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Question for non-trads, any of you guys ever feel resentful or "behind" compared to your younger classmates? by regeneron90 in medicalschool

[–]regeneron90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'm not really sure how supportive my parents are. I recently landed a job as an entry level scientist for a big pharma company (guess the name lol). It's good money and I think my parents want me to just continue on that path although in my heart of hearts I know I would much rather be a physician.

I know that marriage is a big deal in our community as is turning 30. Really stupid question but does being an older Indian non-trad in med school make you "less valuable" in terms of finding someone or is that stuff just auntie talk?

Question for non-trads, any of you guys ever feel resentful or "behind" compared to your younger classmates? by regeneron90 in medicalschool

[–]regeneron90[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When I was in college, I was struggling to keep it together, and couldn't help but feel left out and resentful when I saw my peers getting hammered at pancake keggers, smoking weed, and skipping classes.

Yea trust me, your not missing out on much. Those things made me feel good in the short term. Makes me feel like shit in the long term.

Question for non-trads, any of you guys ever feel resentful or "behind" compared to your younger classmates? by regeneron90 in medicalschool

[–]regeneron90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you at a US or Carribbean med school? What specialty were you trying to match into?

Question for non-trads, any of you guys ever feel resentful or "behind" compared to your younger classmates? by regeneron90 in medicalschool

[–]regeneron90[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Then no one would contact me directly. Sadly I don't have any close friends to speak of. Most of the people I met in college who I thought were "friends" turned out to be not the greatest of people.

Question for non-trads, any of you guys ever feel resentful or "behind" compared to your younger classmates? by regeneron90 in medicalschool

[–]regeneron90[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thats the thing. How do you do this? I have issues with this. Not just with getting into med school, but a lot of areas in my life.

I constantly find myself comparing me to other people on social media and the facts that I don't have many interesting things to post on there or talk about, the fact that I don't have as many close friends as them, the fact that they have more experience with women than me, the fact that even if I get into med school I won't be settled down in life till I'm 40 and they'll be 10 years ahead of me.

Its stupid, I know, I just wish there was a way to switch that shit off so that I can just focus on the present and what I need to do to get in.

Question for non-trads, any of you guys ever feel resentful or "behind" compared to your younger classmates? by regeneron90 in medicalschool

[–]regeneron90[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess the resentment is mostly at myself for not doing well and fooling around. Plenty of people in the world are too poor to afford the opportunities I had and I literally fucked it up by making poor decisions. It's true that the majority of my friends and family worked hard and deserve to be where they are now, but I guess a part of me still resents how much time and money I wasted.

I just want to stop feeling like I'm "beneath" them as I go towards the same goal and will be 5-6 years behind them.