What's more Stressful than being a Premed?

[OrthoFixation]

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School is not real life and cannot compare to the possible magnitudes of stress available in the real world.

Sure school is a pain in the a$$, but if you think that is stressful, LOL. Mark it up to inexperience. So what if you fail. That is not the end of the world.

 

[pathdr2b]

Being the parent of a sick child.

 

[AverageMan]

I can appreciate your candor on the matter that your children and spouces being sick are worse than applying to med school, but you also have to realize that there are many of us who have nothing else but med school applications. Our entire college career (if not lives) have been leading up to this point and to fail here means our entire lives have been wasted (and thus we have no future). In that sense, not getting into medschool is the end of the world.

 

[twinklz]

I'm all for being committed to being a doctor and trying your darndest to get into a med school. But, avgman, I think you're taking it to an extreme.

First of all, you should not let some random interviewer determine your worth as a human being! Have a little more self-respect. So one person didn't think you'd be a good MATCH for their school. You shouldn't take it as a personal attack. These people have to choose among the candidates, and no matter who they choose they're going to dissapoint the other candidates.

Second, if you don't get into med school, its not the end of the world. You might have to temporarily put your dream on hold and go out and do something else. But your life is far from over. You're still young. The possibilities are endless!

I could go on about my feelings on this uber pre-med mentality, but I'll stop before I get myself and the people reading this post more irate.

Just my .02....

 

[FutureERDoc]

AverageMan if you think that not getting into med school is the end of the world, then you haven't lived fully-- that may be why you are getting rejected...because adcoms see right through the fact that all you know is medicine and yet you know nothing about life-- about living and everyday matters that mean so much to the patients that you are "dying" to treat. Adcoms aren't just looking for someone who loves medicine-- they want someone who loves life, loves people, and who understands the multiplicities of the world, not someone centered on themselves. Being commited is one thing; I think most premeds feel that they are commited. But having the maturity and understanding to appreciate and handle all life's little quirks and wonders-- the good and the bad...not everyone has that, and I think that may make the difference between those who get in and those who don't....

Live dude...

If you think that not getting in is worse than having a sick child than I hate to say this but...maybe you shouldn't be a doctor...

 

[DrBodacious]

I'm not stressed about getting into med-school because I realized that if I don't get in I can alway be an astronaut as a fall back! I can be whatever I want if I work hard, right mommy?

 

[Megalofyia]

Originally posted by DrBodacious
I can be whatever I want if I work hard, right mommy?

Yeah, I don't know about this... I was told this when I was young, and I REALLY wanted to be a monkey. But did it happen NO... Oh sure lots of people said I acted like a monkey and my siblings thought I might as well have been a monkey since they thought I ran, climbed and jumped too much.

<sigh> I have too much free time on my hands.

 

[docchick]

Originally posted by FutureERDoc
...maybe you shouldn't be a doctor...

ouch! that's just about the meanest thing to say here!

 

[Megalofyia]

Originally posted by docchick
ouch! that's just about the meanest thing to say here!

Not necessarily. The person who thinks that not getting into medical school is the worst thing ever would not be harmed by taking some time out from their studies to put things in perspective. When you're going to be dealing with having to tell someone that their child has terminal cancer or that they will never be able to walk again etc. not getting into medical school just "on time" or ever will not seem quite so dire.

 

[AverageMan]

I agree, that was harsh. I'm not taking it personally, you're entitled to your opinion and all, but I don't think you're seeing the whole application process as it could be viewed. For example, let's say there was an infertile couple who were tring to conveive. They plunge their entire life savings into in vitro techniques, fly around the country to different fertility clinics, and have an undue strain put in their marriage because of it. Their lives become dedicate to being able to have a child. Do you tell these people that maybe they aren't conceiving because they're trying too hard and maybe because they shouldn't be parents because of it?

 

[DrBodacious]

The sad reality is that not everyone gets to be a doctor. If you don't get in then it doesn't mean you're a failure, it just means you didn't prove that you were as good as everyone who does get in. So either you are really not as qualified as them, which wouldn't be a failure, or you slacked off in the proving yourself aspect, which is may or may not be considered a failure taking in to consideration your specific cirumstances.