Lol. Meeting people in professional/semi-professional environments (i.e., networking) is something everyone needs to do. I have carried business cards on me every day since sophomore year. I have the emails/numbers (and thus the attention) of an eclectic group of people. They may all be useless one-time meetings, but some of them have already been more than that.
I wasn't a typical premed (i.e., science major, few workplace skills, professionally unidimensional). Think what you want, but no one bats an eyelash when you offer to exchange cards to keep in contact at conferences or big professional gatherings. It's one of those things that only students find weird because we're not used to it. Outside of academia, everyone carries cards, even the lowliest of office workers; you're weird if you DON'T have one. It helps people remember you and makes a goddamn good impression. Argue over whether you think it's necessary or not, but many an internship/work/volunteer opportunity have come about because I was prepared. They're the type of opportunities that don't come about with cold emailing and they're the type of "unique" things premeds are always asking on SDN how to pursue.
Dude please. They're not candy. You don't offer them up to everyone you meet. You never offer first. Only if there's a productive conversation and after they've agreed to keep in contact and hand you THEIR cars. Then you take the initiative and give them yours. It's natural, there's no awkwardness, and no one will remember in the moment that you're just some kid in college.
Name, university, major, year, email, cell number (make clear it's a cell), LinkedIn URL, mailing address.
Bro but how else would I give my fellow interviewees any business cards ya feel
What does your business card say? I'm just curious because I wouldn't know what do with one aside from email, name and phone?Bro but how else would I give my fellow interviewees any business cards ya feel
And honestly one of the best things about traveling is meeting people. Why is it acceptable to be friendly online but not IRL? If there are closet SDNers at my interview day, I wanna meet them. We can complain together about @Winged Scapula breathing down our necks too often 😉
That sounds so corny
Exactly, it's satire.
Dude check this out.. Emory nursing students have business cards??
My Dad's favorite phrase. "I know a guy."
QFT. It's also the type of pre-med that lists his designer interview clothes in MDapps so everyone knows he's wearing a hermes tie to Harvard haha.
You should see the pictures of "inside Harvard" that were posted in the Harvard thread that have undertones of douchebag that convey the "jealous much?" message.
I see lots of medical students with their med school in their taglines (from all tiers). I fully support proudly showing pride in the school that you attend, but for II's it seems a bit pre-mature lol.
With the whole business card thing as a sophomore, I would say pre-mature is probably something of familiarity. 😏
Disagree/poke fun at my mannerisms, sure. Call me a douche my posts/tagline, sure. Imply that I'll be waitlisted, sure. That's what makes SDN fun!
I'm not sure where you get the notion that I expect interviews at top schools. If you've seen me post something to that effect, please enlighten me and I'll be more than glad to edit it out since that's not appropriate for a site like this. If your point is that I expect to do well this cycle, then you are correct. Everyone who has put in the time and effort to be prepared can expect certain things from their own application cycle. Like the MCAT threads always remind us,
Whaaa? You don't like me? That's pretty rude.
Well you edited the "TBH I expected an interview here" at Yale post you had earlier, hopefully because you realized it made you sound like a pompous donkey, but I am glad that you are learning.
