Studying upon acception

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For those of you who were recently accepted: congrats! I'm sure that you're still amazed that your hard work has payed off and your dreams have started to come true. I'm also sure that as you dust off your planner, you see that you have four finals this week... So how do you get the motivation to study for these? As a sophomore and junior, you'd study in attempts to reach your goal of dental school, but then what? My friend who was accepted to flight school out of the naval academy basically nearly flunked all of his finals because he says that you work for a job, not for a GPA, and I agree with this. So out of curiosity, how do you all do it?

 

[acesofseven]

Pride. Got too much of that to let myself fail a class!

 

[DentistScientist]

For those of you who were recently accepted: congrats! I'm sure that you're still amazed that your hard work has payed off and your dreams have started to come true. I'm also sure that as you dust off your planner, you see that you have four finals this week... So how do you get the motivation to study for these? As a sophomore and junior, you'd study in attempts to reach your goal of dental school, but then what? My friend who was accepted to flight school out of the naval academy basically nearly flunked all of his finals because he says that you work for a job, not for a GPA, and I agree with this. So out of curiosity, how do you all do it?

you still wanna have that "Summa Cum Laude" in your diploma if you are doing some prestigious research internships during dental school years.

 

[Biomechanix]

This can be a test of your discipline and your character. When you're neck deep in dental school there will more days when you are too exhausted to study but will have to push through the night to do well on the exams. When you finish dental school, it's not the end. You'll always be a student as you'll need to attend continuing education classes and learn/master new techniques. Develop this mindset early as there might not always be some apparent form of motivation.

Destroy those exams knowing you finished strong rather than be complacent. Also, you are not your friend so why have his standards?


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[deleted678432]

Pride. Got too much of that to let myself fail a class!

Oh don't get me wrong, id never let myself fail a final or class or whatever. I'm saying, how could you study to keep your 4.0 for the semester when you could let it slip to a 3.7 and be completely fine


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[deleted678432]

This can be a test of your discipline and your character. When you're neck deep in dental school there will more days when you are too exhausted to study but will have to push through the night to do well on the exams. When you finish dental school, it's not the end. You'll always be a student as you'll need to attend continuing education classes and learn/master new techniques. Develop this mindset early as there might not always be some apparent form of motivation.

Destroy those exams knowing you finished strong rather than be complacent. Also, you are not your friend so why have his standards?


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Refer to the post I just posted. I'm the type to study to crush a final even if I'm still guaranteed an A so long as I get a 60% or higher. I just was looking for examples on how to stay motivated for the classes that have no influence in whether or not you get into dental school. I understand that keeping study habits is essential, but I feel like senioritis + dentalschoolitis would cause you to get a 75 on your exam rather than getting a 90 like you would've junior year.


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[DC206R]

Wait, is acception even a word? Was reading the title and it sounded really "off".

 

[Biomechanix]

Refer to the post I just posted. I'm the type to study to crush a final even if I'm still guaranteed an A so long as I get a 60% or higher. I just was looking for examples on how to stay motivated for the classes that have no influence in whether or not you get into dental school. I understand that keeping study habits is essential, but I feel like senioritis + dentalschoolitis would cause you to get a 75 on your exam rather than getting a 90 like you would've junior year.


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Ah gotcha. Well you seem like you are in a great position having been accepted to dental school and are doing well in classes. I guess at this point you can just do your best without having the risk of failing...which is awesome! I'm sure the unimportant classes are not as difficult as the core classes like biochemistry so why not add another easy A to your transcript?


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[asdf99]

I haven't even been accepted yet (and may never get accepted) but I know that if I do get accepted i'm taking my foot off the gas. Heck, i've already started slacking hard. People can ridicule me but oh well

 

[8_man]

I could just go into my A&P final and put "C" for every answer and guarantee at least a B+. But here I am studying...

 

[deleted696582]

Is acception a word?

I've never felt so relaxed during finals week. Probably should study at some point though. It'd be bad to bomb psychology and get kicked out of Michigan.

 

[deleted678432]

Is acception a word?

I've never felt so relaxed during finals week. Probably should study at some point though. It'd be bad to bomb psychology and get kicked out of Michigan.

Yeah I think there's a reason I'm not an English major. Oh well


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[1070752]

1. Because I want to graduate with High Distinction / Summa Cum Laude

2. Because I need a minimum C- for English, and I'm hovering at a B- 🤔

 

[DMikes]

Most schools require you achieve X grade in order to be officially accepted.

For example, Pacific requires a B minimum.

I will study and do my best even though I don't need to show up to most of my finals to still get a B.

It's a pride thing.

 

[Toothout]

Most schools require you achieve X grade in order to be officially accepted.

For example, Pacific requires a B minimum.

I will study and do my best even though I don't need to show up to most of my finals to still get a B.

It's a pride thing.

UMKC asks for the same. A B minimum in all remaining undergrad courses. I'll be taking 23 credits (7 courses) next semester. Let's see how that goes

 

[californiway21]

I get what you mean. I've had to add extra motivation to my studying for the last 11 days. Most of the motivation has to do with me hating this sinking feeling I get when I take an exam and I don't know how to answer a questions. Right now I'm learning and remembering the origin, insertion, action, and innervation for most of the muscle in the body for human anatomy. I don't even need human anatomy as a pre-req anymore because I'm not going to MWU or UNLV, but I still want a good grade.

 

[DC206R]

I get what you mean. I've had to add extra motivation to my studying for the last 11 days. Most of the motivation has to do with me hating this sinking feeling I get when I take an exam and I don't know how to answer a questions. Right now I'm learning and remembering the origin, insertion, action, and innervation for most of the muscle in the body for human anatomy. I don't even need human anatomy as a pre-req anymore because I'm not going to MWU or UNLV, but I still want a good grade.

I oddly enjoyed this part of A&P.

 

[mroerdh22]

I had an exam the morning of December 1st. It was incredibly hard to study, especially when I got notified at 10 pm MST of my acceptance at Louisville on November 30th. My thinking... I've come too far and worked too hard to just be flippant about my final grades. Some schools will retract acceptances too if you end up bombing a class.

 

[doktorinprogres]

So how do you get the motivation to study for these?

I think this part is a great opportunity. For certain students their entire approach to education is to learn the material
for the sake of learning and the grades fall where they will. This works for them too. For some everything is about the grade
and the next step but they wish they didn't have those pressures so they could just learn. You're at that special part where you can
just learn. If you need the bare minimum to pass but want to still do well, explore with the mindset of "I'm studying just to solidify
what I know." Then go in and don't stress.

 

[deleted678432]

Most schools require you achieve X grade in order to be officially accepted.

For example, Pacific requires a B minimum.

I will study and do my best even though I don't need to show up to most of my finals to still get a B.

It's a pride thing.

Judging by your famous DAT score, you can go to a school for two weeks and score top of the class. Finals week must be tough for you


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