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Hello everyone,

This might be a difficult question to gauge, but it certainly has intrigued me for a while now haha.

Do you feel that you have been treated differently since being accepted to medical school and people have found out about it?

I sure feel that way (maybe it's all psychological, maybe not).

When I say this i mean things like:
1. Guys will respect you more or kiss *** a little bit more than usual
2. Girls are throwing themselves at you more frequently/more easily
3. Everyone's general opinion of you seems a little bit different and you are treated better as a result.

Im curious to see if anyone else feels this way. I'm not sure I like this new treatment because some of it seems fake but maybe that's just me.

Thoughts?
 
Well, i get lots of respect from guys and girls are constantly throwing themselves at me....(since i am a very girly girl...haha)

But seriously, i can somewhat see what you are asking. My family treats me pretty much the same, but i have a couple of famliy members who look at me like i am a walking atm. To those relatives, i have to explain that it will be SEVERAL years before i will have any money not tied to student loans or other major expenses. My semester had already ended when i got my acceptance letter, but my friends (though facebook and text messages...) seem to treat me the same. The best friends i had haven't changed. No new guys are looking at me, but i feel it is completely different for girls because some guys can't handle the thought of having a woman who makes more money than they do. I had one friend who get wait-listed at the school i was accepted to and it seems like he might be a little bitter. But that's the only negative i've seen so far.
 
jr doctor in sd said:
1. Guys will respect you more or kiss *** a little bit more than usual
2. Girls are throwing themselves at you more frequently/more easily
3. Everyone's general opinion of you seems a little bit different and you are treated better as a result.
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It's like a new puppy... except the appeal of it all will wear off much quicker.
 
Not really. I have run into some jealousy, though.
 
jr doctor in sd said:
Hello everyone,

This might be a difficult question to gauge, but it certainly has intrigued me for a while now haha.

Do you feel that you have been treated differently since being accepted to medical school and people have found out about it?

I sure feel that way (maybe it's all psychological, maybe not).

When I say this i mean things like:
1. Guys will respect you more or kiss *** a little bit more than usual
2. Girls are throwing themselves at you more frequently/more easily
3. Everyone's general opinion of you seems a little bit different and you are treated better as a result.

Im curious to see if anyone else feels this way. I'm not sure I like this new treatment because some of it seems fake but maybe that's just me.

Thoughts?
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Geez, please spare us.

Come back down to earth where the rest of us live. No one cares that you got into med school except your mother. Is she treating you better?
 
slowbutsteady said:
Geez, please spare us.

Come back down to earth where the rest of us live. No one cares that you got into med school except your mother. Is she treating you better?
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:

I'm pretty sure it is, in fact, psychological. Either that, or you live in a town of hill people who have never seen a stethoscope and are so excited that one of their own is going to medical school that they've already started shining the linoleum at the community center for your going away party.
 
rhesuspieces said:
:laugh::laugh::laugh:

I'm pretty sure it is, in fact, psychological. Either that, or you live in a town of hill people who have never seen a stethoscope and are so excited that one of their own is going to medical school that they've already started shining the linoleum at the community center for your going away party.
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*cue George O'Malley*

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I felt a difference at first, but I think it was all in my head. And it wasn't from everyone, it was specifically from physicians.

I used to be a little shy about telling people I was pre-med because being pre-med means nothing. A lot of people fail to gain admission, so wanting to be a doctor doesn't mean crap until you get an acceptance. When I was accepted, I felt more proud to tell physicians that I had been accepted because I was finally really going to be a doctor instead of just wanting to be one. I felt like I got more respect from physicians in this way, like they saw me a little bit more as an equal, but I do think this was just in my head.

As a medical student I'm treated exactly the same by my friends as when I was pre-med. Being a medical student doesn't make you special, despite what a lot of pre-meds and med students probably think.
 
No, once you are 200k in debt and you have hospital staff breathing down your neck , that "medical" school euphoria goes away quickly.

Since you are just a "medical student" (which is a great accomplishment on it's own), you will also have that reminiscent feeling of being a "pre-med" once more when you meet attendings, Neurosurgeons, and Brian Surgeons etc (accomplished medical students). If you seek this "fake euphoria" that no one cares about, you will probably get it 7+ years down the line. Or you may never see it at all, since everyone knows the hardest specialties are extremely competitive.
 
