Premed Party Poll!!

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How many times per month do you party?

  • 1-4 times per month

    Votes: 89 50.9%

  • 5-8 times per month

    Votes: 39 22.3%

  • 9-12 times per month

    Votes: 28 16.0%

  • 13-16 times per month

    Votes: 7 4.0%

  • 16+ times per month

    Votes: 12 6.9%
  • Total voters
    175
No one parties 4 times a week...
 
Depends how you define "party" ...
 
ishchayill said:
Depends how you define "party" ...
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seriously. i think party = a pint of ben&jerry's, a beer, the couch, and a few episodes of the office and/or 30 rock.


... kidding. sort of.
 
I go out 3-4 times a week at the beginning of the semester and as the semester progresses I settle it to 1-2 times a week.

edit: so 9-12 times a month
 
TheMightySmiter said:
You should have hung out with me in undergrad. :laugh: :laugh: Sophomore year I nearly always went out 3-4 nights a week.
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Hahah, whaaaaat. That's like going out Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday every week.
 
randombetch said:
Hahah, whaaaaat. That's like going out Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday every week.
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Yep, it was awesome while it lasted. 🙂 I don't think I'd have wanted to do it for more than a year, though. After a while of doing it so regularly, partying just gets a little old.
 
Senior year and already accepted to several med schools:

Tuesday = $1 beer night
Thursday = $1 margarita night
Friday = go to bar, party, etc.
Saturday = go to bar, party, etc.

so 4 times per week = 16 times per month

(somehow Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday night cramming was enough to pull off another 4.0 semester, too! hooray for efficient time management!)

Sophomore and Junior years, however, it was like 1-2 times per week.
(4-8 times per month)
 
Friday. Saturday. x4 = 8.

On Winter Break/Thanksgiving break... like every night.
 
randombetch said:
Hahah, whaaaaat. That's like going out Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday every week.
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Friday and Saturday are given, Thursday might be one of the best nights in college to go out and you always have that random wednesday or tuesday
 
Meh, you people must have been the laughing stock at your undergrads. Come to med school with me and I'll show you how to party. 😎
 
The way i see it, its not about how many times you party its about how hard you party. I go out like once a week but man me and my friends go all out. We each put down ~$200 last night at 2 bars and a strip club. Good laughs, good company, good times 😎

Rest of the week either studying, playing video games, or hangin out at a friends/going out for dinner.
 
MB333999 said:
The way i see it, its not about how many times you party its about how hard you party. I go out like once a week but man me and my friends go all out. We each put down ~$200 last night at 2 bars and a strip club. Good laughs, good company, good times 😎

Rest of the week either studying, playing video games, or hangin out at a friends/going out for dinner.
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Damn... $200? Must of been a heck of a night. Rather buy a 360. 😉
 
BenUstudent said:
qtf 👍, that's depressing🙁
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Don't feel too bad I only went to one party in the whole semester and it's not really my thing.🙂
I prefer to just hang out with a few good friends and watch a movie on the weekends.
 
As mentioned, it really depends on what you mean by party.

Personally, I don't really see the whole point behind alcohol. It gives people an excuse to act stupid, be entertaining or whatever but if you make friends with people who actually possess a personality, there's no need for alcohol!
As for myself, I go out w/ friends virtually every night. On occasion, we might grab a drink or two but usually we have plenty of fun w/o the need for alcohol. (At the risk of being a "socially awkward premed," drugs and sex are totally out of the question for me.) Being as most people are really less fun drunk and far more annoying, I'd rather do all the stuff drunk people do...sober. lol. Much more entertaining that way...and you actually remember the stories the next day as well as come out of college with some money and your head still on straight w/o the STDs!
So you're not this guy:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyPAFiwkjUs[/YOUTUBE]
 
CapnCrunch said:
Damn... $200? Must of been a heck of a night. Rather buy a 360. 😉
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haha you make a good point. Last night we spent a little more than usual just because we just finished our finals and didnt do anything last weekend (studying).
 
apumic said:
As mentioned, it really depends on what you mean by party.

