You Know You Are A Neurotic Premed When...

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This example is hard to put into a when you are neurotic but thought I would share it anyway.

I was taking my calculus I final exam and soon as I finished half an hour early the teacher let me look at the answer key to see what I missed. I saw I got one wrong and didn't understand how I could have missed it. I went into the hallway and reworked the problem both ways and got MY answer again. Did I wait till after the final to tell him he was wrong? Nope I marched back in and proved him wrong while the final was still going on!

This is when I realized I was a neurotic pre-med....

Another example

I was in Gen BioII and had an A- I calculated that I would need 103 percent on the final exam which would replace one of my old exams but since he didn't give extra credit this was impossible to accomplish. I took the final exam anyways... The teacher asked me why I was taking it and I said because even though my chances of an A in the class are zero I have a chance to get an A on your final thus proving to myself that I could have had an A if I had put more effort into my studies. I got my grade back in the class it was an A...😱.
 
I know this is a double post but just thought of another one...

You are a neurotic pre-med when you always sit in the front row so that other people won't distract you while you are trying to learn! and so the teacher knows who you are.....
 
When you can't understand why the library just doesn't rent rooms... haha, I was soooo upset that I had to leave at midnight and come back at 6am.

And... that the library cafe wasn't open on Sunday. What? I have to leave???!!!

And... that the library was empty any time besides finals week. OK fine arts majors... NOW you want to study?

And... when a classmate asks you to tell them where to find a topic in the organic chemistry book, because they know that you know every paragraph in every chapter.

:laugh: the good ol' days
 
punkrockgrl said:
When you can't understand why the library just doesn't rent rooms... haha, I was soooo upset that I had to leave at midnight and come back at 6am.

And... that the library cafe wasn't open on Sunday. What? I have to leave???!!!

And... that the library was empty any time besides finals week. OK fine arts majors... NOW you want to study?

And... when a classmate asks you to tell them where to find a topic in the organic chemistry book, because they know that you know every paragraph in every chapter.

:laugh: the good ol' days
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HAHAH I hate finals week in the library it freaking zoo at my school so, I relocate to the chemistry building.
 
You can't sleep waiting on grades to come out... even though you know they are A's... but they aren't REALLY A's until they are on the transcript in blood.
 
Whaty said:
I was in Gen BioII and had an A- I calculated that I would need 103 percent on the final exam which would replace one of my old exams but since he didn't give extra credit this was impossible to accomplish. I took the final exam anyways... The teacher asked me why I was taking it and I said because even though my chances of an A in the class are zero I have a chance to get an A on your final thus proving to myself that I could have had an A if I had put more effort into my studies. I got my grade back in the class it was an A...😱.
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I was in like the exact same position last semester for honors organic I. I calculated that I'd need to get a 102 on the final to get an A in the class (vs an A-), which was impossible since there was no extra credit. I ended up getting a 98... and got an A in the class anyway! My prof must've been feeling generous.
 
...When you use any excuse on SDN to post about your academic exploits... 👎
 
skyeblue0610 said:
Not 3? 3 is the best one:laugh:



Okay wow, I do this too but my refresher is still going strong😱
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Yeah, but I'm also refreshing my email page to see if schools sent interviews so my poor computer can't handle all the refresh requests.
 
punkrockgrl said:
When you can't understand why the library just doesn't rent rooms... haha, I was soooo upset that I had to leave at midnight and come back at 6am.

And... that the library cafe wasn't open on Sunday. What? I have to leave???!!!

And... that the library was empty any time besides finals week. OK fine arts majors... NOW you want to study?

And... when a classmate asks you to tell them where to find a topic in the organic chemistry book, because they know that you know every paragraph in every chapter.

:laugh: the good ol' days
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The library was like that at my undergrad. Dead silent 15 weeks of the semester, packed during finals week. Whoever thought it was smart to have 30 group study rooms for a campus of 26,000 needs to be shot.
 
pharmy614 said:
you know you're a neurotic premed when....


you read mdapplicant profiles like you're getting tested on them............😱
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Hahaha this is me....

ALSO, you know you're a neurotic premed when...

you can't hang out with your friends without them making med school nerd jokes about you. (whatever, they need real majors...)
 
