your personality type

[drmota]

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be honest with it. i wont judge you. unless you're type a-competitive.

key:
type a- meticulous, easily stressed out, study til the last second
type b- laid back, need certain motivational tools to help you out

competitive- uhhh,,,fond of competing.
-mota

 

[Gerrymandering]

I'm Type AB

I study hard, but at the last minute for exams (NEVER COMPETATIVE)
and im just a laid back dude who wastes his whole day (until nighttime of course) doing nothing productive! overall, im coo 😎

 

[happydays]

I'm only type A competitive when I need to be.

 

[NapeSpikes]

Probably too chill for my own good.

 

[crazy_cavalier]

I'm Type AB

I study hard, but at the last minute for exams (NEVER COMPETATIVE)
and im just a laid back dude who wastes his whole day (until nighttime of course) doing nothing productive! overall, im coo 😎

Sounds a tad bipolar to me. At least I know my personality type (type A) and I can admit the fact that I'm ambitious enough to want to do well on exams.

Does that make me competitive? Yes, because I honestly do give a damn about how well I perform on an exam. But do I have to seek validation and is my self-worth determined by whether I beat my peers on the exam? No. Do I care about the class average on an exam, or how my friends did? Not really. Does it matter to me that I give it my all and try my hardest? You bet your ass it does.

Anyway, being "competitive" and being "ambitious" are often regarded as the same thing, but there is a significant difference if you give them each a precise meaning. That distinction should have been made in this poll.

I am Type A / ambitious.

 

[Gerrymandering]

Sounds a tad bipolar to me. At least I know my personality type (type A) and I can admit the fact that I'm ambitious enough to want to do well on exams.

Does that make me competitive? Yes, because I honestly do give a damn about how well I perform on an exam. But do I have to seek validation and is my self-worth determined by whether I beat my peers on the exam? No. Do I care about the class average on an exam, or how my friends did? Not really. Does it matter to me that I give it my all and try my hardest? You bet your ass it does.

Anyway, being "competitive" and being "ambitious" are often regarded as the same thing, but there is a significant difference if you give them each a precise meaning. That distinction should have been made in this poll.

I am Type A / ambitious.

you pokin me with bipolarity??
you better check your tone boy! but yeah im a CRAMMER and proud of it too!! im gettin good results from it ...one positive = retaining information long-term

 

[Depakote]

Type O

 

[TypeA]

<--------need I say more?

 

[Its_MurDAH]

you pokin me with bipolarity??
you better check your tone boy! but yeah im a CRAMMER and proud of it too!! im gettin good results from it ...one positive = retaining information long-term

you mean one NEGATIVE right?

cuz like uhhh cramming is like totally (!) the worst for long-term retenshin.

I just graduated in december and i don't remember anything i learned in my 3.5 yrs. of school - man, that is sad.

 

[Kristiyana]

I'm Type AB

I study hard, but at the last minute for exams ...

Haha yeah, I'm like this too (the MCAT is the exception) ... I can be quite competitive though ...

 

[Saluki]

Haha yeah, I'm like this too (the MCAT is the exception) ... I can be quite competitive though ...

Me too, and I also studied for the MCAT at the last minute- bad idea!

 

[medicomel]

i'm type A in the sense that i compete with myself. i honestly don't care how other people do on their tests and i actively avoid talking about scores/exams, etc with other folks.

is there a such thing as type-A loner?

 

[Chris127]

i'm type A in the sense that i compete with myself. i honestly don't care how other people do on their tests and i actively avoid talking about scores/exams, etc with other folks.

is there a such thing as type-A loner?

I'm the opposite. I'm easily type A, as I cant help getting stressed out, especially when something doesnt go my way. I'm always anxious about the future, my grades, how I might do on the MCAT next year, etc. I really need to chill, but unfortunately its just the way I am. I am also pretty competitive, but not like others. I like to know what other people scored so I can compare myself, but I dont go around bragging about a grade or begging other people to tell me theres.

 

[njbmd]

Hi there,
I am competitive but I never studied until the last minute. I was an everyday studier (and still read every day) but I always got a good night's sleep before exams. I also avoided being on campus until just before the test because I hated the last minute questioners and studiers who would quiz each other while standing in line to be seated for the exam.

