parents are funny in this process :)

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August 2002

Me: Hey mom, you should check out this website that a bunch of med school applicants use to post messages and info on the application process. Its callled SDN.

Mom: Yeah, whatever, I'll check it out.

Two Weeks Later

Mom: Hey, I have been reading that SDN website you told me about and I think it's really cool...There is a lot of good information on there.

Me: Yeah, it's not bad. It keeps me from getting too bored at work, ya know?

Mom: You shouldn't be bored at work (of course 🙄 )...But hey, you know what, some people on that site are terrible and jeopardize the integrity of the whole website. Some people talk badly to others and it disgusts me...especially this guy The Chronic MD (holy crap...of all the people!). He is a jack@$$!

Me: Uhh...yeah...that guy isn't very cool at all...(click)

A Week Later

Mom: Hey, I think I'm addicted to that website SDN...

Me: I believe it...

Mom: By the way, you know that @$$hole The Chornic MD? He applied to the same UC schools you did...all but Davis.

Me: Hmm...what a coincidence. 😱

Mom: I hope he gets rejected from all of them becuase he is an absolute @$$hole and will make a terrible physician...People like him are a disgrace to pre-meds...

Me: Uhh...yeah...that guy sucks...(she's getting warmer)

A Week After That

Mom: Hey, I have been reading SDN and there is a lot of good stuff on UC schools in there...Have you read it?

Me: Some of it...

Mom: Well you should...Also, that guy Chronic MD, you know, that jackass that writes messages about panties and beer and all of that? Well, he got into Saint Louis and he interviewed the same day you did...I can't believe he got in...Saint Louis made a big mistake...

Me: Uhh...he did? Hmm...I wonder if I saw him that day... 😛

Mom: Well, if you go there, he is not someone you should hang around with...

Not Too Long After That

*Ring ring*

Mom: Hey Chronic! How are you doing Chronic?

Me: What? Chronic? What do you mean?

Mom: You are the Chronic MD and you know it. You have all the same interviews and the same acceptances. By the way, you need help...

Me: What the...?

Mom: I know you are the Chronic MD so don't deny it. You should try to be a lot nicer to those people...and quit being such a jackass so that people don't report you and then med schools find out who you are and automatically reject you.

Me: That wont happen, and BTW, I can't believe you figured that out...

Next time my mother calls

Mom: Hey Chronic, what's new? I see you have cut down on the trash talk.

Me: Alright mom...enough...I gotta go...
 
Originally posted by The Chronic MD
August 2002

Me: Hey mom, you should check out this website that a bunch of med school applicants use to post messages and info on the application process. Its callled SDN.

Mom: Yeah, whatever, I'll check it out.

Two Weeks Later

Mom: Hey, I have been reading that SDN website you told me about and I think it's really cool...There is a lot of good information on there.

Me: Yeah, it's not bad. It keeps me from getting too bored at work, ya know?

Mom: You shouldn't be bored at work (of course 🙄)...But hey, you know what, some people on that site are terrible and jeopardize the integrity of the whole website. Some people talk badly to others and it disgusts me...especially this guy The Chronic MD (holy crap...of all the people!). He is a jack@$$!

Me: Uhh...yeah...that guy isn't very cool at all...(click)

A Week Later

Mom: Hey, I think I'm addicted to that website SDN...

Me: I believe it...

Mom: By the way, you know that @$$hole The Chornic MD? He applied to the same UC schools you did...all but Davis.

Me: Hmm...what a coincidence. 😱

Mom: I hope he gets rejected from all of them becuase he is an absolute @$$hole and will make a terrible physician...People like him are a disgrace to pre-meds...

Me: Uhh...yeah...that guy sucks...(she's getting warmer)

A Week After That

Mom: Hey, I have been reading SDN and there is a lot of good stuff on UC schools in there...Have you read it?

Me: Some of it...

Mom: Well you should...Also, that guy Chronic MD, you know, that jackass that writes messages about panties and beer and all of that? Well, he got into Saint Louis and he interviewed the same day you did...I can't believe he got in...Saint Louis made a big mistake...

