How long do you guy typically spend studying in a day?

[ravupadh]

Some schools have it like that?

Uhh yeah I thought it was like that at most medical schools? We have non-mandatory recorded lectures which is a god send if you're commuting from home like me. Only time we really have to be at school is for exams obviously and the occasional clinical sessions we have every week or so. I know I'm going to dread MS3 next year since getting up any time before 10 in the morning is an absolute drag for me.

In terms of studying.. I listen to lectures at home and take vigorous notes. I might review these for 3-4 hours on the weekend if I have time and don't have to catch up. Only time I really actually start "studying" is a week before the exam at a minimum. So far that's worked out really well for me.

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[Pose]

I feel pretty jelly of some of you. I study like 10 hours a day, every day of the week. I think I could easily cut that down to 7-8 hours if I didn't get distracted by the internet or let my mind wander. And truthfully I'm not sure if the amount I study really gets me a much better grade than if I studied less, but I'm just not willing (at this point) to test that theory.

 

[BamaNicole]

Honestly.....if I don't count class i try to kept to five hours a day during the week. Saturdays can be around 8 if I have a test coming up and sunday I try not to do anything at all.

....which never happens.

 

[wjs010]

Honestly.....if I don't count class i try to kept to five hours a day during the week. Saturdays can be around 8 if I have a test coming up and sunday I try not to do anything at all.

....which never happens.

You can go to class and study for 5 hrs? Im lucky to get 3. 4 rarely happens. After class it takes me like 3 hours to take a break. And longer if the gym happens.

 

[BamaNicole]

You can go to class and study for 5 hrs? Im lucky to get 3. 4 rarely happens. After class it takes me like 3 hours to take a break. And longer if the gym happens.

Yeah I do. I have class on the later days til 3 and then I take a two hour break. In which I go to the gym and eat. I then study 5-10pm and go to bed around 10:30 or 11. Works for me right now.

 

[MetalloBetalactamase]

One billion!

Sounds just about right. I get up and study during breakfast, listening to a recorded lecture. I study on the bus to school, before class, during break, during lunch, after classes end, sometimes during class. I study while I poop, while I shower, if excercises I listen to a lecture or have my voice reader read a book chapter, I even go to bed at night reviewing slides. Why I'm here now? Space madness!

 

[makingthejump]

What is a voice reader that reads a book chapter? Where can I get this?

 

[PIacebo]

What is a voice reader that reads a book chapter? Where can I get this?

Wondering this too.

 

[MetalloBetalactamase]

What is a voice reader that reads a book chapter? Where can I get this?

Wondering this too.

I use an IPad app called Voice Dream. It is a computerized voice ... Sounds like SIRI. It mangles scientific terms, and It has a pronunciation feature that lets you set up words phonetically if the reader can't handle them. Best reader for 10 bucks I've found, but I'm hoping for better. For simple stuff it's great if it is straight read through. Needs PDFs. It works if your a little adaptogenic.

 

[The Kraken]

What are you studying as first years that requires more than 3 hours a day after classes?

 

[Roxas]

What are you studying as first years that requires more than 3 hours a day after classes?

Anatomy, for starters

 

[MetalloBetalactamase]

What are you studying as first years that requires more than 3 hours a day after classes?

The Perineum...

 

[The Kraken]

I would say alternating 3/4 hour days with solid 6-8hrs on weekend, depending on PBL/PCL/TBL is sufficient? My performance is good, and I'd rather not burn out going from ~top quartile to top 10%? I don't know, it's working and I'm just surprised at how other people study sometimes.

 

[BamaNicole]

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The Perineum...

This describes my feelings right now

 

[Pacna]

Would studying (with attending 4hrs of morning classes) from 530am-5pm M-F be sufficient for M1 and M2?

God, I wish. Some days you'll be in lab/small group/etc until 9pm (after starting lecture at 8am). You will spend all day at school and feel like you accomplished nothing in terms of exam-studying.

I do usually get a break for lunch, though, which is nice. 🙂

 

[Anicetus]

1) Guys, just because it takes you only 3 hours to study the day's material and you got it down in your memory bank doesn't mean it works the same for everyone else. For some people it takes even two hours for a one hour lecture to review efficiently.

2) Some of you obviously have good visual or verbal memory while some don't. Anatomy may just take several glances for some and hours of regurgitating for others.

3) Classes at some schools may require to learn specific details that classes at other schools don't.

I just feel like we should just all accept that it literally takes 8-10 hours of studying per day for some people and only a couple hours a day for others. News Flash: WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BRAINS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT GENES.

It took medical school for me to realize when it came to learning, all men/women were not created equally. Before then, I thought that if you study more than the guy next to you, it can guarantee a better grade than them.

 

[Psai]

takes me all day to study but it's about 40% efficiency