Quote from Notorious BIG- Juicy--- "....Girls used to diss me, now they write letters cus they miss me...."

But all serious though, when I run into old high school people, the usual reply is...I didnt know you were smart. Ha!
 
akwizeguy said:
Quote from Notorious BIG- Juicy--- "....Girls used to diss me, now they write letters cus they miss me...."

But all serious though, when I run into old high school people, the usual reply is...I didnt know you were smart. Ha!
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"Back then hoes didn't want me, now I'm hot hoes all over me" -Mike Jones
 
Ladoctora44 said:
Well, i get lots of respect from guys and girls are constantly throwing themselves at me....(since i am a very girly girl...haha)

But seriously, i can somewhat see what you are asking. My family treats me pretty much the same, but i have a couple of famliy members who look at me like i am a walking atm. To those relatives, i have to explain that it will be SEVERAL years before i will have any money not tied to student loans or other major expenses. My semester had already ended when i got my acceptance letter, but my friends (though facebook and text messages...) seem to treat me the same. The best friends i had haven't changed. No new guys are looking at me, but i feel it is completely different for girls because some guys can't handle the thought of having a woman who makes more money than they do. I had one friend who get wait-listed at the school i was accepted to and it seems like he might be a little bitter. But that's the only negative i've seen so far.
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Try decades. You'd be closer.
 
Rainee said:
No, once you are 200k in debt and you have hospital staff breathing down your neck , that "medical" school euphoria goes away quickly.

Since you are just a "medical student" (which is a great accomplishment on it's own), you will also have that reminiscent feeling of being a "pre-med" once more when you meet attendings, Neurosurgeons, and Brian Surgeons etc (accomplished medical students). If you seek this "fake euphoria" that no one cares about, you will probably get it 7+ years down the line. Or you may never see it at all, since everyone knows the hardest specialties are extremely competitive.
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What? Your weird use of quotation marks is confusing. Also, neurosurgeons and brain surgeons are the same thing, and I don't understand why you would call them "accomplished medical students" and not "accomplished physicians/individuals". If you consider the accomplishment someone feels when they are successful as "'fake euphoria' that no one cares about" then I pity your inability to enjoy your own accomplishments. YOU should care about the euphoria. It should make YOU feel good, and provide YOU with motivation.

I agree with the OP somewhat. I think people who know you very well are not going to treat you differently for that reason. They know you, they've seen you go through it all every step of the way. It's an exciting thing but there is not much of a surprise/wow factor. However, people who you don't know as well will definitely be impressed and treat you differently than they otherwise would. I think that's just the inherent "prestige" associated with the title of doctor. I think that's unavoidable.
 
Biggest difference that I've seen.....

My friends buy me more shots 🙂
 
From personal experience not at all. First of all I dont tell anyone that im going to med school unless it comes up in conversation and they ask. At my last waiter job, the topic would sometimes come up in conversation with both customers and co-workers and i might have gotten a slight reaction 1 out of 8 times. One of the managers was even a dick about it and told me "just because youre going to med school, doesnt mean youll be a good waiter" no schit, what do the 2 have to do with each other? and wtf did that come from? I had never suggested in the least that it would. in the grand scheme of things, yes we have made some progress, but we havent really accomplished anything that deserves any real respect from the general public.
 
AceXIII said:
What? Your weird use of quotation marks is confusing. Also, neurosurgeons and brain surgeons are the same thing, and I don't understand why you would call them "accomplished medical students" and not "accomplished physicians/individuals". If you consider the accomplishment someone feels when they are successful as "'fake euphoria' that no one cares about" then I pity your inability to enjoy your own accomplishments. YOU should care about the euphoria. It should make YOU feel good, and provide YOU with motivation.

I agree with the OP somewhat. I think people who know you very well are not going to treat you differently for that reason. They know you, they've seen you go through it all every step of the way. It's an exciting thing but there is not much of a surprise/wow factor. However, people who you don't know as well will definitely be impressed and treat you differently than they otherwise would. I think that's just the inherent "prestige" associated with the title of doctor. I think that's unavoidable.
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No he said neurosurgeons and Brian surgeons...surgeons that only operate on guys named Brian. Totally different.
 
