Is there a way to rub my acceptances into a persons face who picked on me in HS?

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ymnCheetos said:
That too. But you have to make sure your wife is graduating high school the year you're going to your reunion, you want em young.
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I recently started a thread called, "Catch a predator...Doctor Gets Busted"....

53-year-old oncologist+14-year-old girl: not cool

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Tired said:
Yeah, I used to think that too.

Look, to the OP: you are basically in a culture right now (college, SDN) where high value is placed on medical school acceptances. For the rest of the population not intimately involved in it, it's not that cool. Many don't realize how hard it is to get in, and they won't be impressed until you can tell them "what kind" of doctor you are. In fact, the prospect of school until you're in your late-20's strikes many as assinine, and you're just as likely to be met with a comment like, "Oh, so you still don't have a job?"

The best revenge is a hot wife and fast car at your reunion. Trying to rub it in now still makes you look like the loser you were in high school. It's analagous to "rubbing in" your SAT scores. Nobody cares but you.
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Exactly. People not involved in the health field have no idea that it is so difficult to get into medical school. I myself had no idea what UCSF was some months ago (Much less WashU, UMich, Pitt, Vandy, and the rest of the "no-name" schools).

I know how annoying some HS students can be, but you're not at the top yet to avenge your childhood. High school reunion in 15 years from now will not only be effective, but it will be very painful for the rest of your classmates who used to make fun of you because now they will have families of their own, children, etc, which will make their pride even harder to swallow. Nevertheless, I'd suggest that you concentrate more on your success rather than worry about your HS. Just the fact that your success might allow your child to attend a high quality private HS and not have to deal with too many *****s as much, should make you more proud than a direct rubbing in of your credentials onto someone's face.
 
Never met a person who thought being or becoming a doctor was easy in any way, shape or form.

I've met a lot of people who dislike doctors, don't respect doctors, don't believe doctors have their interests at heart, think that all doctors are just after money, or think that doctors have some secret agenda. But never somebody who thought it was easy to become one.
 
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Chemdude said:
I recently started a thread called, "Catch a predator...Doctor Gets Busted"....

53-year-old oncologist+14-year-old girl: not cool

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Oh snaps...

Let me be clear, you want em as young as your respective state/country will allow by law. There we go :thumbup:
 
sankondbest said:
So is it wrong of me to have a strong urge to rub the fact that I will be going to medical school in the faces of those people who made fun of me constantly during high school? (This was not just teasing, it was constant torture)

I was just wondering whether there were any good suggestions about how to go about rubbing this in. (He dropped out of college and is working at a "Big Box Store" BTW)
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No offense but go see a psychiatrist, obviously your HS experience traumatized you. It doesnt show much of your character as a future doc to be that immature and try to rub your acceptance in their face, some wouldnt care anyhow as they has no interest in medicine anyhow, if anything the JOCKS will kick your butt and torture you again calling you a nerd for deciding to spend the rest of your life in school.

Now if seeing a therapist, and SSRIs didnt work and you still have a complex, then wait until you finish med school and residency and buy you a nice car/house, THAN track down these people or meet them at reunions and let your success speak for itself;)
 
It's good that you were able to let it go. If you end up going to Creighton, this is a good step for you in the right direction--humility and forgiveness. Well, maybe forgiveness is hard, but not face-rubbing is admirable enough, and shows that you can be the bigger man.
 
sankondbest said:
So is it wrong of me to have a strong urge to rub the fact that I will be going to medical school in the faces of those people who made fun of me constantly during high school? (This was not just teasing, it was constant torture)

I was just wondering whether there were any good suggestions about how to go about rubbing this in. (He dropped out of college and is working at a "Big Box Store" BTW)
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btw, what are you going to do if after 10 years out, healthcare becomes nationalized, MD pays go down the tubes, dude gets promoted slowly and is now making more than you without any loans or crap you have to deal with, all with full benefits including the 401K he may have that is higher than the loans you will owe your med school:idea:
 
GoldShadow said:
I've met a lot of people who dislike doctors, don't respect doctors, don't believe doctors have their interests at heart, think that all doctors are just after money, or think that doctors have some secret agenda. But never somebody who thought it was easy to become one.
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True.

But the OP isn't a doctor yet. He isn't even a med student. He's a random college student with no job and a letter saying he got into another school.

Impressive to us. And his mom. Everyone else, not so much.
 
Man if you couldnt handle a little high school bullying wait until med school and residency. Those surgery attendings are gonna tear you a new one.
 
Tired said:
True.

But the OP isn't a doctor yet. He isn't even a med student. He's a random college student with no job and a letter saying he got into another school.

Impressive to us. And his mom. Everyone else, not so much.
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The general population does think becoming a doctor is "super-effin-cool".