Drogba said:
...When you use any excuse on SDN to post about your academic exploits... 👎
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:laugh: Finally, it took 4 pages for someone to realize what was really happening here lol.
 
When you wake up in 6 years and realize that you had no fun during the best years of your life.
 
Cardiac said:
When you wake up in 6 years and realize that you had no fun during the best years of your life.
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Ouch.

You take your laptop to the bathroom to check SDN
your bathroom breaks now average 20 min.
this is I of the reasons you bought a padded toilet seat.
you find yourself sitting down to pee waaaaay more.
I hate to focus there. Man the truth hurts when first fully realized. The first step is admitting you have a problem. . .
 
jeaneous said:
Ouch.

You take your laptop to the bathroom to check SDN
your bathroom breaks now average 20 min.
this is I of the reasons you bought a padded toilet seat.
you find yourself sitting down to pee waaaaay more.
I hate to focus there. Man the truth hurts when first fully realized. The first step is admitting you have a problem. . .
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You're right. If I start sitting down to pee, I really will know I have a problem.
 
".... when you become obsessed with checking your email and regular mailbox constantly, and you HATE weekends because you know that admissions committees don't work on weekends and you don't get mail on Sundays." 👍
 
Pewl said:
".... when you become obsessed with checking your email and regular mailbox constantly, and you HATE weekends because you know that admissions committees don't work on weekends and you don't get mail on Sundays." 👍
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So true! I can't wait for Monday, b/c adcoms might be sending stuff out again (nevermind that I have an exam tomorrow)!
 
...when you create a drinking game that involves term-memorization for biology classes.

A friend of mine did this, not me.
 
jelly476 said:
when you live in a foreign country teaching english for a year and instead of taking advantage of what life has to offer, you are on sdn, you know you are a neurotic pre-med!
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lol, this was me last year! 🙂
 
When you have to hide your grades so people don't think you have a superiority complex 😳

Backfired on me once, though. A friend was gloating over her B on an exam and decided to comfort me since I must have done worse to not tell her the grade ...
 
luciabelluci said:
When you have to hide your grades so people don't think you have a superiority complex 😳

Backfired on me once, though. A friend was gloating over her B on an exam and decided to comfort me since I must have done worse to not tell her the grade ...
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sooo true....:laugh:
 
luciabelluci said:
When you have to hide your grades so people don't think you have a superiority complex 😳

Backfired on me once, though. A friend was gloating over her B on an exam and decided to comfort me since I must have done worse to not tell her the grade ...
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I actually do this. Its embarrasing sometimes to say how you aced a test when everyone else failed it
 
gatorsbball said:
I actually do this. Its embarrasing sometimes to say how you aced a test when everyone else failed it
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It sometimes makes it harder to bond with people or new friends... because it's like everybody's talking about how hard a test was and how they think they failed it and I'm just like, "Oh, yeah, it was kind of tricky, I guess."
 
gsquared said:
...when you create a drinking game that involves term-memorization for biology classes.

A friend of mine did this, not me.
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haha, seems like halfway through it wont be doing much good.
 
easilydoctor said:
when you're spending hours on one problem only to later find out that the solutions manual was wrong and now you wanna hunt down the publisher and bash in his momma's face.
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i've had this happen to me, TWICE. it was a book problem for my physics I class- i actually emailed the book author, who happened to be a professor at an in-state university, who informed me that the correction will be made in the 4th edition. HAH!
 
1. Your internet homepage is SDN
2. You browse through 10+ pages of each sub-forum just to stay "up to date"
3. You get frustrated when there's no new posts you can read on SDN
4. You can't wait to come home early to check the mail for the MCAT prep books you ordered off Amazon
5. You read through every post of this thread to make sure you didn't repeat any
6. You resurrected this thread
 
^^^#6 yep you are neurotic😉

jeaneous said:
Ouch.

You take your laptop to the bathroom to check SDN
your bathroom breaks now average 20 min.
this is I of the reasons you bought a padded toilet seat.
you find yourself sitting down to pee waaaaay more.
I hate to focus there. Man the truth hurts when first fully realized. The first step is admitting you have a problem. . .
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rotf, :laugh: Okay I've done this once but I was doing a whole lot of stuff. Curling my hair, washing my face, brushing so it needed to be in the bathroom with me

Ian1223 said:
When you think of redefining your ethnicity for the next application cycle.

