10 Words That Have A Completely Different Meaning When You’re in Med School

1. “Study”

What it meant before: Spending 2 days before an exam crapping useful facts about King Louie’s Rule into your head. If you are more ambitious and not quite the procrastinator, this could mean spending 4-5 days before an exam in the library, probably spending more time snapchatting your friends than actually learning anything.

What it means now: “By ‘study’ do you mean ‘exist’? Cause this is all I do.” You spend more time in the library than anywhere in the world. You’ve even have a cute little nook where you curl up for 20 minute power naps. No pillows, no problem…you’re so tired you could probably pass out standing up right on the ledge of a skyscraper.





2. “Sleep”

What it meant before: Going to bed at 1 am and dragging yourself out of bed for that 10 am lecture. No time for a full 8 hours? No worries, there’s always nap time.

What it means now: 5 hours, if you’re lucky. Plus the extra Z’s you can grab during pharm lecture.





3. “Parties”

What it meant before: Spending 2 hours primping and then getting together with your sorority sisters or frat bros to pregame for a minimum of 2 hours. From the pregame you proceed either to the campus bar where you’ll be treated as a sardine for the night OR head downtown for a “sceney” night out at the club.

What it means now: “Guys, come over to my apartment, I have beer. Wear your scrubs, I don’t care.”





4. “Incest”

What it meant before: An ethically taboo act in which a person has a sexual encounter(s) with a sibling.

What it means now: All of your classmates hooking up with each other…making things…





5. “Meals”

What it meant before: Ordering in from your favorite Greek place or getting together with your boyfriend/girlfriend to cook a delicious, nutritious Instagram-worthy meal.

What it means now: chips. chocolate. coffee. repeat.





6. “Broke”

What it meant before: “Ugh, I don’t have enough money to eat out every night this week so I’ll cook like 2 dinners so I can save money for alcohol this weekend.”

What it means now: You literally are $250,000 in debt.





7. “Library”

What it meant before: That cute little place that you could go to with 3 of your best gal pals where you’ll all sit around and “study” but mostly go on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram and take selfies like #ugh #studying #bored #C’s=degrees

What it means now: home.





8. “Shower”

What it meant before: Minimum of 10 minutes spent under a luxurious, steaming stream of water. A time to reflect on life’s dilemmas, ponder the day’s happenings, and devise plans for a better tomorrow.

What it means now: The safety shower in the corner of anatomy lab.





9. “Popular”

What it used to mean: The people who were extraordinarily handsome, frequented the coolest parties, could afford the nicest and trendiest clothes, and were usually heavy partyers.

What it means now: The person with the best pharmacology notes.





10. “Resume”

What it means for normal people: A collection of college activities, summer jobs, campus clubs and organization and even real-world work experience.

What it means for med students: GPA, BCMPA, MCAT, research. No real-life skills.


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