You Know You Are A Neurotic Premed When...

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When you refresh the Interview Invite thread 5 times a minute.
 
When you are happy you sprained you ankle because it forces you to stay inside and study.

I got my wisdom teeth out 2 weeks before the MCATs because it would keep me from going out with my friends (and would thereby force me to sit and study on my own, with the puffiest cheeks)
 
That's intense...

If that was directed at me, I promise I actually needed them out! Two of them were impacted and wreaking all sorts of havoc on my mouth (not really. just a bit of discomfort). I didn't just decide one morning to get some oral surgery 😛 I had the choice of doing it before or after the exam, and I went with before.
 
When you are happy you sprained you ankle because it forces you to stay inside and study.

Oh man. Oh man. This is so something I would consider doing. Ha.

Scrubs are suuuuuuper comfy, I wear a pair as pjs.

This thread is too funny. I've never had the real pre-med mentality, and I think I'm glad about that...seems stressful!! This process has got my knickers in a bunch like I've never experienced. 😛
 
I remember when I was younger I'd also make bets on insane basketball shots.

"If I make this, med school is in the future!!!"

Now that I look back, I wish I could have asked for a car. I want a car!
I used to do this so often...even when I was playing in-league
 
When you are seriously considering logging onto AMCAS and adding EVERY school you haven't applied to yet because it's already the first week of August and you have no interviews...

Umm, yea, I'm freaking out just a little bit over this process 😳
 
It took me 'til December to get my one and only interview. After that, it took me 2 months to get my one and only waitlist. After that, it took 3 months to get my one and only acceptance. Hang in there. I know it sucks, but you applied wisely. You'll be fine.
 
You know you're a neurotic pre med when you list watching/having your own surgery as shadowing/clinical experience, and list yourself as a contact.
 
When you furtively check your e-mail for updates every 5 minutes while you're clocked in at work...

I have never done this. 🙄

I am certainly not doing this now. :whistle:
 
someone has probably said this already but...

youre neurotic when you can't stop yourself from being neurotic. even though the stress/anxiety alone would kill a mere mortal, you continue to be neurotic, all in the name of being better/the best.
 
When you've read the entire websites of the schools you plan to apply to....and you aren't applying yet for another year. And actually, you've read each website about five times, truth be known.
 
WHEN YOU POST A THREAD ASKING FOR REASSURANCE THAT MED SCHOOLS WON'T LOOK DOWN ON YOU B/C OF A $52 DOLLAR TRAFFIC TICKET THAT IS 5 YEARS OLD........

:slap:
 
I have a blackberry so I carry around my e-mail with me everywhere I go. I just sit there and wait for the light to flash and tell me I have an e-mail..then I check it immediately. Then I get sad when it is not from a med school. Then I put it back down and watch for the light to flash again. Vicious circle. It is interfering with my normal functioning:scared:

ditto with the interview invite thread. My significant other is threatening to block this forum on my computer because I am so addicted😳
 
when your non-premed friends (yes they DO exist) hate you because all you talk about is med school, applications, etc.


oh yeah, and having nightmares about everything from the mcat to the application process (<-- happening right now, it sucks)
 
When all of your friends ask "why do you always think about school?"

...Maybe I need new friends, the Batcave is lame
 
When all of your friends ask "why do you always think about school?"

...Maybe I need new friends, the Batcave is lame

I'll be your butler, but you will need to provide me with a strong LOR. 😀
 
You know you're a neurotic pre-med when...

this is how you tell a boy that you like him:
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That's the top ('face'?) of a cupcake.
It is also a rainbow cupcake - the batter is 4 different colors.
 
You know you're a neurotic pre-med when...

this is how you tell a boy that you like him:
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That's the top ('face'?) of a cupcake.
It is also a rainbow cupcake - the batter is 4 different colors.

wow nice piping, how could he not share your sentiments after receiving that!
 
You know you're a neurotic pre-med when...

the painting you do for fun looks like this:
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You know you're a neurotic pre-med when...

this is how you tell a boy that you like him:
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That's the top ('face'?) of a cupcake.
It is also a rainbow cupcake - the batter is 4 different colors.
What compound is that? The name is escaping me.

