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Does anybody else have a problem with being way too competitive?
Now, I don't consider myself a gunner, but in undergrad I found myself being way too competitive with other med students that were applying to the same schools I was. I actually stopped hanging out with some friends because when I heard how great their grades were and how many great extracurriculars they had done it made me freak out and feel like I needed to do more. It also made me feel inadequate and awkward so I alienated myself from them.
Now, we have all gotten in to the same med school, and I find myself being friends with them all over again.
How can I avoid this when applying to residencies, as my group of friends and I are all planning on applying to derm (if we get descent board scores, etc..), which is super competitive? I can see myself in a year or two becoming way too competitive and ruining these friendships again.
I am wacked out, I know. But I seem to not be able to help it. Any advice? Anyone else feel this way?
Now, I don't consider myself a gunner, but in undergrad I found myself being way too competitive with other med students that were applying to the same schools I was. I actually stopped hanging out with some friends because when I heard how great their grades were and how many great extracurriculars they had done it made me freak out and feel like I needed to do more. It also made me feel inadequate and awkward so I alienated myself from them.
Now, we have all gotten in to the same med school, and I find myself being friends with them all over again.
How can I avoid this when applying to residencies, as my group of friends and I are all planning on applying to derm (if we get descent board scores, etc..), which is super competitive? I can see myself in a year or two becoming way too competitive and ruining these friendships again.
I am wacked out, I know. But I seem to not be able to help it. Any advice? Anyone else feel this way?