how many hrs/day do first years studY?
Started by eleminopee
Study time will vary between students. I didn't spend any more time at school than I had to. I did fine in didactics, but not spending the time in the lab improving my hands-of-stone hurt my GPA.
To answer your question, my GPA after second year was 3.1 and I got a 93 on Part I. It's doable, but if you're going to work to get good board scores you might as well go all the way and get good grades too.
To answer your question, my GPA after second year was 3.1 and I got a 93 on Part I. It's doable, but if you're going to work to get good board scores you might as well go all the way and get good grades too.
I just finished my first semester and here is what I did. On most days I didn't study much outside of class unless I had an exam. I studied day or couple of days before an exam(or exams). I didn't miss out on anything I wanted to do or wanted to watch on TV. I managed my time well. In the begining I spent way too much time in the lab out side of class hours but once I got some confidence I didn't spend much time out side of class. I did more than OK my 1st semester and I don't want to specialize so I take it lightly on didactics. I say time management is the key. if you manage your time well in school you will have more time to do fun things while in school. Good Luck.
May I ask what institution you attend? PM me.
I study all the time. Before school, during lunch, after classes, all night.
you will see, lots say dental school is a breeze on here, I laugh everytime I see that.
even the smart kids in my class study at least 3 hours a day.
I study 6
I'm a really big planner...I feel more comfortable if I plan ahead what I'll study on which days (so that I know it'll get done.) I'm also very lazy and have a short attention span, so I don't like to study for more than 2 hours a day (3 at max.) But to keep that up for my first semester, I had to be good about not getting behind.
For big classes like gross, I started studying several weeks before an exam and once did a 6-hour run in the cadaver lab. For most other classes, maybe a week before I'd start studying and again wouldn't study for more than 2 hours a day.
If you're good about not letting it pile up, you should be able to just study a bit each day and not be overloaded.
I had time to be in a community chorus, my boyfriend and I go out to eat all the time, and I hang out with my non-dental professional student friends who are the only ones who will hang out with me during the week.🙄 (dental students can be way reclusive when they get stressed...I like to go out and feel balanced.)
just don't forget that you're also in class all day....so it feels like a lot more school time in general than in undergrad.
For big classes like gross, I started studying several weeks before an exam and once did a 6-hour run in the cadaver lab. For most other classes, maybe a week before I'd start studying and again wouldn't study for more than 2 hours a day.
If you're good about not letting it pile up, you should be able to just study a bit each day and not be overloaded.
I had time to be in a community chorus, my boyfriend and I go out to eat all the time, and I hang out with my non-dental professional student friends who are the only ones who will hang out with me during the week.🙄 (dental students can be way reclusive when they get stressed...I like to go out and feel balanced.)
just don't forget that you're also in class all day....so it feels like a lot more school time in general than in undergrad.
It just depends on what you want to accomplish. As they say, "D's get degrees". So if you just want to get by and graduate then you may have plenty of free time to do other things. If you want to specialize then your going to have to work hard and put in more time. If you don't want to specialize but still be a good Doctor you are still going to have to work hard. I see a lot of people crowing about how little time they spend on school stuff and others who discount all that stuff we learn the first two years. It all matters. Knowledge and skill equal pay and respect(though maybe not in a one to one relationship. Thats for you aphistis). You may not think that you need to know everything that we learn in d-school, but you might. When you were in Undergrad you had a to learn a lot of things that you didn't think you would need but you would be suprised that over a lifetime you will use a lot more then you ever thought. The education also helps to make you a more disciplined, well rounded, and intelligent person.
I don't think anyone should just try to get through it and graduate. I think that, in technical terms, your screwing yourself and your patients. Ya, you may be ok treating a perfectly healthy 20 year old with no hypersensativities and if you figure out how to base an entire practice on perfectly healthy 20 year olds then let me know, but the entire reason that we need to know all that other stuff is so that we can treat everyone else and if something goes wrong we can take care of it. Thats why were called doctor. I know someone might think that their is still a lot that you learn that you may never need but a lot of that stuff is necessary for you to know, so that you can learn and understand all the other stuff that matters, and some of it is important so that you can communicate with patients and other doctors about the conditions of your patients.
Baylor College of Dentistry, prepare to study every day. You will get completely reamed if you aren't spending pretty much all of your free time studying. Every student studies non-stop, 100% gunners.
I was pleasently surprised to find out that school is not "that" hard. Yes it is harder than your worst semester in undergrad, but you learn how to deal with it. It is sink or swim. You will be shocked at how well you can cope with it. You kick back at the end of a hellish 18hr semester and say, darn. I learned ALL OF THAT.
We have block exams here at UF, meaning all of our tests for all of our classes are on one or two days together. I still made it out plenty, watched plenty of TV, played a lot of music, went to the SEC championship, and went to vegas for 4-5 days. I ended up with a 3.6. I missed out on an A in gross but hell I had a blast and there will be kids in your class that study ALL OF THE TIME. I truly respect my classmates for doing so, but man, I wanna have a life, I wanna have fun and I guess I am willing to sacrifice one A a semester for football games, bars, and good times.
There are also kids in my class that party more than I do but came out with a 4.0. Hey they are smarter than I am. Another thing you will learn.... Where in the HECK did they find all these smart people. You have to learn, you are you and that they are who they are. You cannot compare yourself to them.
