I just took my first anatomy exam and got a 50%....What the heck...Im so nervous. Is this going to kill me? We are a graded on a letter grade (4.0 gpa scale). This exam is with 20 % of my grade
It will kill you if you don't figure out why you got a 50%; what you were weakest in, what you were strongest in, and don't develop a plan on fixing things. Fortunately, many of your classmates are in the same boat. They're learning how to learn at the med school pace and dealing witht he volume, rather than the intellectual rigor of the material.I just took my first anatomy exam and got a 50%....What the heck...Im so nervous. Is this going to kill me? We are a graded on a letter grade (4.0 gpa scale). This exam is with 20 % of my grade
My school is letter grade and based on some crazy Z score formula. Does that make a difference you think?It will kill you if you don't figure out why you got a 50%; what you were weakest in, what you were strongest in, and don't develop a plan on fixing things. Fortunately, many of your classmates are in the same boat. They're learning how to learn at the med school pace and dealing witht he volume, rather than the intellectual rigor of the material.
Fortunately most students do recover and do well. Is your school P/F grading? Remember that all you need to do is pass.
Read this:
Goro's Guide to Success in Medical School (2019 edition)
Not right now. Y I U have plenty of time to recover.My school is letter grade and based on some crazy Z score formula. Does that make a difference you think?
Lol what do you mean when you say CRAZY z scores? If they’re a standard z scores then it’s not crazy. It’s statistics and used a lot in medicine.My school is letter grade and based on some crazy Z score formula. Does that make a difference you think?
Remember now you are competing with all the kids who are in med school too. These are all smart kids, so the bar is higherI just took my first anatomy exam and got a 50%....What the heck...Im so nervous. Is this going to kill me? We are a graded on a letter grade (4.0 gpa scale). This exam is with 20 % of my grade
i disagree with this. i didn't study very much for my first anatomy exam and i got a 95%. it is definitely possible to score well without putting this amount of work into it.This is where you start to realize that literally your entire life is studying 8-16 hours a day
The rigor and quality of anatomy teaching varies dramatically from school to school.i disagree with this. i didn't study very much for my first anatomy exam and i got a 95%. it is definitely possible to score well without putting this amount of work into it.
eh i dunno i guess we will just have to agree to disagreeThe rigor and quality of anatomy teaching varies dramatically from school to school.
i disagree with this. i didn't study very much for my first anatomy exam and i got a 95%. it is definitely possible to score well without putting this amount of work into it.
well i dont necessarily agree with that. im not sure what "you experienced" but just because it was one way for you doesnt mean it was that same way for someone else. every person's experience is unique."This is what I experienced, so this must be the case for everyone else at every school"
username checks outi disagree with this. i didn't study very much for my first anatomy exam and i got a 95%. it is definitely possible to score well without putting this amount of work into it.
well i dont necessarily agree with that. im not sure what "you experienced" but just because it was one way for you doesnt mean it was that same way for someone else. every person's experience is unique.
bad brainsI just took my first anatomy exam and got a 50%....What the heck...Im so nervous. Is this going to kill me? We are a graded on a letter grade (4.0 gpa scale). This exam is with 20 % of my grade
And what actually is hyper competitive these days? Cause its starting to feel like all of them are besides your basics. Or is that just the way sdn makes it seem cause at this point I really don't know?What was the average for the test? I’m only asking that to gauge how far behind the pack you are. I agree everything matters in medschool but how much will depend. If you fix your study problem and pass then you will be fine… obviously unless you are aiming for hyper competitive specialties.
Yeah that's true I can't argue with thatEither case you're going to be doing that at some point. If you aren't then likely you're a very gifted individual or something. Go you.
Competitive is still increasing but hyper competitive is a subsect of super competition. I don’t keep up with todays med student world often (I’m obvi not that far out) but during my time that means Ortho, ENT, Ophtho, integrated plastics, derm, etcAnd what actually is hyper competitive these days? Cause it’s starting to feel like all of them are besides your basics. Or is that just the way sdn makes it seem cause at this point I really don't know?