Me: Uhh...he did? Hmm...I wonder if I saw him that day... 😛

Mom: Well, if you go there, he is not someone you should hang around with...

Not Too Long After That

*Ring ring*

Mom: Hey Chronic! How are you doing Chronic?

Me: What? Chronic? What do you mean?

Mom: You are the Chronic MD and you know it. You have all the same interviews and the same acceptances. By the way, you need help...

Me: What the...?

Mom: I know you are the Chronic MD so don't deny it. You should try to be a lot nicer to those people...and quit being such a jackass so that people don't report you and then med schools find out who you are and automatically reject you.

Me: That wont happen, and BTW, I can't believe you figured that out...

Next time my mother calls

Mom: Hey Chronic, what's new? I see you have cut down on the trash talk.

Me: Alright mom...enough...I gotta go...
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that is beyond funny 😀
 
Chronic busted by his own mother. Hehehehehehehe. Remind me never to tell my mom about this site!
 
I've been on hiatus from everything medical just so I could avoid my mother on the subject... but I forgot that she is sneaky!!! Anyway good to be back...

**Conversation 5am this morning***

Mom: Sweety are you sleeping?

**I swear, one day I am going to roll over and spew pea soup at here. You know I should try the direct approach**

Me: Yes I am!

Mom: That's good... so guess what

**DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN...**

Me: I'm adopted and you want to give me back!

Mom: (SIGH) Your father and I were talking and we decided that since we refinanced the house for your education we should sit down and go over exactly what schools you willbe applying to and how far away you should or should not go.

**ZIMBABWE sounds really really good about now**

Me: Mother, if and when I decide to go to school it will be totally and completely my decision. I am the one that has to do four years and I think that I would be happier if I alone got to choose that place. Pending acceptance of course.

**SILENCE...**

Mom: Well I see that you are dead set on having your on way even when your parents in thier old age are trying to what is best for you. Well I just think that selfishness is not a good doctor quality. Anyway have a good day, love you.

**Thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk... Jeez why does my head still hurt**
 
OMG chronic-
you and your mom are just tooo funny...
 
I just read this, very much my parents...
so I'm gonna give this a try

This happened a few weeks ago

msg on cell: Hello. Hello. C this is DAD. Why don't you answer your phone? We gave you it so we can always reach you. Where are you? Hello. Call me back. Okay Bye.

msg @ apt: Hello Hello Why don't you answer the phone? This is DAD C. Call me at Work.

msg @ work: Dad called, call cell ASAP

OKAY. This is it I'm thinking, I finally got an acceptance/ some form of communication from School X.
Not that I've ever had one, but it feels like a one night stand....I went there did an interview, and then nothing, for like two months???
ne way

Me: Hi Daddy
Dad: Hi sweeto. Do you need money again?
***He had given me money the week before****

Me: No, you called me.
Dad: I did. When?
ME: TODAY. Three times.
Dad: Oh yes. How come you don't answer your phone?
ME: I was in class, taking a test, You knew that.
Dad: That's no excuse what if it was an emergency.
Me: Is it?
Dad: I don't know, it could be.
**********OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me: So what's up?
Dad: Nothing.
Me: Really why'd you call.
Dad: Oh yeah, I got your email.
****Great, you can use email, why don't you hit reply and not call?

Me: Have I gotten any mail?
Dad: No, there was something, but I opened it, it was for hold on I've got it here, somewhere, hold on.
Me: Dad, just call me when you find it.
Dad: no no, you're not easy to catch.
Me: Email me
Dad: I found it
Me: joy
Dad: Okay, it says....you are eligble for free financing.......
Me: Dad trash it
Dad: Why you get something free.
Me: Please dad, I have to go, I'm at work
Dad: But you never call me
Me: I talked to you last night!!
Dad: right, but you always hang up
Me: I have to go Okay
Dad: Okay bye
Me: Okay bye daddy. Luv you
Dad: okay call your mother.


