How many people go to the Parties during orientation and after test?

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Psai said:
US MD fail rates are below 5% from what I've seen. My class had no failures this year and a ton of high scores
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My class had ~5% Step 1 retakes, US MD. We also had a lot of >240s and >10% ortho hopefuls. It's probably going to be an ugly match day for us this year.
 
boogaloo said:
My class had ~5% Step 1 retakes, US MD. We also had a lot of >240s and >10% ortho hopefuls. It's probably going to be an ugly match day for us this year.
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I hope some are smart enough to do a research year depending on stats.
 
southernIM said:
Stupid comparison.

If your class all took 5-8 weeks and dedicated it to full time studying for your pulm exam I'm pretty sure they'd have a very low failure rate
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Linking cause and effect isn't his strong point.
 
Ok, done with COPD Lecture, now going to beast Asthma, then it's time for review with Pathoma and Goljan I suppose.

PL198 said:
why?
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Why not?

If you're a dude who had one thing going for him in his life, and that was academic prowess, and now you take that away, you've got nothing. And furthermore, it's not a matter of being average, it's a matter of me being a 4th quartile student who is dodging bullets at every midterm. It kinda sucks lol.

DermViser said:
Linking cause and effect isn't his strong point.
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Bee nice 🙁
 
Arkangeloid said:
Ok, done with COPD Lecture, now going to beast Asthma, then it's time for review with Pathoma and Goljan I suppose.



Why not?

If you're a dude who had one thing going for him in his life, and that was academic prowess, and now you take that away, you've got nothing. And furthermore, it's not a matter of being average, it's a matter of me being a 4th quartile student who is dodging bullets at every midterm. It kinda sucks lol.



Bee nice 🙁
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Go study! Asthma's important!
 
Arkangeloid said:
Ok, done with COPD Lecture, now going to beast Asthma, then it's time for review with Pathoma and Goljan I suppose.



Why not?

If you're a dude who had one thing going for him in his life, and that was academic prowess, and now you take that away, you've got nothing. And furthermore, it's not a matter of being average, it's a matter of me being a 4th quartile student who is dodging bullets at every midterm. It kinda sucks lol.



Bee nice 🙁
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So figure out how to change your strategy so you can score higher. If you can get into medical school, you can excel in medical school, it's just a matter of finding the right tweaks in your plan to make you excel. my view is that less than 5 % of each class is a "genius" or something similar to basically whatever they do, they'd always excel. For everyone else, they're pretty much on the same level and it's just a matter of who is willing to work harder and smarter.

However you shouldn't let your scores define your happiness. You need to find joy in other things in life. There are going to be times when you do all you can and things still don't work out for the best, you can't be miserable those times. You can be disappointed by a poor score, but crying yourself to sleep because of it isn't healthy.
 
Arkangeloid said:
Why not?

If you're a dude who had one thing going for him in his life, and that was academic prowess, and now you take that away, you've got nothing. And furthermore, it's not a matter of being average, it's a matter of me being a 4th quartile student who is dodging bullets at every midterm. It kinda sucks lol.
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😵
 
PL198 said:
So figure out how to change your strategy so you can score higher. If you can get into medical school, you can excel in medical school, it's just a matter of finding the right tweaks in your plan to make you excel. my view is that less than 5 % of each class is a "genius" or something similar to basically whatever they do, they'd always excel. For everyone else, they're pretty much on the same level and it's just a matter of who is willing to work harder and smarter.

However you shouldn't let your scores define your happiness. You need to find joy in other things in life. There are going to be times when you do all you can and things still don't work out for the best, you can't be miserable those times. You can be disappointed by a poor score, but crying yourself to sleep because of it isn't healthy.
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:claps::claps::claps::claps::claps:
 
@Arkangeloid

GET OFF SDN. I stayed away from here for most of dental school bc I was trying to minimize distractions, and I am very easily distracted. You need to study. Clearly posting study strategy updates and stuff isn't helping your scores. Have a friend change your pw to this site or something and STUDY!!!!


Ok goodnight
 
Agreed, and that's why my posting (and forum-viewing) frequency is way down, and I'm mostly staying away from this place.

One more post, then back to the books:

I disagree that posting about my study habits isn't helpful. Even if it doesn't manifest in higher scores, it helps me keep my confidence up. And I thought you guys were the ones who kept telling me that confidence is the most important thing.

I'm not under any illusions here. I know that if I fail out of medical school, my life as I know it is over, and I will have nothing but shame and suffering to look forward to. It's a lot of pressure, and I try to deal with it somehow, through going for my daily jogs, through meditation, and through posting about how I'm going to straight up throne this bish.

