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I don't like it when pre-meds don't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
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Pre-Med Biggest Pet Peeves
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I don't like it when pre-meds don't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
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I think it's really good that you noticed that, and I agree wholeheartedly.
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but the people who think you have to be bio/chem major to get in, I'm an exercise science major and I've told many a time by fellow classmates that I'm at some disadvantage for my major choice....WTF?
...ok off my soap box, have a good weekend everybody!
...ok off my soap box, have a good weekend everybody!
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I've got a new one...sparked by some cranky SDN lady member.
- Pre-meds who complain about the thought of having to work 60+ hours a week as an attending. Cry me a river already. If you want to work only 40 hours a week, go find some factory job where you work specific shifts.
Medicine is a career and a job. To succeed at a career, you need to put in the time.
- Pre-meds who complain about the thought of having to work 60+ hours a week as an attending. Cry me a river already. If you want to work only 40 hours a week, go find some factory job where you work specific shifts.
Medicine is a career and a job. To succeed at a career, you need to put in the time.
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I don't like it when pre-meds don't know the difference between formal and informal.
see this one is born from ignorance. I think if freshman were better informed at orientation then this would go away and people would start getting majors that more interested them. Sadly, a lot of schools misinform with this one. One advisor even told a friend she needed to be a biomedical sciences major to get into med school because someone else was that and had a 4.0 and 35 and got into Columbia. it was kinda funny.
You know what I've learned if anything is the following:
The people who are usually the highest scorers are also the most low key people who downplay things and often times more secure and humble. The ones who are often scoring the worst are the ones trying to shout out to the world they are better and they might have a high GPA but are low scoring in MCAT or high scoring MCAT and low GPA or low both and these are not the ones getting into MD schools in my state usually. That's the observation I've made over the years.
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Today
Girl (selling magazines door to door for a scholarship): "So I'm selling these hoping to make 10k points which will help me get this scholarship for the college I'm attending. My plans are to become a pediatrician and open up a clinic for children whose a parent can't afford regular care.
Me: "Hmm...I don't know if I'm going to be of much help here."
Girl (looking at my scrubs): "So what do you do for a living?"
Me: "I'm in school, and I work in the hospital on the weekends, which means I don't have money."
Girl: "What are you going to college for?"
Me: "I'm applying to medical school next fall."
Girl: "Oh really? To be a nurse?"
Me: "No."
Girl: "A doctor?"
Me: "Yes."
Girl: "Are your grades good?"
Me: "Yes. Hey, I'd love to help you out, but I really cant right now. Good luck with everything."
Girl (selling magazines door to door for a scholarship): "So I'm selling these hoping to make 10k points which will help me get this scholarship for the college I'm attending. My plans are to become a pediatrician and open up a clinic for children whose a parent can't afford regular care.
Me: "Hmm...I don't know if I'm going to be of much help here."
Girl (looking at my scrubs): "So what do you do for a living?"
Me: "I'm in school, and I work in the hospital on the weekends, which means I don't have money."
Girl: "What are you going to college for?"
Me: "I'm applying to medical school next fall."
Girl: "Oh really? To be a nurse?"
Me: "No."
Girl: "A doctor?"
Me: "Yes."
Girl: "Are your grades good?"
Me: "Yes. Hey, I'd love to help you out, but I really cant right now. Good luck with everything."
Well, that's good that you know the English language so good. That must make you feel good about yourself. Teh ingles FTW!@$%
Guys doing that wouldn't be so impressive if they had to put them onPre-med guys who keep a stash of magnums in their rooms for the sole purpose of impressing the ladies
It'd look like a flamingo wearing socks.BTW, congrats on your Yale acceptance! First try with the EDP, eh? Impressive. All that hard work paid off in the end.
What physicians do is nothing like what most student volunteers do. Most volunteers put stuff away, answer phones, and other lame stuff. Making the assumption that MilkmanAl doesn't have any humanist motivation or the desire to help others as a physician from his statement that he would have rather focused on school work requires a great leap of faith on your part.
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I don't know who told you what about medicine, but serving the community is what I'm devoting my life to and sacrificing the bulk of my 20's to be able to do. I don't need to change beds to show that I'm altruistic. Thanks for coming out, though.
