I suppose it is cliche, but I am struggling heavily in medical school.
I graduated from an top- 15 undergrad institution with a fairly standard GPA, and scored within 99% on the MCAT, coming in at 100% on the verbal section.
And yet half the time I cannot break the mean on medical school exams, and have
already failed a molecular exam.
I study all the time. I rarely have a life outside of studying just because I have an intense
fear of failure, and know that I have to work like this just to come short of the average.
And sometimes, I don't come just short. I am a full standard deviation or two below the mean.
I don't know what the problem is. At this point, I am just at a loss . I can't believe how hard I have
to struggle just to stay afloat. I am not at a high- tier institution either; it is a low- tier institution.
For a while, I blamed it on my being several years out of undergrad, and my being a non- science
major, but I'm running of excuses, and just have to accept that fact that I'm just stupid.
I just don't know. Perhaps it is my test taking strategies. Unless I practice it specifically, I do fare poorly
on knowledge application. I do tend to focus more on the little details without fully understanding the bigger picture. But... I just don't know how else to do it. I'm scared that if I don't do that, I'll fail.
I'll take any advice; any suggestions for review books, test- taking techniques, anything. Because we just hit
our final block and now I am really, really, really scared that I might not be able to pass.
I graduated from an top- 15 undergrad institution with a fairly standard GPA, and scored within 99% on the MCAT, coming in at 100% on the verbal section.
And yet half the time I cannot break the mean on medical school exams, and have
already failed a molecular exam.
I study all the time. I rarely have a life outside of studying just because I have an intense
fear of failure, and know that I have to work like this just to come short of the average.
And sometimes, I don't come just short. I am a full standard deviation or two below the mean.
I don't know what the problem is. At this point, I am just at a loss . I can't believe how hard I have
to struggle just to stay afloat. I am not at a high- tier institution either; it is a low- tier institution.
For a while, I blamed it on my being several years out of undergrad, and my being a non- science
major, but I'm running of excuses, and just have to accept that fact that I'm just stupid.
I just don't know. Perhaps it is my test taking strategies. Unless I practice it specifically, I do fare poorly
on knowledge application. I do tend to focus more on the little details without fully understanding the bigger picture. But... I just don't know how else to do it. I'm scared that if I don't do that, I'll fail.
I'll take any advice; any suggestions for review books, test- taking techniques, anything. Because we just hit
our final block and now I am really, really, really scared that I might not be able to pass.