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[hs2013]

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I am really good at getting good grades and doing well on exams BUUUUT.... I learn nothing and forget so much 🙁

For example I have A's through all of gen-chem/o-chem and literally don't feel like I remember much at all. Don't even get me started on Bio, because that is much worse, despite studying like 5-6 days before exams and dividing up the material to study and getting A's on exams, like 3-4 days after it's all gone...

I don't know how to change my studying because what I am doing is working well with grades but when it comes to dental school I actually do need to remember ****

 

[tortelliniboy]

All of that stuff really has no relevance to your future profession honestly. Just celebrate that you're doing well and enjoy your time in college

 

[nonociceptors]

Damn, looks like I accidentally stumbled onto OPs blog again...

 

[Gen. Beauregard]

OP, you have the gift for making it through the dental school didactic courses. Fear not. I'm being serious. Do you think any of us remember what the histological features of an apocrine sweat gland are? If you didn't know (yet), apocrine sweat glands are the ones found in places that you don't typically show people that give you your special funky smell. Dogs shove their noses in your crotch for that reason. The board that writes the exam says that we need to know all about apocrine sweat glands and their histological features in order to be top notch dentists. If a patient ever comes into my office, bends over, and says, "Hey Doc, what kind of sweat gland is this?", I will know, but I will not be happy that I know. Furthermore, if I pressed my microscope against their sweat gland, I could name its features and borders and cell layers. However, if I provided such services to my patient, I would be dragged before that same board and charged with malpractice, because I am a dentist, and dentists don't work on apocrine sweat glands or their environs. So what do I do with my forced knowledge of apocrine sweat glands? I FREAKING FORGET IT!!! I drop that knowledge like it's hot from my overtaxed brain the second I fill out that bubble on the scantron, and make room for the next bit of knowledge. You retain enough so that it comes back when you study for the boards, but otherwise, what am I going to do with it? It doesn't exactly make you popular at parties. It's like that for most of the other courses. You will remember what's important and what you'll actually use, and the rest you learn after school. Other than that, the book courses are basically an intellectual version of Human Centipede. Don't stress over not remembering the majority of that stuff. Kudos on the A's though.

 

[hs2013]

Damn, looks like I accidentally stumbled onto OPs blog again...

Thanks for the pointless snarky comment, why are you even on these boards, go become a stand up comic

 

[joiedevivre86]

OP, you have the gift for making it through the dental school didactic courses. Fear not. I'm being serious. Do you think any of us remember what the histological features of an apocrine sweat gland are? If you didn't know (yet), apocrine sweat glands are the ones found in places that you don't typically show people that give you your special funky smell. Dogs shove their noses in your crotch for that reason. The board that writes the exam says that we need to know all about apocrine sweat glands and their histological features in order to be top notch dentists. If a patient ever comes into my office, bends over, and says, "Hey Doc, what kind of sweat gland is this?", I will know, but I will not be happy that I know. Furthermore, if I pressed my microscope against their sweat gland, I could name its features and borders and cell layers. However, if I provided such services to my patient, I would be dragged before that same board and charged with malpractice, because I am a dentist, and dentists don't work on apocrine sweat glands or their environs. So what do I do with my forced knowledge of apocrine sweat glands? I FREAKING FORGET IT!!! I drop that knowledge like it's hot from my overtaxed brain the second I fill out that bubble on the scantron, and make room for the next bit of knowledge. You retain enough so that it comes back when you study for the boards, but otherwise, what am I going to do with it? It doesn't exactly make you popular at parties. It's like that for most of the other courses. You will remember what's important and what you'll actually use, and the rest you learn after school. Other than that, the book courses are basically an intellectual version of Human Centipede. Don't stress over not remembering the majority of that stuff. Kudos on the A's though.

I like your answers, @Gen. Beauregard.

 

[BrazilianRider]

Thanks for the pointless snarky comment, why are you even on these boards, go become a stand up comic

Seriously though, what was the point of this post? There's no question, no anything, just you talking about yourself. That's Blogging 101.

 

[hs2013]

Seriously though, what was the point of this post? There's no question, no anything, just you talking about yourself. That's Blogging 101.