AAAAHHAHAHAHAHH, seriously frustrating, I was trying to keep myself calm, but also at the same time kept praying it was an acceptance letter, and Dad was so excited it couldn't wait....but of course not,
 
side notes:
Why is it that non-premeds are always hitting us up for med advice (usually I'm square on, but sometimes, I like to mess w/ em, I mean one of em is interior design, and I'm not like hey come redo my apt...)
I have this group of four non-science friends.....and well, here's a convo w/ one of them:

Me: Hey what's up?
X: Nuthin, my leg hurts
Me: sorry
X; I think I pulled my muscle this morning
Me: How
X: Running, I don't think I stretched long enough
Me: Probably
X: What should I do
Me: Stretch better next time
X: How can I make it not hurt?
Me: Well, Take an aleve and then sit there and ice it for twenty minutes. Then stretch, then ice again. And wear a flip flop on the leg that hurts so it's even w/ the other one wear a running shoe
X: Why
Me: your leg is probably swollen so bad that it is making your legs uneven, so that'll balance out the pressure and alleviate some pain....

Yeah so he went to class like this, I saw him @ the union, chillin, w/ his mismatched shoes


My fav:
Hey tell me what color my phlegm is
(Freshman year, I told my roommate she had bronchitis b/c her phlegm was green & yellow, so they think I'm so smart)

or
a friend of mine started to desc STD symptoms and wanted me to tell her which she had so she would waste time w/ tests if it wasn't necessary.....I'm so looking forward to the obgyn rotation (not)

I luv em, but really guys...c'mon. They were like my family when it came to secondaries....Oh wow you got a secondary that must mean they really want you. That is so awesome, and proceed to tell their parents I'd been accepted, which when we'd see their parents I'd have to explain, all over again.....
Silver you have an independent label, ever think of making a set of med school explanation tapes, I'm sure you'd make a fortune


And my parents:
They started telling ppl I was accepted when I took the MCAT, you know you pick the six schools to send scores to, well, they thought that it was an automatic in,
And then they got so excited everytime a secondary'd come in,
Esp. the Harvard one,
I had to convince them that everyone gets them so the med schools get more money, money, that my dad understands:
Speaking of which,

Dad: So you mean school X rejected you?
ME: yup that's what I'm saying
Dad: i'm sorry. But that city is horrible
****I've been accepted to another school in that city, so WTF dad??*********

ME: It's okay, I didn't like it anyway
Dad: I'm sorry, so do you get a refund?


DAAAAAD.... well at least he didn't tell me he already called and demanded a refund. I'd have cried. Sometimes he is sooo
 
I've enoyed this thead so much, and C_'s post reminded me of an incident. This happened 3 DAYS after getting accepted to med school:

Adcadet: Hi, I'm calling to set up an appointment with Dr. X.

Secretary of Dr. X: Dr. X is out of town for a few days. Is it urgent or is there something I can do?

Adcadet: No, it's not urgent. I'm starting medical school there in the fall and just wanted to discuss ABC with Dr. X.

Secretary: Oh, Dr. X will be back in two weeks, but until then you could talk to Dr. Y.

Adcadet: I think I'd prefer talking with Dr. X, but thank you.

Secretary: OK. Hey, you'd know. I've got a headache. What's the best thing to do for headaches?

<This lady works around doctors all day and yet asks ME for medical advice?>

Adcadet: I'm sorry, I haven't even started medical school yet. I have no idea.

Secretary: Oh.
 
Here's an old classic, dedicated to all of my fellow stressed out applicant peeps out there. Read it and take the edge off.


BUMP
 
I'm so bumping this...

I can't say I've had anything nearly as weird as some of this stuff happen to me. About the strangest thing was the following conversation -


me: Hey dude, how're you doing?
cuz: You dog, why didn't you tell us!
me: ?!?!??? Ummmm.... tell you what exactly?
cuz: You know, your MCATs. We heard you got (insert Really High Score X). Congratulations!
me: What?? I got nothing even close to that!!
cuz: ?
me: Yeah, dude, my score was much lower. Where in the hell did you hear this anyway?
cuz: Um, your mom.

*who was the one who got my scores and read them to me to begin with*.

WTF??!!?
 
Yeah, my mom went and bragged my MCAT scores around to the whole town after I got them back. I had to fend conversations like that for along time, and I always had wanted to keep my scores to myself as well.
 
