chances of being successful the second time around

[josem]

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I am an M1 who passed only half the courses. I failed both anatomy and Biochemistry by a couple percentage points in the first semester. I was asked to take a leave of absence and What are the chances of being successful the second time around if you have been asked to remediate an entire semster?

 

[Shnurek]

Carribean?

 

[link2swim06]

I am an M1 who passed only half the courses. I failed both anatomy and Biochemistry by a couple percentage points in the first semester. I was asked to take a leave of absence and What are the chances of being successful the second time around if you have been asked to remediate an entire semster?

If you dont change what you did wrong, next to zero chance.

You probably failed for one of these reasons:

1. You didnt study enough
2. You studied ineffectively

For me going through the material 3-4 times prior to test day ensures a good grade. How many times did you review the material and how do you study?

 

[OneTyme]

Carribean?

Don't listen to this^


I would say it really depends on your perspective of your abilities. I'm not very intelligent but I am working my booty off and doing fairly well. I think that the biggest hinderance to people doing well is either a) they just don't have the gumption to work hard enough, or b) they haven't hit their groove yet.

If you made it into medical school in the United States, you likely have the work ethic to make it. I would guess that you need some more time to find what works best for your.

If you're school is giving you a chance to remediate, I would say that is a vote of confidence from them saying, "You might not be able to do the course work now, but with a little practice you'll be fine." If they didn't think you could do it, they would kick you out.

I would say your chances really depend on you at this point. Making up a few percentage points the second time around should be pretty easy. Hell, the whole first year would be a breeze the second time around.

I say go for it if this is really your dream, if not go for whatever your dream really is.

 

[TenderRender]

Carribean?

Helpful input, optometry student.

 

[betsywetsy]

Way to go, posting this is in like 8 different forums. Troll. 👎thumbdown👎

 

[HolySmokes]

Carribean?

I'm gonna give this guy the benefit of the doubt and say he was simply asking if OP was at a Caribbean school or a US school. US schools have a lot of programs in place to help students who are struggling that OP can take advantage of, whereas Caribbean schools may not.

 

[Shnurek]

Helpful input, optometry student.

I'll be making basically as much as fam med or internal med with 3 years less training and less debt (my tuition: 18k), medical student. Google: "Significant Discrepancies in Physician Hourly Wages Exist Across Specialties".

I was trolling a little bit because I know the high attrition rates at Caribbean med schools.

 

[FIREitUP]

I'll be making as much as fam med or internal med with 3 years less training and less debt, medical student.

why are you actively detracting from this forum, may I ask?

 

[sylvanthus]

I'll be making basically as much as fam med or internal med with 3 years less training and less debt (my tuition: 18k), medical student. Google: "Significant Discrepancies in Physician Hourly Wages Exist Across Specialties".

I was trolling a little bit because I know the high attrition rates at Caribbean med schools.

Perhaps, but your going to be an optometrist.....

 

[Shnurek]

Perhaps, but your going to be an optometrist.....

Ask any ophtho how much we piss them off.

why are you actively detracting from this forum, may I ask?

I didn't start...I just asked if the OP was in a Carribean school and I got a snarky comment about being an opto student.

 

[sylvanthus]

What's your point? Every field of medicine is being inundated with undertrained practitioners trying to get a bigger piece of the pie. I quite frankly, would much rather be the person with more extensive training instead of the person taking the easy route and then using politics as a means to expand their scope of practice.

 

[Shnurek]

What's your point? Every field of medicine is being inundated with undertrained practitioners trying to get a bigger piece of the pie. I quite frankly, would much rather be the person with more extensive training instead of the person taking the easy route and then using politics as a means to expand their scope of practice.

Maybe we just have a more efficient model of education? See quotations from my signature above. Start learning about the eye from day one and at a younger age on average. Take two years of didactic courses about the physics of light which no ophtho does. To each their own I guess.

 

[Bradieux]

dont give up Rocky Balboa.

 

[K31]

I am an M1 who passed only half the courses. I failed both anatomy and Biochemistry by a couple percentage points in the first semester. I was asked to take a leave of absence and What are the chances of being successful the second time around if you have been asked to remediate an entire semster?

I know people from my med school class that were asked to remediate that went both ways.

Some did fine, passed the second time around and graduated. They weren't able to get competitive residencies (most went into FM--unusual from my school), but they are physicians.

Some still had difficulties the second time around. Some weren't able to pass Step I in order to proceed to clinics--I know of at least two who are still listed by the school as medical students even though they've been on LOA for several years (I started med school in 2005)--apparently my school is one of those where it is nearly impossible to get kicked out for academic reasons.

 

[Ghost22]

If you dont change what you did wrong, next to zero chance.

You probably failed for one of these reasons:

1. You didnt study enough
2. You studied ineffectively

For me going through the material 3-4 times prior to test day ensures a good grade. How many times did you review the material and how do you study?

Bingo. But you've gotta want it. If you're failing stuff and don't have your butt in the library all day what are you doing with your time?

If you're still spending a ton of time "working" you need to evaluate just how much of that time is real work, are you messing around on FB or SDN? That doesn't count. Cut it out.

Getting evaluated for learning style and potential learning disabilities would be the next step if you're working your butt off and not getting distracted and still can't hack it. Check out if your school offers any sort of help, too. Maybe get a tutor.

 

[pkwraith]

Does your school not allow you to remediate individual exams? Or do you mean you failed all your remediation exams by a few percentage points as well?

If the first, I say chances are fairly decent. I noticed many of the people do better the second time around, because they've already gone through the material once and they have better motivations.