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I tried searching for this but I had no luck. How many piercings in the ear is too much for a girl during an interview? Can I get by with 2 in each ear? I know any more than that will be too risky.
BlackBantie said:I tried searching for this but I had no luck. How many piercings in the ear is too much for a girl during an interview? Can I get by with 2 in each ear? I know any more than that will be too risky.
OP- I wouldn't sweat two ear-rings per ear. Medicine is conservative, but lord it's not the SS. I'd remove all ear-rings as a male, but two per ear is not going to rub anyone wrong outside the Amish community.durfen said:Seriously it's a conservative profession, try to have just one on each ear, with earrings, not piercings.
Everyone in medical school has a year of Bio/Ochem/GenChem/Phys. Not everyone has to be white and preppy.IbnSina said:If you want in, they put up a bunch of hoops. You jump through them to get to the end. You don't have to jump through the hoops, but you won't get into medical school by not doing it. Just like you don't have to take medical school prerequisites, but you won't get in if you don't.
BlackBantie said:Thanks, that's what I figured.
PS Rammstein is one of the best bands ever. Kudos for you durfen.
Kit_black said:I have my lip, tongue, three in each ear lobe and two others in my ears. My piercings are me and i had absolutely no intention of taking out the extras in my ears, but i don't usually wear the 3 in each lobe. I had thought of taking out the lip one, is it going to be a major problem? I'll need to take it out now if it's going to have time to heal before interviews - i almost think screw them if they can't look past the piercings, but i am willing to make myself into anything at present
Medicine is conservative, but lord it's not the SS.
Save your self expression for under the clothes -- Just move the piercings to places below the neckline.
DropkickMurphy said:That's what I've done, all my piercings are non-visible when I'm clothed, and none of my tattoos will be visible either.
And wear underwear -- those prince alberts can be seen thru scrubs.
Kit_black said:I have my lip, tongue, three in each ear lobe and two others in my ears. My piercings are me and i had absolutely no intention of taking out the extras in my ears, but i don't usually wear the 3 in each lobe. I had thought of taking out the lip one, is it going to be a major problem? I'll need to take it out now if it's going to have time to heal before interviews - i almost think screw them if they can't look past the piercings, but i am willing to make myself into anything at present
Aber mit besserer Ausbildung. Mein Gott!DropkickMurphy said:Nein, es ist die Geheime Staatspolizei.
notdeadyet said:Aber mit besserer Ausbildung. Mein Gott!
LMAO What do the size of his nostrils have to do with anything?Haemulon said:Enschuldegung. Für so einen kleinen Mann hast Du aber sehr grosse Nasenlöcher!
DropkickMurphy said:LMAO What do the size of his nostrils have to do with anything?
Voice inside ADCOM's head: "I could fit my finger up to my second knuckle in there.....OMG"Haemulon said:Its very important! Adcoms might notice!
durfen said:I was wondering when someone was going to notice that. It's taken from the Mutter album. Rammstein is also one of those bands you don't want the ADCOMs to know you like.
Yeah, what he said.DropkickMurphy said:That's what I've done, all my piercings are non-visible when I'm clothed, and none of my tattoos will be visible either.
Granted the only even mildly objectionable tattoo I am getting is the dagger with the German words for "Honor, Loyalty, Duty, Valor" on my arm. The others are either quasi-religious (two angels on my back- one standing in front of the Earth holding a baby and a sword with the words "Damit Anderen leben koennen" (So that others might live); the other weeping with the words "Bear and endure This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good." ) or a memorial to remind myself that no matter how bad things get, I've lived and done my duty through worse (the Pentagon tattoo going on my left pec).Dianyla said:Yeah, what he said.
WannabeOrtho said:I deleted this due to my own unappropriate post. I get really fumed up about these people that think they can have some kind of real meaning behind their ear peircing. Specifically the ones that are fake. "Hmm.. I look unprofessional. Let's take my peircings out just to go to a interview to look professional, when I am actually not professional." FAKE!.
