What are things you thought were important but turned out to be insignificant?
Going to class. Man, what a waste of time. I spend every lecture with my headphones in and reading.
What are things you wish you had done differently?
I wish I gone to the gym more and ate better before OMM started. I'm not even fat but sitting in a room with everyone in your class half naked is not great for the body image self-esteem.
Is medical school really as hard as people make it out to be?
Yes and no. It's hard because they throw a bunch of **** at you and it's easy to let yourself get overwhelmed, to fall into your insecurities and become paralyzed with fear of failure. But if you just make yourself a schedule and stick to it, do what works for you, ignore everyone who is freaking out next to you -- it is completely manageable. A positive attitude goes a long way.
How was your adjustment to first year?
I'm not doing as well as I would have liked, but I'm consistently above average and I'm okay with that. I've never crammed hardcore to get the top tier grades some of my friends are getting, but I still come away with a good foundational understanding, and I spend a little time on Firecracker every night to maintain my knowledge base. My philosophy: slow and steady. Marathon, not sprint.
What advice would you give to c/o 2020?
Spend some time this summer researching various study methods and available resources. Everyone is going to tell you to relax and if you're anything like me (and you probs are since you're on SDN), you'll be like okaaaayyyy but still feel like you should be doing something. So look up resources now so that when the time comes, you can pull it out and start using it immediately. Just knowing about things like Sketchy helped me a lot when we started doing Micro and having a giant collection of PDFs I had already collected for practice questions helped immensely so I didn't have to waste time searching for it. Otherwise, my only advice: when you get to a tough spot, take a deep breath, go watch stupid YouTube cat videos, and then come back and keep working. No one ever said it would be easy, but thousands of us do this every year, and you can too.
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MS1s how are things going so far?
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