Types of annoying people you've met in your pre-med years?

[fmpak93]

Thought this would be a nice/funny discussion (forgive me if there has been bunch of these type of threads please)

What are the type of people you've met in your premed classes or related to your premed career that you've generally disliked or got fed up with?

I have 6 I believe:

1) The Psych Major:

In my school, doing psych major almost guarantees a 3.5+ GPA. All online exams out of class. Sit with buddies and take exams with wikipedia and book in hand. This person will have a 3.7+ cGPA and a 2.8 sGPA because he/she found out too late that medical schools also look at sGPA and that Orgo, chem, calc class didn't help either.

2) The Elitist Kid

Performs incredibly well academically due to study ethics implemented since he/she was a 1.5 year old baby. Probably was doing research in kindergarten. The one who took AP classes because they were AP. Is involved in every EC you can think of. There are some humble ones that everyone respects though 🙂 But the snobby ones, bleh. These were the kids that'd come into college with tons of research experience from god knows where.

3) The Biology Major Kid

Now this isn't for all biology majors who actually enjoy the intricacies of biology. You know who I am talking about guys. This is the stereotypical freshmen/soph premed. For a lot of us, Biology would be the more "comfortable" science as opposed to chemistry, physics. Mitochondria is the powerhouse of da cellzz, woot woot. We learned a bit in elementary school, middle schools and high school and have seen the material repeated more than any other subject. They want to do medicine because it's the only field they find respectable and in-line with biology; the only subject they're comfortable with. Chem and physics was too much math. They don't like arts. So they pick medicine. Come in for a surprise when MCAT Biology section comes up. out of 140 Bio majors in my school, 70 got in, 70 got rejected. idk what those 70 are doing now.

4) Premed who wants everyone to quit premed.

You'd think he's trying to give advice. This is the pre-med that will chant "If you can't fathom the thought of being anything else besides a physician, then leave" While this may be true in a general aspect(the commitment required, blah blah) This person is just out to make sure you don't become a doctor. It seems like it bothers him that you're pursuing medicine and will make sure justice is served.

5) The clueless premed who's about to apply.

The one that will hit you up late summer asking where is the website you apply to medical school. Has zero LORs or ECs due to general obliviousness or awareness of the game. The one everyone knows won't get in but no one wants to say it.

6) The annoying kid who takes time to bash other annoying premeds.

ME! 😀

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[Syndicate101]

The neurotic pre med who constantly inboxes you for notes, revisions, and homework help.

 

[allantois]

The WORST ones are those who message the entire class of 350 students to get whatever it is they need 😡

 

[fmpak93]

The neurotic pre med who constantly inboxes you for notes, revisions, and homework help.

I'd rely on online lecture notes and the book so I didnt have to deal with this. Even worse are the ones that basically made you do their hw because you had to guide them through every step and answer. They stilled failed the exams anyways lol

 

[Syndicate101]

The absolute WORST is the gunner who will purposely give you false info, does whatever he can to give you a disadvantage and himself/herself an advantage in the hopes that the more competition they take out the better their chances. These people are one in a million, but they're just not annoying. They're downright disgusting.

 

[Theseus]

Those that comment on age-old threads?

 

[fmpak93]

Those that comment on age-old threads?

Haha it can be silly. Not something I can imagine annoying or frustrating me. Unless I was an admin of a forum.

 

[fmpak93]

The absolute WORST is the gunner who will purposely give you false info, does whatever he can to give you a disadvantage and himself/herself an advantage in the hopes that the more competition they take out the better their chances. These people are one in a million, but they're just not annoying. They're downright disgusting.

Lucky enough to never have met a gunner. I love giving advice and tutoring haha

 

[Afford]

At my school, I feel that most premeds were pretty chill. Most of us just complained about grades. There were some who would fight for every point on a test for 15-20 minutes and there was this one premed who kept on emailing me to ask for premed advice on talking to professors for research/good classes, which isn't bad, but he was always dressed like he was going to church and he kept on addressing me as sir.

