Premed Stereotypes: The 9 Different Types of Premeds

[rs0147]

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To be totally honest, I'd say 5, 6, and 8 all partially describe me. I do the work required of me (I do slack off sometimes though), I always try to help out my friends, academically, whether or not they are pre-med, but I also compare grades with friends (I've only annoyed one, he's still sane) out of competitiveness, and generally stress over my own (especially if I did poorly in the previous course in a science sequence). However, I'm only slightly insecure, and I may sulk over bad grades, but I would never cry over them. Seriously, OP, thanks for posting this. Now I know have some stuff to work on.

 

[The Buff OP]

I'd say I am a #3. Close to 9, but I was never indecisive about med school, stuff just came up.

 

[TheFuture_22]

Quiet pre-med. Oh wait, I said too much.

 

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The worst list ever.

 

[Shinobiz11]

You forgot the premed that tells people wrong information to screw them over in the long run. Maybe that's a sub of gunners.

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[SilverCat]

And the Reapplicant: This person has failed in their first attempt at the application process. Some have lost thousands of dollars in the process along with years of their life during undergrad. They are desperate and will stop at nothing to become a doctor. Some settle DO.

You talkin' 'bout me?

I think you left out the parts about "feelings of hopelessness, insomnia, moodswings, alternating from euphoria -- 'I know I'm going to get in somewhere!'-- to rage--'What wrong with them?! What's wrong with me?! (Expletive) adcoms!'--to depression--'I'm never going to get in. I'm just not good enough, everybody else is better than me.'"

 

[nysegop]

There are a lot of 4's on this forum.

 

[BLACKMD]

I'm definitely #6 except less of the annoying part and more of the terrified/crying part :0

 

[ebbandflow83]

I'm definitely #6 except less of the annoying part and more of the terrified/crying part :0

...that's exactly what a classic 6 would think about himself.

 

[Snowdon48]

K so I need to vent a sec. I work in an ER and just heard a nursing student bragging loudly about how he has decided to go to med school and that he is working on his prereqs now. He said, and I quote "I am an amazing test taker so I will finish my prereqs and then smash the MCAT. Like seriously I could be a professional test taker, it just comes natural to me. Im not even going to study for it."

This happened like 5 minutes ago so I had to log in to my work comp and post this. #4 for sure. Is it wrong that deep down i want him to crash and burn?

 

[Shinobiz11]

K so I need to vent a sec. I work in an ER and just heard a nursing student bragging loudly about how he has decided to go to med school and that he is working on his prereqs now. He said, and I quote "I am an amazing test taker so I will finish my prereqs and then smash the MCAT. Like seriously I could be a professional test taker, it just comes natural to me. Im not even going to study for it."

This happened like 5 minutes ago so I had to log in to my work comp and post this. #4 for sure. Is it wrong that deep down i want him to crash and burn?

Just be the neutral premed, who hears wrong, but keeps quiet.

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[Snowdon48]

Just be the neutral premed, who hears wrong, but keeps quiet.

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I'm typically the quiet pre-med so obviously I handled it by not saying a word but rather posting it on SDN haha.