•••quote:•••Originally posted by lola:
•is anyone else a little disgusted with this thread? one reason i initially decided not to apply to med school is due to all the competition and all the sneaky stuff like this. hopefully med schools will be able to see through it so that the hardest workers/most intelligent people get in. it is a little annoying that i'm competing with people who did these sneaky things! i got a's in my pre-med reqs, but it's advanced science courses that brought my science gpa down. hopefully med schools will notice this rather than take candidates who got b's in pre-med requirements and a's in nutrition and astronomy.•••••I think there is a distinction between "sneaky" and good,HONEST,sound advice.If you have ever picked up a book about medschool and 'how to get there',is the information they are offering you "sneaky"?For instance,taking the classes out of sequence,what was "sneaky" about that? Maybe there is a fine line between what one would and would not do to get into medschool.For me personally,I have to feel right morally before making drastic decisions.I have no intention after this long,tiring journey to sit up in medical school and wonder if I deserve to be there because I have "shucked,jived,and double-talked" my way in!!Besides that,how many times have you read on this website alone that the ADCOMs have a way of weeding out people who are trying to be something that they are not?I hope that is true,because that could only help me in the end.
I agree with you on hard-working,but intelligence is relative. Example: My sister once told me,"You are one smart kid." I replied ,"Smart? Do you know how hard I have to work to get these grades?" ( OK so I could never take a compliment and shut up 😀 ).She just smiled and said,"Good,then you are smart enough to know you have to study!"
Sneak if you may,but in any process this tedious,those who "get around" the system eventually get caught,sooner or later,whether its the admissions process or all the way up to residency.I am not disgusted by this thread.Perhaps the title might have been a little misleading.It does seem as if we are being asked to give "shady" suggestions instead of good,sound advice for pre-meds.But I do not think-the shady part- that was Allicat's intention,right Alli? 🙂