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So I'm joining college this fall, at a mid-tier UC. I plan on being an engineering major (BME, but may change to ChemE or Materials Science) . I also plan on the premed track, although I am not entirely sure about med school just yet. Will most probably take a couple of years off after undergrad to work, then apply to med schools (if that is still my end goal) Am also playing around with the idea of a double major (prob in neurosci/cognitive sci areas). I also want to have a part-time job.
This may have been asked a million times before, but I would still appreciate honest answers HS was not such a good experience, and I didn't have as much of a social life (or anything except studying, really) This was in part due to bad time management skills, and an unhealthy obsession with grades. I really needed to work extra hard to perform at the level I do now. I also really hate competition in academics. (Should I stay away from premeds?)
But I don't want to be that way anymore, and I want to experience college life to the fullest. I'm not a drinker (no drugs either) and not a huge party animal (prob would like to try it out tho). But I am def not the person who needs to black out every week to have "fun". However, I do want to have fun night outs with friends, at least once or twice a week, and be active on campus life, and extracurricular activities (NOT just pre-med related ones), and take trips with friends every once in a while, maybe date and have a social life, join the orchestra, you get the picture. I still plan on working hard, and endeavoring to keep a kick-ass gpa, while I also deal with internships, research positions etc.
Is what I'm saying doable, or is it virtually impossible except for those with superhuman focus and time management skills, and genius to boot? I'm no genius, I have to work for my grades, time management skills have improved, but I procrastinate a lot, and I'm a little slow with schoolwork in general :/. But these 4 years are supposed to be the best of your life, and I don't want to continue to clock out on life like this, and spend it sitting in a library on the weekends.
This may have been asked a million times before, but I would still appreciate honest answers HS was not such a good experience, and I didn't have as much of a social life (or anything except studying, really) This was in part due to bad time management skills, and an unhealthy obsession with grades. I really needed to work extra hard to perform at the level I do now. I also really hate competition in academics. (Should I stay away from premeds?)
But I don't want to be that way anymore, and I want to experience college life to the fullest. I'm not a drinker (no drugs either) and not a huge party animal (prob would like to try it out tho). But I am def not the person who needs to black out every week to have "fun". However, I do want to have fun night outs with friends, at least once or twice a week, and be active on campus life, and extracurricular activities (NOT just pre-med related ones), and take trips with friends every once in a while, maybe date and have a social life, join the orchestra, you get the picture. I still plan on working hard, and endeavoring to keep a kick-ass gpa, while I also deal with internships, research positions etc.
Is what I'm saying doable, or is it virtually impossible except for those with superhuman focus and time management skills, and genius to boot? I'm no genius, I have to work for my grades, time management skills have improved, but I procrastinate a lot, and I'm a little slow with schoolwork in general :/. But these 4 years are supposed to be the best of your life, and I don't want to continue to clock out on life like this, and spend it sitting in a library on the weekends.