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Totally agree (to all posts about it).
Of course, don't get me wrong, my dad didn't start making a decent paycheck until I was well past 18. He used his military retirement to help fund his way through CRNA school.
Early years, living off of an enlisted salary before he commissioned... But I can't complain, I never wanted for anything. I wasn't necessarily the kid who had a brand new Mercedes when I turned 16, but I wasn't swabbing chimneys either. The wealth my parents imparted on me was more knowledge and instruction instead of money.
Anyway! Enough 😴 from me! Let's read more funny quotes! My bad for the derail!
I respect that. Super badass and responsible of you, JohnnyRomanes.
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Scenario One:
*During Anatomy lab*
Random Guy: I'm thinking I'll become a neurosurgeon. I seem to just understand the brain.
Me: Interesting.. *picks up brain model and points to the corpus callosum* what's this structure?
Random Guy: Totally the neural bridge.
Me: Uh huh... Yeah, I'm sure that's right.
I'll note that we were studying brain structure; I wasn't just out to humiliate the guy, but seriously, neural bridge? What is that?
Scenario Two:
*Bio Ethics Class*
Random Girl: Psychiatrist's aren't real doctors! They do nothing but prescribe drugs.
Me: ... You're hurting the psychiatrist's of the world feelings.
Random Girl: I don't give a f---!
Me: You know, there's a pill for that 😉
Don't hate, appreciate
Scenario Three:
Professor: After physiology I encourage you all to take neuroscience.
Random Girl: What if I don't understand neuroscience?
Professor: Then you will fail.
Random Girl: What? But I...
Professor: Any other questions?
Not really pre-medicine, but hillarious
*During Anatomy lab*
Random Guy: I'm thinking I'll become a neurosurgeon. I seem to just understand the brain.
Me: Interesting.. *picks up brain model and points to the corpus callosum* what's this structure?
Random Guy: Totally the neural bridge.
Me: Uh huh... Yeah, I'm sure that's right.
I'll note that we were studying brain structure; I wasn't just out to humiliate the guy, but seriously, neural bridge? What is that?
Scenario Two:
*Bio Ethics Class*
Random Girl: Psychiatrist's aren't real doctors! They do nothing but prescribe drugs.
Me: ... You're hurting the psychiatrist's of the world feelings.
Random Girl: I don't give a f---!
Me: You know, there's a pill for that 😉
Don't hate, appreciate
Scenario Three:
Professor: After physiology I encourage you all to take neuroscience.
Random Girl: What if I don't understand neuroscience?
Professor: Then you will fail.
Random Girl: What? But I...
Professor: Any other questions?
Not really pre-medicine, but hillarious
bahahahahahaha
This is the best post in the entire thread, hands-down. Schoolgirl dude has some cajones, too. Did anyone pick on the poor kid?
That's why they're called "house staff" and "residents": Historically, they did indeed live at the hospital. (Dang, I sometimes hate reading these so far down the line. Two posts down ejay286 acknowledged this fact.)
You may want to ask a cardiologist how s/he feels about your statement, specifically the relevance of internal medicine to treating cardiovascular conditions. Heck, just use your mad Google skills. Either way, I think you'll be rather surprised.
Unfortunately, Germany is also experiencing an immense brain-drain, as physicians there are reimbursed well below the median and thus seek employment in Britain, New Zealand, et cetera en masse. Anyway, many European countries have superior healthcare and run an undergraduate medical school system with graduate residency, skipping the concept of post-graduate residency. It seems more efficient. I'd be interested in seeing a cross-cultural comparative study outlining the pros and cons to these systems.
That made me laugh absolutely maniacally, thank you!
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Pages 1 through 15 read in one day = A day's procrastination fulfilled. 🙂
Matt Groening is the man
Leather bound, mostly just for show, but I tried to read it.
Thanks...always good to have a cardiologist's opinion from a pre-med.http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/515966 Gives a cardiologist's opinion and an internist's opinion. The cardiologist seems to agree that 6 years is completely unecessary, yet the internist says the full 3 is vital. Who would know more about cardiology and the training?
Also did you see one point made in the intro?:
The training length isn't entirely about getting the most quality doctors, it's about getting extremely cheap labor for the hospitals as well.
That doesn't quite burn me as much as you might think. I'm a published non-traditional pre-med with six years of experience in the hospital working alongside and in concert with physicians, 5 years in cardiology, allowing me to see many treatment algorithms predicated upon complex general medical conditions. So many cardiovascular conditions evolve from and continue to intertwine with general medical conditions (e.g., diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease; Circulation 2007, 116:85-97) and ultimately affect treatments and prognoses.
I wasn't trying to burn you. But your comment was rather strong and offensive (e.g., "asinine"). A physician could burn you well with your own words, transposing "from a pre-med" with "from a med student." But hey, everyone is entitled to an opinion and I am a pre-med and hope to be an MS1 come July. So watever's clever, Denver: Let's move on and let the comedy continue.
