Possible to take off one weekend per month MS1/2?

[docr3]

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Hi all,

Incoming ms1 here, I have my schedule already provided by my school including what date and time exams will be. according to this schedule, I made a few weekend get away plans after my exams since I have the money now to book them. If I only plan on taking off post exam weekends, is this reasonable for ms1/2? Thanks

 

[kraskadva]

Yes. Do it.

 

[Oso]

Sounds awesome, go for it

 

[Dr. Doctor MD]

Hi all,

Incoming ms1 here, I have my schedule already provided by my school including what date and time exams will be. according to this schedule, I made a few weekend get away plans after my exams since I have the money now to book them. If I only plan on taking off post exam weekends, is this reasonable for ms1/2? Thanks

Easily! There's no reason you couldn't take off any number of weekends if you manage your time well. There's plenty of time to study during Ms1 and MS2.

 

[LChristmas]

You'll need to schedule yourself some time to decompress. Free weekends after exams are the perfect time to get away!

 

[intubesteak]

You need some time off once a day (couple hours), once a week (Friday evenings minimum), once a month (weekend off), and once a semester(week or so vaca).

 

[21Rush12]

1000% yes

 

[Osteoth]

Depends on how smart you are and what your goals are.

Some people need to bust ass to pass, some people take week(s) off and get honors. Life isn't fair.

 

[solnushka]

**** I take every weekend off

 

[NYCdude]

I took whole weeks off so you should be more than fine.

 

[SouthernGent]

Yes. It might be a little harder m2 with step prep in the spring, but try and do as many as you can.

 

[docr3]

Thanks everyone! Feel a lot better now about my planned trips.

 

[mehc012]

Lol, I never worked any weekends except the two right before exams (every few months) in M1/M2. My classmate spent almost every weekend visiting his long-distance gf (now fiancé), including those pre-exam weekends, though he'd be pretty boring on the last ones.

Med school is nowhere near as hard as everyone likes to talk it up as. M1/M2 was substantially less work than a science-heavy undergrad at a demanding school, largely because there is minimal homework.

 

[NYCdude]

Lol, I never worked any weekends except the two right before exams (every few months) in M1/M2. My classmate spent almost every weekend visiting his long-distance gf (now fiancé), including those pre-exam weekends, though he'd be pretty boring on the last ones.

Med school is nowhere near as hard as everyone likes to talk it up as. M1/M2 was substantially less work than a science-heavy undergrad at a demanding school, largely because there is minimal homework.

Med school isn't as hard as the hype, agreed. But LOL at undergrad being demanding anywhere. I took off several days/weeks in med school, but very comfortably took off months in undergrad. And that was with double majoring with a minor.

 

[Scrubs101]

Yes do it


Friday exams are the best, most of our exams are monday exams every week/every other week and i thoroughly embrace how awesome the occasional friday exam can be. Do it #NoRegrets

 

[Donald Juan]

I used to take like 5 days off after every test, which was usually q2weeks and on Fridays. Of course, then I would feel like ridiculously behind and would work the whole next weekend studying.....

 

[Dr.Bruh]

At my school we test every two weeks and 75% of the time the exams are on fridays. So we have most weekends off anyway. It’s lit.

 

[Gurby]

Med school is nowhere near as hard as everyone likes to talk it up as.

I dunno... If you don't use Anki maybe it's difficult

 

[mehc012]

Med school isn't as hard as the hype, agreed. But LOL at undergrad being demanding anywhere. I took off several days/weeks in med school, but very comfortably took off months in undergrad. And that was with double majoring with a minor.

I hate homework. Never did poorly on a test in undergrad, despite not studying a ton, but that homework, though. 10pg papers based on scientific literature every other week, and that was for one class. Add in like 3 problem sets from your other courses and 3 season athletics, extracurriculars, and very time-consuming social drama/mental health issues and...yeah I'll take med school any day. I was a B student purely from that kind of crap (that and I wasn't premed so I didn't care). I'd even take med school over the highschool busywork grind.

Med school is just occasional studying, and not even that much of that. I probably learned more content, and DEFINITELY more concepts, in my undergrad science courses than I have in med school.

I dunno... If you don't use Anki maybe it's difficult

I actually haven't been 😳
I am now that I'm in dedicated and trying to nail down minutiae that my school never cared about (the 15 million lysosomal storage disorders), but for the most part med school has been little new content over my postbacc and they test you so quickly after refreshing you on it that I haven't felt SRS is necessary.

 

[Newyawk]

I worked very hard in preclinicals and it paid dividends to the point that my knowledge is still stronger than peers. Dont slack and you will be rewarded. That being said, you can absolutely take a weekend off, especially after an exam. Take friday nights off too. Just understand that the crammers in med school almost always dont do well in the long run. Its better to study 2 hours everyday than 6 hours every third day. Obv not everyone has that luxury.

 

[Gurby]

I actually haven't been 😳
I am now that I'm in dedicated and trying to nail down minutiae that my school never cared about (the 15 million lysosomal storage disorders), but for the most part med school has been little new content over my postbacc and they test you so quickly after refreshing you on it that I haven't felt SRS is necessary.

Ugh, those are the bane of my existence... Optic atrophy, globoid cells...

I always tailored my SRS to Step 1 rather than class - do you feel like you just understand the material well enough not to need to do that outside of the obnoxious minutiae?

 

[mehc012]

Ugh, those are the bane of my existence... Optic atrophy, globoid cells...

I always tailored my SRS to Step 1 rather than class - do you feel like you just understand the material well enough not to need to do that outside of the obnoxious minutiae?

I'm not sure, really. My school didn't test on minutiae, so I skipped it during M1/M2 (we have essay based tests, so if you understand it well enough to discuss it, you're golden). Now that I'm in dedicated, I feel as if the question bank problems are largely straightforward things, a few trickier concept application questions, and a few trickier minutiae questions...but the MCQ factor minimizes the damage the latter two categories deal. It's really, really hard to make an MCQ that doesn't get you halfway to the answer by itself.
My goal when studying is to get to the point where I can say the answer out loud before looking at the MCQ options...keeps me more honest and it's a good double check because when you look for a specific answer and it's not there, you tend to rethink and catch your silly mistakes whereas if you're just going by recognition alone, you get into trouble now and then. Obviously I have a long way to go to get there, and that's mostly what I'm using the SRS for.