Pre-Med Biggest Pet Peeves

[ChubbyChaser]

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So what are your biggest peeves related to the premed population.


Ill start.

1) Wearing scrubs to class....No one gives a **** that you wipe butt for a living, you arent that busy. I am sure you could take 5 minutes to change out of those damn, smelly Scrubs.

 

[disorder]

Sitting in the front of the class and asking the prof semi-relevant, detail oriented questions for the sole purpose of flexing the knowledge they already know. Cool. The prof won't test it, don't worry.

 

[footballrules]

So what are your biggest peeves related to the premed population.


Ill start.

1) Wearing scrubs to class....No one gives a **** that you wipe butt for a living, you arent that busy. I am sure you could take 5 minutes to change out of those damn, smelly Scrubs.

1: Will this be on the exam?

2: If I don't get a 100% on this exam, I won't get into medical school.

 

[GoSpursGo]

"Gah! I can't believe missed that question, it was so easy! I knew it! I mean, I still got a 94, of course, but if I hadn't screwed that question up I woulda gotten a 99!"

(For the record, I've been told by my friends that I do that. A lot. I can see why that would be annoying 🙂)

 

[tianac2]

"I know I got a 40S and a 3.89, and I DID do all those hours of volunteer work, and I mean, it MIGHT be relevant that I speak 4 languages, but I only did 3 years of research, when I could have done 4, and would it really have killed me to take on an office in that 6th club...but I just know that not one of the 75 schools that I applied to is going to interview me, I mean its already August 3rd, and I haven't heard anything!"

 

[sealsk22]

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[greg1184]

People caring so much about what other people are doing, wearing, etc.

 

[speedyk]

"'Gah! I can't believe missed that question, it was so easy! I knew it! I mean, I still got a 94, of course, but if I hadn't screwed that question up I woulda gotten a 99!'

(For the record, I've been told by my friends that I do that. A lot. I can see why that would be annoying 🙂)"

People who make posts like this one. Equivalent to "I HATE people that are like, perfect all the time, that is so annoying! I cannot stand those people! By the way, I am soooo perfect too (everyone says so 🙂)"

Sorry for singling you out, but it was on topic and it is my opinion. Examine yourself.

Exactly. Especially annoying is the part where they pretend to be critical of themselves, but are obviously letting everyone know how smart they think they are. Insecure much?

 

[xanthomondo]

So what are your biggest peeves related to the premed population.


Ill start.

1) Wearing scrubs to class....No one gives a **** that you wipe butt for a living, you arent that busy. I am sure you could take 5 minutes to change out of those damn, smelly Scrubs.

I think wearing scrubs (at any status) in public is kinda obvious attention seeking. If you're post-shift and those things are dirty that's disgusting.

 

[xanthomondo]

1: Will this be on the exam?

2: If I don't get a 100% on this exam, I won't get into medical school.

Those don't stop in med school, either

 

[lol.psych]

I think wearing scrubs (at any status) in public is kinda obvious attention seeking. If you're post-shift and those things are dirty that's disgusting.

I don't agree with that in all situations. A doc I knew was pretty much always on call (an OB), and just wore scrubs every day (clean ones, of course) because he'd have to scrub in later anyway and wear stuff over his scrubs. It made a lot of sense, and was practical. All of his office staff wore scrubs, too, because that was the dress code that he thought was the least problematic (didn't want to deal with making judgments on whether or not his employees' clothing was appropriate, and how to determine where that line is drawn. He also bought them the scrubs)

 

[TehDoc]

Other students that talk obnoxiously loud about how they are for sure getting into UCSF because they have a 3.7...???

 

[IDLess]

The socially inept. Why can't we all just get along?! I also lose a little respect for the fat premeds who compromise their own health in order to help others..? HUH?!👎

 

[engineeredout]

Premeds who need to post on SDN to ask questions about every single action they take in their lives because even though they managed to get that 96 on the orgo exam (although it could have been a 98) they have absolutely no experience with social interaction whatsoever.

 

[Dulcina]

"what did you get on your test? is this school harder than your undergrad institution??"

so annoying.

 

[JackInTheBox]

I hate bad grammar. I'm a total grammar Nazi, and it drives me up the walls when people who are supposed to be intelligent confuse rules they should have learned in elementary school. For ****'s sake, "they are" = "they're."

