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me so dumb 🙁
Couldn't agree more.Honestly, I don't think most med students are that smart. There are a few smart ones. However, most of them are just hard workers.
Honestly, I don't think most med students are that smart. There are a few smart ones. However, most of them are just hard workers.
Honestly, I don't think most med students are that smart. There are a few smart ones. However, most of them are just hard workers.
me so dumb 🙁
Going to a top med school can't hurt in that regard 😉
Honestly, I don't think most med students are that smart. There are a few smart ones. However, most of them are just hard workers.
I think "intelligent" is a matter or perspective here. I think being super intelligent = Einstein level. I haven't met many of those in my class. Every one is of at least average (average among those with college degrees) intelligence if not a bit more.I'd say that most of my classmates are pretty intelligent. Intelligence + hard work = P.
I'd say that most of my classmates are pretty intelligent. Intelligence + hard work = P.
This is easily the most annoying part about medical school. There really are too many smart peope
- from a top 15 school
Also at a top 15 and totally agree.
Just grinded out 2 solid weeks of hardcore gunner studying in an attempt to demolish my biochem exam. The test was really difficult, but I knew I did well. I figured I'd be smashing the curve, just like the good ol' days in undergrad. Just got the grades back today back:
My grade: 89.9
Class average: 89.0
STD: 5.2
I'm so glad we're pass/fail. I'd hate to compete with these savages.
Also at a top 15 and totally agree.
Just grinded out 2 solid weeks of hardcore gunner studying in an attempt to demolish my biochem exam. The test was really difficult, but I knew I did well. I figured I'd be smashing the curve, just like the good ol' days in undergrad. Just got the grades back today back:
My grade: 89.9
Class average: 89.0
STD: 5.2
I'm so glad we're pass/fail. I'd hate to compete with these savages.
A classmate of mine came from Stanford, and I expected her to be super smart. It's not so much that she's dumb but more like she barely tries and is on the cusp of barely passing for every class. This is surprising because isn't Stanford breeding ground for the gunners? She also happens to be very good-looking, which is not at all relevant. My mom did warn me about the girls who go to med school looking for a husband though, lol
Is there a problem with girls who go to med school looking for a husband?
I'm also glad I'm at a P/F school. I study pretty hard, but I definitely feel relaxed enough to be able to take a night off every few days and do nothing since we don't have to compete.
If the average was 89 obviously the test wasn't that difficult.
me so dumb 🙁
Wishing I was at P/F.
Could have been as hard as any other med school exam... (I.e. at another school could have been a 70% average).
There can be huge differences in student body skill levels / effort. Hardly anyi th slackers right now at my school, everyone still gunning for H's right now.
I think you vastly overestimate the differences in intelligence between students at top ranked med schools and no name ones. Much more variation within classes than between them.
If the 3rd quartile of the class is averaging 84 - 89 on an exam then I have a very hard time believing that was a hard exam.
My mom did warn me about the girls who go to med school looking for a husband though, lol
I think you vastly overestimate the differences in intelligence between students at top ranked med schools and no name ones. Much more variation within classes than between them.
If the 3rd quartile of the class is averaging 84 - 89 on an exam then I have a very hard time believing that was a hard exam.
Could have been as hard as any other med school exam... (I.e. at another school could have been a 70% average).
I doubt that an exam with an 89% average at one U.S. med school would have a 70% average at another. That just wouldn't make any sense unless we're talking Harvard versus Jack's Medical College on some island somewhere.
I find it hard to believe that a top 20 is significantly more competitive. To an extent, yes, but it doesn't take a genius to get through this material, just hard work.Coming from a top 20 med school. I'm really not trying to be arrogant, but I've always done extremely well in school, from elementary to undergrad. I scored extremely well on the MCAT, probably one of the highest scorers at my school, which already has a particularly high MCAT score. I set curves in undergrad without trying particularly hard (not med school hard at least).
I have scored well below average on the exams at my school. Med school is insane. I also admit that I could be entirely wrong here, but I truthfully cannot believe that the average med school is as competitive as a top 20 med school (P/F or not, my school is P/F). I might get flamed for that comment, but it's what I truly believe.
Let me know if you think I am wrong, I would like to hear opposing views.
+1. I'm including myself in that hard-working, but not that smart, group.Honestly, I don't think most med students are that smart. There are a few smart ones. However, most of them are just hard workers.
I find it hard to believe that a top 20 is significantly more competitive. To an extent, yes, but it doesn't take a genius to get through this material, just hard work.
I got a 39 on my MCAT, go to a bottom 50 school, and I'm only slightly above the class average.
Schools wouldn't be accredited if they didn't produce competent doctors--one school getting more research money than another doesn't affect the material that must be learned. The brachial plexus is the brachial plexus whether you're at Harvard or Hawaii.
I know how you feel. Just remember a lot of people in your class have already had classes like anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and whatever at the undergrad level. It makes learning it for them a lot easier and faster. Getting good class grades doesn't make a good physician, being good in the clinic does.
Sometimes the difference between a 89% and a 95% (which is NOT honors vs. honors) is some stupid research question that the nerdy phd thought was cool.
After taking a few exams I can see why people don't always stress honors. Sometimes both individuals understand the topic very well, but one guy remembered a sentence from slide #331, which gives those few % boosts on exams. I guess getting Hs is different at every school though...