GREAT THREAD!

i've got one too... first off, it took a long time to explain to them why it would be a good thing to take a year off and to apply after graduation. now, my mom is convinced i will be going to ucsf (ha! ya right, we even have a $15 bet going on), and neither of my parents understand why i am applying to any out of state schools (i am from northern california). they think i will easily get into a uc! they have absolutely no clue just how hard it is and just how much the whole application process sucks. so most of the time i just keep my mouth shut, but i've also made a point to show them the applicant profiles on sdn to show them how much of a crap chute the whole process can be. i'm just worried that they will be totally crushed if i don't get in anywhere.
 
Originally posted by WuzUpDoc
GREAT THREAD!

i've got one too... first off, it took a long time to explain to them why it would be a good thing to take a year off and to apply after graduation. now, my mom is convinced i will be going to ucsf (ha! ya right, we even have a $15 bet going on), and neither of my parents understand why i am applying to any out of state schools (i am from northern california). they think i will easily get into a uc! they have absolutely no clue just how hard it is and just how much the whole application process sucks. so most of the time i just keep my mouth shut, but i've also made a point to show them the applicant profiles on sdn to show them how much of a crap chute the whole process can be. i'm just worried that they will be totally crushed if i don't get in anywhere.
man, i totally understand where you're coming from, as do probabaly most of the ca applicants. I think i finally almost had my grandparents convinced that UC's were near impossible to get into, but then a week later I got accepted and now all I hear is, "we weren't worried at all, we knew you'd get in." I think it kind of takes away from the joy of getting in, but its cool. Good luck on your applications!
 
Originally posted by rjhtamu
Yeah, my mom went and bragged my MCAT scores around to the whole town after I got them back. I had to fend conversations like that for along time, and I always had wanted to keep my scores to myself as well.


Dude, at least she was bragging about scores you had!!

It's kind of like, if you're gonna show me off against my will, at least use stuff that I've actually done, eh?
 
how can i rationally explain to my parents how hard it is to get into medical school? they think i will just apply and, voila, be accepted
 
silvercholla,
I admire you for many reasons... First of all, being able to go back to school. Secondly, for being able to restrain yourself from physically abusing your mom. Mostly, I admire your ability to come up with those cleaver one-liners at 5:00am. When my mom asks me if im sleeping at 5, I usually respond, " whaza-who-wha-whe".
 
Here's a nice parent story. I'm currently visiting family in British colombia, Canada. I live in Ohio, so while I'm away, i've given my mom permission to open med school mail. Well, I had two acceptances and today I received a letter from one school asking me if I've made my decision. Well my mom called today freaking out that I was going to be kicked out because of this and was on the brink of a heart attack. It took like 2 minutes for me to e-mail the schools and inform them of my choice and the problem was easily fixed. I had to call my mom back and read both of their responses through the phone to calm her down!
 
Originally posted by enamine
how can i rationally explain to my parents how hard it is to get into medical school? they think i will just apply and, voila, be accepted

I think after a few thinvelopes, they will begin to get the message. Nothing like rejection to bring idealistic parents back down to earth... good luck🙂

Peace~ Doc
 
hilarious stories...keep 'em coming!!

silvercholla no more??
 
Wow... I haven't been here in like four months and you guys are still going... and still really funny... How's everyone doin?😍
 
setting: I've been at the computer for the last 3 hours, finishing up a secondary; mom walks in and lies down on the floor-

Mom: I'm proud of you! It will be so nice this time next year when you know exactly where you're going!

Me: Well, I might not, mom. If I'm waitlisted or my applications given second-round consideration, it's possible I won't know even this time next year.

Mom: What? Who said??

Me: That's what the admissions lady from SUNY Upstate said at the med school convention we had at school last year (about a hypothetical applicant that had similar stats as me)

Mom: (incredulously) So that means that all those people have to just wait around until the admissions staff decides to look at their application after all the others have been through??

Me: Well, yeah.

Mom: (indignant) Well, if they can't see what a good applicant you are and they make you wait then they don't deserve you!