You could infer that the post basically was asking for ways to study so I actually remember stuff long term despite there being no direct question.

 

[Confused1617]

The thing is you seem like you are cramming. You study 6 days before and just spit it out during the exam and forget it. Of course it is normal to forget but you will recall some of the material when you look back at it.
I also found it easy to get A's in my classes, but what I did was pay attention to lecture and take notes. Then at home I would reread and do problems.
I did this for almost all my classes and found that I didn't have to study a lot for exam but just look over my notes again. I don't remember everything but when I read articles or like when I studied for the DAT, I didn't need as much of reviewing.

 

[hs2013]

The thing is you seem like you are cramming. You study 6 days before and just spit it out during the exam and forget it. Of course it is normal to forget but you will recall some of the material when you look back at it.
I also found it easy to get A's in my classes, but what I did was pay attention to lecture and take notes. Then at home I would reread and do problems.
I did this for almost all my classes and found that I didn't have to study a lot for exam but just look over my notes again. I don't remember everything but when I read articles or like when I studied for the DAT, I didn't need as much of reviewing.

And that's why I hate our education system, it's all about grades and not learning, so why wouldn't I exert the least amount of effort to get good grades...

Which in turn makes me HAAAATE the path to become a dentist/doctor. I don't need 4 years of undergrad learning non-sense to show I can succeed in dental school. I am going to forget it all anyone, have no use for it in dental school, etc....

2 years undergrad, take gen chem/bio first year, take o-chem/physics/more bio 2nd year. BOOOOOM done. Do well in that and you've shown you can get through dental school.

 

[Confused1617]

And that's why I hate our education system, it's all about grades and not learning, so why wouldn't I exert the least amount of effort to get good grades...

Which in turn makes me HAAAATE the path to become a dentist/doctor. I don't need 4 years of undergrad learning non-sense to show I can succeed in dental school. I am going to forget it all anyone, have no use for it in dental school, etc....

2 years undergrad, take gen chem/bio first year, take o-chem/physics/more bio 2nd year. BOOOOOM done. Do well in that and you've shown you can get through dental school.

I could have done what you have done, but look at it this way, you are building good studying skills. You are disciplining yourself. This will help a lot in dental school. In undergrad, our craziest week is when we have three exams the same week. Dental school is a lot more difficult and cramming might not do you well. It might work, but it might not.
I agree that our education system is crap, but you work with what you get.

 

[nonociceptors]

You could infer that the post basically was asking for ways to study so I actually remember stuff long term despite there being no direct question.

Inference? Now you're just asking for way too much.

 

[BrazilianRider]

And that's why I hate our education system, it's all about grades and not learning, so why wouldn't I exert the least amount of effort to get good grades...

Which in turn makes me HAAAATE the path to become a dentist/doctor. I don't need 4 years of undergrad learning non-sense to show I can succeed in dental school. I am going to forget it all anyone, have no use for it in dental school, etc....

2 years undergrad, take gen chem/bio first year, take o-chem/physics/more bio 2nd year. BOOOOOM done. Do well in that and you've shown you can get through dental school.

I mean based off your posts, you still haven't shown that you can learn and retain information. Maybe these four years of undergrad are here so you cab tweak your study method?

I agree with the other user though, you are definitely cramming and that isn't condusive to long-term learning.

 

[hs2013]

I mean based off your posts, you still haven't shown that you can learn and retain information. Maybe these four years of undergrad are here so you cab tweak your study method?

I agree with the other user though, you are definitely cramming and that isn't condusive to long-term learning.

No I know I can, the more I think about it the more I realize I just cram because I don't have to know stuff long-term right now so I'm not putting in extra effort. Whereas in dental school I know I'll make sure I really study the stuff I actually need to know long-term.

 

[I want to go to there]

No I know I can, the more I think about it the more I realize I just cram because I don't have to know stuff long-term right now so I'm not putting in extra effort. Whereas in dental school I know I'll make sure I really study the stuff I actually need to know long-term.

Review your previous study materials during the breaks at dental school and they will all quickly come back to you for the boards. Don't worry about it, even if you think you forgot, it's still all up there in your brain. I heard human brain doesn't "forget" anything, people just have difficulty accessing some information and it becomes easier with repetition.