 

[WillburCobb]

The ones that bitch about psych being an easy cop out major where everything is done online and base this solely on having taken Intro to Psych and maybe abnormal...

 

[fmpak93]

The ones that bitch about psych being an easy cop out major where everything is done online and base this solely on having taken Intro to Psych and maybe abnormal...

Don't forget physiopsych. 😛 Everyone be getting 96% in those online class exams. I haven't even taken intro gen psych and I was helping them answer their questions, basic neuro.

Maybe it depends on schools I guess.

And trust me, all my pre-med psych majors friend did psych because they heard it was an easy GPA major. They admit to this.

 

[Aerus]

Don't forget physiopsych. 😛 Everyone be getting 96% in those online class exams. I haven't even taken intro gen psych and I was helping them answer their questions, basic neuro.

Maybe it depends on schools I guess.

And trust me, all my pre-med psych majors friend did psych because they heard it was an easy GPA major. They admit to this.

Perhaps it's just your school. Psych at my school varies. It can definitely be made into a GPA killer depending on the professor.

And your psych= low sGPA is a very very broad generalization. There are some psych majors who set curves in the premed science classes.

 

[WillburCobb]

Perhaps it's just your school. Psych at my school varies. It can definitely be made into a GPA killer depending on the professor.

And your psych= low sGPA is a very very broad generalization. There are some psych majors who set curves in the premed science classes.

QFT!

 

[johnnytest]

Thank god I majored in engineering. Stayed away from the pre-meds at my school as much as I could.

 

[jb94mg]

The ones who'll ask questions to which they already know the answers in class just to show off how "on top of things" they are. 🙄 If, say, we're discussing something and there's a relevant question they can ask to which they already know the answer that they think will make them look good, they'll ask it anyway just to seem involved and important in the classroom.

 

[fmpak93]

Perhaps it's just your school. Psych at my school varies. It can definitely be made into a GPA killer depending on the professor.

And your psych= low sGPA is a very very broad generalization. There are some psych majors who set curves in the premed science classes.

The thread was more about personal experiences you've had. There are psych majors who do better than ton of people in pre-med classes. There are psych majors who can whoop me in any class haha 😛 It was supposed to be a broad generalization; just like the other types I listed.

 

[fmpak93]

The ones who'll ask questions to which they already know the answers in class just to show off how "on top of things" they are. 🙄 If, say, we're discussing something and there's a relevant question they can ask to which they already know the answer that they think will make them look good, they'll ask it anyway just to seem involved and important in the classroom.

They usually always sit in the front too haha

 

[EMDO2018]

Guess im number 3, or I was number 3.

 

[WillburCobb]

It was supposed to be a broad generalization .

 

[Zelda840]

I've been fortunate in that I haven't run into any true gunners, though I've met more than my share of very smart kids with absolutely no social skills/general awareness of how life works.

 

[Planes2Doc]

Volunfakers.

 

[Mad Jack]

Sit in back row+have an unusual major=never had to deal with that ****

 

[Saxappeal1]

Gunners. And people who make ignorant assumptions about psychology majors, yeah that's just the worst
/neuropsych

 

[Saxappeal1]

@Planes2Doc what is a volunfaker?

 

[Conflagration]

I recently had the experience of getting an email from some freshman who decided to send one out to the entire smart list of Math and ITS majors asking when the meeting was.

He hit "reply all" to the email containing this information. x|

 

[G_Marker]

People who typecast everyone they know.

I'm a chemistry major defending psych majors here. I think it's easy to sit on your high horse and say 'that looks easy.' But since you haven't actually taken those courses, you can't really know that. Plus, how will understanding complex details about the schrodinger equation help you in medical school? Very little. On the contrary, I can see how an in-depth understanding of psychology could really come in handy in a profession where you're dealing with people all day, everyday.

I'm just saying that it's easy to be a bit bitter/jealous about people by typecasting them and not getting the chance to really know them. A lot of my closest friends were psych major premeds, and that's about where the similarities between them and your number 1 end.

