It Really Annoys Me When Classmates Ask About Test Scores

[Chevy Chase Fan]

Every time we get our exams back, the people I sit next to will look over at my test and ask, "What'd you get?" I find that so rude, its none of your damn business what I got, dickhead. To me that's just so childish. These people may be smart and driven, but man, they don't have the common sense or consideration to be anything other than anal prehealth students.

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[integralx2]

op , you mad ?

 

[jvesco22]

^^ Yeah, he mad.

lol @ OP being irate that his test grades suck...

 

[Lunasly]

It's childish that you are taking this so offensively. Who cares of he knows your test mark regardless of whether you did well or not.

Grow up.

 

[orthomyxo]

I don't really understand what the big deal is. I could care less about what other people think of me, so I'll just tell them straight up if they really want to know. If I got a 3, I'd say it. The same goes for if I got a 100.

tl;dr:

 

[Algophiliac]

^^ Yeah, he mad.

lol @ OP being irate that his test grades suck...

I hate it either way, because it invites competition. I hate competition. Since my grades don't really affect them in any way, I just say I did well or poorly, and no one seems to care.

 

[osteohopeful09]

bahgahaha, if you think it gets ANY better in med school, you are sorely mistaken, my friend.

In fact, i think my peers discuss/worry (out loud) about test scores TEN times as much now as they did in undergrad. Probably because a lot more is on the line!

the best thing you can do is smile and nod, and when people ask how you did, just answer "well enough"... keep em guessing! its fun seeing gunners panic.

 

[orthomyxo]

The only thing that pisses me off is when people intentionally discuss their grades out loud to make themselves look smart. Except I find it funny when I hear them and my grade was actually better.

 

[MichaelRW]

I hate it either way, because it invites competition. I hate competition. Since my grades don't really affect them in any way, I just say I did well or poorly, and no one seems to care.

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This goes the same for getting really good grades too. If exams are returned and the majority of the class is all like "omg i cant believe i got a C, that exam was sooooo hard," it's best to keep your A to yourself to avoid coming off as arrogant, etc. So, as the previous poster (Algophiliac) said, simply say that you did well (or poor depending on your circumstances) and the integrity of the social construct remains in tact.

 

[barcoderider]

People want to know where they stand. I don't see what the big deal is.

 

[VikingLegacy]

baleeted

 

[Mithril]

Tell them you got some ink on your test.

 

[Suenya]

Compared to undergrad for me, in medical school there is a lot more vocal worrying about grades (from me as well, haha), and far less discussion after the fact. The exception is my anatomy group, since we're sort of responsible for teaching sections to each other, quite a few in the group take it very seriously.

 

[getright]

OP probably does ****ty on tests imo.

 

[LuciusVorenus]

If you don't want people to keep asking just keep giving them an extreme answer. "I got a 0!" or "I got a 120!". Eventually they'll just give up. Same goes for your GPA.

 

[orthomyxo]

Also, chances are that the people asking are not gunners at all. They're more likely the students that did ****ty and want to make themselves feel better by seeing if their peers did just as badly.

 

[DendWrite]

I hate it either way, because it invites competition. I hate competition. Since my grades don't really affect them in any way, I just say I did well or poorly, and no one seems to care.

Dude, med school -is- competetion. And in tons of my classes, 25% of people get an A, 50% a B, 25% a C, something like that. So, yeah, if someone else gets an A, that's one person who might be pushing me down into the B-range, or vice versa. So it matters.

 

[Algophiliac]

Dude, med school -is- competetion. And in tons of my classes, 25% of people get an A, 50% a B, 25% a C, something like that. So, yeah, if someone else gets an A, that's one person who might be pushing me down into the B-range, or vice versa. So it matters.

Not really. What are you going to do, murder them?

Most professors tell you the class average, so you don't need to manually ask everyone in the class their scores.

Competition =/= trying to do your best for your own sake. I don't need to know what the student next to me got to improve my own scores. I don't need to know WHO got the A, just that there was an A in the class. Competition, no offense, is just not my thing. I want to learn, and I want to do well as a result of that.

 

[IHeartNerds]

bahgahaha, if you think it gets ANY better in med school, you are sorely mistaken, my friend.

I don't know what a single one of my classmate's grades are. Granted, much of our curriculum is P/F, but still, we seem to operate under an assumed don't ask, don't tell policy. Same goes for board scores and shelf grades. It's pretty nice. Not all med schools are full of the cutthroats or braggarts that make up most pre-med students, thankfully.

