What was the single most annoying thing you hated about being pre-med?

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Honestly, I hate who I have become due to the stresses of trying to get in. I never had a neurotic bone in my body until I saw freshmen around me doing research, or starting non-profits, or other crazy insane things to stand out. I was never competitive academically until I saw how many people got >90% in orgo when the average was a 50. That feeling of "no I won't help you" creeping in was the absolute worst ever, but it doesn't change how competitive the process is. I was never a person to brown-nose for a LOR, or schedule myself for >20 credits to be "academically challenged" or anything unreasonable. I'm just waiting for this all to be over so I can go back to being my chill, normal, not-insecure self.
 
Life Sucks said:
The crazy pre-med girl who hit me with a chemical laced lab spatula on my head. If that girl becomes a doctor, I fear for anyone who pisses her off.
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Hahaha, I love your name. Does that make me sadistic? Ahh well
 
baconshrimps said:
When did you have to do this? A College class? I never went through this haha
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In a lot of smaller classes (~20 people), they made us go around and share our name, major, and an interesting fact. I always found it super annoying.

Then the first day I taught an MCAT class I made all my students do it 😏
 
Oso said:
In a lot of smaller classes (~20 people), they made us go around and share our name, major, and an interesting fact. I always found it super annoying.

Then the first day I taught an MCAT class I made all my students do it 😏
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baconshrimps as a professor
Okay, why don't we go around the room, say your name, your age, and if you're single or not....ladies?
 
i dislike it the most when peeps where their hospital badge outside of work, for example to a bar downtown on Friday night. Hoping to pick some gals up or guys up or something?
 
LabratABQ said:
i dislike it the most when peeps where their hospital badge outside of work, for example to a bar downtown on Friday night. Hoping to pick some gals up or guys up or something?
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I will drop the MD bomb, but I'm not going to wear my ID badge at the bar. That's just stupid. Also, I know some hospitals don't want you to weat it outside of the hospital, sort of based on the sentiment that when you have your ID on you are representing the institution....and unless you are at like a conference or a meeting or something...you shouldn't be representing the institution....especially if you're at a bar getting hammered.
 
GreenBlade said:
I also noticed that higher level courses = no attractive people. Sometimes I feel like I am looking into a dirty toilet.
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With that attitude, don't you think that dealing with sick people every day is like wading through a septic tank.
 
plumhill said:
Honestly, I hate who I have become due to the stresses of trying to get in. I never had a neurotic bone in my body until I saw freshmen around me doing research, or starting non-profits, or other crazy insane things to stand out. I was never competitive academically until I saw how many people got >90% in orgo when the average was a 50. That feeling of "no I won't help you" creeping in was the absolute worst ever, but it doesn't change how competitive the process is. I was never a person to brown-nose for a LOR, or schedule myself for >20 credits to be "academically challenged" or anything unreasonable. I'm just waiting for this all to be over so I can go back to being my chill, normal, not-insecure self.
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Same happened to me... I don't know if I can go back though🙁
 
LabratABQ said:
i dislike it the most when peeps where their hospital badge outside of work, for example to a bar downtown on Friday night. Hoping to pick some gals up or guys up or something?
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A student host I stayed with told me wearing his school ID always impressed 'the ladies'. I laughed and thought he was kidding.

Then he put it on when we went to go get food 🙁
 
Oso said:
A student host I stayed with told me wearing his school ID always impressed 'the ladies'. I laughed and thought he was kidding.

Then he put it on when we went to go get food 🙁
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I bet you offered to take it off for him, but you couldn't because your hand was stuck in a pot of honey.
 
Oso said:
A student host I stayed with told me wearing his school ID always impressed 'the ladies'. I laughed and thought he was kidding.

Then he put it on when we went to go get food 🙁
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We're all dying to know- was the impressed girl his waitress?
 
Without a doubt: Secondary essays

And I don't hate this but am a little annoyed by it and the sentiment seems to run rampant on SDN as well. When people act like being "premed" is a specific lifestyle.....you're just a college student who wants to go to medical school..
 
Oso said:
In a lot of smaller classes (~20 people), they made us go around and share our name, major, and an interesting fact. I always found it super annoying.

Then the first day I taught an MCAT class I made all my students do it 😏
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Yup, have had to do that as well. I hate it since the second you say "pre-med" everyone rolls their eyes. I don't mention that anymore, just my major.

I hate the level of jealousy too in pre-meds/wanna-bes. Screw you for not studying, don't take it out on me.
 
baconshrimps said:
That's a tough one to answer at an interview too, especially if your interviewer is a PhD.....very easy to come off as if you are disparaging scientific research. I don't care. I realize it's important for advancing medicine and the field and society....but I want to work with patients...not the same 5 people in a small space day in and day out, making calculations and measuring protein lysates and RNA yields. gtfo
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Not feeling the love in this thread.. 🙁
sometimes old, dark, small rooms and grant applications can be fun! Right? Am I right? You guys are all gonna be so jelly of my bow-tie. You'll see...you'll all see!!!!
 