 

[JamesBond15]

People freaking out about everything.
"I messed up an experiment in O.chem, that is it! I shouldn't be a doctor" (newest post at pre-ost form 🙂

"I got a 40 and 3.9, I hope I get in somewhere" REALLY? PLEASE!!

 

[snicket]

Oh, man. Ohmanohmanohman.

When they obsess over the most insignificant minutiae and forget about what life is really about. I can't stand the unbalanced ones. But then again, I suppose it's significant to them. Oh well. What a sad world they have made for themselves then, methinks.

I suppose they'll understand when they start to see people die. :[ It puts things into perspective, though at the expense of something tragic.

Ah, and this one also really gets me going: people who do extracurriculars for the sole purpose of looking good and completing the "unofficial prereqs". Look here, skippy. You and 93801293021 other people did the same things. You volunteered at a hospital? Lovely! Shadowed someone in zomg like tha bezt specialti EVAR?! Quaint! Did research in a lab? Great! Tutored? Dean's list? Traveled to fantastical locations doing good for all? Effing Fantastic! Can you explain how this will make you a superb doctor without looking like every other premed out there? What's that? No?

Tools. All of 'em. Tools.

 

[HumidBeing]

There is very specifically about pre-meds that annoys me. Most things I just accept as that person's quirks. It's their problem, not mine. There are a few things that bother me about some students, though.

That one person in a class who won't shut up, and isn't contributing anything.

People who beg for a grade bump because they "need" it.

 

[ButImLETired]

I hate bad grammar. I'm a total grammar Nazi, and it drives me up the walls when people who are supposed to be intelligent confuse rules they should have learned in elementary school. For ****'s sake, "they are" = "they're."

OMG YES I 😍 you for that

 

[ANF1986]

Hmmm...

1)Right now in one of my classes, this one guy feels compelled to answer absolutely every question, bring up obscure concepts which have absolutely nothing to do with the course or the current topic in class.

2)Also, this is just relative to the region i'm in. But I hate hate hate when the pre-meds in my classes try to cover their accents and speak like their from f'ing england or have been in academia for 200 years when they answer a question. Yea, I'm from Jersey, I say "yeaaah" and things of that nature, if you dont like it, tough! As soon as one of these kids goes to answer a question they sound like they're sipping tea with Margaret Thatcher.

3)Haters...Im generally just speaking about the pre-meds I've encountered who are openly critical about the amount of partying myself or others do. Not everyone needs to sit in the library for 6 hours a night, even if you did, its not healthy.

 

[ninjapenguin]

Not to piss on your parade here, but none of this changes when you get into medical school.

There's still someone answering all the questions pretending to know everything.

There's still someone bragging about their MCAT score.

There's still someone freaking out about getting a residency spot with their insanely high board score and grades.

There are still those who feel as if not honoring every class and getting into AOA means they'll never get a residency spot.

And last but not least, there are still those who wear scrubs to class. Only now it's the same scrubs they wear in gross lab, so instead of only just looking at them and how stupid they look, you have to hold your breath at the same time too.

 

[JLC]

when they talk down to other students.


I've mentioned this story before but:
One person was trying to impress freshmen undergrads and their parents by listing off his activities and research (he was waitlisted in his state school which was a very low ranked school). Then he turned to my friend and asked her who she was and what she was doing after college (funny enough the both of them were the same major and had several classes together). She said medical school, he said "Oh really?, which one?"

She said:" Harvard."

prob the best thing that I ever heard in college.

 

[JackInTheBox]

OMG YES I 😍 you for that

Haha, I actually broke up with a girl because she had poor grammar. Well that wasn't the only reason, but it makes for a funnier story.

 

[chiz2kul]

Not to piss on your parade here, but none of this changes when you get into medical school.

There's still someone answering all the questions pretending to know everything.

There's still someone bragging about their MCAT score.

There's still someone freaking out about getting a residency spot with their insanely high board score and grades.

There are still those who feel as if not honoring every class and getting into AOA means they'll never get a residency spot.

And last but not least, there are still those who wear scrubs to class. Only now it's the same scrubs they wear in gross lab, so instead of only just looking at them and how stupid they look, you have to hold your breath at the same time too.

Hahaha thats why I love med schools that are strictly Pass Fail lol
And yea, there is prob someone reading this now, that falls into most/all of these categories...I just wonder how he/she feels now...

This thread is just pure hilarity.