Plus, you could probably put me in that clueless premed category. Hah hah... I even remember asking my best friend who applied last cycle about very basic details in May of this year - "you mean I apply online???" In the end, I think not really being in touch with pre-med EC requirements makes my application look more unique because I have some really random activities/experiences. I'll have time during my gap year to add a bit more of what they're looking for... We'll see I guess. 🙂

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[Planes2Doc]

@Planes2Doc what is a volunfaker?

Your typical pre-med that volunteers because they have to. Volunteering is supposed to be something special, something you do because you care about something and want to do it for the sake of doing it, not to get something in return. Unfortunately the pre-med process has tainted the meaning of volunteering over the years. It's meaningless now.

It's kind of funny... If you meet a typical person (who is not pre-med) and they tell you about a variety of volunteer activities that they are doing, you say to yourself: "Wow! That's incredible! You sound like a terrific person." You have great admiration for this person. Then if a pre-med tells you that they are doing the very same activities, you brush it off like it's nothing.

The worst ones are "ZERO to Mother Teresa" applicants. Those who never volunteered a day in their lives, but one day one of becoming pre-med, they pick up a laundry-list of activities. ADCOMs totally dig it.

Now you can't really blame the applicants for this, nor the ADCOMs. This has evolved over time because ultimately, the medical school admissions process is very competitive after all. Also, I sound like a total hypocrite because I too volunteered in a hospital, and hated 99% of it. Trust me, I hate looking back at it. 🙁 I feel guilty for putting on a facade. But I feel like I've redeemed myself in the volunteer arena by volunteering as a medical student. I do it because I genuinely want to, and it's a million times better and more meaningful than what I did as a pre-med. Oh, but most importantly, I redeem myself by following the Golden Rule, and just trying to be a good person to everyone around me.

 

[CrimsonKing]

Your typical pre-med that volunteers because they have to. Volunteering is supposed to be something special, something you do because you care about something and want to do it for the sake of doing it, not to get something in return. Unfortunately the pre-med process has tainted the meaning of volunteering over the years. It's meaningless now.

It's kind of funny... If you meet a typical person (who is not pre-med) and they tell you about a variety of volunteer activities that they are doing, you say to yourself: "Wow! That's incredible! You sound like a terrific person." You have great admiration for this person. Then if a pre-med tells you that they are doing the very same activities, you brush it off like it's nothing.

The worst ones are "ZERO to Mother Teresa" applicants. Those who never volunteered a day in their lives, but one day one of becoming pre-med, they pick up a laundry-list of activities. ADCOMs totally dig it.

Now you can't really blame the applicants for this, nor the ADCOMs. This has evolved over time because ultimately, the medical school admissions process is very competitive after all. Also, I sound like a total hypocrite because I too volunteered in a hospital, and hated 99% of it. Trust me, I hate looking back at it. 🙁 I feel guilty for putting on a facade. But I feel like I've redeemed myself in the volunteer arena by volunteering as a medical student. I do it because I genuinely want to, and it's a million times better and more meaningful than what I did as a pre-med. Oh, but most importantly, I redeem myself by following the Golden Rule, and just trying to be a good person to everyone around me.

Yep. Didn't have the time available in college to volunteer with things I cared about in high school, so I did your average premed hospital volunteering. Total waste of time but needed to keep that box checked. Sucks, but necessary to get into med school, even if the rest of your app is awesome.

Oh well, made it in and it is what it is.

PS: Most people (like me) stop the fake volunteering crap in med school and stick to things they enjoy. But there are still some who think volunteering at the Student Run Free Clinic will make them more competitive residency applicants.

 

[kk123]

Premeds at my college that really annoyed me:
Those who achieved As by cheating their way through classes, breaking the curve for the rest of us...and then bragged about it later.
Those who put in a lot of volunteer hours to look "altruistic," but in reality are selfish manipulative people who don't care about who they hurt to get to the top. (but hey, they look great on paper)
Those who were constantly back stabbing and talking trash about one another during research. I don't why this happened, it just did. Waited to start my research until the people who were doing this moved on lol
Those who continually brag about all their achievements and act very arrogant towards the other students.

