<p>I found this similar thread on studentdoc and thought it would be fun to start one in CC. Finals are approaching so have fun with this thread.</p>
<p>…when you stand in line to beg for extra points on your exam.
…when you rudely ask everyone what their grade was on the latest exam.
…when all you talk about is the MCAT.
…when you have no genuine interest in science.
…when you ask if every single thing is going to be on the exam.
…when you constantly ask for extra credit.</p>
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<p>Pre-meds don’t do this…unless they are d-bags (very few are)…</p>
<p>…when you have a 5 on AP physics and still decide to take algebra-based physics. And this physics class is the last physics class you will take in your whole life.
…when you have a 5 on AP chemistry and try hard to convince your academic adviser (or intentionally do not do so well on your chemistry placement test if there is such a test at your college) that your preparation for college-level introductory chemistry is really not sufficient for a chemistry class that is one-level higher than that for a “life-science” major.
…when you have a 5 on AP biology and, unless the second-level biology class is extremely challenging for you (maybe because the AP biology class taught at your particular high school is really well below the level of a college-level class), you will gladly take the credit for the AP biology and start from an intermediate-level biology class – because you really want to take more biology classes in college, believing that the more biology classes you take, the more ahead of others you will be when you get to the medical school (which may not be true, according to what some medical school students believe.)</p>
<p>…When, despite all of the gunning and trying to be the top of your class in every course, your verbal and English skills STILL suck so much that the difference between “you’re” and “your” confuses the heck out of you!</p>
<p>"…When, despite all of the gunning and trying to be the top of your class in every course, your verbal and English skills STILL suck so much that the difference between “you’re” and “your” confuses the heck out of you! "</p>
<p>Actually my verbal and english skill are great. It is called a typo. We are all humans and therefore erroneous. And a proper correction would be from ‘your’ to ‘you are’ since contractions are not that good. PS… This is an informal post, not an english class.Just Saying…</p>
<p>On that note:</p>
<p>-When you feel the need to scrutinize a CC post to cope with your inferioty complex
-When the AAMC is your home page</p>
<p>At one time, I actually noticed that, on the CC forum, once “thread title” of your new thread has been typed, you are not allowed to go back to edit it. However, you can edit the main body of your post.</p>
<p>Your post actually reminds me of the following:</p>
<p>…when you overlook the importance of your education outside prereq courses (humanity, social science, foreign language, etc, as compared to the more balanced education you received in high school) because you put too much emphasis on the premed science classes.</p>
<p>…when you are sort of good at almost all premed subjects, but after 4 years in college, you notice that you really do not specialize in anything.</p>
<p>…when you notice many of your classes are large ones, especially in freshman or sophomore year, sometimes even in junior. If you are in a private, “premed-factory-type” college which tout “small classes” in their advertisement, you may receive the short end of the education just because so many students are in most of your lecture classes in your first two years.</p>
<p>…when you notice that, unlike in high school, you do not always take the hardest classes anymore.</p>
<p>…when you give up pursuing the goal of being the top few kids in almost all of your classes as you did in high school. Instead, you concentrate on the number of standard deviations above the class average.</p>
<p>Well, this is a high schooler here but…</p>
<p>…want to get into that BS-MD program so badly
…don’t know if you want to go to the better school with more competition or lesser known school with less competition</p>
<p>You know you’re premed when you “want to get into that bs-md so badly?”</p>
<p>That sentence sounds really awkward to me.</p>
<p>Sorry, </p>
<p>…you know your premed when you want to get into a BS-MD program so badly</p>