Rainee said:
No, once you are 200k in debt and you have hospital staff breathing down your neck , that "medical" school euphoria goes away quickly.

Since you are just a "medical student" (which is a great accomplishment on it's own), you will also have that reminiscent feeling of being a "pre-med" once more when you meet attendings, Neurosurgeons, and Brian Surgeons etc (accomplished medical students). If you seek this "fake euphoria" that no one cares about, you will probably get it 7+ years down the line. Or you may never see it at all, since everyone knows the hardest specialties are extremely competitive.
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I love how they have surgeons just for dudes named Brian. Damn spell check.:laugh:
 
I can only speak from what I have expierenced but yeah, i do get more respect from some people. Namely people in the medical field or in corresponding advanced degree fields such as lawyers and engineers. I think its simply because they know what it took to get that acceptance. I also get asked lots of medical questions I generally don't know the answer to :laugh: Short of that my friends and family just tease me when I mispell words or use incorrect grammar and say something like, "And you're going to be a doctor?"
 
people minus my family and close friends are being more of a dick to me than ever before
 
when i was interviewing in NYC, i stayed a day extra to check the place out and i ended up staying at a hostel in manhattan. Anyway, met some ppl and after they asked me where i was from/what i was doing here, the girls were all like ohh you have to come out to the bars with us, and one in particular was really clingy, she was late 20's and after exchanging #'s she kept texting me after i left nyc asking me to visit her in north carolina lol...
so from that i would say ya ppl treat you different to some degree. have fun with it!
 
oops dp
 
jr doctor in sd said:
Hello everyone,

This might be a difficult question to gauge, but it certainly has intrigued me for a while now haha.

Do you feel that you have been treated differently since being accepted to medical school and people have found out about it?

I sure feel that way (maybe it's all psychological, maybe not).

When I say this i mean things like:
1. Guys will respect you more or kiss *** a little bit more than usual
2. Girls are throwing themselves at you more frequently/more easily
3. Everyone's general opinion of you seems a little bit different and you are treated better as a result.

Im curious to see if anyone else feels this way. I'm not sure I like this new treatment because some of it seems fake but maybe that's just me.

Thoughts?
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Agreed 100%, I definitely noticed explicitly getting more respect from many people when they find out I got into medical school. That ranges from 4th year med school acquaintances to coworkers to pre med students at my school. It is pretty nice I will admit. but outside internet forums I dislike talking about the whole thing except with people I know, unless they ask me specifically about it.
 
The day I got accepted I was so excited I practically told everyone I saw. I even let it slip to a girl who worked at Starbucks. Now whenever I go in there they always say "another nonfat latte for the doctor". That's about it.

Oh, except people that know me well are treating my time before med school like its some death sentence. EG: "Oh we have to do THIS before you go to med school" or "we wont be able to see you after med school." I'm going to be studying a lot, but jesus I'm not dropping off the face of the Earth...
 
I tell everyone I know and meet now, it's actually a really good ice breaker, conversation starter or even something to bring up when there's an awkward silence in the room. I find that people in general have a great deal of respect for me since I'm basically a doctor now. I also get laid more.
 
I must go to a school with extremely dim-witted women as they always seem so impressed when I tell them I'm pre-med, as if that means anything.

The only real differences I've seen have come from my family. My parents/siblings never actually thought I'd go to medical school until I actually took the MCAT. After they saw I was serious about it, they definitely treated me in a different (better) way.
 
Congratulations on your acceptance. Yes, people will treat you slightly different when they know you will soon be a doctor.
 
Ursa said:
No he said neurosurgeons and Brian surgeons...surgeons that only operate on guys named Brian. Totally different.
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Oh my bad, I misread, you're totally right. Still though, if Brian is getting Brain surgery then his surgeon will be both a neurosurgeon and Brian surgeon so I guess it depends on the context.



:laugh:
 
you will be treated differently at the start of your residency prob more than med school...imagine being at a club and a lady goes "oh ur a plastic surgeon/derm"....BINGO, automatic SLAY and future wifey
 
jr doctor in sd said:
Hello everyone,

This might be a difficult question to gauge, but it certainly has intrigued me for a while now haha.

