With every radiologist I meet, all make it a point not to get my hopes up. One residency director took a nice shit on me because of my scores. Another tells me I better "stand out" without giving any specifics.
During my surgery rotation (i'll never get over this so suck it up) attendings, residents and nurses loved putting down med students. Granted there's a certain personality type that works in that level of hell, but it is horrible that we have to be subjected to the abuse.
It destroyed me, and I couldn't be myself for the rest of the year. I was terrified of anyone with a longer white coat or colorful scrubs, and I know it took a toll on my grades.
In addition, Tufts decided to make it MUCH harder to get honors by reprimanding attendings and putting score requirements for shelf exams. Low and behold, I could never get honors because I could never get the score I needed.
So now I have nothing to back me up as a person (yes that's what 3rd year grades are supposed to show) when my board scores suck.
Thanks Tufts. This is why Harvard alumni actually donate back to the school. THEY GOT HELP!
This cycle of deprecation is getting younger and younger. One attending told me that his ENTIRE family went to Tufts and his nephew got rejected. Not that being a legacy should be the only reason for an acceptance, but this is a smart kid! Another attending has a daughter who is a straight A student and directed several school plays, but her guidance counselor told her she had no shot at BU or BC. (WHAT???? BU was my safety!!)
I am afraid to have children in this world because they're going to be almost entirely be judged by numbers. It's just getting worse and worse. WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
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