That's why we have movies about MIT students with 44 MCAT and guaranteed admission to HMS. That movie was bull****.
 
I think the dumbest thing about that movie 21 was when Harvard wanted him to pay 40 grand or something straight up to matriculate....uhhh? when does that EVER happen. You would think a top scholar or whatever would have some merit money coming their way...or at least some student loans

While I'm on this tangent...playing blackjack gives you the best odds of any casino game. If you play your cards by the book, the house only has a 2% edge on you. Card counting, which they relied upon in the movie (and in real life of course)...only reverses that and gives you a 2% edge. Its not like you're raking in the cash every freaking hand. That's one extra hand you should win out of 50. There's hollywood for you though.
 
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WDeagle said:
Man if you couldnt handle a little high school bullying wait until med school and residency. Those surgery attendings are gonna tear you a new one.
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You are comparing apples to oranges here. Baggage from the past is a form of trauma. One does not experience trauma the same way as an adult then as a teenager. The type of "abuse" that medical student and attendings receive from their superiors is more regulated then the crap that went on in high school.
 
Crb717 said:
I think the dumbest thing about that movie 21 was when Harvard wanted him to pay 40 grand or something straight up to matriculate....uhhh? when does that EVER happen. You would think a top scholar or whatever would have some merit money coming their way...or at least some student loans

While I'm on this tangent...playing blackjack gives you the best odds of any casino game. If you play your cards by the book, the house only has a 2% edge on you. Card counting, which they relied upon in the movie (and in real life of course)...only reverses that and gives you a 2% edge. Its not like you're raking in the cash every freaking hand. That's one extra hand you should win out of 50. There's hollywood for you though.
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Very true.

I laughed at how he had a 44 MCAT+ 4.00 GPA from MIT+ unbelievable genius abilities. He would have gotten full-ride for sure.

I tried card counting(with a couple of friends) after I watched the movie. It's super tough, even when the dealer is dealing slow.
 
sankondbest said:
I dont think you know how bad it was for me. I know it should not bother me...but I just cannot help it. I have let it go for all other people who picked on me...but this one person I just cannot let it go.
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May I ask what this kid actually did to you?
 
bipolardoc said:
btw, what are you going to do if after 10 years out, healthcare becomes nationalized, MD pays go down the tubes, dude gets promoted slowly and is now making more than you without any loans or crap you have to deal with, all with full benefits including the 401K he may have that is higher than the loans you will owe your med school:idea:
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What is the "high school bully" going to do when the company he works for goes under and he has to face the job market with his little job experience?

Chances of that "high school bully" being promoted is VERY SLIM. People get promoted because they have the "it" factor. Most people don't have the "it" factor.

I was promoted to contributing editor for my medical writing job after only three months of employment.
 
Best way to rub it in:

"Does this acceptance letter smell like chloroform to you?"
 
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sankondbest said:
So is it wrong of me to have a strong urge to rub the fact that I will be going to medical school in the faces of those people who made fun of me constantly during high school? (This was not just teasing, it was constant torture)

I was just wondering whether there were any good suggestions about how to go about rubbing this in. (He dropped out of college and is working at a "Big Box Store" BTW)
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wow, seriously? lol. with an attitude like that......

it'd actually be hilarious if you tried to do that and he rubbed in your face that he's much more successful in life (cured cancer, world hunger, made $3 billion last year and donated it all to charity bc he didnt need it).
 
Crb717 said:
I think the dumbest thing about that movie 21 was when Harvard wanted him to pay 40 grand or something straight up to matriculate....uhhh? when does that EVER happen. You would think a top scholar or whatever would have some merit money coming their way...or at least some student loans

While I'm on this tangent...playing blackjack gives you the best odds of any casino game. If you play your cards by the book, the house only has a 2% edge on you. Card counting, which they relied upon in the movie (and in real life of course)...only reverses that and gives you a 2% edge. Its not like you're raking in the cash every freaking hand. That's one extra hand you should win out of 50. There's hollywood for you though.
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A 2% edge is the same reason why the gambling industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. We're not talking about 2% on the money you sit down with (i.e. 100 dollars would get you 2 dollars) but the number of dollars on the table over a period of time; there will be a 2% net shift towards you. That is a lot of money, and moreover, the player, not the house, can vary their bet based on any added knowledge they have (something the house can't do).
 
sankondbest said:
So is it wrong of me to have a strong urge to rub the fact that I will be going to medical school in the faces of those people who made fun of me constantly during high school? (This was not just teasing, it was constant torture)

I was just wondering whether there were any good suggestions about how to go about rubbing this in. (He dropped out of college and is working at a "Big Box Store" BTW)
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Why would you want to do this? Living well is always the best revenge. Do you really care about what happened back in high school? I can't even remember things that happened during my intership or even last week and certainly things that happened in secondary school are long gone for me.
 
lol, i doubt the people that picked on you will care. let it go sankondbest
 
sankondbest said:
So is it wrong of me to have a strong urge to rub the fact that I will be going to medical school in the faces of those people who made fun of me constantly during high school? (This was not just teasing, it was constant torture)

I was just wondering whether there were any good suggestions about how to go about rubbing this in. (He dropped out of college and is working at a "Big Box Store" BTW)
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I was under the impression this was the purpose of facebook.
 
