effort vs smartness?

[2012mdc]

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Raw intelligence is definitely nowhere near the top five skills you need to do well in medical school. Does it help with all the other stuff, absolutely.

In order of importance I'd say it's hard work, hard work, hard work, priorities and efficiency.

I disagree. I would actually put efficiency above hard work and raw intelligence does help a lot - it allows you to put less time in - easier to adapt, quicker to pick up stuff, better at taking tests etc.

Everyone pretty much works hard in med school, people just have different opinions on what working hard is. Saying hard work 3 times overemphasizes the amount of work needed to be done and implies people need to work near max capacity all the time to succeed.

 

[Nasrudin]

I disagree. I would actually put efficiency above hard work and raw intelligence does help a lot - it allows you to put less time in - easier to adapt, quicker to pick up stuff, better at taking tests etc.

Everyone pretty much works hard in med school, people just have different opinions on what working hard is. Saying hard work 3 times overemphasizes the amount of work needed to be done and implies people need to work near max capacity all the time to succeed.

I see your point. And still. This type of "smartness" is a sort of trained cleverness for scholastics. Not necesarrily what I would consider "raw intelligence."

This business of organizing maximal flow of information is for the ambitious. And dare I say for whom such enterprises produces the necessary boost in self-esteem. We're a bunch of overly ambitious people who place a great amount of importance on our place in society.

We're sharp enough. But. This stuff. Would honestly drive any self-respecting genius barking mad.

It hard work. And drive. And a talent for gaming academics. Whoopty ****.

Back to studying like a mule.

 

[VenusinFurs]

Agree that med school would probably drive a genius mad. Doing well on our exams is not a matter of being smart at all. It's not a matter of reasoning. It's essentially just an extended exercise in swallowing.