Current M1s... What is your typical daily/weekly schedule?

[MongutheDoggy]

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[inagomask]

This is just the average day (MS1), exam week is probably more studying, some days I finish all academics at 1pm.

7am: Wake up, eat breakfast, general morning routine
8am-noon: lectures
noon-1pm: lunch, dick around, etc.
1pm-4pm: review material and study
5pm-10pm: dinner, research, meetings, volunteering, or Netflix

rinse repeat.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

It depends on the day, the school, and the person.

My schedule generally looks like this:
7am: Wake up, get ready, breakfast
8am - 12pm: Lectures
12pm - 1pm: Lunch, Chill
1pm - 5pm: Study/Review material
5pm - 7pm: Dinner, chill
7pm-12pm: Study/Review material

However, some 1-3 times a week, I will have lectures from 1pm-4 or 5pm as well.

I generally spend so much time studying because I have a really hard time getting myself to focus, so a lot of that study time goes to procrastinating. If I could become more productive, I would probably get more free time at night.

You might try the Pomodoro technique. There is zero reason why you need to be studying until midnight in M1. You already know you’re being inefficient. For your own mental and physical health, you should try to reign that in.

 

[mmchick]

6AM - gym, breakfast
8AM-12PM - class
12PM-1PM - break, lunch
1PM-4PM - preparation for next-day classes, study if exam week
4PM onwards - skills, meetings, clinical or Netflix, skiing, beer with friends, etc.

Pretty variable. Exam weeks = lots more studying and longer nights. Otherwise, afternoons are usually free, I try to wrap up by 3-4pm to have the evening off. Weekends are typically free unless an exam coming up.

 

[deleted1095518]

can someone attending UChicago give us a description of their daily schedule plssss.

 

[inagomask]

seems like most people study from 8-4. One of the best advice one of my mentors gave me when I was starting med school was to treat it like a 9-5 job. Consistency has been so key (as an m1 so maybe the upperclassmen can chime in) and I really find that the material isn’t too hard as long as I put in my time.

 

[Detailsmatter]

at the end of the day your schedule is going to be unique to you and will heavily depend on the type of curriculum you have (in house vs NBME exams, non-mandatory lectures vs a bunch of small group stuff etc). Assuming you have minimal mandatory sessions and at least a mix of inhouse and NBME exams youll find that some people (like me) try to be very intentional and efficient with their time and work form 8/9-5 to get in all their studying and research and some people will like to study in bursts and do other things during the day and theyll end up studying until 10pm ish. It all depends on how efficient you can be and if you can study for prolonged hours at a time on a consistent basis.