Some Pre-Med Wannabes Just Don't Get It

[Tired]

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I don't usually post but I found this so annoying that I can't help myself... Forgive me OP if I read your post wrong, but it sounds to me like you need a lesson in what is socially ok and what's not. If my friend and I are having a conversation, you have no place or invitation whatsoever to tell me what will or will not happen in my career plans, regardless of how stupid you may think I am. To set a background, I was one of those college students who spent several years in la-la land, thinking that if I did my best (i.e. study when it was convenient and have lots of fun) that I could go anywhere I wanted when application time came. I could have easily been one of those students you're talking about. The issue is not that I'm offended or I think it's mean, but those students weren't ready to hear what you had to say. It took a Prof/MD to wake me up to what my reality was, but had some a**hole gunner student said something to me, it would've gone in one ear and out the other. I ended up taking time after school to get my act together, and it's likely that your fellow students will too. In the meantime, keep your mouth shut when people are having conversations that you're not included in. It just makes you look obnoxious.

Why is telling someone a 2.0 won't get you into medical school being "obnoxious" and being an "a**hole gunner"? And if the OP can possibly correct their obvious misinformation, thereby saving them you experience of "taking time after school to get [their] act together", isn't that really doing them a favor?

It sounds to me like these kids were suffering from some kind of folie a deux. I think correcting them was perfectly appropriate, and potentially helped them out. It's like warning a driver that their tire is flat, before they have an accident on the freeway.

 

[heymanooh1]

Dear HumbleMD:

There is a difference between telling a person they are unfit for a career and telling them they won't get into medical school that you are tutoring when compared to a random student in your class that needs the truth (or reality) thrown in their face. I never asked what their GPA’s were (I also have no idea how they are doing in the Organic Chem class); I just went off what they were saying and telling them what they needed to know.

The students who I threw the truth at last night are not students I have a professional relationship with. If I were a tutor of any of those three students, I would not have said what I did say. Since I have no relationship with the students, it is nothing different then a stranger telling you that you don't have the competitive stats to get admitted to a medical school right now.

What I was saying about being blacklisted in that other thread is about attacking people personally. What I did last night was not a personal attack. All I did was say what everyone needs to know that wants to go down the path of becoming a doctor when trying to get admitted into medical school.


Besides, my post last night was just a rant. Today is a new day!

No, what you did was worse because in your own words, "have no relationship with the students". People will want to find the truth for themselves when they are ready. You were not part of the conversation, your opinion wasn't asked and nowhere in your OP did you convey that you were invited to join in. You stuck your nose where it didn't belong. Didn't your parents teach you one of the Golden Rules? If they did, you obviously didn't listen. Just like now since you haven't listened to the "truths" about your personality from others posting on this thread. That's what makes you a hypocrite.

 

[shahalam]

uhh.....you really don't need me to tell you that you can't believe everything that you read on SDN...

i wasnt making that crap up when i said it...

 

[shahalam]

i wasnt making that crap up when i said it...

he really did get a 13 on the mcat with like a 3.5 gpa...it's all about connections

 

[HailMary]

Why is telling someone a 2.0 won't get you into medical school being "obnoxious" and being an "a**hole gunner"? And if the OP can possibly correct their obvious misinformation, thereby saving them you experience of "taking time after school to get [their] act together", isn't that really doing them a favor?

It sounds to me like these kids were suffering from some kind of folie a deux. I think correcting them was perfectly appropriate, and potentially helped them out. It's like warning a driver that their tire is flat, before they have an accident on the freeway.

My issue with it is that the students weren't asking the OP for advice, he just butted in and gave his opinion... If I turned to someone and said, "Hey, I have a 2.0, I heard that'll get me into med school" then it would be perfectly appropriate for that person to correct me. But to eavesdrop on someone's conversation and then ride in on your big white horse to correct their misconceptions about med school, it's just not going to be heard. If the OP wants to spread his vast knowledge about med school (which is perfectly noble if that's his goal), then he should be a peer counselor. But stay out of your classmates' conversations, and try to hold back judgement.

 

[maestro1625]

honestly, can we stop the Humble vs Genetics pissing match?

I honestly dont see a huge issue in what either one of you did... both posters were probably asking to get flamed based on obnoxiouos, self-righteous previous posts, however. This thread has long outlived its usefulness...

 

[Eric Lindros]

honestly, can we stop the Humble vs Genetics pissing match?

I honestly dont see a huge issue in what either one of you did... both posters were probably asking to get flamed based on obnoxiouos, self-righteous previous posts, however. This thread has long outlived its usefulness...

Finally, someone who knows what's going on! 👍

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

Oh come on people everyone loves a little drama

Take sides NOW!

 

[heymanooh1]

Oh come on people everyone loves a little drama

Take sides NOW!

Yeah choose a side and defend it

Do you believe a person with a 2.0 should go to medical school?

Do you believe a C student should be POTUS

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Oh come on people everyone loves a little drama

Take sides NOW!

 

[DropkickMurphy]

honestly, can we stop the Humble vs Genetics pissing match?

I honestly dont see a huge issue in what either one of you did... both posters were probably asking to get flamed based on obnoxiouos, self-righteous previous posts, however. This thread has long outlived its usefulness...

It's basically turned into this:

 

[KaraKiz]

It's basically turned into this:

Hahaha.. dude, i don't know where you get these from, but keep 'em coming..