This is why I don't hang out with premeds anymore.

 

[fmpak93]

Gunners. And people who make ignorant assumptions about psychology majors, yeah that's just the worst
/neuropsych

Note it was aimed at a certain group I know and at a specific school, like I stated above "in my school" 🙂 maybe I should be more careful

 

[DermViser]

Premeds at my college that really annoyed me:
Those who achieved As by cheating their way through classes, breaking the curve for the rest of us...and then bragged about it later.
Those who put in a lot of volunteer hours to look "altruistic," but in reality are selfish manipulative people who don't care about who they hurt to get to the top. (but hey, they look great on paper)
Those who were constantly back stabbing and talking trash about one another during research. I don't why this happened, it just did. Waited to start my research until the people who were doing this moved on lol
Those who continually brag about all their achievements and act very arrogant towards the other students.

This is why I don't hang out with premeds anymore.

What are you going to do when those same type of people enter your med school class?

 

[fmpak93]

Yep. Didn't have the time available in college to volunteer with things I cared about in high school, so I did your average premed hospital volunteering. Total waste of time but needed to keep that box checked. Sucks, but necessary to get into med school, even if the rest of your app is awesome.

Oh well, made it in and it is what it is.

PS: Most people (like me) stop the fake volunteering crap in med school and stick to things they enjoy. But there are still some who think volunteering at the Student Run Free Clinic will make them more competitive residency applicants.

Your typical pre-med that volunteers because they have to. Volunteering is supposed to be something special, something you do because you care about something and want to do it for the sake of doing it, not to get something in return. Unfortunately the pre-med process has tainted the meaning of volunteering over the years. It's meaningless now.

It's kind of funny... If you meet a typical person (who is not pre-med) and they tell you about a variety of volunteer activities that they are doing, you say to yourself: "Wow! That's incredible! You sound like a terrific person." You have great admiration for this person. Then if a pre-med tells you that they are doing the very same activities, you brush it off like it's nothing.

The worst ones are "ZERO to Mother Teresa" applicants. Those who never volunteered a day in their lives, but one day one of becoming pre-med, they pick up a laundry-list of activities. ADCOMs totally dig it.

Now you can't really blame the applicants for this, nor the ADCOMs. This has evolved over time because ultimately, the medical school admissions process is very competitive after all. Also, I sound like a total hypocrite because I too volunteered in a hospital, and hated 99% of it. Trust me, I hate looking back at it. 🙁 I feel guilty for putting on a facade. But I feel like I've redeemed myself in the volunteer arena by volunteering as a medical student. I do it because I genuinely want to, and it's a million times better and more meaningful than what I did as a pre-med. Oh, but most importantly, I redeem myself by following the Golden Rule, and just trying to be a good person to everyone around me.

I agree 100% heck I believed this so much that I didn't volunteer at all, just because I knew if I did, I'd be a volunfaker. I even had to argue with my advisor and explain to her absent minded head that though I do believe volunteering is rewarding on it's own, I'd be faking it if I did. Sadly it's not the politically correct thing to do, adcom wants to see clinical volunteering. So screwed xD

 

[fmpak93]

People who typecast everyone they know.

I'm a chemistry major defending psych majors here. I think it's easy to sit on your high horse and say 'that looks easy.' But since you haven't actually taken those courses, you can't really know that. Plus, how will understanding complex details about the schrodinger equation help you in medical school? Very little. On the contrary, I can see how an in-depth understanding of psychology could really come in handy in a profession where you're dealing with people all day, everyday.

I'm just saying that it's easy to be a bit bitter/jealous about people by typecasting them and not getting the chance to really know them. A lot of my closest friends were psych major premeds, and that's about where the similarities between them and your number 1 end.