Do you feel that you have been treated differently since being accepted to medical school and people have found out about it?

I sure feel that way (maybe it's all psychological, maybe not).

When I say this i mean things like:
1. Guys will respect you more or kiss *** a little bit more than usual
2. Girls are throwing themselves at you more frequently/more easily
3. Everyone's general opinion of you seems a little bit different and you are treated better as a result.

Im curious to see if anyone else feels this way. I'm not sure I like this new treatment because some of it seems fake but maybe that's just me.

Thoughts?
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It's psychlogical. Get over yourself.

This is why a lot of people despise pre-meds. Of course not all pre-meds are like the op....
 
Gunneria said:
you will be treated differently at the start of your residency prob more than med school...imagine being at a club and a lady goes "oh ur a plastic surgeon/derm"....BINGO, automatic SLAY and future wifey
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Because most chics at clubs differentiate between internal medicine vs. derm residencies, and aren't impressed enough with "medical student"...
 
Clint said:
Not really because I almost never bring it up and instead say I'm planning on attending grad school if asked. When it eventually gets brought up, I get mostly good vibes from people except for a few (like a engineer I know who specifically hates doctors with passion for whatever reason).

It's not surprising though if one gets treated differently after acceptance because it really is one of the most respectable professions out there. You're actually contributing greatly to society by treating patients, but it doesn't mean you're better than say someone who works as a dish washer either. Which is why I'm sort of uncomfortable with being treated better because of it. I suppose it's a pleasant side effect that I'll have to learn to deal with.
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Sure, being a doctor does not make you "better" than the dish washer, but the contribution of a doctor >>>>>> the contribution of a dish washer. Just sayin'.
 
I mean, besides an enthusiastic "congratulations!" I don't think I am being treated any differently. But I do love it when people - apparently who I neglected to tell - ask me "any news from med schools yet?" and I get to tell them that I've already been accepted to a couple. They get really excited and then I get to relive that moment of triumph. Yay me!
 
jr doctor in sd said:
Hello everyone,

This might be a difficult question to gauge, but it certainly has intrigued me for a while now haha.

Do you feel that you have been treated differently since being accepted to medical school and people have found out about it?

I sure feel that way (maybe it's all psychological, maybe not).

When I say this i mean things like:
1. Guys will respect you more or kiss *** a little bit more than usual
2. Girls are throwing themselves at you more frequently/more easily
3. Everyone's general opinion of you seems a little bit different and you are treated better as a result.

Im curious to see if anyone else feels this way. I'm not sure I like this new treatment because some of it seems fake but maybe that's just me.

Thoughts?
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I heard your ego grows an inch when you get an acceptance. Then another 2 inches when you get the MD. By ego, I mean
 
enTropeeeeeeeee said:
I heard your ego grows an inch when you get an acceptance. Then another 2 inches when you get the MD. By ego, I mean
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Man, 3 MORE inches? Idk how many dime-piece strippers could handle the 15'' python at that point.
 
well, I felt slightly better about myself, and friends have been supportive, but thankfully that crippling low self-esteem finds other areas to manifest itself

also i checked if I became more endowed but I think that may be a SDN myth
 
duress said:
well, I felt slightly better about myself, and friends have been supportive, but thankfully that crippling low self-esteem finds other areas to manifest itself

also i checked if I became more endowed but I think that may be a SDN myth
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No, it's not, but they got one detail wrong -- it only happens if you get into a TOP 20 medical school. If you're going to a regular MD diploma mill, you don't get the "enhancements."
 
LOL @ Brian Surgeons!

I was trying to be a negative Nancy troll but failed.:laugh:

But anyways, I do get treated differently now. I can't wait til I specialize in BRAIN surgery. Then people will climb all over my nuts!
 
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apumic said:
No, it's not, but they got one detail wrong -- it only happens if you get into a TOP 20 medical school. If you're going to a regular MD diploma mill, you don't get the "enhancements."
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I'm going to a state school, I think I may have lost a few
 
I had girls that I had barely talked to before ask me to go out with them for drinks, etc. I think this is purely from the fact that I was in the south where many girls use college as a husband hunting ground (especially in Alabama). Most of them only see future country club memberships and a credit card with a high limit.

My advice: wear a condom.
 
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