If you had to start over, what would you do differently?

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What have you found to be the major pitfalls of medical school? What would you tell your pre-MS1 self to make life a bit easier?

 

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What have you found to be the major pitfalls of medical school? What would you tell your pre-MS1 self to make life a bit easier?

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[fahimaz7]

I'd go somewhere other than UPITT.

 

[Jay Leno]

I'd go somewhere other than UPITT.

For med school?

 

[fahimaz7]

For med school?

It was a joke.

Lets see.. What not to do..

1. Don't procrastinate.. it doesn't work in medical school.
2. Start the ground running
3. Get in a regular routine
4. Keep positive attitude
5. Realize this is what you want
6. When you get done studying, turn back to page one of your notes and start again.

 

[tremulousNeedle]

relax

 

[umean2tellme]

I would tell myself to not compare myself to others so early on. I think I looked at a lot of students and heard about the types of students they were in undergrad and just assumed they were harder workers/smarter than I was. I would tell myself that med school is a clean slate and the past is pretty much nothing. I could tell the pre-MS1 me to not procrastinate, but I doubt it'd work.