Done with first semester finals

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[ucsfstudents]

Congrats. 🙂

 

[Evergrey]

I would post a gif but I am on the bus goin to the airport. Hellz yea

 

[MilkmanAl]

Quit now before you owe another semester of tuition!

 

[CatFactorial]

Haha, nope!

 

[longwhorn]

1/8 of the way done! 👍

 

[CATrtb]

You are only 1/8 done if you get every summer off. So it's more like 1/10 done.

 

[Beta Cell]

You are only 1/8 done if you get every summer off. So it's more like 1/10 done.

On what planet is that math correct? Say medical school lasts from August 2011- May 2015. That's 46 months. By the end of winter break, we're 5 months into medical school, that's 5/46, or roughly 1/9th done. If you subtract the M1 summer (we'll call it 3 months), that's 5/43, getting closer to 1/8th.

If you have 3 months off and 3 summers off (only 3 summers in medical school), that's 9 months; 46-9= 37, 5/37 is pretty close to 1/7.

To summarize: in terms of time in medical school, it's more like 5 months complete of 43 months spent actually in medical school, or if you'd like to take the entire time, it's 46 months. If you subtract imaginary summers, it goes down to 5/37.

 

[FireTop]

Congrats MS1s! Just got back home from finishing that unbelievable first semester of med school. Cheers to being 1/8 of a doctor!

 

[PlayUltimate15]

It feels so good to be done with our first semester =)

 

[Danlee07]

On what planet is that math correct? Say medical school lasts from August 2011- May 2015. That's 46 months. By the end of winter break, we're 5 months into medical school, that's 5/46, or roughly 1/9th done. If you subtract the M1 summer (we'll call it 3 months), that's 5/43, getting closer to 1/8th.

If you have 3 months off and 3 summers off (only 3 summers in medical school), that's 9 months; 46-9= 37, 5/37 is pretty close to 1/7.

To summarize: in terms of time in medical school, it's more like 5 months complete of 43 months spent actually in medical school, or if you'd like to take the entire time, it's 46 months. If you subtract imaginary summers, it goes down to 5/37.

Great job...the 1/8th referred to semesters...."Done with first SEMESTER finals"

 

[Mithril]

I still have one more day of exams on Tuesday. 🙁

 

[SoundofSilver]

It feels incredibly weird going a whole day without studying. Don't know how I'm going to make it through these next two weeks.

 

[Beta Cell]

Great job...the 1/8th referred to semesters...."Done with first SEMESTER finals"

I realize. Had you actually understood the point, you would have seen that I was arguing that whether you considered it on a semester basis or a time basis, it's still closer to 1/8.

 

[FireTop]

first semester of med school was bananas! Congrats to all my fellow MS1s!

 

[nygiants fan]

It feels incredibly weird going a whole day without studying. Don't know how I'm going to make it through these next two weeks.

+1

It makes me sad that people on SDN can be so petty that they'll argue over logistics when someone says that they are 1/8 of the way to being an MD. Jesus....this isn't a difficult concept to figure out and take at face value without arguing for the simple sake of arguing haha.

 

[courtnes]

Oh yeah! I think I may have done that dance after my pre-break exam.

 

[Danlee07]

+1

It makes me sad that people on SDN can be so petty that they'll argue over logistics when someone says that they are 1/8 of the way to being an MD. Jesus....this isn't a difficult concept to figure out and take at face value without arguing for the simple sake of arguing haha.

that was pretty passive, but I only said that because I thought beta was just putting the kid down for saying 1/8..

another way to look at it is you're that much closer to the Step I....

 

[Maxwell7301]

I passed gross anatomy literally by fractions of a point. Huge relief! Just a few more days to go, and nothing very stressful. This week is going to be awesome! 🙂

 

[nygiants fan]

that was pretty passive, but I only said that because I thought beta was just putting the kid down for saying 1/8..

another way to look at it is you're that much closer to the Step I....

True, but baby steps and small victories help you get through! I would get too depressed if I thought of all the years between now and the end of my residency/fellowship...

 

[OPPforlife]

yeah who ever these debbie downers and negative nancies are, need to take a freakin chill pill. I just got done with my first semester of MS 3 and I still celebrate like I am a half doctor after every milestone which includes getting done with every rotation including selectives sometimes. Thats how you get through this journey sohn.

 

[Miss Alyssa]

Congrats on finishing the semester. Enjoy your break

 

[LossForWords]

Don't worry, it gets much, much worse.

 

[Rocher]

yeah who ever these debbie downers and negative nancies are, need to take a freakin chill pill. I just got done with my first semester of MS 3 and I still celebrate like I am a half doctor after every milestone which includes getting done with every rotation including selectives sometimes. Thats how you get through this journey sohn.

The only good thing about debbie downers is that because of them, I came to med school expecting to be miserable, and I've been pleasantly surprised.

 

[Isoprop]

Woot. I passed.

 

[druggeek]

Your (probably) hardest semester is over. Now you know what it takes to get the marks you want and need.