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I stand by that. I wouldn't. See my previous post. If I wasn't willing to sacrifice my time for the good of the community, I wouldn't be going into medicine, and I see no reason to do something menial if I'm not required to.
Exactly. And, that's just one of many ridiculous things associated with the pre-med experience. But, with with respect to this topic I have this to say: If I wanted to "serve the community" there are MANY different things I could do. BUT, I want, specifically, to help individuals of the community as a practicing physician.
Wanting to serve the community doesn't mean one should ultimately pursue a career in medicine and pursuing a career in medicine doesn't mean I have to want to setup homeless shelters, clean beds, answer phones, et cetera.
And, if ones ultimate goal is to become a physician then its not unreasonable if said person were to be willing to sacrifice volunteer work, even if they thoroughly enjoyed it, in order to increase their probability of reaching their ultimate goal.
Reminds me of the guy at an interview I was attending for a very "hands on" volunteer experience at a hospital. He had absolutely no idea how to discuss serious issues and would bring up stuff that just really didn't matter.
Question posed: So, tell us about a time where you had a difficult time working with a group of people but were able to overcome the difficulties.
Answer: Well, like, there are these girls who are my friends in L.A. and they're just so difficult to deal with. Like, they all definitely have their own opinion on stuff, and its hard to talk to them. But, we're all friends, and friends need to get along so we just do it, ya know?
Question #2 Posed: Tell us about a time you have committed to something over the long term that has required sacrifices.
Answer #2: Well, like, sometimes during school with like mid-terms and stuff my friends are like "hey dude, come on lets go party" and I'm like "naw, man, I can't I've got work to do", but then I think to myself I've got to be a good friend and commit to them even though I've got other things to do... its kind of like that at the gym too [/me looks all over for muscles on the guy... can't find 'em]. I always go to the gym even though school can be tuff and stuff, and I'm not like a good multi-tasker, ya know?"
Outside I tried to keep calm and act interested in the responses, but inside I looked like your Newman avatar.
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Guys doing that wouldn't be so impressive if they had to put them on
BTW, congrats on your Yale acceptance! First try with the EDP, eh? Impressive. All that hard work paid off in the end.
haha. Thanks buddy. How is everything for you? I'm sure an applicant of your caliber must have around 6 interviews at this point
be sure to keep me updated brother I'm rooting for you. 6 interviews?haha. Thanks buddy. How is everything for you? I'm sure an applicant of your caliber must have around 6 interviews at this point
I wish... I've only got 1 interview so far (which I'm very thankful for!). I'm not getting a whole lot of love. The only thing I can think of is that my community service work isn't SUPER impressive like most of the people getting the first interviews b/c my LOR's are fantastic according to my professors and my PS is supposed to be very good according to the people I've had read it. Meh, w/e. I'm sure it'll all work out in the end.
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One of the things that used to annoy me was adding pre-med at the end... until I started doing it to save time.
old conversation:
Them: What's your major?
Me: Chemical Engineering
Them: What do you do with that?
Me: Well, I think Engineering is really interesting, but I'm actually hoping to go to medical school.
New conversation:
Them: What's your major?
Me: Chemical engineering, I'm also a pre-med.
Them: Oh okay.
It's just to save time with random acquaintances. Haha.
I hate hearing people with no grasp on medicine or even the med school application process brag about being pre-meds.
Volunteering in the ER makes me feel exceptionally useless and like a "hole-puncher" pre-med. All I end up doing is making EMT's more bored by cleaning rooms (part of their job). I'm trying to find something that I'll like and where I'll actually be making a difference. Too bad Reno is a bit limited in terms of volunteer stuff.
old conversation:
Them: What's your major?
Me: Chemical Engineering
Them: What do you do with that?
Me: Well, I think Engineering is really interesting, but I'm actually hoping to go to medical school.
New conversation:
Them: What's your major?
Me: Chemical engineering, I'm also a pre-med.
Them: Oh okay.
It's just to save time with random acquaintances. Haha.
I hate hearing people with no grasp on medicine or even the med school application process brag about being pre-meds.