The secret to my success so far has been, work hard and play harder!
-C
PS... At UF "D" does not equal degree, infact, I don't think C equals degree. I have forgotten, but I am 99% on the fact that you have to maintain at least a 2.5... if you go less you are on academic probation for the next semester.
-C
We have block exams here at UF, meaning all of our tests for all of our classes are on one or two days together. I still made it out plenty, watched plenty of TV, played a lot of music, went to the SEC championship, and went to vegas for 4-5 days. I ended up with a 3.6. I missed out on an A in gross but hell I had a blast and there will be kids in your class that study ALL OF THE TIME. I truly respect my classmates for doing so, but man, I wanna have a life, I wanna have fun and I guess I am willing to sacrifice one A a semester for football games, bars, and good times.
There are also kids in my class that party more than I do but came out with a 4.0. Hey they are smarter than I am. Another thing you will learn.... Where in the HECK did they find all these smart people. You have to learn, you are you and that they are who they are. You cannot compare yourself to them.
The secret to my success so far has been, work hard and play harder!
-C
PS... At UF "D" does not equal degree, infact, I don't think C equals degree. I have forgotten, but I am 99% on the fact that you have to maintain at least a 2.5... if you go less you are on academic probation for the next semester.
-C
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To counter, I have a higher GPA through the fall semester of my second year, but a lower score on Part I. I don't know if they are necessarily linked.
i have to agree with my buddy mustt mustt...time managment is the key...too bad i never got it down hopefully i can next semester...yet
i still think dental school isnt "that hard"...i chilled alot, wasted alot of time, watched alot of football, and Entourage
i pulled ALOT of ALLNIGHTERS and i managed an alright gpa
when i cramed id say i studied an avg of 8-10hrs that day
the key is enjoying the pain, the agony, the carnage
maybe im a masochist but i LOVE dental school😍
i still think dental school isnt "that hard"...i chilled alot, wasted alot of time, watched alot of football, and Entourage
i pulled ALOT of ALLNIGHTERS and i managed an alright gpa
when i cramed id say i studied an avg of 8-10hrs that day
the key is enjoying the pain, the agony, the carnage
maybe im a masochist but i LOVE dental school😍
👍 👍 I completely agree. Not comparing yourself to your classmates' progress is SOO important, because you'll start to realize that the only people really discussing grades are rightfully proud of theirs, and so you think you're only hearing about As. It will stress you out a lot, so just feel comfortable with your progress and do whatever works for you. Be confident!
And definitely play a lot. As it was, it's taken me a few days to get over an intense semester and finals, but I don't know WHERE I'd be now if I didn't play/drink/ignore school at times as much as I did. Probably trembling in a corner mumbling something about mesiolabial line angles....😛
I studied less than the average person at my school. Some studied 24 frign hours/day. Guess what, we all have P.0 GPA's!!!!
For those that din't get that, we all passed (UCSF is Pass/fail)
For those that din't get that, we all passed (UCSF is Pass/fail)
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I just finished my third semester at IUSD. My first year we had biweekly tests. Basically, 2 weeks of material, for every class, all on one test. For these I would study Monday-Friday. I would pull an all nighter Thursday right up until the test. So it really wasnt that many days of studying. Then I didnt do jack again, until the Monday right before the test again. So I pulled a lot of all nighters my freshman year. Sophomore year, the main difference is we have monthly's. These tests are sort of like biweekly's except that its a month of material instead of 2 weeks. So 1 month of material in every class and its all tested on one big test on the same day. For these I would study about 7 days before. Again I would pull an all nighter the night before. Then second year we also had a lot of lab work. It wasn't really difficult but it could get to be time consuming. I would always take my sweet ass time when working on the projects but I would usually do them last minute. Freshman year I went out basically every weekend, both Friday and Saturday and I almost NEVER ever studied for a test on the weekend. Sophomore year I would miss on average about 1 weekend out of the month due to the monthly tests being given on Mondays (biweeklys freshman year were on Fridays). But besides that I would always go out. Now this is just how I and my good friend do it. Other people prefer to study 24/7 so they don't have to study really hard at the end. It all depends on how you work. I prefer to wait till the last minute so I am scared, and then I work really well. Others like to study all along. Take your pick and see what works for you 🙂.
HI ... sorry to bother you, but as I was reading this post, I realized that you go to Michigan University, which is great! I got in and will be attending next fall. I have few questions about the school and will appreciate if you can give me a feedback.
1. How is your experience so far?
2. Do you think students get a good clinical experience? I ask you this because the day of my interview I did not get that impression.
3. Would you recommend going to Michigan and why?
Thank you so much for your response and I hope you have a Happy New Year!
1. How is your experience so far?
2. Do you think students get a good clinical experience? I ask you this because the day of my interview I did not get that impression.
3. Would you recommend going to Michigan and why?
Thank you so much for your response and I hope you have a Happy New Year!
why don't you send this as a private message to him cuz this is not what this thread is about yo.
We seem to have 1 exam/week that's usuallly about a month's worth of material. So I spent most of each week preparing for that exam...usually 2-3 hours/day a couple of days before it. Then like a bunch of hours the days before. Sometimes on weekends, but I try really, really hard not to.
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