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Ive seen a couple posts warning about the politics involved in med school/grad school. I was hoping some current students or past students could comment on this. What sort of politics?
Pretty much the same politics you've experienced in college, only it's a much smaller, more inbred group once you get to med school. People in positions of power will be watching you all the time. Are you a complainer or troublemaker? Are you a team player? Particularly on the wards, there is a lot of subjectivity in how you are evaluated, and sometimes attendings seem to expect you to read their minds. Xanthines' chapstick quip is glib, but it *is* true that sometimes you just have to grin and bear it in the short term because you can't afford to alienate these people. As for the politics of getting grants and publications, well, I'll let the current grad students wax eloquent about that. My best advice to you is to not date any of your classmates. That is just asking for drama.Ive seen a couple posts warning about the politics involved in med school/grad school. I was hoping some current students or past students could comment on this. What sort of politics?