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As finals are in full swing, I think it's a good idea to have another one of these threads.
The scenario: A med student told an undergrad that med school = Undergrad + 24 hours. Meaning that if you studied 30 hr/wk in undergrad then med school studying is 54 hours. Now I think the equation "Undergrad + X hours = med school" is valuable but I don't know if 24 hours is the right number. The reason I thought the equation is clever is because although, "Undergrad" is going to have a huge range for different students with most students (probably) falling between 25-55 hr/wk, the value X is probably similar for the typical med student that wants to do well but still maintain time for sleeping, eating, occasional socializing. Also the equation intentionally leaves out ECs which simplifies everything and gives an actual way to compare med school to undergrad.
So if yall would kindly respond to the poll I think we can solve this problem within 5 hours. If this gets published then I get first author. Also please only respond if you are a "typical" med student that I described above. So if you got to med school and realized you dont care and never studied then dont respond. A way to check if you got the correct value for X is to think "if there were X many more hours in a week then the intensity of med school studying would equal the intensity of undergrad studying".
The scenario: A med student told an undergrad that med school = Undergrad + 24 hours. Meaning that if you studied 30 hr/wk in undergrad then med school studying is 54 hours. Now I think the equation "Undergrad + X hours = med school" is valuable but I don't know if 24 hours is the right number. The reason I thought the equation is clever is because although, "Undergrad" is going to have a huge range for different students with most students (probably) falling between 25-55 hr/wk, the value X is probably similar for the typical med student that wants to do well but still maintain time for sleeping, eating, occasional socializing. Also the equation intentionally leaves out ECs which simplifies everything and gives an actual way to compare med school to undergrad.
So if yall would kindly respond to the poll I think we can solve this problem within 5 hours. If this gets published then I get first author. Also please only respond if you are a "typical" med student that I described above. So if you got to med school and realized you dont care and never studied then dont respond. A way to check if you got the correct value for X is to think "if there were X many more hours in a week then the intensity of med school studying would equal the intensity of undergrad studying".