 

[chiz2kul]

People caring so much about what other people are doing, wearing, acting, behaving, talking etc.

Hahaha nice one

 

[engineeredout]

"I have a 2.3 GPA, but thats from a top 25 school"

 

[GamjaXnamjA]

people telling the whole world that they are premed when they haven't even taken 1 science class yet and complain that the chemistry class shouldn't be an hour everyday.

 

[packofneurons]

Haha, I actually broke up with a girl because she had poor grammar. Well that wasn't the only reason, but it makes for a funnier story.

I hear you on that. Once I chatted with a guy on AIM after our first date. He couldn't even spell what he was majoring in correctly... seriously. (For the record, it was philosophy)
All appeal for him was disregarded after that conversation.

 

[MsKrispyKreme]

I witnessed my biggest pet peeve just this past week:

 

[WannaBePreMed]

OMG YES I 😍 you for that

I'm sorry you guys hate me because I've mixed up "your" and "you're" 🙁 Anyway I hate premeds who tell you their life story when you ask them about something that has nothing to do with medicine. Case in point, "So how do you think you did on the test.",

"Well, I went to the military and served in Iraq for a few years. I graduated early (age 16), and I only have one B so my gpa is pretty high, oh and I want to get into ucsf for undergrad, then I want to go to Harvard."

"..... no one gives a crap that you graduated early, I graduated early too, it's also great that you have a high gpa. By the way your a dumb a**, ucsf is only a graduate intuitions.....jerk."

 

[Sonnet43]

"Oh you're a pre-med too? So what's your gpa and MCAT? Mine is ___ and ___."

Is nothing private anymore?

 

[135892]

"Oh you're a pre-med too? So what's your gpa and MCAT? Mine is ___ and ___."

Is nothing private anymore?

What you choose not to tell people...

 

[Hyperstudyosis]

"Aw, man, I'm just really disappointed because I only got a 94 on my ochem test. They didn't give enough partial credit. I hope we get a good curve."

Seriously, someone in my class said this a couple weeks ago while the rest of us were sitting there wishing we had gotten a 94.

 

[snicket]

I hear you on that. Once I chatted with a guy on AIM after our first date. He couldn't even spell what he was majoring in correctly... seriously. (For the record, it was philosophy)
All appeal for him was disregarded after that conversation.

I'm very glad we are not dating. You put a parenthetical phrase at the end of a sentence without using the proper punctuation. Needless to say, your attractiveness is hereby disregarded. After all, our only romantic interactions will be on the computer!!!

 

[JackInTheBox]

There was a guy in one of my classes who would always ask you how you did on exams. I hate telling people exact numbers, high or low, so I just give general statements.

Anyway, I picked up this guy's exam for him because he missed class, and this is the conversation that we had when I gave it to him (probably not the exact numbers, but they're ballpark):

Him: "So how did you do?"
Me: "I did pretty well."
Him: "No, I mean compared to my score?"
Me: "Oh I don't know, I didn't look at your exam."
Him: "Really? I got an 88. I think I could've done better, but I guess it's alright since the average was only an 82. Come on, what'd you get?"
Me: "96."
Him: Oh...........=/
Me INSIDE: BAHAHAHAHA!

 

[airplanes]

my premed friend who freaked out when I told him what you see on greys anatomy and nip/tuck is exaggerated and not a good representation of what being a doctor is really like....He actually got mad when I looked up Seattle Grace hospital on wikipedia to prove its not a real hospital...inside I was like...seriously, wtf is wrong with you??

 

[disorder]

There was a guy in one of my classes who would always ask you how you did on exams. I hate telling people exact numbers, high or low, so I just give general statements.

Anyway, I picked up this guy's exam for him because he missed class, and this is the conversation that we had when I gave it to him (probably not the exact numbers, but they're ballpark):

Him: "So how did you do?"
Me: "I did pretty well."
Him: "No, I mean compared to my score?"
Me: "Oh I don't know, I didn't look at your exam."
Him: "Really? I got an 88. I think I could've done better, but I guess it's alright since the average was only an 82. Come on, what'd you get?"
Me: "96."
Him: Oh...........=/
Me INSIDE: BAHAHAHAHA!

YES, I hate sharing test scores.

 

[GoSpursGo]

"'Gah! I can't believe missed that question, it was so easy! I knew it! I mean, I still got a 94, of course, but if I hadn't screwed that question up I woulda gotten a 99!'

