Honest advice for Accepted Students

[EvilSponge]

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Thanks for the advice, but may I ask if your school is p/f?

 

[At0mic]

Step 10: Keep alive the spark of novelty. I'm still shocked that I get to be a doctor one day. Yes, its a drag to study all day. Yes, my social life has suffered. Yes, I've bitched and moaned. But in the end, I know what I do everyday is important. Good luck.

Probably the best point of all. Thanks for taking the time to write this list!

 

[duress]

Step 3: Unless you really are a genius, be prepared to exchange grades for a life in med school. The people that do the best tend to restrict their outside activities. This doesn't mean they are boring, gunners, or nerds. It just means some people made a personal choice to put some things on hold to study while other people don't. I often ask myself is going to a party worth 3-4 points on the test. Sometimes I said yes, sometimes no. It may seem like there are people who party hard and ace tests but see if they are still doing that second semester. Some people come in with college knowledge that quickly become depleted after the first semester. If you are somehow able to have a life and stay ahead of the curve, please tell me how.

Are you pass/fail? It seems like almost no one in our class every really has to make this choice. Most of us are far more concerned with passing than whether we got an 80 or 90 for the course. It doesn't help that every so often our administrators give their monthly "pre-clinical grades mean very little to your future" speech.

Anyway I like your list, first year here.

 

[Quaero]

Any other students would like to share their thoughts?

 

[235009]

Step 1: Form a goal. What do you want to achieve in med school and AFTER med school? Do you want to get on the ROAD? Do you want to do focus on research? Do you want to save up energy for residency?

i disagree with this. it's true that if you are considering a competitive specialty (ROAD is NOT an acronym for competitive specialties) you should definitely be putting in 110% from day one. However, if you are considering a generally less competitive specialty it does not mean you can just coast. there is a wide range of programs in every specialty and in order to have the most choice when it comes time to apply you need to be the most competitive applicant you can possibly be. The top programs in any specialty have students with scores on par with the students who match into competitive specialties. don't let low step 1 averages of some specialties fool you or lull you into a false sense of security.

 

[chronicidal]

i disagree with this. it's true that if you are considering a competitive specialty (ROAD is NOT an acronym for competitive specialties) you should definitely be putting in 110% from day one. However, if you are considering a generally less competitive specialty it does not mean you can just coast. there is a wide range of programs in every specialty and in order to have the most choice when it comes time to apply you need to be the most competitive applicant you can possibly be. The top programs in any specialty have students with scores on par with the students who match into competitive specialties. don't let low step 1 averages of some specialties fool you or lull you into a false sense of security.

in short, gun hard.

 

[Quaero]

in short, gun hard.

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