The Optimizers

What is an optimizer you ask? Well it is what we refer to as any person who goes above and beyond what is needed for the task at hand in order to either elevate their status amongst their peers and or instructor, or to ensure that they maintain their A+ average. Unfortunately for us, re-entry students are often seen as optimizers. You know the type. It's usually the older person in the front row of every lecture, who raises their hand for every question rhetorical or not, and who is without fail always the last one to leave the classroom after class has been dismissed. I used to mock these individuals in undergrad and now I have become one. So please go easy on us because we really don't mean to do it intentionally. It's just that time is so much more precious to us and we must take advantage of every second of the day because this may be our last shot at getting into med school.

Update: I am beginning to realize that most premeds are optimizers. Maybe this field just attracts that type of individual.
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