Volunteering in the ER makes me feel exceptionally useless and like a "hole-puncher" pre-med. All I end up doing is making EMT's more bored by cleaning rooms (part of their job). I'm trying to find something that I'll like and where I'll actually be making a difference. Too bad Reno is a bit limited in terms of volunteer stuff.
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This always kind of bothered me, you can't claim to technically be "pre-med" until you actually know your going to medical school (ie get in somewhere). Until that point you are an x-major who plans on applying to medical school. If you know a lot a freshman science majors, listen and be annoyed at how many of them say they are 'pre-med' before they have taken ochem, genetics, cell bio, biochem, et cetera.
As for me, I am still a Chem major applying to medical schools.
As for me, I am still a Chem major applying to medical schools.
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I agree. I especially hate hearing people that are freshman or sophomores say that they are "premed".
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Hahaha, that made my day. Thanks.
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Pre-meds who don't understand the world. At all. I had an internship last semester in a hospital, and we were sitting around having lunch. Most of them were from rich families that apparently sheltered them from everything, given the following conversation...
"Did you see the suicide guy?"
"Oh yeah. I can't believe someone would do that."
"Don't you get sent to jail for trying to kill yourself?"
"They should!"
"I saw a police car!"
...I bluntly informed them that I had been in that situation before, and they were totally incorrect/naive. They all shut up and started talking about soda. Until they started talking about how post-partum depression is sick, twisted, and people probably just fake it. I had to make them shut up again. Nothing could anger me more than children (they obviously weren't discerning adults in the conversation) who want to be doctors and don't understand real psychological problems.
"Did you see the suicide guy?"
"Oh yeah. I can't believe someone would do that."
"Don't you get sent to jail for trying to kill yourself?"
"They should!"
"I saw a police car!"
...I bluntly informed them that I had been in that situation before, and they were totally incorrect/naive. They all shut up and started talking about soda. Until they started talking about how post-partum depression is sick, twisted, and people probably just fake it. I had to make them shut up again. Nothing could anger me more than children (they obviously weren't discerning adults in the conversation) who want to be doctors and don't understand real psychological problems.
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6 interviews?
One interview is all you need. It's all I had. I'm sure it will all work out too. Plus don't forget it's still really early. Keep the faith.
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i hate this also, but its really funny when they try to correct the professor and then get it WRONG. A girl in my biochem class constantly did that...
I also hate when people ask when I'm going to hear from med schools. If only i knew...
Sadly there are adults who are this way too. *Cough* TOM CRUISE *COUGH*
There are a lot of people out there who expect people to be robots and don't seem to believe in things like depression and what not. Its kinda sad. I've never attempted suicide but when I was 13 I know 2 people who did and I used to feel like I should do that cuz I was soooooooo depressed and treated like such garbage by everyone around me. So I know how you feel. sadly, a lot of really immature people exist and not always are they little children but often times adults.
here's another one to add to my growing list........
Premeds who get on people's high horses about how they shouldn't go DO because it is a back up plan and should feel its a calling and believe in the quote in quote "DO philosophy" to go DO.
The fact of the matter is people who use DO as a backup aren't interested in MD vs. DO so much as the fact that they will be a physician some day and have a better shot at residencies coming out of a DO school then MD offshore school. I don't see what's the big deal. A lot of these people usually are ok with their decision down the road.
Premeds who get on people's high horses about how they shouldn't go DO because it is a back up plan and should feel its a calling and believe in the quote in quote "DO philosophy" to go DO.
The fact of the matter is people who use DO as a backup aren't interested in MD vs. DO so much as the fact that they will be a physician some day and have a better shot at residencies coming out of a DO school then MD offshore school. I don't see what's the big deal. A lot of these people usually are ok with their decision down the road.
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It's people like you who make me want to vote for Obama. McCain is stupid. You'll make a terrible doctor. Also, medical advice, legal advice, personal insults, and advertising. Porn.
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Neuroticism. Some is okay when necessary... example being pulling an all nighter for a very important exam, but constant neuroticism is the most annoying quality in a human being, in my opinion. People need to chill.
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EDIT: I'm an idiot and have lost my sense of humor. Smacking myself in the head....NOW.
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haha wow I love you.
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What % of the pre-med population is addicted to porn?
"I'm just -ungh!- practicing my anatomy..."
