dating while in school.
The spring before I started med school, my boyfriend and I broke up. I spent the summer as a single gal because you know, that's fun sometimes. But by the time school started, I was ready to date around a bit. Again, this was no problem. In fact, at one point I was dating two people--this I DO NOT recommend: 2 boys x 2-3 dates/week + med school = NO SLEEP + MANY HANGOVERS. Even then I didn't even come close to failing a class or anything, but I did get VERY sick--just ran myself down!
Anyway, eventually I got serious with one of the guys, and now we've been together for over 6 months. So don't worry about dating. However, let me leave you with 2 pieces of advice:
1) Unless you meet someone in class whom you're convinced is your heaven-sent soul-mate, DO NOT date anyone from your class. It can get VERY wierd if things go bad, everyone will know your business, and you will have totally roped yourself into NO LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL--a very bad thing for your sanity IMHO. Try to meet people who have NOTHING to do with school--it'll make life tons more fun!
2) When you DO meet people outside of school, DO NOT announce you're in med school right away--people assume you're bragging or you're freak-of-nature smart or you won't have time for them. I never hid the fact that I'm in med school, but i never volunteered it either. Come to think of it, most guys had to kind of drag it out of me.
Anyway good luck and don't worry--you'll have plenty of time for fun during your preclinical years!
In addition to the wacky detour your thread has taken, let me chime in with a slightly more serious response:
I'm just finishing my first year of med school now, and I have had NO trouble dating while in school.
The spring before I started med school, my boyfriend and I broke up. I spent the summer as a single gal because you know, that's fun sometimes. But by the time school started, I was ready to date around a bit. Again, this was no problem. In fact, at one point I was dating two people--this I DO NOT recommend: 2 boys x 2-3 dates/week + med school = NO SLEEP + MANY HANGOVERS. Even then I didn't even come close to failing a class or anything, but I did get VERY sick--just ran myself down!
Anyway, eventually I got serious with one of the guys, and now we've been together for over 6 months. So don't worry about dating. However, let me leave you with 2 pieces of advice:
1) Unless you meet someone in class whom you're convinced is your heaven-sent soul-mate, DO NOT date anyone from your class. It can get VERY wierd if things go bad, everyone will know your business, and you will have totally roped yourself into NO LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL--a very bad thing for your sanity IMHO. Try to meet people who have NOTHING to do with school--it'll make life tons more fun!
2) When you DO meet people outside of school, DO NOT announce you're in med school right away--people assume you're bragging or you're freak-of-nature smart or you won't have time for them. I never hid the fact that I'm in med school, but i never volunteered it either. Come to think of it, most guys had to kind of drag it out of me.
Anyway good luck and don't worry--you'll have plenty of time for fun during your preclinical years!