Looque said:Because the admissions committee just might have better taste in music
spospo said:for those worried, i would just like to say that i was looking at the online Tulane booklet thingy and they have an upclose pic of a med student looking into a microscope (yes, i know, cheesey) and the student had a small stud in her nose. just thought i would throw that out there.
joanofarc0907 said:I'm glad you deleted the other post before I saw it, however I am still offended by this one. Don't go around telling me that I am fake when you know nothing about me. I've had my ear piercings for years and I'm sorry that a piercing becomes an extention of your body over time. I haven't even seen my ears without piercings in them since I was 15 years old, so don't tell me I am fake and not professional, I just happen to like the piercings I chose to get 5 years ago. Having piercings has nothing to do with being professional. I do, however, understand that it is very hard to look past the external when just meeting an individual. Therefore, I am taking out my piercings because I don't feel like they are so important that I am not me without them. But who are you to say that this makes me fake?
notdeadyet said:Everyone in medical school has a year of Bio/Ochem/GenChem/Phys. Not everyone has to be white and preppy.
Look clean and professional, by all means, but you don't have to look like every other drone to get acceptance. If a woman gets turned down for admission after an interview, smart money says it was more than the second ear-ring that did it.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that that's what you were advocating.IbnSina said:Don't know that I was implying the white and preppy look, but ok.
notdeadyet said:Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that that's what you were advocating.
My only concern is that once you start getting the ball rolling on what's appropriate, it can very quickly degenerate into "how to look like everyone else". And I don't know where all these folks are from that set the norm, but it ends up seeming kinda preppy and very uniform.
I like your six points, though, and they seem reasonable. But when folks start advocating women to take out a second ear-ring and the like.... I think it's overly reactionary.
This goes double for dress. Most premeds on SDN seem to get frightened into the feeling that the suit has to be black or dark navy with a white or blue shirt and a power tie. If that's your thing, fine. Maybe it's age and the fact that when you're 22, you don't know how to wear a suit right (I know I didn't), but you have a lot of flexibility in dress in which you can be comfortable, feel like yourself and still fly under the radar of "conservative attire".
Women seem to have a much better handle on this than guys. Like so many things...
and MDs love to assign Axis II disorders to people.
joanofarc0907 said:I'm glad you deleted the other post before I saw it, however I am still offended by this one. Don't go around telling me that I am fake when you know nothing about me. I've had my ear piercings for years and I'm sorry that a piercing becomes an extention of your body over time. I haven't even seen my ears without piercings in them since I was 15 years old, so don't tell me I am fake and not professional, I just happen to like the piercings I chose to get 5 years ago. Having piercings has nothing to do with being professional. I do, however, understand that it is very hard to look past the external when just meeting an individual. Therefore, I am taking out my piercings because I don't feel like they are so important that I am not me without them. But who are you to say that this makes me fake?
CTtarheel said:Looking professional isn't about being "fake". I don't like to wear a suit everyday, but i'm going to wear one at my interview anyway, and that doesn't make me fake. Its a formal setting and you have to look the part. Bottom line, if you're concerned about it, just go ahead and take it out. What's the point in worrying about something so stupid. I know i'll have enough to stress about without having to worry if i'm offending someone or giving off a bad impression because of some stupid piercing.
Hkoser said:I say put in a clear spacer for the interview. I've worked in hospitals whose dress code so no piercings other than earings, so I put a clear spacer in my nose ring. there were 2 nurses with nose rings so i wore mine one day with the spacer in my purse and no one has ever commented.
Law2Doc said:Patient complaints and biases of superiors can damage your evaluations and recommendations, even if it's not commented on to you directly. It's smarter to wait out school and residency and get a new set of piercings when you hang up your own shingle and aren't so dependant on other's opinions for your career.
BlackBantie said:I tried searching for this but I had no luck. How many piercings in the ear is too much for a girl during an interview? Can I get by with 2 in each ear? I know any more than that will be too risky.
Hkoser said:I say put in a clear spacer for the interview. I've worked in hospitals whose dress code so no piercings other than earings, so I put a clear spacer in my nose ring. there were 2 nurses with nose rings so i wore mine one day with the spacer in my purse and no one has ever commented.