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How much do med school admissions care about whether you were in your school's premed society/club or not? Does it matter to them if you are not involved in it?
If it shows leadership, great. If it doesn't, who cares.How much do med school admissions care about whether you were in your school's premed society/club or not? Does it matter to them if you are not involved in it?
they should be called "future pre-physical therapy" clubs.
To be honest, most people in AED at my school were either 1) ignorant jerks, 2) entitled jerks, or 3) ignorant and entitled jerks. Ultimately, I didn't even put it on my AMCAS because I was too scared that my fellow members' reputations would precede me. 🙄
I occasionally go to the pre-med club at my school for free food, volunteering opportunities, otherwise I don't really bother with it. I don't see the students to be ignorant or entitled, they're actually pretty nice and sociable people.
I may be incorrect but I think you two are thinking of two different things. One is an honors society, the other is a club. You're going to find some different people in each as a result.My point was more to illustrate that my school had a pre-med honors society with a cutthroat reputation that I did not want to be associated with, not that pre-meds in AED are unilaterally and unequivocally going to be known as jerks. I'm sure some of them are nice people. I just don't want to be associated with them for fear that the bad apples had previously left a negative impression. Essentially, the odds of OP being viewed negatively by adcoms for not being a member of AED is pretty low IMHO.
Because the leadership positions in these "societies" are meaningless, more often than not.You know, it's ironic because all these people on here complain about how their pre-med clubs were worthless and unproductive and yet they never did anything about it. Why not stop complaining, get more involved, maybe run for a board position and try to turn things around? Jesus.
Because the leadership positions in these "societies" are meaningless, more often than not.
Either way, people's energies are probably better used elsewhere than trying to pump meaning into something that has no real purpose other than to give neuroticism a place to breed.
And this community actively attempts to identify and rein in neuroticism when it is found. It doesn't foster it like these organizations do. Additionally, I have known the Phi Delta Epsilon group on my campus to be a cesspool of misinformation. The president herself ended up applying with a MCAT of 19. Many member dropped interest in medicine altogether. I can't think of anything which personally endears these clubs to me and very little I could objectively find that would cause me to recommend them to anyone. Instead, I point people to SDN.*posts on SDN*
And this community actively attempts to identify and rein in neuroticism when it is found. It doesn't foster it like these organizations do. Additionally, I have known the Phi Delta Epsilon group on my campus to be a cesspool of misinformation. The president herself ended up applying with a MCAT of 19. Many member dropped interest in medicine altogether. I can't think of anything which personally endears these clubs to me and very little I could objectively find that would cause me to recommend them to anyone. Instead, I point people to SDN.
You know, it's ironic because all these people on here complain about how their pre-med clubs were worthless and unproductive and yet they never did anything about it. Why not stop complaining, get more involved, maybe run for a board position and try to turn things around? Jesus.
You know, it's ironic because all these people on here complain about how their pre-med clubs were worthless and unproductive and yet they never did anything about it. Why not stop complaining, get more involved, maybe run for a board position and try to turn things around? Jesus.
Internet sarcasm + INTJ personality = Doesn't get jokes very easily.Yeah, I understand where you are coming from. I joined my premed society and promptly realized that it was a waste of money. SDN has been a huge help for me; I am just joking with you!