 

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[eablackwell]

If it really bugs you that much, just lie. Tell them you did amazing things on every test. When they ask, spend 10 minutes talking about how easy it was. Eventually they will stop asking, because no one likes to feel inferior.

Problem solved.

 

[deleted295924]

I don't see what the big deal is. In high school and now in undergrad, I've always discussed grades with friends and classmates. Never been an issue.

 

[MB333999]

i actually dont like ppl who insist on keeping their scores to themselves.

 

[Isoprop]

It also bothers me when strangers in my class ask me about my test scores or grades. I don't ask other people because I prefer to mind my own business. After a year or two replying with "I did well" or "I did okay" and watching people get annoyed, I starting giving people my exact score. It's just something you have to put up with.

I still hesitate to tell people my GPA or MCAT.

 

[Silverman780]

Personally I really could care less if someone asked about my grade/gpa.
If it really bothers you just lie.

And if you do crappy on a test:

 

[jvesco22]

You guys must be socially akward or some siht lol. Do you guys not make friends/acquaintances with those that sit around you?

You guys are acting as if complete strangers are coming up to you, people you've never seen before in your life, and asking you for your test scores. If these are people that you constantly see/talk to everyday, then what is the big problem?

Someone please aware me, lolque?

 

[ILikeDrugs]

You guys must be socially akward or some siht lol. Do you guys not make friends/acquaintances with those that sit around you?

You guys are acting as if complete strangers are coming up to you, people you've never seen before in your life, and asking you for your test scores. If these are people that you constantly see/talk to everyday, then what is the big problem?

Someone please aware me, lolque?

I've known some of my friends for 10+ years and I don't know what their salary is nor do they know mine. I don't even know what kind of grades they got in college. It's just not important. Some things are personal or are mundane non-important things to talk about. What's the point of bringing it up? Who cares? Probably people who want to see if they're better than you. Those aren't friends; those are socially inept *****s who think that they're entitled to know everything about you and think you're strange just because you don't give them what they want. 🙄

 

[b2sun]

this read is fcking hilarious.

 

[DendWrite]

Not really. What are you going to do, murder them?

Most professors tell you the class average, so you don't need to manually ask everyone in the class their scores.

Competition =/= trying to do your best for your own sake. I don't need to know what the student next to me got to improve my own scores. I don't need to know WHO got the A, just that there was an A in the class. Competition, no offense, is just not my thing. I want to learn, and I want to do well as a result of that.

If learning everything there was to learn in a class meant getting a lower grade and GPA, versus learning what you need to learn for the class and getting top grades and a high GPA, which would you pick?

Nearly everyone in medical school has the mentality that you have: wanting to learn and wanting to do well as a result; however, you're going to be in different quartiles, and some of you will get C's. Given that so many courses are normalized or graded on some sort of curve, that means that competition is inherent. I'm not saying that you can't have that mentality, or that it's not good to have, but you can't avoid the inevitable competition that you'll face.

Also, if your professor doesn't give you stats on your scores (i.e. standard deviation, like one of my TAs for some reasons refused to give out, though he was a bit of an ass), you have no idea what 5 points above the average means. Say the average was 60 and you got a 75 but the stdev was 25. Your 70's suddenly not looking so good if the average is a C, whereas if the stdev was a 5, you're golden.

 

[wolverinepwns]

OP, you should go study more instead of making pointless threads, that way next time when someone asks you "how you did?" you can answer proudly!

 

[mvenus929]

bahgahaha, if you think it gets ANY better in med school, you are sorely mistaken, my friend.

In fact, i think my peers discuss/worry (out loud) about test scores TEN times as much now as they did in undergrad. Probably because a lot more is on the line!

the best thing you can do is smile and nod, and when people ask how you did, just answer "well enough"... keep em guessing! its fun seeing gunners panic.

My classmates just ask whether or not you passed. If you passed, great. If not... well, we don't really expect anyone to tell us they didn't pass. We do ask about how hard they thought it was, though... if everyone else thought it was hard, you're probably okay. If no one else thought it was hard, you probably didn't study enough.

 

[s1lver]

You guys must be socially akward or some siht lol.

Pre-meds.

 

[G Darn Pissed]

The wussification of America right here.

Everyone is taught they are a winner from day one. Sports, academics, whatever... for some reason our culture is switching to an every one wins attitude. personally i think its disgusting.

 

[DoctaFuture]

I don't really care if someone asked me my score. If it was good or bad, I would tell them. People make it a competition, I understand this.