Applying URM, Whats stopping me? - Page 2 - Student Doctor Network Forums
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🙄 let it go all will be well
 
When someone uses the term boner, you argue that it’s actually a muscle.

As graduation day approaches, you begin to realize that you still have 4-8 years left of school.

You were halfway done with your academic career as a senior in high school.

Your friends will no longer watch shows like House and ER with you because you complain the whole time about how improbable it is that so many rare diseases would show up at that particular hospital.

You have Maple installed on your computer.

You know how many bonding sites beryllium has.

You’ve given yourself the title of “Pipette Master”.

You get irritated when people confuse beakers with Erlenmeyer flasks.

You still can’t understand how four hours of work in lab only counts as one credit hour.

You’ll graduate with the knowledge that you actually spent at least 377 more hours in class than the kids in the business department because of labs.

You hate the kids in the fricking business department. “Oh, Principles of Accounting is so difficult!” Cry me a river.

You’re worried that med schools won’t even consider your application because you got a B in Microbiology.

You name your fetal pig “Sir Francis Bacon”.
 
insane said:
Your friends will no longer watch shows like House and ER with you because you complain the whole time about how improbable it is that so many rare diseases would show up at that particular hospital.
So true, my friends won't watch Grey's with me because of now much I critique it

You still can’t understand how four hours of work in lab only counts as one credit hour.
I know right should be more

You hate the kids in the fricking business department. “Oh, Principles of Accounting is so difficult!” Cry me a river.
Exactly! cry me a river

You name your fetal pig “Sir Francis Bacon”.
LOL, nice
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:laugh:
 
When you yell at yourself in your notes... scenario: your professor goes over a section, then tells you to work out a problem yourself. After you *somehow* get the problem wrong, you write next to the problem, in caps, "DON'T EF THAT UP AGAIN!", underline it, and highlight it seventeen times in four different colors. 🙄 "Some guy" did this, not me.😉
 
According to the psychological, psychodynamic theory called projective hypothesis, the extent to which you define something ambiguous as something to do with your pre-med status. It just pervades your life and you can't think of anything else...that would lead to another condition: depression.
 
You know you're a neurotic premed when...

Every conversation you have comes back to med school

PS: What kind of school allows extra credit and grades higher than 100%. My school caps at 85% for most bio classes.
 
After a long week, instead of going out, you stay in and go on SDN
 
finals are stressful, not because you're worried about getting a's, but because you can't let yourself perform less than your absolute best - even if a ten on the test would secure your a.
 
M.Furfur said:
When you prefer weekdays to weekends only because you know that the email you've been waiting for won't be send on a weekend!
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When you just prefer weekdays over weekends because u freak out the stress isn't there and if the stress isn't there your REALLY NOT working towards med school..
 
When you have a terrible brutal self-mutilating break up, your back up fantasizes about a better life isn't based on a guy...it revolves around medical school. so basically you think medical school will take the place of love in your life...
 
within 1 hour of your semester officially ending, you go to the library to start studying for you classes in the upcoming semester.

when you email your professors for upcoming semesters, asking if they could email you notes, or old exams or whatever they'll be offering so that you can get a head start.

when the best part of a ****ty semester is buying books for next semester immediately after finals to start studying.

when you've written three threads already in reply to this thread and could go on for hours.

when people ask you to do weed you reply "i don't have enough neurons to waste, sorry, i need to get into med school."
 
When you have engraved into your skull your credit card number, its expiration date, and the verification code not becuase you shop online, but becuase of how many times you've had to enter it to complete secondaries.
 
When you lose sleep at night because you only scored 2nd highest out of a class of 150.
 
gradu8in2003 said:
finals are stressful, not because you're worried about getting a's, but because you can't let yourself perform less than your absolute best - even if a ten on the test would secure your a.
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Haha YES!!!!
 
gradu8in2003 said:
finals are stressful, not because you're worried about getting a's, but because you can't let yourself perform less than your absolute best - even if a ten on the test would secure your a.
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So true; whenever someone scores higher than me on a test, I curse myself for not doing better, even when it's still an A.
 
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