how can I get pumped for 2nd year?

[ivyleague22ny]

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hey guys,
I'll be starting 2nd year med school this tuesday and for some reason I'm not looking forward to it. Maybe it's because I spent the whole summer doing a summer research fellowship and while the experience was great, I feel kind of burnt out (i still have to chug a paper due October on my research results to be published). I'm usual on top of things and I dont' even know which books we're suppose to buy for tuesday or if we're already suppose to do readings for lab.

Or maybe I'm just not looking forward to the whole social dynamic of med school. I really enjoy the company of a lot of my classmates; however, the are quite a number of my classmates who are just pretty snotty. You know the ones who aren't consistent with their moods. One day they'll be smiling "hey how are you?" and the next day they'll act like you don't even exist. I'm the type who likes to say hi and all i want is a hi back and some of my classmates don't even return it with a smile. And I want to go to class and enjoy a lecture and not hear my classmates jeer and sneer just because a fellow classmate is asking a thoughtful question during class. I also get annoyed at classmates who do crossword puzzles during class acting like they know everthing and that it's review for them when they probably have to study their ass of like everyone else in class. Maybe I'm just not looking forward to being stuck wth seeing some of my annoying classmates everyday for several hours in lecture, lab, and small groups.

I don't know I just don't want to suffer from a med school "sophomore slump." I do really want to become a doctor and love medicine. Maybe it's just some of my classmates I can't stand.

Any advice or perspectives or 2 cents out there will be very much appreciative thanks!

 

[Skialta]

Well, if it is like the start of my second year you won't have much time to think about it because you will be studying your ass off. The pace definitely picked up for this year, but the material is much more interesting and more clinically applicable.

I hear you on the whole personality difficulties with other students. Some of my classmates seem to have mellowed a bit over the summer. Others are pretty much the same....

I was dreading going back, but after two weeks and one block of tests behind me it is ok. Good luck.

 

[Stinger86]

Then just skip class. Lecture's not really all that helpful in the longrun; it's usually the texts and review books that teach you.

Take plenty of time off your second year, because once you hit third year, you can't make decisions to skip anymore, and you're expected to work some pretty terrible hours

 

[Howard Roark]

Does your school give you increased clinical experiences during your second year? At my school we spent 1/2 of each and every day in the clinic during the entire second year. That really helped me get pumped up about 2nd year. Good luck.




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[Ramoray]

just think of it this way, the rest of your entire life depends on your performance this one year, all culminating up to the boards which determine your life. So think one yhear of crap for60 years of greatness.

 

[pocahontas]

just think of it this way, the rest of your entire life depends on your performance this one year, all culminating up to the boards which determine your life. So think one yhear of crap for60 years of greatness.

WELL PUT! Also, if going to class helps you, you paid for it...go to class. If dealing with these ppl deters you from doing ur best, then reconsider going to class. that's my 2 cents. Good luck!

 

[ubiquitous]

One day they'll be smiling "hey how are you?" and the next day they'll act like you don't even exist. I'm the type who likes to say hi and all i want is a hi back and some of my classmates don't even return it with a smile. And I want to go to class and enjoy a lecture and not hear my classmates jeer and sneer just because a fellow classmate is asking a thoughtful question during class. I also get annoyed at classmates who do crossword puzzles during class acting like they know everthing and that it's review for them when they probably have to study their ass of like everyone else in class.

You must go to my school!

 

[daisygirl]

Take plenty of time off your second year, because once you hit third year, you can't make decisions to skip anymore, and you're expected to work some pretty terrible hours

In addition to the hours being dreadfully long, you must somehow find the energy to study 😱 . I've read a whopping 15 pages in my first two weeks of surgery 😱 .

Stinger's advice is dead-on. Stay home, unless you really absorb a great deal of info while being lectured at. You will no longer have a life third year- at all (at least in certain clerkships).

 

[uclacrewdude]

a lot of you guys are focusing strictly on the academics. for me, getting pumped up about 2nd yr not only lies in studying stuff that actually matters, but also being a leader in the school. hence the bajillions of clubs ive joined and the couple that im an officer in. for me, 2nd yr means ive already gone through time-management crises, and ive also got enough exposure to start forming professional opinions about certain things, yet still have enough time and energy by virtue of only having to go to lecture, instead of the hospital on a regular basis, making an awesome combination to effect change.

do some damage this year, and im not talking about just classwork.

 

[deleted29780]

a lot of you guys are focusing strictly on the academics. for me, getting pumped up about 2nd yr not only lies in studying stuff that actually matters, but also being a leader in the school. .

Try to relax and fill your mind with positive thoughts. All humans are obviously not the same... we all have different values. The fact that some of your classmates are not that friendly, doesn't mean the way you treat others in your class should necessarily change. My advice to you, get to know the ones who genuinely like you, and pay more attention to them. 👍

 

[Rod Farva]

How can you get pumped for 2nd year?

You can't. It sucks. You have to take the boards at the end of it.

 

[doc05]

the best way to prepare for 2nd year is to spend the summer on the beach, with zero responsibilites.....

 

[ericdamiansean]

the best way to prepare for 2nd year is to spend the summer on the beach, with zero responsibilites.....

Bad idea, though there's no harm trying

 

[Entei]

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[Blake]

I am living proof that spending the summer doing absolutely nothing is entirely possible, and from my experience I would say it's an excellent idea. 😛

I totally agree with this. I'm quite glad I absolutely did nothing in the summer, other than RELAX ! 👍 I suffer from something me and my friends like to call " selective laziness ". I'm incredibly lazy during the summer, yet when things matter ( work, school, etc ), I really work hard. I guess it's my way of balancing things, considering I've studied 9 hours straight yesterday( I don't have a gunner-personality, I just like to finish things early as possible so I can have some free time for other things. I also want to know as much as I can because I actually find the material interesting. )

Well, go to go back to studying... 😳 Only 3 months to go until our clinical stage 😀