Plus, you could probably put me in that clueless premed category. Hah hah... I even remember asking my best friend who applied last cycle about very basic details in May of this year - "you mean I apply online???" In the end, I think not really being in touch with pre-med EC requirements makes my application look more unique because I have some really random activities/experiences. I'll have time during my gap year to add a bit more of what they're looking for... We'll see I guess. 🙂

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Sometimes if you know the people taking the psych classes, you can tell whether it's difficult or not without taking it. Specially when you have ton of non-majors taking abnormal, social psych, physio. The judgement I make is rooted from the people I know taking the class rather than the classes. And it's different for every school too. And there are always exceptions, the smartest student I've met in my entire life is a psych major.

 

[Planes2Doc]

I agree 100% heck I believed this so much that I didn't volunteer at all, just because I knew if I did, I'd be a volunfaker. I even had to argue with my advisor and explain to her absent minded head that though I do believe volunteering is rewarding on it's own, I'd be faking it if I did. Sadly it's not the politically correct thing to do, adcom wants to see clinical volunteering. So screwed xD

Wow, that really takes a lot of courage to do what you're doing. If I were an ADCOM, I'd be very impressed by an applicant that challenges the system, and goes against conformity. But then again, I'm not an ADCOM... You can try focusing your PS on why you didn't take part in volunteering. You can say that you feel wrong faking it, and that you are a good altruistic person for whatever other reasons. I think that it can make for a very interesting albeit risky situation. Just make sure you have your other bases covered like shadowing. Let me know how it goes!

 

[Camerla]

I have to share...

On my graduation day, the girl who was second in our class, a premed, sat behind me. She CRIED while the first in our class received an award, saying that if it wasn't for that one A-, THAT ONE A-, it would've been her up there. This girl has totally got the humble thing down

 

[brood910]

Ppl who dont do their work and try to get help from other pre-meds all the time...
Most of these ppl quit in their soph/junior year tho because they are too stupid.

 

[NP545]

The extreme tryhard premeds who do nothing but stay indoors and study all day trying too hard to get the 4.0.
I mean, in med school this is understandable, but as a premed? Come on, go do something with your life.

 

[Lamel]

Man I really messed up as Intro Psych is my lowest grade in college.

 

[WillburCobb]

The extreme tryhard premeds who do nothing but stay indoors and study all day trying too hard to get the 4.0.
I mean, in med school this is understandable...

The bolded is a recipe for disaster.

 

[G_Marker]

Sometimes if you know the people taking the psych classes, you can tell whether it's difficult or not without taking it. Specially when you have ton of non-majors taking abnormal, social psych, physio. The judgement I make is rooted from the people I know taking the class rather than the classes. And it's different for every school too. And there are always exceptions, the smartest student I've met in my entire life is a psych major.

I don't think you're understanding the point I'm trying to make here, though. Who cares that they aren't staying up all night trying to understand quantum chemistry? Why the heck do they need to learn quantum anyway, especially if they have no interest in it what-so-ever? I don't think so many people pick psychology because it's easy. It's an interesting subject, which I think might have a large appeal to premeds who like dealing with and understanding people.

I don't think you make a compelling case for your judgement. Maybe psychology is interesting and widely applicable to many professions, which could be why so many non-majors take the class. One of the most popular courses at my school, which was almost impossible to get into, was a psychology course, which was also one of the hardest courses (outside maybe math, physics and chemistry) at my school. Everyone wanted to take it, not because it was easy, but because it was really well taught and interesting.

... On another note, these stories people are telling about premeds are so cringe-worthy! I'm glad I went to a school that didn't have any of that (so far as I know). At the university where I went, you don't talk about grades - it's a big faux pas, which is a great and terrible thing for a premed. Maybe if I saw more of the above, I'd be inclined to judge.

 

[optimistic3]

Don't forget the cheater pre-meds who sit together in the back of a 350 person lecture hall during exams and all cheat together on them. I saw too many of those during undergrad.