😛 :laugh:
 
My parent's are supportive, but they are not in the medical profession, so they have no clue about this process. This past weekend when the interview invite came from Dartmouth, I went home and showed the letter to my parents. You know what my dad said... great honey "Is Dartmouth a good school"? All I could say was yeah dad, it is.
 
Originally posted by opus
Ha! I'm a Mom and read this web site all the time. My son would kill me if he knew... [/QUOTE]

He He I'm a Mom too! And I am nothing like those "other" moms these pre-meds talk about. In fact, I didn't name myself "snoooooopy girl" for nuthin. 😀 All of those parent stories are hilarious. Does anyone else have any funny stories to share?
 
You would have to know my Mom, she is the type who all my life made sure no child got a present worth more than another child's present. I mean if she spent 40 dollars on one the other got EXACTLY 40 dollars worth of presents.

I am a 40 year old pre med student who is finishing my pre req's. My mom was talking about giving her grand kids money for their college. (much appreciated) Then she said she would give me $500 too.....................Didn't want to leave me out!! Even though I have a full time job and so does my husband...........I laughed and told her to save it for when I ACTUALLY got into medical school and was starving, then we could talk. 😀
 
Me "I got into tulane!!!"

Mom "what about UF"

Me "I dont want to go there"

Mom "why its so much cheaper"

Me "yadda yadda yadaa"

Mom "ok its your desicion....so its final?"

me "yeap"

next week....

Mom "So what about UF"

Me "im goin to tulane"

Mom 'your sure?"

Me "yes"

mom "UF is good too"

Me "ive decided"

mom "Ok whatever you like its your money"

Next week

Mom "So your going to tulane?"

Me "yes"

Mom "Are you sure"

Me "yes"

Mom "what about UF"

Me "eat shlt"

Mom "what? I wasnt listening"

Me "uh huh"

repeat repeat repeat.
 
Haha--I'm so glad that I'm not the only one with zealous parents. Let me just say that my mom is so involved that she reads SDN all the time, and is actually the one who sent me the link to this thread! As much as I get annoyed by her involvement, I have to say that I don't know what I would do without her help and the support of both of my parents. 😍
 
My g/f's mom reads the site occasionally. When I first met her parents it came up that I was a moderator here. Of course she asked who I was.

I told her. The response: "Oh, you're such an dingus." Oops. That's karma for ya 😀
 
i wonder how silvercholla is doing.

i just sat here reading all 20 pages.
damn you are a master of the smartass remarks haha.

im gonna have to use some of these remarks you and your mom say to my future kids. classic i say classic!
 
Originally posted by Neuronix
My g/f's mom reads the site occasionally. When I first met her parents it came up that I was a moderator here. Of course she asked who I was.

I told her. The response: "Oh, you're such an dingus." Oops. That's karma for ya 😀

I am sure your girlfriend's mom is just kidding.....
 
silver, your posts are painful to read. i can't imagine what it would be like to really have a mom like that...i'd go crazy. best of luck. you have an iron will...i would've lashed out at my mom years ago in sheer frustration.
 
My mom sometimes surprises me with her sense of humor.

So anyway, I told her I got into medschool. She was, as expected, totally happy for me. But after a few weeks we all got used to the idea that, yes, I will become a doctor and the inital hoopla wore off. So then the question became what type of doc?

My mom told me, "You better do well on the Boards so you have a choice not to become a butt or d**k doctor. I don't wanna explain to grandma what you'll be doing everydayfor the rest of your life!!!"
She was, of course, referring to proctology and urology...

My mom is usually completely uptight and likes to lecture and harass me with **** like, "Why no UC's? Oh I know why - cause you got those C's in O-chem... haha... serves you right!"

Great. Thanks ma, for the support! 🙁(

And then I told her, "Hey at least you'll get to ride on a riverboat with me down the Mississippi when you visit me in Tulane!" That's me trying to be enthusiastic despite the harassment.

She replies," Oh you know New Orleans looks a lot like the Moby Dick/Haunted House section at Disneyland. Looks like that city copied Disneyland..."

My answer: "Right, perhaps it's the other way around..." My mom is not a very well informed source of support...
 
bump for those going through finals and crap...
 
