casperhater123
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I’m grateful to have been accepted to medical school, and I really am trying to figure out what the experience will be like for me. I'm one of those people who was blessed with a mind for school. I didn’t take a single note in college, played games on my computer all class, barely studied if at all, but still managed to get 99’s on my exams. School, specifically science and math, has always been my bread and butter. I don’t want to say that I have a photographic memory, but it’s close to it. And once I understand something, I rarely forget it. Science and math just kinda click for me is the best way to put it.
Point is: I know I am not the only one who school comes naturally to. So for people who have had a similar experience, what is/was medical school like for you? Did you get slapped in the face by reality, or was it just as easy as undergrad? I know that the sheer amount of information is much greater, and so studying in some capacity is a must (learned this during my MCAT experience). But studying 12 hours a day every day just doesn’t seem like something I would have to do. Am I wrong about that? I’m willing to do what is necessary to succeed so if I am wrong, then studying 12 hours a day every day is what I’ll do.
Point is: I know I am not the only one who school comes naturally to. So for people who have had a similar experience, what is/was medical school like for you? Did you get slapped in the face by reality, or was it just as easy as undergrad? I know that the sheer amount of information is much greater, and so studying in some capacity is a must (learned this during my MCAT experience). But studying 12 hours a day every day just doesn’t seem like something I would have to do. Am I wrong about that? I’m willing to do what is necessary to succeed so if I am wrong, then studying 12 hours a day every day is what I’ll do.