MS1...MS2....MS2....help!!

[guardiandoc]

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I need some advice...Last year, I failed the last course of MS2. The Dean allowed me to stay in the program but I have to redo the entire 2nd year. I had actually done fairly well in all of my classes and had been looking forward to the clinical years. It's been a few weeks now since classes started, and my motivation to go on is gone. I know that this year will be a breeze (content wise); I just can't seem to get myself motivated to go through MS2 again. I'm seriously thinking of dropping out at this point as I can't see myself going through it again. Has anyone else experienced a similar situation? I'm looking for some words of wisdom...

 

[Blade28]

Wow...failing one class means you have to repeat the entire year? That's really harsh...

 

[guardiandoc]

Wow...failing one class means you have to repeat the entire year? That's really harsh...

I know!

 

[care bear]

I need some advice...Last year, I failed the last course of MS2. The Dean allowed me to stay in the program but I have to redo the entire 2nd year. I had actually done fairly well in all of my classes and had been looking forward to the clinical years. It's been a few weeks now since classes started, and my motivation to go on is gone. I know that this year will be a breeze (content wise); I just can't seem to get myself motivated to go through MS2 again. I'm seriously thinking of dropping out at this point as I can't see myself going through it again. Has anyone else experienced a similar situation? I'm looking for some words of wisdom...

that really, really , really sucks.

but not as bad as being diagnosed with cancer, being diagnosed with AIDS, being burned in a fire, or a number of other things.

this may sound flippant but it's really not meant that way. . .sometimes to get through the just-plain-stinky situations in life, all that helps is to think of the REALLY awful situations.

but yeah, if i were in your position i'd be struggling too. props to you for sounding semi-positive about the whole thing. . .

 

[superdood]

that really, really , really sucks.

but not as bad as being diagnosed with cancer, being diagnosed with AIDS, being burned in a fire, or a number of other things.

this may sound flippant but it's really not meant that way. . .sometimes to get through the just-plain-stinky situations in life, all that helps is to think of the REALLY awful situations.

but yeah, if i were in your position i'd be struggling too. props to you for sounding semi-positive about the whole thing. . .

i love that.
Mr Smith, your father just died of cancer.

but on the bright spot, at least you weren't the one who had cancer.

haha... i think i'll try that one day

 

[quideam]

Guardiandoc,

I know that this is incredibely difficult for you - I can't even imagine having to repeat an entire year of medical school. But think about the big picture: a few years from now, do you want to be a doctor? Do you want to practice medicine, treat patients... think about all of the things that pulled you into this profession. If you quit now, you may never be able to go back. What will you do instead? Is there another career that you would be willing to settle for? I know that this is tough, but look inside your heart and try to find that passion that brought you into medicine in the first place. If you feel that its lost, then so be it, but if it's just the frustration of having to repeat a year, then it's worth continuing.... either way, May will come, and you will either be going on to the wards or not. Think about it long and hard before you do anything rash.

Best of luck...!!!

Quid 🙂

 

[anamarylee]

I'm in a similar situation to yours. I had to take a leave of absence from school in May. Starting over is such a pain sometimes. Seeing my former classmates go off to the wards in the morning around campus doesn't make it any easier. All I know is that God has put me through all the things I've gone through in the last 5 month for something, and I want to see it through to the end. Some mornings are harder than others but after all the work I've put into this, I'm not gonna give up now. We are doing the hardest year over. Once june comes around we can say we did year two twice. In the end I know I'll be better off for it. Hopefully so will you.

What motivated you to study medicine? How did you feel when you got your acceptance letter? Try to write down those feelings and refer to them when you are feeling like this.

And if you really decide to drop out, think very long and hard about it. If you decide to stay and later regret it, at most you'd have lost a couple of years. If you leave and then regret it, a hell of a lot more would've been lost.

Whatever you decide, good luck.

 

[docmemi]

dont quit. the next one or two years may be hard but it will be well worth it down the road. dont forget why you started this whole thing. and plus, youll know almost everything for ms2. study for the boards for now (hey you get extra time for that!!!) and do awesome next summer and shove that in everyones face and become the best dr ever! then you can come back and shove that in the deans and everyone elses face. i know you can do it! rock on.

 

[Ramoray]

Think of it this way, you get an entire YEAR to study for the boards on top of what you had done already! you could really shine when boards come around. I was actually thinking it would be nice to have a whole year just to do boards, i think you could really rock them! that is how i would look at it and will look at it if i fail year 2. dont worry about it, of all bad comes good!

 

[SaltySqueegee]

Can you talk to your administrators about some sort of summer or fall time remediation, where in you take a different exam after self-study for a period? This is what my school does, and only after this has not worked for a student for a few terms, does the administration make the student retake M1 or M2.

Sorry about that. It does seem kind of harsh.