Input please!

[bambam92]

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Hi guys, I am posting because I am beginning to be concerned about how hard I have to work and I am just a pre-med. Basically I feel that I spend a lot of time studying during school--and I keep hearing how pre-med is a joke compared to med school!! I spend significantly more time studying than all my friends, but none of them are pre-meds (most are business majors). I spend on average probably 20 hours a week studying!! Is this crazy??I am just wondering if I should be concerned because I am putting in significant time studying during pre-med. I just hope I can hack it when/if I get to med school. I will be a junior in the fall so its not like I just started out. I have been able to do well thus far--cumulative GPA is a 3.85 currently. But I have not taken all pre-reqs--I switched to pre-med late so have done Bio I/II, Anatomy, Chem I/II. In pre-reqs I have gotten all A's except an A- in bio I. I still have physics and orgo left which I realize are difficult classes. I just come on this site and see all these pre-meds that study 2 or 5 hours a week!?! Thats the time i spend on 1 chem lab report...lol. I do work a job during the school year (20 hours a week) and have extra curricula's--so I don't just sit in the library all day like some kids! But I do study ALOT...I am just hoping this doesn't mean I won't be able to hack it in med school. Any input will be appreciated.Thanks guys!

 

[siliconchins]

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[Conflagration]

20 hours a week of just studying? ._.;

It sounds like you may be a bit inefficient with your time if it takes five hours for a Chemistry report. I'd suggest writing the pre-lab before setting foot in the lab, so all you have to do is plug the numbers in and write your conclusion.

Do you know what learning style you are? If you do then you might want to cut some of the fat out of your routine. For example, a visual learner isn't going to benefit from just listening to the professor talk. If you don't know, it's usually one of those things you take in a general Psych class. It's also usually available in the Student Services building.

I find that I do better when I have everything color coded and when I can teach it to someone else. If you're comfortable with other people, consider trying to help out a person who's struggling. I find that you don't know something as well until you have to explain it to someone else.

It will get harder, true, and that's certainly something to consider. But people have made it through before you, and people will make it through after you. Just take a breather.

 

[bambam92]

Okay thanks for input guys!

 

[cerno]

...you're fine.