m1 year

I'm an M1 at a mid-tier med school and I just failed one of my blocks (neuro). I am doing remediation in a month. MSK was my first and best block and everything went downhill from there due to some family and personal problems. Barely passed my second block (cardio and pulm) as well. I feel like...

What is the best way to begin (lightly) preparing for Step 1 alongside a systems based curriculum? Is there a particular resource (First Aid, Boards and Beyond, Pathoma, Sketchy etc.) that would be valuable to pass through once prior to starting a stricter study schedule during M2/dedicated...

Hi all, My school is system based curriculum and I was looking for practice questions to do after finishing a body system that are clinical vignette type. I'm still an M1 so is it too early to use UWorld? Any other good sources to use? Thanks!

As my matriculation date approaches, I am beginning to think I'm "too poor" for medical school. These are merely observations, and I'll certainly still be attending, but I can't help but feel disadvantaged in many ways. Caveat: I'm low-income and first-generation, taking out the maximum cost...

I am a third-year pre-med undergrad (planning on applying summer 2019 and starting med school in Summer 2020 if all goes well) and my SO is starting M1 (4.5 hour drive from me) tomorrow. We've been dating for 2 years now, he went to my undergrad school, and we are from the same hometown. We were...

How important is it to have leadership experience (president of a club, group, etc) or volunteer experience during med school? Will they influence residency at all? Or are they typically done just out of interest?

I'll be starting medical school in the fall and upon reading on some specialties and medicine in general, I constantly come across people who feel jaded by medicine and regret going to medical school. During my interviews I asked this question to all the students, is medical school really that...

hello SDN - I'm new to the site & I need advice! I want to do a live USMLE prep during the summer between M1 & M2 years (Current MS1 at an allopathic school). The WolfPacc program was recommended to me, but then I read a bunch of reviews that seemed fake (both good & bad) & now I'm worried...

I am happy to say that I will be starting medical school in August! As I start considering housing options, I want to hear some opinions on the -- living alone vs. living with roommates -- dilemma. Reasons why I prefer living alone: > Had disrespectful roommates in the past, don't want to deal...

My school just reduced our summer from 12 weeks to 9 weeks in order to start 4th year 3 weeks earlier for more residency application time and earlier elective rotations. Do any current 4th years see a benefit to this? I feel like I’m losing out on a full summer with externship/life experience...

I just started my M1 year and I keep having all these different textbook names thrown at me (pathoma, franks, First Aid, BRS, etc.) ON TOP of the required textbooks we have to buy for our classes. I'm beginning to feel overwhelmed. I know this has been asked before, but I thought it might be...

Rising first year medical student here. I'm matriculating this fall having just finished undergrad this past May, and I'd love to hear opinions on what the transition to med school was like. How much were you studying? Was it efficient? Were you able to have a life (hobbies, volunteering...

So by the end of my senior year of undergraduate school, there were a laundry list of things I wish someone would have told me... - join ONE club and work hard at it - keep a journal, you'll want to remember all those memories - don't just stick to one group of friends, branch out - get a job...

Is it simply a matter of emailing and getting in touch with PI's around your school and seeing if they are willing to accept another student in their lab? It it possible to start getting involved with research early on as an M1 or should I wait until after the first year is over?

Hello fellow med students! I am a current M2 and have younger sibling who is preparing to begin M1 year this August. My brother has recently been asking me many questions about what books/sources he will need, so I figured I would pass this information on to the medical community at large --...