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So that weaker schools don't lose even more students to other places.
Expectations of Medical School vs Reality?
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Sorry but if School A is telling you 241 and School B is telling you 220, and esp. if it's for more than 1 year, believe them.
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Medical school is tough no doubt. But if you are like myself, you just stop giving a shizz after 1st semester. 4 years is a long time to be miserable. I am not a smart kid and I can't work my ass off to secure honors all through medical school. As long as I am over the danger zone I am fine. Step1 would be a whole new ball game which I still have yet to face
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If you aim just to Pass, you'll do even worse.
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This may be a stupid question, but what's a "true" P/F, and how can you tell if a school is true or.. fake?
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I agree. If you aim 90s you will end up in 80s etc. what I meant to say is that I am not gunning day and night like some people in our class to get Honors in preclinical classes. Step 1 of course is a whole new ball game and doing very well is def on my list
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I expected a lot more mature/knowledgeable classmates. Not from a booksmart sense, but from an actual streetsmart sense.
Nope. Out of the hundred or so students in my class, I'd probably say that 70 of them lack an unfathomable amount of common sense when it comes to certain things and love to ask stupid questions that were just answered 6 minutes and 23 seconds ago or pester the professor with ******* questions like "will this be on the exam?"
I don't know sherlock... if it was mentioned in the powerpoint... we should probably know it don't ya think? (unless the professor says.. do not worry about this yet)
You will also get tired of being around them so often. I know this sounds bad, but I really do go out of my way to avoid fellow classmates that I cannot grab a beer with and shoot the **** with. Many of them are really type A personalities and don't understand how to relax. Hence why I study at home and avoid the library every given chance I get.
Also, the whiny ones who like to argue with professors over one point on 10 point quizzes that were fairly straightforward but like to say that the professor who wrote the quiz is wrong and they will take it up with the academic affairs department.
Essentially.... there still are people who get through the cracks that will probably make good doctors with all the clinical knowledge... and then there are those who will actually build good rapport with patients and make great physicians.
Just my $0.02.
Nope. Out of the hundred or so students in my class, I'd probably say that 70 of them lack an unfathomable amount of common sense when it comes to certain things and love to ask stupid questions that were just answered 6 minutes and 23 seconds ago or pester the professor with ******* questions like "will this be on the exam?"
I don't know sherlock... if it was mentioned in the powerpoint... we should probably know it don't ya think? (unless the professor says.. do not worry about this yet)
You will also get tired of being around them so often. I know this sounds bad, but I really do go out of my way to avoid fellow classmates that I cannot grab a beer with and shoot the **** with. Many of them are really type A personalities and don't understand how to relax. Hence why I study at home and avoid the library every given chance I get.
Also, the whiny ones who like to argue with professors over one point on 10 point quizzes that were fairly straightforward but like to say that the professor who wrote the quiz is wrong and they will take it up with the academic affairs department.
Essentially.... there still are people who get through the cracks that will probably make good doctors with all the clinical knowledge... and then there are those who will actually build good rapport with patients and make great physicians.
Just my $0.02.
On a 2 year old thread, bro? Really?
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I Had to do it bruh. Had to.
Hahah they tick you off that much, eh? I feel you though... I also get the strong feeling I may know the school. Still a shot in the dark.
If med school now is still comparable two years ago, I just read through this whole thing and learned a lot of what to expect. There should be more of this, so many people are worried about getting in and don't know what it'll actually be like
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What about a group of kids that got into a school largely based on a **** load of "booksense" accomplishments made you think they'd be so street smart? Expectations man, expectations.
But yeah **** basically all the kids you describe 👍
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But yeah **** basically all the kids you describe 👍
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Just because your head is in the books all day doesn't mean you have to lack the common sense of how the world works, how to talk to people, how to deal with people, and just simply how not to act ignorant or simply lack basic social cues in a professional environment.
You CAN be both... but most of these folks probably think that is asking for too much. I agree with you though. I just had higher hopes since I was lucky enough to shadow doctors that were legit geniuses but were knowledgable to have a conversation about anything. It is what it is.
Then again, if it was common sense... it would be common now wouldn't it?
Oh... another pet peeve... people asking you study questions RANDOMLY just cause you sit next to somebody at lunch when all you wanted to do was just chill and eat food or asking you how your last "quiz" or "test" went.
Get the **** out of my business. If I aced it, I wouldn't tell you. If I failed, I wouldn't tell you. Why? Because MY performance has nothing to with yours.
Do you boo!
At this point in the game, do you. Stay in your own lane and run your own race.
I've been using a lot "I don't know" answers and lemme tell ya... it sure does get people off of your back lol
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