(For the record, I've been told by my friends that I do that. A lot. I can see why that would be annoying 🙂)"

People who make posts like this one. Equivalent to "I HATE people that are like, perfect all the time, that is so annoying! I cannot stand those people! By the way, I am soooo perfect too (everyone says so 🙂)"

Sorry for singling you out, but it was on topic and it is my opinion. Examine yourself.

Obviously, a fair point. Insecure? Probably a little- trying to work on it. Sorry if I came off as a tool- when the topic of "premed pet peeve" came up, the one that I know I have trouble with myself was the first one I thought of.

 

[Dulcina]

There was a guy in one of my classes who would always ask you how you did on exams. I hate telling people exact numbers, high or low, so I just give general statements.

Anyway, I picked up this guy's exam for him because he missed class, and this is the conversation that we had when I gave it to him (probably not the exact numbers, but they're ballpark):

Him: "So how did you do?"
Me: "I did pretty well."
Him: "No, I mean compared to my score?"
Me: "Oh I don't know, I didn't look at your exam."
Him: "Really? I got an 88. I think I could've done better, but I guess it's alright since the average was only an 82. Come on, what'd you get?"
Me: "96."
Him: Oh...........=/
Me INSIDE: BAHAHAHAHA!

ugh i hate this conversation. similarly, a few days ago, on aim "how many interviews do you have?"

why do ppl feel the need to compare?!

 

[calnation]

1. I hate when pre-meds know what specialty they want to do but don't know a single thing about it (besides the salary of course). It's almost always certainly either surgery, neurology, ophthamology, cardiology, or radiology.

2. I hate when pre-meds cheat. I've seen it happen and it just reflects really poorly on their character.

3. I hate when pre-meds who have bad grades talk about how they don't really try hard because they have "connections" at some school. It's just really lame.

4. I hate when pre-meds don't know the requirements for getting into med school. Or are completely oblivious about what they are getting into. I've bumped into some premeds who didn't know anything about residency and actually thought you "majored" in med school. It's even worst when these kind of people lecture other people on requirements for med school. Or what "looks" better. For example I've seen countless people being like, "oh you want to be a psychiatrist? Well you better major in psychology".

 

[JamesBond15]

my premed friend who freaked out when I told him what you see on greys anatomy and nip/tuck is exaggerated and not a good representation of what being a doctor is really like....He actually got mad when I looked up Seattle Grace hospital on wikipedia to prove its not a real hospital...inside I was like...seriously, wtf is wrong with you??

Seattle Grace is actually a VA hospital in the Valley (Los Angeles)

 

[ChubbyChaser]

"Oh you're a pre-med too? So what's your gpa and MCAT? Mine is ___ and ___."

Is nothing private anymore?

At one of my interviews I had a fellow interviewee asking this of everyone.

 

[GoldShadow]

1. I hate when pre-meds know what specialty they want to do but don't know a single thing about it (besides the salary of course). It's almost always certainly either surgery, neurology, ophthamology, cardiology, or radiology.

4. I hate when pre-meds don't know the requirements for getting into med school. Or are completely oblivious about what they are getting into. I've bumped into some premeds who didn't know anything about residency and actually thought you "majored" in med school. It's even worst when these kind of people lecture other people on requirements for med school. Or what "looks" better. For example I've seen countless people being like, "oh you want to be a psychiatrist? Well you better major in psychology".

Ah, and this one also really gets me going: people who do extracurriculars for the sole purpose of looking good and completing the "unofficial prereqs".

Thank you. Amen to all of those points. There are so many pre-meds I've talked to who literally have no idea what doctors really do or what it's really like, in spite of the fact that they've spent over 3 years taking pre-req classes and doing extracurriculars for the sole purpose of putting them on an application.


I also hate premeds who make medical school the sole focus of their life. Undergrad becomes a stepping stone to medical school, and everything they do has to relate to getting into medical school.

Me: I'm taking microbiology this semester, it seems like a pretty cool class.
Him: Oh yeah, I heard that's pretty good for medical school. Do you think it'll help with the MCATs? I'm taking anatomy and physiology, because it'll help me out when I start med school.

(another pet peeve: calling it the "MCATs". It's "MCAT". There's only one. You did well on your MCAT, not MCATs. It's not like the SAT where there's the SAT and a number of SAT IIs. There's just the MCAT.)