Edit: phenylacetaldehyde? Wiki says it smells nice, and the structure looks right. Or is that an OH group?

In which case, I can't think of how to name it other than 2-phenylethanol... which wiki tells me is phenethyl alcohol which smells like roses. Thats probably the one then, since that is a single bond on the O...

Or am I putting way too much thought into this?

Not even gonna try the compound in the other post, though that does look familiar.
 
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You are neurotic if you check for your MCAT score on THx 5 times a day a week before the score release date. GUILTY AS CHARGED!! But, ended up with a 31N. It could have been worse.

Not only did I check my THx page multiple times per day before the score was released, but I did it every day or so after I got my results. I just kept on expecting some sort of error to have occured, so I couldn't help but check to make sure my score hadn't gone down. It stopped after several weeks, though. 😳
 
Oh, how did I miss the two OH groups on the right side of the picture? I swear, it was the lighting.

That, and what I thought was an O was an N... Bah! I just spent 10 minutes trying to figure it out. I still like my phenethyl alcohol idea...

Yeah =\ the OH groups are kind of hard to see, because the icing that I used was clear with silver glitter. It looks rad when you see it for reals, but is very hard to see in pictures.
 
Yeah =\ the OH groups are kind of hard to see, because the icing that I used was clear with silver glitter. It looks rad when you see it for reals, but is very hard to see in pictures.
Did the boy at least figure it out/appreciate it? I'd definitely get a kick out of that.
 
When you can't sleep at night because your brain is racing trying to figure out what sort of hobby you can cultivate before submitting your app so that you can list it. (and no, I never figured it out! I've got gardening, knitting, and collecting those pennies you put into machines and they squish them with a new logo. BTW anyone have any ideas? LOL)
 
When you're a freshman and you can't sleep at night because your brain is racing trying to figure out what sort of hobby you can cultivate before submitting your app so that you can list it. (and no, I never figured it out! I've got gardening, knitting, and collecting those pennies you put into machines and they squish them with a new logo. BTW anyone have any ideas? LOL)

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When you look at people's mdapps profiles for over an hour at a time.
 
You know you're a neurotic pre-med when...

this is how you tell a boy that you like him:
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That's the top ('face'?) of a cupcake.
It is also a rainbow cupcake - the batter is 4 different colors.

those are a special kind of awesome.

that may just be the most romantic gesture I've ever heard of.
 
You keep bumping this thread hoping that someone is more neurotic than you.
:laugh:👍:luck:
 
You know you're a neurotic premed when...

You still feel bad that you missed the fact that organic compound on the cupcake was dopamine.

you want neurotic... I just looked at the picture again and honestly thought to myself

"wait a second... the heart doesn't have dopamine receptors"
 
You've bought a blackberry phone just so you can take your email with you all day, all the time, no matter where you go!
haha i did that! i also got it for the calendar, because i have so many events all day i can't remember them otherwise! how sad.
 
When people talk about mayonnaise, I always think about Mayo medical school.
 
You take the practice MCAT during freshman year, freak out about how little you know, and start studying like mad
 
the only videos you watch on youtube have to do with understanding concepts for the mcat=)
when you still refer to yourself as a premed student even though you actually graduated=)
you have a different excel sheet for LORs, and every time you take a practice full lengths you do a thorough mathematical analysis of your scores.
when you actually liked orgo=)
your professors expected to see you every time in their office hours
every single person you have ever met knows what type of doc you want to be and why
when you can think of nothing else..and have been able to think of nothing else but getting into med school since since high school.
when the idea of studying all the time excites you
=) i am guilty of them all.
 
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When you are on Spring Break, and you take your iPod to a bar and listen to ExamKrackers instead of the band playing.
 
when your non-premed friends (yes they DO exist) hate you because all you talk about is med school, applications, etc.


oh yeah, and having nightmares about everything from the mcat to the application process (<-- happening right now, it sucks)

I have the same problem. With friends and also I had a dream I was getting attacked by alkines...no joke. :scared:
 
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