I always competed mostly with myself to do better. By the end of first year, I had a good system that served me well for the rest of medical school and now through residency.

njbmd 🙂

 

[gdbaby]

total Type B - non competitive. I feel like my successes of failures are not determined by the person sitting next to me so I don't see a need to be competitive. I also study a little bit each day (learned that from O Chem) and so, while I may be studying at the last minutes, I am rarely cramming for an exam.

 

[lookslikerain]

I'm the opposite. I'm easily type A, as I cant help getting stressed out, especially when something doesnt go my way. I'm always anxious about the future, my grades, how I might do on the MCAT next year, etc. I really need to chill, but unfortunately its just the way I am. I am also pretty competitive, but not like others. I like to know what other people scored so I can compare myself, but I dont go around bragging about a grade or begging other people to tell me theres.

A lot of this applies to me. I'm definitely type A, very critical and I worry about everything. I am competitive, but not extremely so (I like to know that I'm doing well compared to others, but I don't have to be the best). I like to have everything done well in advance, I'm very future-oriented. Yeah, I don't really like that I worry a lot and get stressed out easily but it's the way I am. My parents are the exact same away.

 

[RayhanS1282]

I am laid back IF I prepare ahead of time. Like Batman, I need preparation time. And I am really not competitive, I spend my time focusing on my grades to care about how other people do.

 

[Kristiyana]

Me too, and I also studied for the MCAT at the last minute- bad idea!

Heh yeah .... that's why I'm taking a review course ... otherwise I would end up doing the same. 😉

 

[Kristiyana]

Hi there,
I am competitive but I never studied until the last minute. I was an everyday studier (and still read every day) but I always got a good night's sleep before exams. I also avoided being on campus until just before the test because I hated the last minute questioners and studiers who would quiz each other while standing in line to be seated for the exam.

I always competed mostly with myself to do better. By the end of first year, I had a good system that served me well for the rest of medical school and now through residency.

njbmd 🙂

That sounds awesome ... I really have to start studying every day ... it would be sooooooooooooo much better than cramming. *Sigh*

 

[Thundrstorm]

I think I'm somewhere in between. I study in advance and alot because procrastinating makes me anxious and obviously I want to do well. And I do things like color-code notecards. But I also have slacker elements to my personality. I'm more likely to either skip class or sit in the back doodling than I am to sit in the front row, scribbling notes and asking questions. I also never pull all-nighters or drive myself crazy over studying. I plan a schedule, and I stick to it, and I generally quit for the day by 9:30pm. I don't stress about tests; I arrive at the last minute, write down what I know, and roll out. And I'm not competitive. Sure, anyone likes when they get the only 100 or something (not that it happens often), but I really don't care how my classmates do. Their grades don't affect me, so why worry about it? I'm probably like 25/75 Type A/B. And I probably put way too much thought into that.

 

[Scalpellum]

I would have to be a mix of type A and B because I am meticulous, not easily stressed out, study til the last minute or two, laid back, don't need motivational tools, and am competitive usually only towards myself (not others).

 

[happydays]

Of course, everyone will have a bit of both, but if you had to pick one, which would it be?

 

[Nikki2002]

Of course, everyone will have a bit of both, but if you had to pick one, which would it be?

i dunno.....I think I'm a bit of both

 

[Thundrstorm]

Of course, everyone will have a bit of both, but if you had to pick one, which would it be?

I am not easily categorized. 😛

 

[Gavanshir]

I find that Type A non-competitives are the most successful in their fields.

 

[happydays]

I find that Type A non-competitives are the most successful in their fields.

well, one can be competitive but not be a complete Ahole. if one is not competitive, then that person probably won't want the most "successful" positions from the start.

 

[Gerrymandering]

I find that Type A non-competitives are the most successful in their fields.

i find this extremely true

 

[jmnykrkts]

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[drmota]

maybe but i'd say typeB-competitive have a better balance of personal life/success in profession
-mota

 

[Pontifex Maximus]

I'm competitive, but not a-hole/gunner style. I also study till the last second, but I am mostly laid back.