Personally, I don't really see the whole point behind alcohol. It gives people an excuse to act stupid, be entertaining or whatever but if you make friends with people who actually possess a personality, there's no need for alcohol!
As for myself, I go out w/ friends virtually every night. On occasion, we might grab a drink or two but usually we have plenty of fun w/o the need for alcohol. (At the risk of being a "socially awkward premed," drugs and sex are totally out of the question for me.) Being as most people are really less fun drunk and far more annoying, I'd rather do all the stuff drunk people do...sober. lol. Much more entertaining that way...and you actually remember the stories the next day as well as come out of college with some money and your head still on straight w/o the STDs!
So you're not this guy:

[YOUTUBE]JyPAFiwkjUs[/YOUTUBE]
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well ofcourse you can still have a good time sober otherwise you would be depressed and an alcoholic. but when ppl are drunk and YOUR drunk too, its a different kind of fun i think. its like anything really, you order a pizza you sometimes get pepperoni and other times you feel more like vegetarian. Weed can be fun too, I dont think doing it once a month really affects you that much. and we always whip out my video camera and make hilarious videos. intoxication ftw.
 
I usually go to about 1 party a month. However, I go to bars probably once a week and usually it's the same bar. Champs in Blacksburg...can't beat it. 🙂
 
apumic said:
As mentioned, it really depends on what you mean by party.

Personally, I don't really see the whole point behind alcohol. It gives people an excuse to act stupid, be entertaining or whatever but if you make friends with people who actually possess a personality, there's no need for alcohol!
As for myself, I go out w/ friends virtually every night. On occasion, we might grab a drink or two but usually we have plenty of fun w/o the need for alcohol. (At the risk of being a "socially awkward premed," drugs and sex are totally out of the question for me.) Being as most people are really less fun drunk and far more annoying, I'd rather do all the stuff drunk people do...sober. lol. Much more entertaining that way...and you actually remember the stories the next day as well as come out of college with some money and your head still on straight w/o the STDs!
So you're not this guy:

[YOUTUBE]JyPAFiwkjUs[/YOUTUBE]
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I'm pretty much the same way, not really into partying. I'm kind of shy anyway, so I usually hang out in small groups of friends. I have fun staying in with the boyfriend and playing video games, getting food out, shopping....
 
MB333999 said:
well ofcourse you can still have a good time sober otherwise you would be depressed and an alcoholic. but when ppl are drunk and YOUR drunk too, its a different kind of fun i think. its like anything really, you order a pizza you sometimes get pepperoni and other times you feel more like vegetarian. Weed can be fun too, I dont think doing it once a month really affects you that much. and we always whip out my video camera and make hilarious videos. intoxication ftw.
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haha... I've been intoxicated along w/ friends and I still don't find it particularly fun, but glad you are able to enjoy it! I actually like alcohol more for the taste then its effects, lol...
 
Yeah parties aren't my cup of tea either. The times I've gone have never been that entertaining.
 
apumic said:
As mentioned, it really depends on what you mean by party.

Personally, I don't really see the whole point behind alcohol. It gives people an excuse to act stupid, be entertaining or whatever but if you make friends with people who actually possess a personality, there's no need for alcohol!
As for myself, I go out w/ friends virtually every night. On occasion, we might grab a drink or two but usually we have plenty of fun w/o the need for alcohol. (At the risk of being a "socially awkward premed," drugs and sex are totally out of the question for me.) Being as most people are really less fun drunk and far more annoying, I'd rather do all the stuff drunk people do...sober. lol. Much more entertaining that way...and you actually remember the stories the next day as well as come out of college with some money and your head still on straight w/o the STDs!
So you're not this guy:

[YOUTUBE]JyPAFiwkjUs[/YOUTUBE]
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this!

I have done the whole crazy college party scene and frankly I got tired of it. Nowadays when i go out its to enjoy the company of the people or just to dance the night away.