Cheers.
Cheers.
lol. whats your ELO? I want a chess match
I'd love to! *adjusts imaginary glasses* PM me if you're serious. We can schedule a time to play via Yahoo! chess.
Nice avatar and MDApp stats, too. Congrats.
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Just finished the thread front to back today, fulfilling yet another day's worth of procrastination.
LoL, I've had so many professors like this. In fact, my Social Psychology/Research Methods professor took it a notch further. One day he poses this deal to the entire class mid-semester, in all seriousness: "I'll grant two As outright, right here, right now, if one of you lets one of your classmates in here punch you in the face. That's right, two As, no questions asked. Any volunteers?" As uncouth as it was, I found it hilarious and ironic. Although a few entertained the idea, no one actually accepted the challenge. My wife and I remain good friends with this guy after he left (without getting fired, amazingly). He's just one of those sardonically blunt and hilarious guys. I have to wonder if he would've stopped the students had one reared a first back...
Hah, and on another day, he was alluding to the Flintstones during a lecture to describe the social implications underlying the show or something, when a student raised his hand to ask who Barney, Fred, and Wilma were. So he types something into google and turns around to address the class while the lecture hall projector screen was up and running. Suddenly the entire screen is peppered with Flintstone porn. We all just died laughing, frantic professor included as he dove to minimize the screen. Classic.
Man, I'm still laughing at that one. Okay, moving on to the more pre-med relevant stories...
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This one guy told me once that having a 3.9 or 4.0 would be seen as bad by ADCOMS because it means that you are selfish, so all you need to do to get to med school is have a lot of EC activities, and that he knows someone who got into Stanford with a 2.6 but a bunch of volunteering.
That reminds me- a premed once told me that adcoms look down on 4.0s because they're seen as "too perfect." 😕
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In my general biology class, there is this pre-med girl who asks a lot of silly questions...I'll give you a taste.
*Discussing atmosphere and reflection of sunlight*
Girl: But professor, why is space so cold if the atmosphere reflects the sun's heat?
I may have laughed at her.
*Discussing atmosphere and reflection of sunlight*
Girl: But professor, why is space so cold if the atmosphere reflects the sun's heat?
I may have laughed at her.
Your avatar....is hilarious
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Was actually told by an EM program director that they look closely at applicants with 250+ to make sure they aren't freaks.
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I don't doubt it, but I don't think in the end it hurts if you are indeed normal.
"I like... wanna go to med school, like so i can be a dermatologist and do make-up"
needless to say.... not the brightest crayon in the box...
needless to say.... not the brightest crayon in the box...
"When you're in med school don't you practice anatomy on other students?"
I died laughing when I overheard this in class.
I died laughing when I overheard this in class.
Not a pre-med technically, but here you go:
In physics lab my junior year, working in a group including two freshmen physics majors. One says, "so this is probably in the ultra violent spectrum."
Me: "You mean ultra violet?"
Other guy: "No, ultra violent, like it's really intense."
In physics lab my junior year, working in a group including two freshmen physics majors. One says, "so this is probably in the ultra violent spectrum."
Me: "You mean ultra violet?"
Other guy: "No, ultra violent, like it's really intense."
So I heard this on the radio yesterday:
Caller: Happy Easter from X community college!
Radio DJ: Thank you. What are you studying to be there?
Caller: A radiologist!
Radio DJ: Awesome! The sexiest jobs for women are radiologists, EMTs, and nurses.
If he actually knew what a radiologist was I think he would change his mind.... Then again I have a thing for pediatric emergency neurosurgeons that specialize on the left lobe of the brain on children ages 3-7.
Caller: Happy Easter from X community college!
Radio DJ: Thank you. What are you studying to be there?
Caller: A radiologist!
Radio DJ: Awesome! The sexiest jobs for women are radiologists, EMTs, and nurses.
If he actually knew what a radiologist was I think he would change his mind.... Then again I have a thing for pediatric emergency neurosurgeons that specialize on the left lobe of the brain on children ages 3-7.
Believe it or not, I've heard nearly the same thing at a university known for its brilliant scientists. Only in this case "ultra-violent" was said directly to a famous professor during a lecture. Awkward!
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I'm afraid I probably also thought it was ultra-violent at some point in my past.
Well, the answer is often yes, but when it goes sour you then spend the rest of your four years avoiding that person.
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A member of my pre-health committee told me, right as we finished the interview, that she was soooo happy that I was normal and had a personality after seeing my numbers (it was the first time she met me).
... many schools actually do have you practice surface anatomy on other students. So...
(Discussion with a Junior Pre-med during an Ecology lab).
Me: Dave, how's studying going for that MCAT? All set to take it at the end of April?
