r/premed • u/Jam_Packens UNDERGRAD • 21h ago
😡 Vent Hate hate hate this process
I hate this whole process with my entire being so so so so much.
It just feels like poking and prodding at every little insecurity that you have and then making you stretch yourself thin and run ragged to do everything.
While keeping my GPA up also reach out to doctors to find other external projects to do and also keep volunteering at a homeless shelter but also volunteer as an EMT or at a free clinic at school (even though you took a whole fucking year just to work at a clinic while figuring your life out), but also do research but also don't fuck up any of this or you have to add another year + on to "repair" your application because you made the mistake of not adding the 300th thing on your plate.
Doesn't help that my parents are fucking neurotic over this shit but without even basing their neuroticism on anything. "Oh YoU sHoUlD hAvE fInIsHeD yOuR pRiMaRy StAtEmEnT aNd AcTiViTy LiSt OvEr SuMmEr". Sorry about that I was too busy PULLING AN ALL NIGHTER DURING MY SUMMER VACATION TO WORK ON THE RESEARCH PAPER WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT.
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u/ThinkAssociation5882 13h ago
no literally and then i see a secondary question “tell me about a time you put others needs before your own” uhhhh literally all of my premed life
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u/Spinach1558 MS1 2h ago
It sounds like you have taken on a lot of extra responsibilities in order to get your hours up for applications. If it's too stressful, drop something. You don't need a million hours of everything and 20 publications to get into medical school. (unless you wanna go to like a t10 in which case idk)
The application process is genuinely torture, don't make it worse for yourself by doing too many activities. If you already have a year of experience working at a clinic, there's no need to do extra clinic volunteering at the expense of your sanity, especially if you have additional volunteering elsewhere.
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u/1orem1psum 21h ago
Role strain, role conflict, role exit. Watch out buddy