And maybe I won't throne the bish, but if I start out thinking that, then I'll never throne it. Remember what Syrio said, "fear cuts deeper than swords."
 
fancymylotus said:
@Arkangeloid

GET OFF SDN. I stayed away from here for most of dental school bc I was trying to minimize distractions, and I am very easily distracted. You need to study. Clearly posting study strategy updates and stuff isn't helping your scores. Have a friend change your pw to this site or something and STUDY!!!!


Ok goodnight
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For real. My login activity has gone way down since school started. SDN, Facebook, etc, are no bueno for staying focused.
 
Arkangeloid said:
I'm not under any illusions here. I know that if I fail out of medical school, my life as I know it is over, and I will have nothing but shame and suffering to look forward to. It's a lot of pressure, and I try to deal with it somehow, through going for my daily jogs, through meditation, and through posting about how I'm going to straight up throne this bish.
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That's the spirit!
 
Well at least most people made an effort to get to know each other the first week. Now everybody has sectioned off into little 5 person cliques most people still don't know each others names. I like my anatomy group somewhat, I hate two of the people in my PBL group, I'm going to the psychiatry interest group at a interesting place, so im still making the effort to get to know people...somewhat.
 
I'm in the middle of orientation and had a pretty serious situation at home arise so I only got to go to one outing, and apparently missed the absolutely biggest one. However, I'm generally pretty friendly and outgoing so hopefully I haven't doomed myself for all four years. Ha ha ha. (But actually, I'm worried).
 
AlexMack12 said:
I'm in the middle of orientation and had a pretty serious situation at home arise so I only got to go to one outing, and apparently missed the absolutely biggest one. However, I'm generally pretty friendly and outgoing so hopefully I haven't doomed myself for all four years. Ha ha ha. (But actually, I'm worried).
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They'll love you, its us introverted loners who have it hard.
 
DermViser said:
Then force yourself for your own benefit at least.
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A lot of people are really stuck up, they won't say anything to you unless you speak to them first. Next week will be hard to socialize anyway. We have our first 2 test Friday and people are freaking out studying 8hrs a day. I feel like everybody studies more than I do too.
 
EMDO2018 said:
A lot of people are really stuck up, they won't say anything to you unless you speak to them first. Next week will be hard to socialize anyway. We have our first 2 test Friday and people are freaking out studying 8hrs a day. I feel like everybody studies more than I do too.
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Fine then if they only talk unless you speak to them first, unless their mean, then talk first. Stop divining intentions that you have no idea about. Yes, it's the first test, and everyone is putting the pedal to the metal bc they have no idea how things will be tested. You do the same - eat, exercise, sleep and crank it out (studying and doing practice questions) as well. Study in groups if it helps so everyone keeps their motivation. Whatever you do - DON'T go to your safe place and isolate yourself off completely.
 
I'm halfway through orientation and I swear I haven't drank and partied as hard as this ever in my life. There is alcohol everywhere. It's insane lol. I feel like when Biochem starts it's gonna be the end of the world.-
 
EMDO2018 said:
A lot of people are really stuck up, they won't say anything to you unless you speak to them first.
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Aren't you doing the same thing by waiting for them to talk to you?

How do you know they aren't shy or nervous? As @DermViser states, stop making assumptions about everyone's behavior.
 
Winged Scapula said:
Aren't you doing the same thing by waiting for them to talk to you?

How do you know they aren't shy or nervous? As @DermViser states, stop making assumptions about everyone's behavior.
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I swear half the problem people seem to have here is bc people think they can read someone else's thoughts when they've given no external indication whatsoever. Whether it's a resident being short (bc a freakin trauma is going on) and their attention not fully on you, or a fellow student not saying "Hi!" when they first see them. @EMDO2018 you need to stop extrapolating people's intentions - you're not good at it. Not everyone you meet in med school or medicine is going to be like Dr. Sunny Day on Scrubs.

 
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Espadaleader said:
I'm halfway through orientation and I swear I haven't drank and partied as hard as this ever in my life. There is alcohol everywhere. It's insane lol. I feel like when Biochem starts it's gonna be the end of the world.-
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I remember this so well. Lol, biochem was first for us too. And the first day of class most of us were too hungover to function.
 
Every specialty interest group gives out free pizza, so yeah free lunch everyday.


I talked to a few people today.


There is a girl but, I don't have time for that
 
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EMDO2018 said:
Every specialty interest group gives out free pizza, so yeah free lunch everyday.


I talked to a few people today.


There is a girl but, I don't have time for that
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Arkangeloid said:
No they aren't lol. Whenever I fked up a test in MS-1, I would spend hours crying myself to sleep.



Srs
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That's pathetic. Seriously? You cried over a test?

I'm not trying to be mean here, but I think you could use some kind of counseling. After reading through many of your posts, you clearly have some issues, friend. Crying over a test is not normal, and saying that all you have is academics is sad and pathetic.

Get off SDN, study, and get some help.
 