One of my friends "bumped" into the girl that played Hermione Grainger (sp?) in a London club. They even danced a little. He then made a lame attempt to buy her a drink! Long story short, she was even hotter in person according to him.
 
chewsnuffles said:
A 2% edge is the same reason why the gambling industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. We're not talking about 2% on the money you sit down with (i.e. 100 dollars would get you 2 dollars) but the number of dollars on the table over a period of time; there will be a 2% net shift towards you. That is a lot of money, and moreover, the player, not the house, can vary their bet based on any added knowledge they have (something the house can't do).
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True, but in the movie they were winning just about every hand when "the deck was hot." Obviously, a small percentage advantage pays dividends, but its gotta be over time, not every other hand.
 
Perrotfish said:
Reading comprehension, OP said the bully worked in a big box store.

I had a friend who, when she came back from grad school for a couple of weeks, gained 10 pounds before she left again. She found out that an ex-boyfriend was working the fryer at her town's McDonalds and she ate there at least three times a day for the entire break. True story. Thought you should know the OP isn't the only one who thinks this way.
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ahhhh touche. In that case why don't you take your bully out to an expensive place to eat, showing how as a rich future doctor you can afford this. Then leave the bill on him for kicks.
 
I love how everyone wants to feel wise, so nobody calls troll.

"Oh wait, this guy has a serious problem." Like the other trolls don't?

You win, OP.
 
liquid8r said:
One of my friends "bumped" into the girl that played Hermione Grainger (sp?) in a London club. They even danced a little. He then made a lame attempt to buy her a drink! Long story short, she was even hotter in person according to him.
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I don't believe you. Apparently, Hermione has a drinking problem.
 
I can only imagine how the interview went down

Interviewer: So why medicine, why do you want to become a doctor?

OP: So I can rub it in all the faces of everyone who were mean to me back in HIGH SCHOOL!

Let me reiterate===== HIGH SCHOOL! HIGH SCHOOL! HIGH SCHOOL!

If you try and rub it in their faces you'll just look like a pompous tool. Enjoy the acceptance based on your accomplishments.

Id forget about it. Rest assured those who picked on you have.
 
Chemdude said:
I don't believe you. Apparently, Hermione has a drinking problem.
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Doubtful.

I think Americans are just uncomfortable with Europe's more relaxed approach to alcohol consumption and an appropriate drinking age.
 
sankondbest said:
So is it wrong of me to have a strong urge to rub the fact that I will be going to medical school in the faces of those people who made fun of me constantly during high school? (This was not just teasing, it was constant torture)

I was just wondering whether there were any good suggestions about how to go about rubbing this in. (He dropped out of college and is working at a "Big Box Store" BTW)
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Wow....you are a stand up guy wanting to rub it in a person's face over high school crap. :thumbdown:thumbdown
 
You should never go around throwing anything in anyone's face. You don't know what will happen. What if they're more successful than you are? Then you just set yourself up to have your medical school admit trumped by their multimillion dollar business or getting drafted to the NFL or something. Or, like another poster said, what if they haven't changed a bit and just beat the crap out of you right there. You would feel pretty dumb going up to someone who picked on you and expecting to impress then by getting in. Chances are that they're still a bully and can still physically harm you.

But the most likely scenario is this: you go and throw it in their face and then when you find out what they have been through you're going to feel like crap. What if you do it and someone says "oh well my parents were killed and I'm homeless with cancer" or something, how would you feel after that?

Just be happy that you are living your dream and look forward. Leave the past in the past and just be the best doc you can be.
 
First of all, you should no longer care about this numbnuts. The fact that you are going to med school and he is selling TVs means that you have won already.

Trying to let him know of your success would be a mistake. When you flaunt things, it makes it look like that you didn't deserve them or got them by accident.

The best way to really stick it to people is to let them find out about things through the grapevine. When they ask you about them, act like your accomplishments were nothing and then change the subject.

I went to a CC out of high school. Ended up getting transfer admissions to numerous top tens including the USNWR #1 that year. Went on to intern at the White House.