Dave: I moved it back to July. Figured it wouldn't make a difference, and then I won't have to start studying until June at least.
Me: Oh... well good luck with that. I would probably start studying a little earlier. Where do you think you're wanting to apply.
Dave: I'm only aiming for the best... Harvard.
Me: .... Just.... Harvard?
Dave: Yah. I only want to go to the best.
Me: That's very.... ambitious of you. I hope it works out for you! How's your gpa...?
Dave: Solid 3.6. It's definitely good enough I think.
Me: And how many physicians have you shadowed/clinical experience?
Dave: I shadowed one.... But what's clinical experience?
Me: (explained clinical experience) How about volunteering or leadership or research? You're set in those areas right?
Dave: I volunteered a lot in High School. I'm in an honor society (One of those GPA only honor societies), AND I'm started helping a projessor with a project a few weeks ago.
This is the description of 95% of the pre-meds at my school. Haha
Me: Dave, how's studying going for that MCAT? All set to take it at the end of April?
Dave: I moved it back to July. Figured it wouldn't make a difference, and then I won't have to start studying until June at least.
Me: Oh... well good luck with that. I would probably start studying a little earlier. Where do you think you're wanting to apply.
Dave: I'm only aiming for the best... Harvard.
Me: .... Just.... Harvard?
Dave: Yah. I only want to go to the best.
Me: That's very.... ambitious of you. I hope it works out for you! How's your gpa...?
Dave: Solid 3.6. It's definitely good enough I think.
Me: And how many physicians have you shadowed/clinical experience?
Dave: I shadowed one.... But what's clinical experience?
Me: (explained clinical experience) How about volunteering or leadership or research? You're set in those areas right?
Dave: I volunteered a lot in High School. I'm in an honor society (One of those GPA only honor societies), AND I'm started helping a projessor with a project a few weeks ago.
This is the description of 95% of the pre-meds at my school. Haha
Not to pick on you specifically, but the thread is entitled "Funny quotes from 'less informed' premeds," and many posts are neither funny nor quotes, but instead holier-than-thou, snarky horsesh*t.
At least so it seems to me.
I don't think it's holier-than-thou. This kind of post fulfills the point of the thread: it shares with the forum quotes from people who are "less informed" (i.e. clueless). This guy thought a 3.6 and not much else could get him into Harvard? He's either completely ignorant or absolutely self-entitled. Either way, it makes for a good chuckle.
I never meant to be snarky. I simply found humor in the whole "I have a 3.6 and no EC's, and am only applying to Harvard" philosophy. I figured others would at least be somewhat entertained as they read it. You didn't find the entertaining quality in this, so I apologize. I will work on my humor.
So guys i went to harvard. I can get into med school with a 3.4 and 26 MCAT amirite
o wait sry i went to school near boston
o wait sry i went to school near boston
Well I mean I got similar numbers and got in
I would be willing the bet, the ones who take such pride in talking about pre-meds were the pre-meds who did this type of stuff. Seems alot of yall had a problem in the development of the genes responsible for social skills.
And sure, why not? Some of the best jokes to laugh at are the ones in which you've done said silly action yourself. Like the "You Might Be a Redneck" jokes.
My sole contribution to this thread in regards to a funny-dummy situation is one where I am the dork.
And for the record, I too used to say "ultra-violent".
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Until I was like 10. 😉
I am the only one who's reminded of "A Clockwork Orange" when they see the term "ultra-violent"?
Edit: Wrong use of whose vs. who's
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Nope, I'm right there with ya, buddy--I can hear Singing in the Rain as I type this up. 👍
I just figured no one else in the forum would get my allusion and regrettably abstained. It's one of my favorite movies. Props for what I hope is great taste in cult classics. (I say that because, while Stanley Kubrick is well known in film, it's this film's notoriety that seems more prevalent among physicians than its merit as a film based on the book's underlying philosophical implications of classically conditioning criminals against their will.)
Just watched a clockwork orange like 2-3 months ago!
Time for a bump. This isn't a premed story but it's related. My cousin sent me a text saying she got into medical school. I had no idea she had applied interviewed or anything so I was a little taken aback. She said she was going to an academy of allied health to be a medical administrative assistant and clinical medical assistant. I just don't have the heart to tell her it's not medical school
Our school put on an interview workshop for the undergrads. I was doing a mock interview with a sophomore (she's a ways from applying, but she came to the event anyway):
Me: So have you thought about what specialty you might want to do?
Premed: [without hesitation] Oh I want to be a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon.
Me: 😕 Why?
Premed: Because I like kids and I like hearts!
😛
Me: So have you thought about what specialty you might want to do?
Premed: [without hesitation] Oh I want to be a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon.
Me: 😕 Why?
Premed: Because I like kids and I like hearts!
😛
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