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I forgot that someone told me a couple years ago "I don't like blood, I want to be a dermatologist!"
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I was guilty of that, but I don't consider it an egregious offense to update your Facebook status once.
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I was guilty of that, but I don't consider it an egregious offense to update your Facebook status once.
Once or twice is fine, especially if you really want to go to those school and are thus psyched about it. But I'm talking about repeat offenders, who update with "so-and-so is INTERVIEW INVITE #749!"
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I met a girl a couple of years ago who was older than me and she was in her 3rd year of college. I asked her what she was hoping to do after graduation and she said: "Oh I'm going to be a doctor...but I'm really afraid of blood...like I faint."
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Premeds who act as if there is something horribly wrong with upholding financial security as a reason for wanting to go into medicine. So what if he's partially in it for the money? Does that stop you from saving the world and proclaiming the infallibility of your altruistic nature? NO.
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I gotcha. My post was supposed to be a joke since I only had 1 interview.
Yes.
I'll add people already freaking out about acceptances despite the fact that the acceptance season is 3 days old to the list. Get real.
Yeah the older I grow the more I get annoyed with overly idealistic people.
I think the problem is a lot of these people have not really experienced the real world to see why some people are so much in this for job security.
This is along the same lines as the person who told me in another thread that a person shouldn't go DO because they were using it as a backup.
I think that if a doctor is competent and they don't let their desire for money cause them to make bad medical decisions and they maintain professionalism in the doctor's office then it doesn't matter if they are in the job for money or for altruistic reasons.
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these are the people i hate:
in discussion sections, we would have to introduce ourselves with our name and major and year. and so naturally i would be like "hi my name is betty, i am a psych major and i am a freshman."
then of course there was always the "hi my name is jane. i am a biology major and i am PRE MED and i am a freshman."
sorry, but no body cares if you are PLANNING to go to med school in four years. congrats.
(at my school though, premed was NOT a major. even though i know that it was at some place)
whatever i have gotten over my hate for premed people. now i just laugh and their quirky psychotic-ness
in discussion sections, we would have to introduce ourselves with our name and major and year. and so naturally i would be like "hi my name is betty, i am a psych major and i am a freshman."
then of course there was always the "hi my name is jane. i am a biology major and i am PRE MED and i am a freshman."
sorry, but no body cares if you are PLANNING to go to med school in four years. congrats.
(at my school though, premed was NOT a major. even though i know that it was at some place)
whatever i have gotten over my hate for premed people. now i just laugh and their quirky psychotic-ness
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i know this is an old thread, but i had to post this because it happened to me last night.
i went out clubbing with some friends, and naturally, one of them gets extremely intoxicated and proceeds to throw up in the bathroom. i'm helping my friend as she's sticking her entire head in the trashcan, and then suddenly this other girl appears out of nowhere and shoves a glass of water down in the trashcan with my friend's head and says, "drink this." i said, "i'll get her to drink it." and then the girl puts up a hand, and says, "don't worry, i'm pre-med."
because apparently being "pre-med" also gives you the ability to make a drunk girl drink water instead of concentrating on throwing up.
this "pre-med" also advised me to give my drunk friend Tylenol. um.. no, thanks.
i wanted to slap her in the face.
i went out clubbing with some friends, and naturally, one of them gets extremely intoxicated and proceeds to throw up in the bathroom. i'm helping my friend as she's sticking her entire head in the trashcan, and then suddenly this other girl appears out of nowhere and shoves a glass of water down in the trashcan with my friend's head and says, "drink this." i said, "i'll get her to drink it." and then the girl puts up a hand, and says, "don't worry, i'm pre-med."
because apparently being "pre-med" also gives you the ability to make a drunk girl drink water instead of concentrating on throwing up.
this "pre-med" also advised me to give my drunk friend Tylenol. um.. no, thanks.
i wanted to slap her in the face.
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Haha. I use this line sometimes, in jest. I think another SDNer even has a blog with this same title.
Basically you are disproving any kind of qualifications people thought you may have had to care for someone in a medical way:
1. You probably don't have a degree.
2. Self-proclaimed 'pre-meds' may never go to medical school.
3. 50% of the general public probably has no idea what the hell a 'pre-med' is.