Recently i've been asking people why they drink. and no one has really given me a good answer, I can have a great time sober so I do not need to drink. I think the best answer i've heard is the guy who said they drink for the taste. but I think all people who say they drink for fun need to learn how to have some legit fun.
 
I party three to four times a month. By 'party', though, I mostly mean 'go to social gatherings without excessive alcohol and absolutely no drugs'. It's perfectly fun to just go to a Thai or Greek restaurant with a bunch of friends and wind down after a stressful week. If it's going to cost too much money or the weather is bad, we order pizza and make blanket forts. Sometimes we even bust out coloring books and the N64.

And yes, I am completely serious.

But then, I'm from a family where addiction and alcoholism are serious problems, so I try to avoid drugs and alcohol as much as possible.
 
So I don't party too too much...I go to the bar frequently but not in my terms of "party." When I was younger party was killing a fifth or handle in a weekend with a roommate or two

However I attend lots of parties...I've lived in my fraternity house at my undergrad for two years straight now and one more semester to go! I love it though its awesome. I'm usually the one taking care of drunk people who do drunk things and get hurt.

All the people who don't party or don't see the point of it will not be very sympathetic to drunk students that show up in your ER rounds when you get there! hah. I also work some weekends on the ambulance so I get to see the "worst of the worst" drunk people to take care of. Needless to say when you're about the fifth person brought in by bus for being drunk at 3am and unconscious our ER staff isn't very sympathetic either...:laugh:
 
MicroBrewer87 said:
All the people who don't party or don't see the point of it will not be very sympathetic to drunk students that show up in your ER rounds when you get there! hah. I also work some weekends on the ambulance so I get to see the "worst of the worst" drunk people to take care of. Needless to say when you're about the fifth person brought in by bus for being drunk at 3am and unconscious our ER staff isn't very sympathetic either...:laugh:
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While you don't want to drive drunk people away by being an a** toward them in the ER, I don't know that I've known anyone who actually works in an ER to be "sympathetic" toward them. Heck, when I did my EMT clinical at one hospital, we had a guy come in totally high and drunk and barely responsive to pain. Despite not even being certified at the EMT level yet, I had a nurse ask if I'd like to try an IV (wasn't going for IV approval at that point) -- I politely declined. (The nurse's rationale was that seeing as the kid was drunk, high, and almost completely unresponsive, he wouldn't care or feel a thing, so a mistake wouldn't be an issue.) :scared:

OTOH, I've personally worked with substance abusers and psych pts. IME, "sympathizing" with them is actually quite countertherapeutic and poor boundaries. However, being able to relate to them and love them despite how screwed up they may be is an important thing. One thing we were taught when I worked with psych pts was that having been where they are was absolutely unnecessary to be a good direct care provider (as a matter fact, sometimes having been there before can be counterproductive for the pt). I would actually advocate that working with those pts is the way to learn to relate to them and be able to show some level of sympathy and/or empathy, not by living as they do (i.e., going to parties and getting drunk, etc.).
 
I usually go friday and saturday (occasionally thursdays if bored). HAHA reading everyones responses are hilarious.

I usually drink excessively friday, and saturday wind down a bit so i can do work sunday all day.

But I think I'm gonna cut going out to about 1 night a week and just try to get back early ( gotta get the grades up)
 
Zero. Parties usually involve drunk or high people and I'm straight-edge. Instead I hang out with my friends that know how to have a fun time without substances :] We explore downtown, engage in philosophical discussion, stargaze, have movie and anime nights, etc..
 
if by partying you mean excessive drinking. I don't think I have ever partied 🙁

That doesn't mean I am coop'd up in my room all day during the weekends. I enjoy the outdoors so hiking the mountain trails along pacific coast highway, bike riding around the neighborhood, catching a few good surf sessions, camping, or watching a good movie are big things on my list of things I do on the weekends. (just recently watched "The Road", incredible, btw)

Oh and this might be a bit nerdy but science and art museums are quite awesome.

