My dad called me two weeks ago and told me that I should go into podiatry since there was only two podiatrists in his town and one is retiring. I had to explain that I couldn't do it because it has it's own schooling separate of medical school.
There's an arrogant kid like that at my undergrad. He's so smug about knowing "every adcom member by name" and telling people how they "always make exceptions" for people they know. He drives me nuts.
Yeah another example is like how UC Denver's campus is combined so there are tons of other non-med school folks in close proximity. You'll pretty much see any type of health student you can think of on a given day (nursing, pt, med, mph, grad, i think dental, etc)
I feel like there's a stark difference between that and bragging to your peers that a school will admit you as an exception.
Haha if you can't keep these straight that's not a good sign.
Yeah it definitely happens. Like with Dave Franco in scrubs! Hopefully not to often without actually taking the MCAT...
Oh yes, the terribly competitive aquatic mammalogy residencies.I don't see a lot of pre-meds in my major classes since I'm a math major, but I see a boatload of them in my general education classes.
I have a special loathing for a girl in my Brit Lit class. It takes a lot to make me hate somebody, but this girl accomplished just that. She has taken other people's stuff(including one of my friend's textbooks), interjects herself at least 10 times a session, and does other attention grabbing behaviors throughout the period.
I like to try to bury hatchets when I can, so I went ahead and tried to converse with her.
Me: So, how are you?
Her: Ugh, I just want to get out of this class. It's tanking my GPA and has nothing to do with what I want to do.
Me: Well, what do you want to do?
Her: I want to be a physician.
Me: Wow, that's cool! Do you have a specialty in mind?
Her: I want to take care of dolphins.
Me:
At that point, I sort of said an awkward parting goodbye, and went about my day.
I don't see a lot of pre-meds in my major classes since I'm a math major, but I see a boatload of them in my general education classes.
I have a special loathing for a girl in my Brit Lit class. It takes a lot to make me hate somebody, but this girl accomplished just that. She has taken other people's stuff(including one of my friend's textbooks), interjects herself at least 10 times a session, and does other attention grabbing behaviors throughout the period.
I like to try to bury hatchets when I can, so I went ahead and tried to converse with her.
Me: So, how are you?
Her: Ugh, I just want to get out of this class. It's tanking my GPA and has nothing to do with what I want to do.
Me: Well, what do you want to do?
Her: I want to be a physician.
Me: Wow, that's cool! Do you have a specialty in mind?
Her: I want to take care of dolphins.
Me:
At that point, I sort of said an awkward parting goodbye, and went about my day.
I don't see a lot of pre-meds in my major classes since I'm a math major, but I see a boatload of them in my general education classes.
I have a special loathing for a girl in my Brit Lit class. It takes a lot to make me hate somebody, but this girl accomplished just that. She has taken other people's stuff(including one of my friend's textbooks), interjects herself at least 10 times a session, and does other attention grabbing behaviors throughout the period.
I like to try to bury hatchets when I can, so I went ahead and tried to converse with her.
Me: So, how are you?
Her: Ugh, I just want to get out of this class. It's tanking my GPA and has nothing to do with what I want to do.
Me: Well, what do you want to do?
Her: I want to be a physician.
Me: Wow, that's cool! Do you have a specialty in mind?
Her: I want to take care of dolphins.
Me:
At that point, I sort of said an awkward parting goodbye, and went about my day.
The psychiatrist one kills me too.
My cousin was telling people she was studying to be a radiologist.
She's actually studying to be a radiology technician at a community college.
She also said she's getting her masters in english at the same college.
Poor girl
Lol reminds me of when I was volunteering at the hospital
that's actually a well-known joke re: radiologist on a plane... also, it's true.
To be fair, usually the doc will ask the charge nurse or the unit clerk to track down prior charts rather than doing it themselves...doesn't have to be a sexist mistake, it could be a good old-fashioned misunderstanding.
Good point.
Believe it or not, this thought process may continue even while you're in medical school.
False. I need to know how much malonyl CoA is being used during abdominal trauma to properly execute an exploratory lap and the borders of the epiploic foramen to efficaciously administer the proper amount of methotrexate for my rheum pts.
