Fun In Med School

[TheSeanieB]

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[cliffhuxtableDO]

no. no fun is allowed. if you have fun you aren't allowed to sit for comlex/usmle.

 

[sonofva]

people who have lots of fun in medical school are either:
a) really smart
b) have photographic memory
c) willing to sacrifice on grades


but you should be able to have a moderate amount of fun spread across the semester so long as you manage your time well. also depends on your definition off fun, i guess...

 

[TheSeanieB]

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[Slane]

people who have lots of fun in medical school are either:
a) really smart
b) have photographic memory
c) willing to sacrifice on grades

Yeah, but the people in groups A and B are usually also the ones that got straight A's in undergrad and feel like they need to be gunners to uphold their "reputation" in medical school. I'll openly admit I'm in group C. I'd much rather take some B's and maintain my sanity than become a burnt out, medical school drone. While I'd say 90% of my classmates are miserable by now, I'm actually enjoying my life for the most part. You have to find the balance that works for you. If you want straight A's, don't expect to have much free time. If you're fine not getting a 4.0 though, then you'll find that there's plenty of time for having fun.

 

[willen101383]

Yeah, but the people in groups A and B are usually also the ones that got straight A's in undergrad and feel like they need to be gunners to uphold their "reputation" in medical school. I'll openly admit I'm in group C. I'd much rather take some B's and maintain my sanity than become a burnt out, medical school drone. While I'd say 90% of my classmates are miserable by now, I'm actually enjoying my life for the most part. You have to find the balance that works for you. If you want straight A's, don't expect to have much free time. If you're fine not getting a 4.0 though, then you'll find that there's plenty of time for having fun.

This. I have some friends who are so obsessed with their grades that they literally never go out or leave the library. Most gunner types never STFU and whine constantly about school. School is all they talk about and honestly they are miserable to be around, because they never talk about anything else but school. Its like they have one single dimension: school and talking about how hard and miserable they are. Ugh.

I am a B student....happy to say it. I sleep in until 10 every morning. Wake up..listen to 4 hours of lecture online at 1.5x speed and am done with med school for the day. I go to the gym and kill it for an hour or two...come home and make lunch. After that I usually "peruse" the notes i took on the lectures...and memorize anything that needs memorization from that day. Then I usually chill until my fiance gets home and then we eat dinner and watch tv until bed time. I am on campus a maximum of 2 days a week (and by days I mean maybe 1.5 hours each time). I have no association with neurotic med students...and life is pretty grand.

Usually at least one day a week I hit the shooting range and either shoot 100 yd rifle or indoor pistol for an hour or 2.

I worked for 4 years before med school....and this preclinical schedule beats the working grind any day of the week. Do I have a pretty good ability to memorize stuff yeah. But Ive figured out ways that work for me. The thing about medical school is that many many people need to figure out how to study SMARTER not HARDER or LONGER.

Med school isnt some black hole where you have no life and are always studying. In fact its quite the opposite.

 

[TheSeanieB]

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[Postal]

Honestly, can't I get straight A's and also have time to have fun?
There has to be a way....lol

 

[munchymanRX]

This. I have some friends who are so obsessed with their grades that they literally never go out or leave the library. Most gunner types never STFU and whine constantly about school. School is all they talk about and honestly they are miserable to be around, because they never talk about anything else but school. Its like they have one single dimension: school and talking about how hard and miserable they are. Ugh.

I am a B student....happy to say it. I sleep in until 10 every morning. Wake up..listen to 4 hours of lecture online at 1.5x speed and am done with med school for the day. I go to the gym and kill it for an hour or two...come home and make lunch. After that I usually "peruse" the notes i took on the lectures...and memorize anything that needs memorization from that day. Then I usually chill until my fiance gets home and then we eat dinner and watch tv until bed time. I am on campus a maximum of 2 days a week (and by days I mean maybe 1.5 hours each time). I have no association with neurotic med students...and life is pretty grand.

Usually at least one day a week I hit the shooting range and either shoot 100 yd rifle or indoor pistol for an hour or 2.

I worked for 4 years before med school....and this preclinical schedule beats the working grind any day of the week. Do I have a pretty good ability to memorize stuff yeah. But Ive figured out ways that work for me. The thing about medical school is that many many people need to figure out how to study SMARTER not HARDER or LONGER.

Med school isnt some black hole where you have no life and are always studying. In fact its quite the opposite.

Although I'm not in medical school yet, I gotta say that every doc I've spoken with/shadowed/been seen by have all said the same thing:

"Pass your classes--do as well as you can but don't sweat it if you don't get the grades you expected and concentrate on board exams when the time comes. If you don't get out and have a life you'll go crazy and there's very little reason to not have one."

 

[willen101383]

Although I'm not in medical school yet, I gotta say that every doc I've spoken with/shadowed/been seen by have all said the same thing:

"Pass your classes--do as well as you can but don't sweat it if you don't get the grades you expected and concentrate on board exams when the time comes. If you don't get out and have a life you'll go crazy and there's very little reason to not have one."

If you follow your own advice you will be a happy camper next year. When I read stories about people studying 8 hours a day after lecture it makes me LOL. The key here is making people THINK you study that much. Its a very convenient excuse for all your non med school friends....because everyone THINKS all med students study non stop. I even had a friend ask me literally last night if I survive off of ramen because "how do you even have time to cook and stuff." LOL If she only knew...

 

[munchymanRX]

If you follow your own advice you will be a happy camper next year. When I read stories about people studying 8 hours a day after lecture it makes me LOL. The key here is making people THINK you study that much. Its a very convenient excuse for all your non med school friends....because everyone THINKS all med students study non stop. I even had a friend ask me literally last night if I survive off of ramen because "how do you even have time to cook and stuff." LOL If she only knew...

But why would I want to make my friends think I study so much I can't do anything with them?😕

Lol, seriously, I get your drift. Medical school, from what I can gather, is difficult, but it isn't the academic hellhole people make it out to be.

 

[willen101383]

But why would I want to make my friends think I study so much I can't do anything with them?😕

Lol, seriously, I get your drift. Medical school, from what I can gather, is difficult, but it isn't the academic hellhole people make it out to be.

I meant....you can use it as an excuse if need be haha. Dont you ever have friends you just dont feel like chillin with...and youd rather just hangout at home and have a beer? Maybe im just a loser haha.

And med school isnt even difficult! There is nothing conceptually hard to understand...its the volume of info not difficulty. I would replace difficult with "a lot of work"

 

[TheSeanieB]

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[LesBois88]

Huh? Biochem is not conceptually hard?

Nope, not at all. Just memorization and integration.


Preclinical grades are not of high importance. My advice would be to make sure you can always enjoy yourself, don't stress unnecessarily.

 

[willen101383]

Huh? Biochem is not conceptually hard?

Med school biochem =/= undergrad biochem its just rote memorization and you only really need to memorize the important enzymes and what inhibits and activates what....and whether Pi activates or inactivates stuff.

I think all we had to know for glycolysis was glucokinase, hexokinase and PFK1.

The conceptual stuff is the best part...bc its always so easy to understand that I love actually learning it. We start systems M1 here so I am in cardiology now and everything is so conceptually easy with it if you have a good grasp on physics and life in general.

 

[TheSeanieB]

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[willen101383]

Cool beans.

Yeah seriously. You will be fine. Hell I even have 3 dogs lol