What's the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?
ocean09 said:What's the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?
ocean09 said:What's the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?
hermit said:@NonTradMed
Your mentor's advice is indeed wise and not limited to those in pursuit of a medical career. Kids, and to a lesser degree marriage, generally put a damper on life in general.
Anastasis said:"If you're not doing it because you don't want to do it, I respect you. But if you're not doing it because you're afraid of failing, that's just bull****."
Got me off of my ass.
HA! Not saying anything about your plans or anything but I thought of you when I posted that.prettygreeneyes said:Hits me deep down... deep down.
Billy Shears said:"Don't just stand there, let's get to it. Strike a pose, there's nothing to it."
Anastasis said:HA! Not saying anything about your plans or anything but I thought of you when I posted that.
Just because an individual didn't go into medicine right out of college doesn't mean they won't/can't/shouldn't. But an individual who doesn't do things because its just not a good time, can't afford it, etc when they are single is going to find that it doesn't get any easier and is quite likely to never do it - or will have a much more difficult time when they do get to it.MiesVanDerMom said:Are you serious?
noelleruckman said:Just because an individual didn't go into medicine right out of college doesn't mean they won't/can't/shouldn't. But an individual who doesn't do things because its just not a good time, can't afford it, etc when they are single is going to find that it doesn't get any easier and is quite likely to never do it - or will have a much more difficult time when they do get to it.
i.e. my husband didn't go to college because he went into the military instead. Now, 4 years into our marriage and two kids later, I'm going to med school and its very likely he'll never go to school. In ten years he might go, but I'm guessing not- and his brother who dropped out for financial reasons two years ago and hasn't taken any classes since is getting married this weekend - I'm guessing he won't go back either. Not saying its not possible, but will be difficult at best.
danjo said:Hmmmhhh. I went to college after I completed my four year enlistment in the Marine Corps. Now I'm applying to medical school after six years as a submarine officer.
noelleruckman said:If a person's true reason for putting something off is cuz they don't want to work hard or make sacrifices right now, it won't get any easier as a person ages and responsibilities increase. Is that better?
noelleruckman said:Just because an individual didn't go into medicine right out of college doesn't mean they won't/can't/shouldn't. But an individual who doesn't do things because its just not a good time, can't afford it, etc when they are single is going to find that it doesn't get any easier and is quite likely to never do it - or will have a much more difficult time when they do get to it.
i.e. my husband didn't go to college because he went into the military instead. Now, 4 years into our marriage and two kids later, I'm going to med school and its very likely he'll never go to school. In ten years he might go, but I'm guessing not- and his brother who dropped out for financial reasons two years ago and hasn't taken any classes since is getting married this weekend - I'm guessing he won't go back either. Not saying its not possible, but will be difficult at best.
I would just tell someone who is hesitant to do something because of financial reasons that it doesn't necessarily get any easier.
MiesVanDerMom said:Best advice: my husband telling me I'll never be a doctor. he knows I like proving people wrong.
ablumoon said:From my amazing research professor and former ADCOM member:
"There's 5000 or more applications. Two hundred spots. You think we actually look through each and every application? You think we care that much? It's a job and we have to chug through it because we also have deadlines. The means picking one application over another is often arbitrary. Someone may have a grudge against yellow shoes that day because their child got their new shoes dirty. You may, just by chance, have mentioned yellow shoes in your personal statement. And so we decide we don't like you. And that's the end of that."
Meaning: don't take things so personally.
geno2568 said:does this mean that we should appeal a rejection from a school we really want to go to?
MiesVanDerMom said:i was objecting to the statement kids and marriage put a damper on life. i think marriage and family ARE life, the very opposite of a damper. i could never have made it as a pre-med before my kids were born. they motivate me and make me a better person. johnny depp has said similar things in interviews. so it must be common...
Anastasis said:"If you're not doing it because you don't want to do it, I respect you. But if you're not doing it because you're afraid of failing, that's just bull****."
Got me off of my ass.