Meeting with Deans for the first time

[eadmnc]

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I am currently a first year in medical school and I will be meeting with the dean (and my advisor) for the first time. I was late in making an appointment (it is already the second semester), and I am naturally nervous when it comes to these meetings. Any advice regarding what to say or what to ask the first time I meet the dean? Is there anything I should touch upon in particular?

Thanks for your help.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

Are you in trouble or something? I'm not sure why you would be nervous...why are you having this meeting? I don't think I've ever met with the dean (or my advisor if I have one).

 

[eadmnc]

Are you in trouble or something? I'm not sure why you would be nervous...why are you having this meeting? I don't think I've ever met with the dean (or my advisor if I have one).

No, I'm not in trouble. Just to introduce myself and develop a relationship with him. He will, as far as I know, be writing me a recommendation letter in the future.

 

[NickNaylor]

No, I'm not in trouble. Just to introduce myself and develop a relationship with him. He will, as far as I know, be writing me a recommendation letter in the future.

Try and cover the tryhard within...

I mean that in the least offensive way possible.

 

[Zedor]

Try and cover the tryhard within...

I mean that in the least offensive way possible.

 

[Textbookversion]

I am currently a first year in medical school and I will be meeting with the dean (and my advisor) for the first time. I was late in making an appointment (it is already the second semester), and I am naturally nervous when it comes to these meetings. Any advice regarding what to say or what to ask the first time I meet the dean? Is there anything I should touch upon in particular?

Thanks for your help.

chill out dude

 

[ManaPool]

Ask him what his daughter looks like and if she is available. Dean's love to talk about their daughters.

 

[xrevision]

Lmao, the deans letter is not a letter of recommendation per se. Its based on your academic and clinical performance and is based off of a template.

 

[Stellar Clouds]

Lmao, the deans letter is not a letter of recommendation per se. Its based on your academic and clinical performance and is based off of a template.

Not to mention, not even written by the dean

 

[PTPoeny]

Not to mention, not even written by the dean

Mine was written by my student dean.

At my school we meet with our student deans every year. Generally it is a how is it going, any questions about the next step of med school, any suggestion to improve the curriculum, sort of thing.

 

[JP2740]

No, I'm not in trouble. Just to introduce myself and develop a relationship with him. He will, as far as I know, be writing me a recommendation letter in the future.

So it is not a myth.

They do exist.

 

[Anigma07]

Man the F up. Maybe if you were meeting them over a topic this could be a discussion, you're just wasting both of your time.

On a serious note, make sure to wear your best dress and spend some extra time on your makeup before the meeting.

 

[redhotpokerb]

.... OP is Super overachiever here. But props to you

 

[Nesir]

I don't know why everyone is all up in arms about this. At least in my school at the end of every academic year and at 3-4x during your 4th year you meet with the deans and plan out your career path/work on your deans letter.

This seems less strange to me. As far as impressing them - you wont. To date, I don't think a single higher up I have met has ever said, "wow that medical student is really something" So don't freak out about it and just go in there with selfish motives and get a lot of questions answered.

 

[NickNaylor]

I don't know why everyone is all up in arms about this. At least in my school at the end of every academic year and at 3-4x during your 4th year you meet with the deans and plan out your career path/work on your deans letter.

This seems less strange to me. As far as impressing them - you wont. To date, I don't think a single higher up I have met has ever said, "wow that medical student is really something" So don't freak out about it and just go in there with selfish motives and get a lot of questions answered.

Yeah, regular meetings are totally normal. But the guy sounds like a M1 who is using the tried-and-true undergrad tactic of kissing ass - and it's blatantly obvious what's going on here. "Introduce myself?" Give me a break. If he/she had a real purpose for meeting with the dean, that would be one thing.

 

[PrideNeverDie]

hello socially awkward gunner, please learn to chill the f out sooner rather than later

your future peer

 

[evilbooyaa]

Yeah, regular meetings are totally normal. But the guy sounds like a M1 who is using the tried-and-true undergrad tactic of kissing ass - and it's blatantly obvious what's going on here. "Introduce myself?" Give me a break. If he/she had a real purpose for meeting with the dean, that would be one thing.

Yeah that's what it sounds like to me.