Originally posted by hightrump
Me "I got into tulane!!!"

Mom "what about UF"

Me "I dont want to go there"

Mom "why its so much cheaper"

Me "yadda yadda yadaa"

Mom "ok its your desicion....so its final?"

me "yeap"

next week....

Mom "So what about UF"

Me "im goin to tulane"

Mom 'your sure?"

Me "yes"

mom "UF is good too"

Me "ive decided"

mom "Ok whatever you like its your money"

Next week

Mom "So your going to tulane?"

Me "yes"

Mom "Are you sure"

Me "yes"

Mom "what about UF"

Me "eat shlt"

Mom "what? I wasnt listening"

Me "uh huh"

repeat repeat repeat.

HAHAHA... omg... Hightrump, our mom's should get together...

Every time my mom sees me she asks, "well what med school are you going to apply to?"

and I say that i will be applying to quite a few, and I begin to name off a few...

and she interrupts with, "I think you should go to MSU"

and I'm like, "Well, yeah that would be nice... but nothing is certain and that is why I also have to apply to..."

mom: "but you're applying to MSU though, right?"

me: "yes mom, there too"

mom: "good because I think you should go there"

so last weekend over thanksgiving:

mom: "so did you get into MSU yet"

me: "no, i have to still take the MCAT in april and then apply"

mom: "oh really? well i think you should go to MSU"

me: "thanks mom, i know"


Yup, these types of conversations happen every freakin time I see my mom. THe funny thing is, my mom never went to college and no one in my family went to MSU. I think she wants me to go there because her FP went there... but I'm not sure... I'm afraid to ask more about it....
 
for some reason my mom thinks that everyone who applies gets interviews at every school... so i am talking to her:

Me: hi mom, i called MSSM, they told me my application is complete

Mom: thats good honey, now make sure that their interview doesnt conflict with your others ones at the time

Me: mom, they havent given me an interview, and i dont have other ones coming up besides for the ones i've had

Mom: well when they give you the dates for the interview, make sure they fit your schedule

*It's useless at this point to argue*

Me: mom, is there any mail for me?

Mom: you will tell me if you get accepted, right?

Me: mom, the mail comes to our house, so YOU will tell me

I give up...
 
Originally posted by opus
Ha! I'm a Mom and read this web site all the time. My son would kill me if he knew...
:clap:

I think that's great, you're probably one of the few moms out there who are in the know! *pat on the back*
 
okay, here's a quick story, deals w/college (undergrad) admission though. so when i got accepted to several UC's senior year of highschool my mom goes and calls her family back home overseas and tells them, "hey guys, my middle son just accepted to the university of california!" they were like, "whoa! holy crap! university of california, this is wonderful!"

according to them, the only university IN california they know of is Stanford, so pretty soon, word spread and practically the whole damn town is jumping up and down, thinking that i'll be going to an IV league. lol. if only it were true, hehe.
 
since when did Stanford become an "IV"??? someone please post back with this interesting information please
 
Originally posted by DrMom
I've frequently been amused at what people think is equivalent to med school. I used to teach a personal health class at a community college and multiple times I had students who thought that I was expecting them to learn as much as is taught in med school!!!🙄

If they only knew...😱

I remember back in high school, a classmate asked my Biology 12 teacher, "Are you like, basically almost a doctor?" Just because she knew basic physiology and anatomy. 😛
 
Originally posted by Columbia22
since when did Stanford become an "IV"??? someone please post back with this interesting information please

haha....chill yo...

we all know its not a part of the ivy league.....but that it is known to some people as being a west coast ivy type school.
 
your parents open your mail?? my parents leave just put my letters on a silver platter and serve them to me when i get home. even that is too invasive for me. why cant they just put it in the pile with the rest of my junk mail? but i guess it might be me, i like to share my sorrow and happiness with me, myself, and i (at least in the beginning). but happy to say that i was not sorrowful at receiving any of my rejections. i just praised God for helping me to select the right school.
 
Silvercholla come back to us! 🙁
 
I hardly ever post, but I must say I read this whole thread today and it was amazing. It really made me laugh, hopefully some of you will have more of these stories to share with us.
 
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