Me: Yeah, I've been an EMT for a couple years now.
Him: Oh yeah, I was thinking about taking an EMT course, I heard it looks great for medical school, and you learn a lot about what you'll be doing in medicine as a doctor.
Me: You realize that EMS is very different from hospital and clinical care, right?
Him: What's "EMS"?

Me: I'm thinking of taking Economics next semester.
Him: Why? I don't think med schools will really care if you take it or not. I'm going to take Immunology instead and do it for honors credit. I think that'll look really good on my application.

 

[airplanes]

1. I hate when pre-meds know what specialty they want to do but don't know a single thing about it (besides the salary of course). It's almost always certainly either surgery, neurology, ophthamology, cardiology, or radiology.

YESSSS, Totally forgot about this one. It's so annoying that they think specialties are like picking a major. Was watching Deal or No Deal tonight when the contestant (who is currently a pharmacy technician) said he wanted to win money in part so he could go to med school to be an "ER doctor"

Seattle Grace is actually a VA hospital in the Valley (Los Angeles)

...Semantics. The Seattle Grace of the television show "Grey's Anatomy" (Airing Thursday nights on ABC at 9PM Eastern/8PM Central) set in the city of Seattle, Washington, USA is fictional and does not exist. Happy?

 

[shaggybill]

1
4. I hate when pre-meds don't know the requirements for getting into med school.

I was sitting on a bench outside of my chemistry classroom the other day waiting for the room to empty and there were two girls beside me talking about how hectic their schedules were as premeds. One, who loudly proclaimed that her major was premed (which my school doesn't have), continued on about how she dreaded taking calculus III, but she would have to in order to apply to medical school. I leaned over and told her that technically, you weren't required to have anything more than algebra, and even that was just so you can take algebra-based physics. I mentioned that there are a few of schools that require calculus I, but she could check the websites of the schools she's planning on applying to make sure. She said, "well, this is what the premed committee said, so I'm going to go with what they say."

I shrugged and left. If she's too stupid to look into this kind of stuff for herself, let her suffer. Harsh, I know.

There's also another annoying premed who sits in front of me (in the front row) in the same class. One day the professor came in looking a little haggled and was getting his presentation ready up front. She sat up and blurted, "GOOD MORNING!" in her happiest voice possible. He looked up, smiled, and said "you just made my morning." So guess what? Every morning now she does the exact same thing. I can tell the obvious butt-kissing is starting to annoy him.

Was watching Deal or No Deal tonight when the contestant (who is currently a pharmacy technician) said he wanted to win money in part so he could go to med school to be an "ER doctor"

I'm failing to see what's wrong with this, other than the fact that he wanted everyone to know he's gonna be a doctor!!!

I'm always open to change, of course, but I work in the ED right now and can't imagine doing anything else when (if) I ever become a doctor.

 

[engineeredout]

Biggest Pre-Med Pet Peeves

I work in the ED right now and can't imagine doing anything else when (if) I ever become a doctor.

Done.

 

[Insulinshock]

Done.

why is that annoying?

 

[Dr Kate]

People that are overly concerned with everything they're doing and convinced that they have to be perfect to get into med school.
There's a pre-med club at my school, and this freshman keeps asking all the officers questions about med school.
She says she really nervous for the MCAT. I'm like, "Wow, you're a freshman. Get through your first year at least before you start worrying about that."
Getting a head start on studying is one thing, but my God, do you need to be nervous already? She's a few weeks into college.
And, at the first meeting, with a lot of other people listening, she asked everyone that took the MCAT how they studied and what they got.

her: How the the MCAT go?
me: I did okay.
her: Did you get around 40? 35? Above a 30?
me: Around there.
her: Did you take an MCAT course? How many hours did you spend studying? Were they hard?

Okay, for one, I didn't keep a log of my hours. And yeah, they were hard. Duh. And seriously? Around a 40? A 35? Does she not realize that's extremely hard to do. I don't feel like broadcasting my sub-30 score to the world. Especially with everyone standing around listening.

 

[shaggybill]

Done.

🙄

why is that annoying?

It's just a typical premed attempt to belittle a competitor. Many premeds can't help it. It's a part of their psyche. Plus, he's been here 5 months and already has over 1200 posts. His posts don't have to contribute or make sense, just as long as that post count keeps going up.