EMDO2018 said:
Well at least most people made an effort to get to know each other the first week. Now everybody has sectioned off into little 5 person cliques most people still don't know each others names. I like my anatomy group somewhat, I hate two of the people in my PBL group, I'm going to the psychiatry interest group at a interesting place, so im still making the effort to get to know people...somewhat.
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PBL? They still do this crap?

PBL was the biggest waste of time in medical school. Looking back, it's an even bigger waste of time now and I can't believe anyone thinks this is an efficient way to learn.
 
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Everyone was pretty active during orientation week (as was I)
Now I'm struggling to keep pace with material and find myself studying non-stop. frequent tests (at least for now) don't allow for any real breaks but I have been exercising, eating well, and sleeping enough. I swear this last weekend from a period of 2 pm friday - 11 pm sunday I probably studied for an entire day (24 hours). Just too many details to pick up.

All the required stuff I find to be crappy time sinks. I hate pre-reading the material they give us and "working together" as they instruct us too. So many little required things, it really complicates daily life.
 
DarknightX said:
That's pathetic. Seriously? You cried over a test?

I'm not trying to be mean here, but I think you could use some kind of counseling. After reading through many of your posts, you clearly have some issues, friend. Crying over a test is not normal, and saying that all you have is academics is sad and pathetic.

Get off SDN, study, and get some help.
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:sendoff:

Easy to say from residency with your nice rose-colored glasses. Medical school sucks the big one, and if you didn't cry at least once... well you did and just forgot about it. As a big strong man who hasn't cried in years before MS1, I can say that I've broken down from the stress at least once so far and I haven't even gotten to rotations yet.
 
Serous Demilune said:
:sendoff:

Easy to say from residency with your nice rose-colored glasses. Medical school sucks the big one, and if you didn't cry at least once... well you did and just forgot about it. As a big strong man who hasn't cried in years before MS1, I can say that I've broken down from the stress at least once so far and I haven't even gotten to rotations yet.
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Yeah- I def cried into some Ben and Jerry's containers and patron bottles in dental school. I sympathize with Ark but I think he needs to work on his delivery and social skills, big time.
 
Serous Demilune said:
:sendoff:

Easy to say from residency with your nice rose-colored glasses. Medical school sucks the big one, and if you didn't cry at least once... well you did and just forgot about it. As a big strong man who hasn't cried in years before MS1, I can say that I've broken down from the stress at least once so far and I haven't even gotten to rotations yet.
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Guys who cry....SMH.

It's ok to cry over someone dying or something of great significance.

Guys crying over women, tests, or anything else absolutely sickens me. I don't care what women tell you, it's not ok for men to cry about trivial things.

And yes, some test during M1 year is trivial.

Man up.
 
DarknightX said:
Guys who cry....SMH.

It's ok to cry over someone dying or something of great significance.

Guys crying over women, tests, or anything else absolutely sickens me. I don't care what women tell you, it's not ok for men to cry about trivial things.

And yes, some test during M1 year is trivial.

Man up.
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Well guys who bottle up their feels and refuse to cry sicken me

So I guess we are even 😛
 
DarknightX said:
As long as you're not crying all over the place, you're good with me.
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I don't cry in front of people. I don't think there's anything wrong with crying, I just do it in private and very rarely.
 
DarknightX said:
Guys who cry....SMH.

It's ok to cry over someone dying or something of great significance.

Guys crying over women, tests, or anything else absolutely sickens me. I don't care what women tell you, it's not ok for men to cry about trivial things.

And yes, some test during M1 year is trivial.

Man up.
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Haha ok buddy whatever you say
 
DarknightX said:
That's pathetic. Seriously? You cried over a test?

I'm not trying to be mean here, but I think you could use some kind of counseling. After reading through many of your posts, you clearly have some issues, friend. Crying over a test is not normal, and saying that all you have is academics is sad and pathetic.

Get off SDN, study, and get some help.
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Easy to say, now that you're in residency isn't it? I swear you're like a surgery version of Instatewaiter.
 
DarknightX said:
Guys who cry....SMH.

It's ok to cry over someone dying or something of great significance.

Guys crying over women, tests, or anything else absolutely sickens me. I don't care what women tell you, it's not ok for men to cry about trivial things.

And yes, some test during M1 year is trivial.

Man up.
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Nice display of empathy there.

Different people handle things differently. Yeah if you cry yourself to sleep every night about school, you should seek some help. But crying is one of many normal responses to being overwhelmed. You can deny it and put it down and act as macho as you want, but show some sympathy for other people.
 
EMDO2018 said:
Every specialty interest group gives out free pizza, so yeah free lunch everyday.


I talked to a few people today.


There is a girl but, I don't have time for that
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Nice excuse kid. More like you're scared

When are you going to have more time than m1? Residency? Lol
 
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