To answer your question, we typically are in lectures from 8-12 every morning. Each lecture is 50 minutes with a 10 minute break in between. The afternoons consist of labs. We have our OPP and Pathology labs on Monday, our Core Communications lab on Wednesdays, but it doesn't meet every week, and on Thursdays we have Intro. to Clinical Medicine lab. During the sections that have Anatomy those labs are usually on Tuesday and Thursdays, depending on your lab group. When we have Micro. lab it is usually on Tuesday afternoon. These are the general times. Each section is different and variable when it comes to the afternoon labs.
As far as studying goes, you will quickly find in medical school that the amount of time spent studying is HIGHLY variable. Some people do nothing but study, some people seem to study a lot less than would seem to be required. You will also find that the amount of time spent studying rarely correlates with a higher grade. Everyone comes into medical school with different backgrounds and levels of understanding. I will have to say that our class has been great about trying to help each other out. Just about everyday I get an e-mail from a classmate with a chart, or website that helps with whatever we are studying at the time. Hope I answered your questions. Congratulations on your acceptance!