Did I tell anyone? No. I agreed to do one NY Times article, and that was only because the CC asked because it would help their publicity. When I ran into people and they would ask me about things, I would acknowledge them, act like they were nothing, and move to change the subject.

Summary: You have made a terrific accomplishment. ACT LIKE YOU DESERVE IT, NOT LIKE YOU GOT LUCKY.
 
Excelsius said:
Exactly. People not involved in the health field have no idea that it is so difficult to get into medical school.
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Oh man, I learned this the hard way. When I got accepted, a few of my closest family members didn't even think it was a big enough deal to say 'congrats'. For a while I felt hurt bc these are people whom I thought understood how hard I've worked and how hard it is to get into med school. Now I realize that not everyone really 'gets' how hard we've worked to get interviews and/or acceptances. Not that it should really matter... we weren't working hard to get praise from others. So my advice to the OP is just to share your happiness to individuals closest in heart to you. I'm sure your former bully does not top that list xP Maybe in the far off distant future, he'll come to learn that you have become a successful doctor... and maybe he won't. Either way, it isn't your job to educate him on your success. Become a great doctor, and that is success unto itself ;)
 
There was an elementary school principal who told my mom I was very likely "******ed" and unlikely to amount to very much.

There is a small part of me that wishes I had a time machine and could go back and tell him and the teachers who let students like me suffer because we weren't challenged....

But then I realize I have bigger fish to fry.... And I don't have a Delorean.
 
Chuck's Right Foot said:
There was an elementary school principal who told my mom I was very likely "******ed" and unlikely to amount to very much.

There is a small part of me that wishes I had a time machine and could go back and tell him and the teachers who let students like me suffer because we weren't challenged....

But then I realize I have bigger fish to fry.... And I don't have a Delorean.
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Your quote reminded me of Forrest Gump and the old guys in the barbershop who laughed at him as a kid.
 
Lol, to all of you that think a having a hot, gold digging wife is a sign of success, you are going to be very dissapointed when you find out the children you have raised and paid through college were actually the offspring of the jock in high school that bullied you and has f'ed your wife many many times behind your back, being the biological father of your "children"
 
wasteoftime said:
Lol, to all of you that think a having a hot, gold digging wife is a sign of success, you are going to be very dissapointed when you find out the children you have raised and paid through college were actually the offspring of the jock in high school that bullied you and has f'ed your wife many many times behind your back, being the biological father of your "children"
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???
 
sankondbest said:
So is it wrong of me to have a strong urge to rub the fact that I will be going to medical school in the faces of those people who made fun of me constantly during high school? (This was not just teasing, it was constant torture)

I was just wondering whether there were any good suggestions about how to go about rubbing this in. (He dropped out of college and is working at a "Big Box Store" BTW)
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Considering you are getting ready to spend the next decade of your life getting treated like crap, working sweatshop-like hours, and making an effective salary of -$5.15 an hour I think keeping your mouth shut would be the best way to play it.

I mean, seriously. Seven years from now you will be grateful for your first complete weekend off in five months while your former tormentors will be living fairly comfortably.
 
To paraphrase Panda Bear and a friend of mine (an Internist in private practice):

Congratulations on your acceptance: now you suffer.

And remember we have bigger fish to fry!
 
Japika said:
There's serious problems when it comes to americans and respect. For the most part, non premed/med/doctors, don't respect doctors. They think "they are after the money" or "being a doctor is easy (and because theres so few of us, we are outnumbered by dirtbag low lifes, like old boy at the big box store"

Here's what will happen... You say I am going to be a doctor. He will say

"oo so you took the easy way out, being a doctor is easy money and takes no skill" - The average American
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Au contraire. Physicians get plenty of respect from their patients. Of course, you have to act the part but it you can pull that off (because medicine is just show business for ugly people) you will have no trouble being treated as well as you deserve.
 
sankondbest said:
So is it wrong of me to have a strong urge to rub the fact that I will be going to medical school in the faces of those people who made fun of me constantly during high school? (This was not just teasing, it was constant torture)

I was just wondering whether there were any good suggestions about how to go about rubbing this in. (He dropped out of college and is working at a "Big Box Store" BTW)
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Well do it after you earn your MD. You are not a doctor until the day you graduate from medical school and have that diploma in your hand. Don't jinks yourself. Getting into medical is the beginning of lots of hard work. After you have that MD degree than Dr. X rubbed it in their faces.
 
goldshadow said:
follow these 7 easy steps and succeed at rubbing it in his face, or your money back:
1) get through med school, become a doctor.
2) open up a clinic near where he lives. Offer free std screenings and physicals.
3) wait for him to show up.
4) tell him he has a terminal disease and only 6 months to live.
5) call him up 5 months later and say you were just kidding. Laugh.
6) ???
7) profit!
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lol :)
 
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