Time Management Skills?

[JustLookingforAnswers]

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Hey everyone,

I'm not officially pre-med, but I have thought about med school. I have a 3.9 GPA, and I am doing good now. I am currently taking General Chem, Anatomy, Psychology, and English. I have A's in all of them but problem is I'm getting burned out and its because of gen chem. This class takes up ALL my time and I seriously didn't expect it to be so much work. My homework came out almost to 30 pages from the notebook and I thought Anatomy would be much more work but I was wrong. I see myself getting mostly sad, depressed, and overall tired and exhausted because all I do is study, sleep, and stress and it's mostly because of this chem class. The amount of work is very significant and I seriously didn't expect gen chem to be so mentally exhausting.

Obviously med school is nothing compared to undergrad, and it's said that one week in med school is equivalent to a semester in undergrad. I'm just looking for advice: how do you keep your head up when sometimes things feel impossible? How do you manage your time, especially when one class takes up all of your time compared to your other classes?

Thanks!

 

[Dagrimsta1]

Deep breaths, and staying organized. Make a schedule and try to stick to it like glue. Hard work will make the pain worth it.

 

[Lawpy]

I'm not officially pre-med

I probably missed a memo somewhere, but how does one officially become a premed?

I'm getting burned out and its because of gen chem. This class takes up ALL my time and I seriously didn't expect it to be so much work. My homework came out almost to 30 pages from the notebook

? How does gen chem involve 30 pages of homework? Could you give a few examples?

That subject is one of the easiest and shouldn't take that much time and effort. Unless your professor cannot teach or is confusing gen chem with analytical and/or physical chemistry.

 

[Dagrimsta1]

I probably missed a memo somewhere, but how does one officially become a premed?

Don't you call AAMC and officially notify them?

 

[JustLookingforAnswers]

I probably missed a memo somewhere, but how does one officially become a premed?



? How does gen chem involve 30 pages of homework? Could you give a few examples?

That subject is one of the easiest and shouldn't take that much time and effort. Unless your professor cannot teach or is confusing gen chem with analytical and/or physical chemistry.

The professor assigns around 200 questions of homework problems from the textbook.

 

[Lawpy]

The professor assigns around 200 questions of homework problems from the textbook.

Per week? That's clearly excessive.

 

[Dagrimsta1]

My prof used to assign ~60 questions a week for physics... I thought that was excessive, but then again each problem was difficult in its' own way.

 

[slippydubloons]

The professor assigns around 200 questions of homework problems from the textbook.

That is an unreal workload for one class. If the HW is ungraded, I would really recommend not doing all of it and doing only what you feel is sufficient to prepare you for exams. At least that is something I started doing during my second year and it worked out really well for me, but n=1 as always

 

[JustLookingforAnswers]

Per week? That's clearly excessive.

Not per week. It's around 80 questions per week, but you mostly have to teach yourself it since he doesn't go into detail about everything. I have to usually resort to the internet or tutors to to help answer questions since a decent amount t isn't covered in class.

 

[Lawpy]

Not per week. It's around 80 questions per week, but you mostly have to teach yourself it since he doesn't go into detail about everything. I have to usually resort to the internet or tutors to answer them because a lot of material is not covered in class.

Okay that's not too bad. But what concepts are you struggling? Is it that you're struggling when facing any new concept because your professor doesn't teach it well in class?

What is your textbook? That's usually the best place to go for more help, but it sounds like it isn't sufficient. Did you try Khan Academy videos?

 

[JustLookingforAnswers]

Okay that's not too bad. But what concepts are you struggling? Is it that you're struggling when facing any new concept because your professor doesn't teach it well in class?

What is your textbook? That's usually the best place to go for more help, but it sounds like it isn't sufficient. Did you try Khan Academy videos?

Yeah I have tried everything. The homework problems assigned doesn't necessarily reflect material covered in class. In class, the professor will cover the macro-stuff - you know the obvious stuff. The homework problems assigned usually require additional mathematical steps or conceptual information not covered in class and that's what makes it more frustrating. The book helps to an extent, but it's not very sufficient. If it wasn't for the internet or office hours, I don't think I would be doing well.

 

[JustLookingforAnswers]

Okay that's not too bad. But what concepts are you struggling? Is it that you're struggling when facing any new concept because your professor doesn't teach it well in class?

What is your textbook? That's usually the best place to go for more help, but it sounds like it isn't sufficient. Did you try Khan Academy videos?

And it gets frustrating too when my professor claims the answers in the book are wrong as well.

 

[Dagrimsta1]

If you have a smartphone (you probably do) lookup chem pro. It made all the difference in my class. It should be free for the first couple of vids, then like 5 bucks. Listen to his video FULLY. yes its boring but it gets the point through.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chem-pro-chemistry-tutor-in/id386263255?mt=8

 

[JustLookingforAnswers]

If you have a smartphone (you probably do) lookup chem pro. It made all the difference in my class. It should be free for the first couple of vids, then like 5 bucks. Listen to his video FULLY. yes its boring but it gets the point through.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chem-pro-chemistry-tutor-in/id386263255?mt=8

Ok I'll try it! Thank you!