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Let me put it this way...I've been in med school for 3 weeks, (FSU starts during the summer with anatomy and a doctoring course). My first anatomy test is Monday. I actually did the math...for this one test, covering 2.5 weeks worth of material, I've studied almost as many hours as I studied for the MCAT. I basically study/am in class from 8 am to sometime between 10 and midnight, usually with a couple of hour-long breaks somewhere in the mix. I do more studying on the weekends, most of the time, than during the week.
As for comparing OChem to med school...for me, that is a joke. For OChem, I studied for 12 to 20 hours a week, depending on when tests fell. (And I overstudied for that class.) For anatomy alone, I'm studying and/or in class 60+ hours a week...but I haven't really got back in the groove yet, so hopefully I can cut that to 45 or 50. Either way, it easily requires more than 2-3 times the amount of work (for a now much more efficient studier) and I am barely able to keep up with the flow of information at this point. At the beginning of anatomy, I bought a 300 page book of nothing but review questions...after 3 weeks, I've covered nearly half of the pages in the book.
OChem was not my hardest undergrad class. That would have to be biochem, in terms of amount of study time required. But I was able to take a full courseload along with biochem, work 25 hours a week, and still have some down time to hang out with friends and go to the gym, etc. My first few weeks of med school, I barely find time to check my mail and eat. I spend roughly one waking hour at my apartment each day.
Long story short...med school is going to be a major adjustment for pretty much everyone. And this is coming from a guy who's only currently taking two courses (although our anatomy moves at a faster pace here than at most schools, since we cover it in a shorter "semester".) Apparently, second year is harder...so get ready, med school does live up to the hype, IMO....
Back to the books!