Mostly just the waiting/anxiety. I'm doing everything I "should" be doing, and will continue to, but I won't have any acceptances for nearly a year. It's almost as if things are already determined, and I just have to wait. If my life was a movie, this part would be a montage.
 
Microglia said:
Not feeling the love in this thread.. 🙁
sometimes old, dark, small rooms and grant applications can be fun! Right? Am I right? You guys are all gonna be so jelly of my bow-tie. You'll see...you'll all see!!!!
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Aw, sorry lol. It's all in good fun.
I plan on continuing research through medical school, residency, fellowship and subfellowship.
 
Having to state that I'm pre-med. To those of us that know the process, pre-med doesn't mean a damn thing about actually matriculating medical school because half of the people who apply do not get in.

But for the general public (namely my friends and family), their unwavering faith in me was worst than the waiting game. Everyday they made comments like, "oh you'll get in, you're smart" or "so do you know where you are going to go?" And while they were supportive and truly didn't mean to upset me, I just kept cringing. We are all really smart. No, I don't know where I want to go. Because an acceptance throughout this process is not guaranteed.

So in conclusion, the worst part was waiting for the day I could stop calling myself pre-med and finally be able to say "I start med school next August".
 
Microglia said:
Not feeling the love in this thread.. 🙁
sometimes old, dark, small rooms and grant applications can be fun! Right? Am I right? You guys are all gonna be so jelly of my bow-tie. You'll see...you'll all see!!!!
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As long as your bow-tie is ridiculous I'll be friends with you 😛
 
winterchill said:
Having to state that I'm pre-med. To those of us that know the process, pre-med doesn't mean a damn thing about actually matriculating medical school because half of the people who apply do not get in.

But for the general public (namely my friends and family), their unwavering faith in me was worst than the waiting game. Everyday they made comments like, "oh you'll get in, you're smart" or "so do you know where you are going to go?" And while they were supportive and truly didn't mean to upset me, I just kept cringing. We are all really smart. No, I don't know where I want to go. Because an acceptance throughout this process is not guaranteed.

So in conclusion, the worst part was waiting for the day I could stop calling myself pre-med and finally be able to say "I start med school next August".
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Yeah, I hated this too.
However, one of my friends (who was pre-med, and another who was a 2nd year med student) both were wholeheartedly convinced I would get into medical school when I wasn't so faithful. That's friendship - having faith in someone when they don't even have it in themself.
 
Shoot who am I kidding, I'm going to be a sugar momma to a phd lol.
 
winterchill said:
Having to state that I'm pre-med. To those of us that know the process, pre-med doesn't mean a damn thing about actually matriculating medical school because half of the people who apply do not get in.

But for the general public (namely my friends and family), their unwavering faith in me was worst than the waiting game. Everyday they made comments like, "oh you'll get in, you're smart" or "so do you know where you are going to go?" And while they were supportive and truly didn't mean to upset me, I just kept cringing. We are all really smart. No, I don't know where I want to go. Because an acceptance throughout this process is not guaranteed.

So in conclusion, the worst part was waiting for the day I could stop calling myself pre-med and finally be able to say "I start med school next August".
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Now it's the annoying question of 'oh so what kind of doctor are you going to be?' Idk I haven't been exposed to everything yet. How do I know what I'll like in 4 years? I can't even decide what I want for dinner half the time lol.
 
ChemNerd07 said:
Now it's the annoying question of 'oh so what kind of doctor are you going to be?' Idk I haven't been exposed to everything yet. How do I know what I'll like in 4 years? I can't even decide what I want for dinner half the time lol.
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Neonatal Surgical Neuroncologist.
I'm the guy that makes 2.2M/year procedure removing brain tumors from neonates.
See you in Monaco, babe.
 
I really didn't like talking about why I am such a "good candidate" etc. Wasn't in my nature to boast/showoff/sell myself in words or writing, which is unfortunately a requirement. Don't understand why actions can't just speak for themselves.

We're doctors here! The focus should be on others, not ourselves.
 
UCI said:
I really didn't like talking about why I am such a "good candidate" etc. Wasn't in my nature to boast/showoff/sell myself in words or writing, which is unfortunately a requirement. Don't understand why actions can't just speak for themselves.

We're doctors here! The focus should be on others, not ourselves.
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Agreed. I'm not a huge boaster/bragger either. I just take the approach of trying to prove why I'll be a good doctor opposed to bragging about what I've done.
 
UCI said:
I really didn't like talking about why I am such a "good candidate" etc. Wasn't in my nature to boast/showoff/sell myself in words or writing, which is unfortunately a requirement. Don't understand why actions can't just speak for themselves.

We're doctors here! The focus should be on others, not ourselves.
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I felt like the further along my path I travelled, the more I felt I had to prove. That helped me get past my once inherent tendency for modesty.
 
baconshrimps said:
I felt like the further along my path I travelled, the more I felt I had to prove. That helped me get past my once inherent tendency for modesty.
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Can you elaborate on " the more I felt I had to prove"?

Why did you feel this way? I felt the opposite, meaning I had more to show and less I felt I needed to say.
 
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