Hey everyone. Okay, so it's been about a year since I've been on PC, but I used to come around here quite often. Since the last time I was on, I started nursing school and just finished my first semester with a 4.0, which I am incredibly proud of. Given that, this time last year, I barely felt mentally capable of holding down a job (I really didn't think I was going to go back to school), it is something that I'm proud of. So, I posted that on Facebook: "Just finished my first semester with a 4.0! I'll drink to that!" Lots of likes, lots of comments from friends, but I feel some animosity from some of my classmates. A few are blatantly ignoring messages/texts right now that I know they've received.

I have a lot of experience in the medical field which is not the norm in my nursing program--many are medical newbies. I try very hard not to be an obnoxious know-it-all. I only state my knowledge if I'm directly asked. I encourage my fellow students But I know that some of the other girls (my program is 99% women) feel that I'm a "know-it-all," regardless.

So...I'm frustrated. I know that I'm not the only woman to experience girl-on-girl microaggression. While I had lots of friends, we were all pretty geeky--I was never the popular girl in high school and the "in" crowd tended to treat me as though I was invisible. I get that at work as well--I work in a small ER where the staff was tight-knit before I came along, and a few there make it clear that they just aren't interested in making friends with me. I feel like, in any group I join, I tend to be a little polarizing. Like, a few people will really like me, but many really will not. Like I said, I know I'm not the only woman to deal with this from other women, but I am not as equipped to let it roll off my shoulders. What are your thoughts? I consider myself to be kind, reasonably happy (though, at times, moody), quite geeky, intelligent, fun, adventurous, outspoken, and strong-minded. Am I just an acquired taste?

Thanks in advance for your replies.