EDIT: in case you're interested http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/
 
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Zero. Never even been drunk >.> Just not something I've ever had an interest in doing. My friends and I hang out frequently, but mostly we go to Denny's late at night and talk.
 
apumic said:
Heck, when I did my EMT clinical at one hospital, we had a guy come in totally high and drunk and barely responsive to pain. Despite not even being certified at the EMT level yet, I had a nurse ask if I'd like to try an IV (wasn't going for IV approval at that point) -- I politely declined. (The nurse's rationale was that seeing as the kid was drunk, high, and almost completely unresponsive, he wouldn't care or feel a thing, so a mistake wouldn't be an issue.) :scared:
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IVs seem to be common to just poke the drunk people. Though especially where I am, drunk student-patients are a great source for frequent practice. They're good patients to learn on because usually they are (as you said) fairly unresponsive or cooperative about it, and its necessary to get some fluids in to help re-hydrate them and usually to give Zofran to keep them from making a mess in the rooms while they sleep it off. And drunk students or college aged people usually have good veins...unlike maybe the routine drug/alcohol abuser who comes in that usually is dehydrated and has zero to no veins and sends you looking in weird or atypical places for IV access...

And I was just being facetious about using drugs or alcohol or whatever to "level" with your patients. I don't believe that is at all necessary or recommended. Who wants to experience a hangover if you don't like to drink just to experience what your patients may be feeling! lol
 
MicroBrewer87 said:
IVs seem to be common to just poke the drunk people. Though especially where I am, drunk student-patients are a great source for frequent practice. They're good patients to learn on because usually they are (as you said) fairly unresponsive or cooperative about it, and its necessary to get some fluids in to help re-hydrate them and usually to give Zofran to keep them from making a mess in the rooms while they sleep it off. And drunk students or college aged people usually have good veins...unlike maybe the routine drug/alcohol abuser who comes in that usually is dehydrated and has zero to no veins and sends you looking in weird or atypical places for IV access...

And I was just being facetious about using drugs or alcohol or whatever to "level" with your patients. I don't believe that is at all necessary or recommended. Who wants to experience a hangover if you don't like to drink just to experience what your patients may be feeling! lol
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Very true. They are good for "practice;" however, I was a bit struck at the time to be asked to try it w/o any prior training. Sure, you have to do your first stick some time, but most training settings have you do it on a manikin arm first.

Haha, I'd agree about the latter statement obviously. Sorry, I wasn't so show whether you were being facetious or not. I've certainly met people who thought you had to have gone through what a substance abuse pt is experiencing "really" understand and treat them. Somehow, some people think you need to be able to empathize with your pt through actual experience when it's a psych or substance abuse pt even though you obviously don't need to have actually had cancer yourself, for instance, to be able to show a pt empathy and sensitivity while treating him/her. (Of course, in that case, if you have had it and are able to empathize, that may provide some useful experience on which to work assuming you have developed strong personal boundaries and are able to do so in a professional and appropriate manner.)
 
any greeks in here? heyyy

during pledging...the question was what night's didn't i go out. but it wasn't always fun.

semester after pledging...3-4x/wk then 0-1x/wk for few wks preceding finals and finals wk.

now...0-2x/wk depending on the week. 🙁

after mcats...4-5x/wk

after acceptance...7x/wk

until it gets old and not going out is the new party.
 
randombetch said:
No one parties 4 times a week...
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Wednesday = Medical Wednesday at Milanos. Me and a bunch of fellow pre-meds go out to this bar, hang out, and typically end up drinking too much.
Thursday = $1 beers at another bar close to campus.

Friday and Saturday are a given. Every now and then I might not go on a Wednesday, but typically, I'd say 13-16 times a month.
 
curbye said:
any greeks in here? heyyy

during pledging...the question was what night's didn't i go out. but it wasn't always fun.

semester after pledging...3-4x/wk then 0-1x/wk for few wks preceding finals and finals wk.

now...0-2x/wk depending on the week. 🙁

after mcats...4-5x/wk

after acceptance...7x/wk

until it gets old and not going out is the new party.
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me 👍......man from the looks of this thread some of you guys are lame😴.....I hope there will be some people who like to party in med school.
 
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