frustration

[kiahs]

So I've been trying to study and I've been putting in the hours and everything really. I really don't like physics or chemistry. I think theoir interesting but no matter what I do I just don't like it. When I took them in college freshman year..it was just the hardest thing I ever did,so generally I have a bad association. But the problem now is I feel like no matter how much I read about it and do problems I don't feel like I'm getting it. Like I couldn't titrate if my life depended on it. Point charges what's that about? I keep reading and reading and doing problems but really I don't feel like any of it's sticking with me. Any suggestions?

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[fun8stuff]

Your problem is that you have a negative association with these subjects. What you need to do is only eat chocolate when you are studying these subjects. Pretty soon you will look forward to studying them!👍

 

[Lilith]

Hi!
I don't know what review materials you are using. I find EK does a pretty good job explaing physics and g chem concepts. If you have a chance, maybe check out those books.

 

[MeowMix]

Act as if these are required subjects in your first year of med school. Do whatever you have to do to master the material.

Use other materials that are more fun: videos, CDs, interactive activities online, coloring books, whatever. Anything that will help you integrate the content without just reading reading reading. Study in short chunks (1 hour at a time). Give yourself a big reward for every uninterrupted hour.

 

[UCLAstudent]

It will be okay. Just keep doing passages involving the topics that you're having trouble with. I know that I certainly get frustrated with the material at times. Just remember that the more passages that you do, the more stuff that you will know and the more prepared you will be. 🙂

Oh, and make sure that you take the time to read the solutions to all of the problems in a passage, even if you got the problem right. It will reinforce the material.

 

[Nutmeg]

fun8stuff is right--as long as you hate the subjects, it will never get any easier. The truth is that hating something as innocuous as science is a decision, not a reflex. I know that your telling yourself you hate these subjects because you're telling me you hate these subjects. Try telling yourself you like the subjects, and try to find some value in learning what it's all about.

I know this sounds really obnoxious, but I'm serious. If you refuse to recognize any benefit that learning can bring other than getting into med school, then you're ignoring the truth. Science is fascinating, and it can lend insight into many parts of your everyday world. When you look at the world, if you apply what you've learned and look for the principles that cause the phenomena in your life, science will come easily; I swear it. Your other choice is to keep hating it, and then be miserable throughout med school as well if you're lucky enough.

Learn to love the subject, and learning the subject will be easy. Learning a subject that you choose to hate is doing things the hard way.

 

[Stinger86]

What's funny is that most medical schools reteach all the relevant physics, chemistry, and biology again during first year (while ignoring the irrelevant rest), which kinda ruins one of the main purposes of the MCAT.

I am one of those people who absolutely whole-heartedly despises physics. So to counteract that, I spent a larger portion of my MCAT study time on that subject and as luck would have it, it turned out to be my highest subscore, and it really brought my composite up to above average. Even if you hate the subject, like me, if you take it a little at a time and don't let it overwhelm you, it might not be so bad, and you could really make it work for you in the end.