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- 6y
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- 6y
There's enough space for two dentists in the world
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- 6y
My boyfriend was top 10% of his class in dental school and comes from a family of dentists. Iv seen a lot of behind the scenes when it comes to admissions on both ends (applying, being admitted, and what students do well and get selected).... I can genuinely say, grades aren’t EVERYTHING sand admissions officers are well aware of that. As long as you do your best with grades and focus on being well rounded, like volunteer opportunities, etc. you will stand out as a diverse candidate that can do well in school and in the community. That speaks more than someone who can just take tests really well. Don’t compare yourself. Focus on YOU. Focus on what makes YOU an amazing future dentist. So many of my bfs friends who were in the top 3% ended up with no jobs or specialty because they lacked in so many other vital areas.
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- 6y
I'm the As student and my friend was As and Bs in undergrad. She was more healthy and balanced and it has helped her in her career and life. I've realized I'm a perfectionist at times and have let it affect my mental health. Sure i got good grades but missed out on other opportunities and it's led to depression and things that hold me back. If you're working hard and learning the material don't compare yourself. Being well rounded and resilient is also very important
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- 6y
You guys are so right thank you so much :)
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- 6y
Thank you soooooo much Jade that was so helpful :) i really needed to hear that and I’m so grateful you took the time to comment
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- 24w
im seeing everyone getting accepted by their colleges and im having a really hard time not comparing myself. I feel like my pure ocd has taken up my life and I wish my mind let me believe that I could work hard enough for these universities that I wanted to apply to. I feel so much embarrassment and shame in myself for having to stay in my hometown while everyone goes away to college. I can’t blame everything on my ocd, im still having a hard time accepting that I have it, I just wish I was better
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- 11w
Not directly OCD related, but: The therapist I will be talking to is not yet my official therapist and to keep a long story as short as possible: I’m from Germany, you usually get 1-2 sessions without “signing a contract” to see if you get along, I haven’t signed yet because I honestly want a different therapist but I also don’t want to wait 6 months and this will already be my 4th session with her. This time, me and my best friend will both attend at the same time since we’ve had ongoing and reoccurring issues for the past 6 months in our friendship, including confusing romantic feelings on my behalf and an overall misunderstanding and misinterpretation of each others feelings towards each other. We both recently graduated and she already knows what university she will be attending (somewhat pretty far away from mine) and even if I wanted to I most likely can’t live near her or attend the same uni. I don’t know how to explain this, but I have been grieving part of our friendship for the past year and the first time I felt like something was off was about 1 1/2 years ago. We haven’t been friends for that long (about 2 1/2 years) but we became very close friends very quickly and I do not want to lose her. However, I do feel like she has changed. Not personality wise but in her attitude towards emotions and friendship? We used to talk so much more and everything felt happier in the beginning as it does now. Obviously our friendship has had its hardships in the last 6 months (she liked/likes(?) a boy, I liked/like(?) her, she used to like be but only in the beginning of our friendship) but I miss our conversations and picknicks and just hanging out with her like normal. We also hat a time in which we didn’t talk to each other for almost 2 months and NOTHING about this made anything easier. I’m genuinely trying to detach myself from her like she did with me but nothing works. Last week we had our high school grad ceremony and we danced and when I held her hands to guide her through the people dancing, I felt those stupid butterflies again and I genuinely don’t know what to do. Sometimes I think I wouldn’t even befriend now her if we were strangers, but we made so many memories and I hate change and graduating, moving away from ALL of my friends and losing the best friend I ever had is too much for me. I get so jealous thinking about how she is going to met new friends at uni and finding a partner and forgetting about me. And I don’t know how to say any of this tomorrow because my therapist honestly doesn’t seem to care about anything I say and neither does my friend. Everytime I say that I feel like there is an issue we need to solve or talk about she just shakes it off. I feel helpless.
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 7w
Does anyone else struggle with this? I am constantly feeling jealous of all of my friends and wishing I could just be them because I know they don’t struggle with this and my obsession. I am even jealous of others with ocd, for example when I’m on here reading posts, I think to myself “I would rather have anyone else’s obsessions because it would be better than what I have and I’d be happy”. I know it’s not true at all because every time my obsession changes it feels just as bad as the last. But it is always in my mind it’s exhausting.
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