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Hey everyone,
I just wanted to find out if I'm alone in this.....
I mean there's def. people close to me that for one, do not believe I will get into med school - nor that I have the wherewithall to do well in med school. On a day to day basis I just take this as added motivation, but eventually it can drain on me. I mean I get neurotic about MCAT's and can't sleep and such....I mean I study about 7-8 hours a day and wake up with nightmares about what I don't know (and I've only been studying for 2 weeks!)
Ultimately, I'm a realist and realize that med school admissions etc. is a difficult process and that the statistical numbers are against you. But damn, somtimes the negativity is horrible.
Does anyone else have to go through this? Is it close family members / significant others? How do you deal with it? I mean how do you respond when you say "I have to go study" and their response is "don't bother....start your career and move on"? I read a lot of the posts on SDN and it seems most everyonein in your lives seems overwhelmingly supportive. What about you that have people in your lives that actually ROOT AGAINST YOU.
BTW, I'm not whining...I normally feed off the me against the world mentality....but you know what I'm not ignorant either, sometimes it sucks.
EDIT: Most of these "people" have no idea what med school is about or even if I'm a good applicant!
~ Peace
I just wanted to find out if I'm alone in this.....
I mean there's def. people close to me that for one, do not believe I will get into med school - nor that I have the wherewithall to do well in med school. On a day to day basis I just take this as added motivation, but eventually it can drain on me. I mean I get neurotic about MCAT's and can't sleep and such....I mean I study about 7-8 hours a day and wake up with nightmares about what I don't know (and I've only been studying for 2 weeks!)
Ultimately, I'm a realist and realize that med school admissions etc. is a difficult process and that the statistical numbers are against you. But damn, somtimes the negativity is horrible.
Does anyone else have to go through this? Is it close family members / significant others? How do you deal with it? I mean how do you respond when you say "I have to go study" and their response is "don't bother....start your career and move on"? I read a lot of the posts on SDN and it seems most everyonein in your lives seems overwhelmingly supportive. What about you that have people in your lives that actually ROOT AGAINST YOU.
BTW, I'm not whining...I normally feed off the me against the world mentality....but you know what I'm not ignorant either, sometimes it sucks.
EDIT: Most of these "people" have no idea what med school is about or even if I'm a good applicant!
~ Peace