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darkjedi said:
how does a 2019 thread already exist

and why was it created over 2 years ago
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We are applying in 7 months! Not too crazy to have a thread already. I think it was created when we were freshmen.
 
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Agent B said:
Aren't we all? I blame sunflower18.
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You caught me! With my bare hands, I convert innocent, normal beings into those who ruthlessly and viciously gun against their fellow pre-meds. Frankenstein: gunner edition.
 
Seeing as i belong here, hey everyone!
 
BTheM said:
Joining this thread! Hopeful class of 2019 here.

How is junior year for everyone? I am completely freaking out. My clinical experience is lacking and I need to get started on it ASAP... I'm just worried that it won't be enough by the time I apply in May/June. And I still need to take the MCAT!

What kinds of EC's have you all been working on this semester?
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Welcome!!!

Junior year is all right. Ive had some health issues, so this will almost definitely be a less than awesome semester for my GPA. Oh well. These things happen!

Leadership through a community service organization, TA, tutor, scribe, research are my main activities! Im not planning on adding any new activities before i apply which is a bit scary....

When are you planning on taking the mcat? How exciting!!
 
BTheM said:
Oh wow, you're really doing a lot. Darn, I should really be doing more... At the least, I will try adding on tutoring next semester.

I'm planning to take it in late April. I should really be starting to study now but I'm so freakin' lazy. I've been a lazy, procrastinating bum my entire life... How can I really grit my teeth and start studying for several hours a day for months on end?
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I had to drop nonclinical volunteering and medical leadership when i started getting sick too. But i kept a lot of activities which has been stressful. I definitely spend more time on ECs than schoolwork, which is sort of bad..... And my activities are all pretty cookie cutter and look blah, so thats not awesome either. But i really like them!!!!

Its definitely hard to compare activities. I just wish it was easier to stand out.

Oh ok! Yeah studying that hard for that long is really hard to sustain. I studied 30-40 hrs/wk for 3.5 months. Any longer and i might have exploded haha.
 
BTheM said:
40 hours a week is almost 6 hours a day... every day... How did you manage to do that? I have never studied that long that consistently. That's crazy!
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I was scribing and studying the entire summer, and thats about it. I can count on one hand the number of social things i did all summer which is very pathetic. Id basically sleep in my bed with all my books next to me, wake up, roll over, and study until i had to go to work or back to sleep. I was living alone in my apartment too for the most part, so i had very few distractions.

It was an awful summer but really showed me that i was able to motivate myself to study diligently. Im much better at studying hard and a lot than studying sporadically, actually. If i have too much free time, i procrastinate. Maybe thats just me... But i do think that once anyone gets into a study rhythm, and they feel strongly enough about what they're doing, they can study for longer and harder than they thought they could.
 
BTheM said:
Joining this thread! Hopeful class of 2019 here.

How is junior year for everyone? I am completely freaking out. My clinical experience is lacking and I need to get started on it ASAP... I'm just worried that it won't be enough by the time I apply in May/June. And I still need to take the MCAT!

What kinds of EC's have you all been working on this semester?
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It's the stuff I have in my MDApps. Not gonna say what takes up the most time though lol
 
BTheM said:
40 hours a week is almost 6 hours a day... every day... How did you manage to do that? I have never studied that long that consistently. That's crazy! I hardly study 2 hours a day for my classes...
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Who studies for MCAT? Take it cold. :naughty:
 
BTheM said:
Oh my god you guys are so accomplished. :eek:
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I literally said the same thing about a week or so when I joined the thread too, luckily only like 3 people are really in the class of 2019 lol. I also haven't taken the MCAT yet either but I'm studying now, 6hrs a day... :bang::boom::help:
 
BTheM said:
Seriously, how do you study for 6 hours a day? Where are you studying? How are you studying for that long? Do you have some special method? Do you follow a schedule?
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Well for one I don't study 6hours straight mainly because I'm still in classes and have to work in the lab. Depending on the day, I split it up mornings and evenings, sometimes afternoons when I have the chance. There are tons of study schedules on here you can follow but personally I follow Berkley Review's study schedule and added some ExamKrackers as well.
 
Just stop studying, guys. It doesn't do anything.
 
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