I don't pay attention to such trivialities.
Why assume that they have rich parents? I went to a Konstantino trunk show yesterday on a date with a girl, who bought herself a 2,000$ pair of earrings. Her parents didn’t give her the money, she is an RN and earned it. Not my thing but hey I’ve paid 2,000$ for glass on a rifle so who am I to judge?
Just seems presumptuous that people couldn’t have made the money themselves. I never had anything given to me. Saved every bit of money I made in the Army and as a nurse. Worked my ass off for what I have.
Just comes down to if you look neat and tidy like I said. You can do that with a multi thousand dollar suit and a Tag Heuer or with a few hundred dollar suit and a fossil watch if you ask me. Just have clothes that fit properly, single break in the pant leg, not trying to squeeze into clothes too small, etc and have your hair and beard if applicable well groomed. That simple to me.
Judging by your name and that you served and worked as a nurse, you’re more experienced and have made some money. But if a 21 year old college student shows up with a $2-10k watch it may come off as spoiled rich kid. I personally wouldn’t care, but after reading that one thread I can see why some people would. It was something like what would your patients think being treated by someone wearing a watch worth more than their car?
I just don’t assume. I’ve known some younger people with money. I just think it should be irrelevant. Honestly I don’t have a problem with kids from super rich families going to med school. This is coming from someone who came up lower middle class. All I care about is how good they’ll take care of patients. My cousins wife was the mayors daughter and grew up rich. She’s a resident and seems like she’s doing a great job. I don’t see where wealth matters.
I don’t see where it matters either when it comes to being a good doctor, but flaunting ones wealth to patients, especially if you are in a low-SES area is just poor judgement. I’ll see if I can find the thread I mentioned how the interviewer reacted to the TAG watch.
I wouldn’t have known either! In fact, one of the variations of the orient bambino watch I wore looks very similar. I believe it’s the V2 generation 1 and it goes for ~$130.
He got called out for wearing a Heuer?? Great watches, but nothing like a Patek or even a Rolex.
Agree 100% here. I personally don't look at accessories. I look at the entire candidate. The only time our Adcom has ever discussed someone's attire was those rare occasions when someone came dress in street clothes, and it turned out that the airlines had lost their luggage. We naturally cut them slack. I reiterate that unless you're wearing one of these, I wouldn't know if your watch was a Timex or a Patek Philippe.
Again, our worry is the entitlement mentality. It's a real thing.
Agree 100% here. I personally don't look at accessories. I look at the entire candidate. The only time our Adcom has ever discussed someone's attire was those rare occasions when someone came dress in street clothes, and it turned out that the airlines had lost their luggage. We naturally cut them slack. I reiterate that unless you're wearing one of these, I wouldn't know if your watch was a Timex or a Patek Philippe.
I do want to point out that we as Adcoms do wish to avoid candidates who have an entitlement mentality, and there are candidates who are definitely spoiled. But usually these are weeded out by their essays.
So if the wealthy candidate is say... oh... 36, would they be viewed differently? Because a single childless mid thirty year old in my opinion SHOULD have amassed some wealth.
I love a success story. Rock those designer clothes, capitalism is wonderful. You notice that even though “capitalism is horrible and we should all be socialist because muh greater good”,
You almost made me spit out my tea all over my keyboard!What? Goro you are telling me you don't bling out when you go to deliver a lecture?
Ever thought outside the box? The hidden message here is rich people are terrible and capitalism is evil.
I don’t want it confused that I like spoiled rich brats who don’t know hardship.
Wouldn’t it be like bringing your dads tennis racket to a tennis game? Most every single doctor I see outside of scrubs is dressed to the nines.
Your ability to miss the point that Adcoms that are making in this thread is disheartening. If you haven't taken the MCAT, watch out for the CARS section.
I get the basic point they make. It just seems extremely shallow and judgemental to me.
