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Chilllll out
Why Is Every Pre-Med I Know...
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Lol reading this thread reminds me of my old buddy. Typical all state high school qb star turned college frat boy who happens to be a premed student as well. Long story short, he aced nearly all of his classes, scored REALLY high on his MCAT, scribed for over 2 years, oversea volunteering, and received offers to nearly all of the med schools he's applied to. Says he wants to be an ortho surgeon. I'm sure that's not impossible for him.
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People are excited as freshmen. That quickly goes away. I wouldn't hang out with premeds anyways. As a whole, we're all a bit neurotic, perhaps a bit too competitive. It can be draining. Some of my closest friends majored in theater and journalism. I liked being able to completely step away from all things premed.
The premeds at my school only socialized with each other, always traveled in packs, and demonstrated a strange herd-superiority complex. You'll see that in medical school too. I'm working on my masters at an institution affiliated with a med school so there's always some med school students in class. They purposely alienate themselves from everyone else and sit in one corner. I'm excited at the prospect of hopefully becoming a medical student myself one day...but I hope I never act like that or exude that level of pretentiousness. It's just in bad form.
Kind of went off topic. Anyway, it's okay if you like to hang out on your own. Your grades should be your main focus. I was the kind of person who was up til 5 in the morning with my roommates, but I had organic chem at 8 while they started their classes at 11 lol. My grades suffered for sure.
The premeds at my school only socialized with each other, always traveled in packs, and demonstrated a strange herd-superiority complex. You'll see that in medical school too. I'm working on my masters at an institution affiliated with a med school so there's always some med school students in class. They purposely alienate themselves from everyone else and sit in one corner. I'm excited at the prospect of hopefully becoming a medical student myself one day...but I hope I never act like that or exude that level of pretentiousness. It's just in bad form.
Kind of went off topic. Anyway, it's okay if you like to hang out on your own. Your grades should be your main focus. I was the kind of person who was up til 5 in the morning with my roommates, but I had organic chem at 8 while they started their classes at 11 lol. My grades suffered for sure.
I was one of those people lol. When I was in pharmacy school, I would knock on my friends doors to go out for the night (nothing crazy- there was this one huge nice bar that gave ladies free champagne and strawberries Thursday nights) and they would say they couldn't bc they were studying for medicinal chemistry. I would remind them the test was in 3 weeks but that's their study schedule, not mine. I was never once spotted at the library(it smelt funny and I can't be quiet and and not joke around for that long). It was surprising on graduation day that I had several bling cords around my neck, one being honors. No one ever suspected.
Being social and going out isn't necessarily wrong if you know yourself and what you need to prioritize, as well as the study habits that work for you.
Edit: and yeah, there are know it all everywhere. I would just smile and nod, knowing all they do is study and talk about how stupid they think so and so is, but they look foolishly pretentious and now they work retail pharmacy, which is the equivalent to eternal hell.
Being social and going out isn't necessarily wrong if you know yourself and what you need to prioritize, as well as the study habits that work for you.
Edit: and yeah, there are know it all everywhere. I would just smile and nod, knowing all they do is study and talk about how stupid they think so and so is, but they look foolishly pretentious and now they work retail pharmacy, which is the equivalent to eternal hell.
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Nearly all of the pre-meds I knew as a freshmen are no longer pre-med. I can only think of one that got into medical school.
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Op you are not the only one. I normally like to have a few close friends and maybe if they are in town, I would go eat ice cream or whatever and just talk to them about life and goals. It is a great stress reliever and I usually talk with friends that are really smart and wise about their own life so it balances out with a childish premed like me. However, the days are many when I can't hang out like when I was on-campus. So I end up just watching hulu, walking outside, or falling asleep. You don't need to be a social butterfly. I often see those that have tons of friends have difficulty relating or respecting older folks who will probably serve as their patients or mentor. That is just my observation, but any who I could so totally imaging a life alone but then having some people around is also just as much important so you don't feel isolated. I'm a chatter but that means I value my time speaking with others since most every time I am reserved lol.
