^^ high school junior here trying to get a glimpse into my future haha
do you find it hard to balance a social life with school and extracurriculars?
do you find it hard to balance a social life with school and extracurriculars?
^^ high school junior here trying to get a glimpse into my future haha
do you find it hard to balance a social life with school and extracurriculars?
I'm a computer engineering student so I may be different from most people on here. My schedule looks like this:
Mondays: Wake up at 5am to workout, go to lectures from 8am-4pm, take a break for an hour, homework/study from 5pm till 11pm/12pm.
Tuesdays: Wake up at 5am to workout, to to 3 labs from 8am-5:30pm, take a break or go see friends for an hour or two, homework/study from 7pm-12am.
Wednesdays: Wake up at 5am to workout, go to lectures from 8am-4pm, take a break for an hour, homework/study from 5pm till 11pm/12pm.
Thursdays: (No Classes/Sleep in day!) Workout at 7am, volunteer at a local hospital for 6 hours (usually around 10am-4pm), chill with friends, then after that homework/study till 11pm.
Fridays: Wake up at 5am to workout, go to lectures from 8am-3pm, go out to eat for dinner with friends (or play videogames), do an hour of homework then go to bed around 11pm.
Saturdays: Wake up at 7am, volunteer at a free clinic for 6 hours from 8am-2pm, if I have a test on Monday I will study the rest of the day (if not I will browse the SDN forums!), go to bed around 10pm
Sundays: Sleep in till 8am, go to church at 9am-11pm, study/homework for the rest of the day, go to sleep around 11pm.
Then I do it all over until the semester ends!
I know that this schedule is really busy, but that's what I get for doing engineering and premed at the same time. This schedule has worked so far for me. I'm a junior in college and have maintained my 4.0 GPA!!
Good luck to you sir! Always good to see people joining the premed community
JB
Life of a premed student>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Life of a med student
It's a sacrifice that's for sure. It takes a lot of perseverance.
Just get ready for a lot of studying and stressing about multiple exams, balancing a work schedule and extra curricular activities.
Also get ready to tell your friends, family, girlfriend that you aren't going to make it to a lot of events. That's OK, you have to do what it takes to get into medical school.
Good luck and PM me if you have any questions!
Sleep in til 8-10 depending on which day it is, go to class for a couple hours, work on assignments and study for a couple hours, watch Netflix for a couple hours, play FIFA with the bros, lift, eat, meet girls, go to bed at about 12.
here's an inside look at what my life was like in college. ill use my 5th year as an example because that was the most fun. we'll assume it's either Monday or Thursday
7:30- get up, drink some coffee down FAST, maybe eat something
7:45- go to xc or track practice
8:00-9:30 - run 7-10 miles. (hardest part of my day)
9:30-10:00- chill in the cafeteria
10:00-11:15- skip physiology (unless there was an exam). chill in the cafeteria some more
11:30-12:45- take a shower. MAYBE go to biochem. or MAYBE take a nap (usually the nap)
1:00 pm- 2:30 - chill in the cafeteria, unless there's lab (they don't let you skip that crap). get out AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, and head to the caf.
2:30-5:00- study a little bit. OR take a nap.
5:00-8:00- chill in the cafeteria. POSSIBILITY for a 2nd run in there before the caf.
8:00-whenever I can fall asleep (usually late as hell, like 1 or 2 am)- combination of studying, drinking coffee, and chilling in my dorm with my friends.
obviously there is a gradient, where the largest concentration of studying falls toward the end of the day, which is why I could never get to sleep early and why there was always a need for naps the following day. still, if I was able to balance a d1 sport, getting decent grades, and having a good amount of "fun" time, im sure youll be fine. by the way, the rest of my week looked very similar. this was a semester where I took physio (with the stupid lab), ecology (with the stupid lab), biochem, and molecular bio.
seems like your daily schedule is pretty relaxed haha
what do you mean by "decent" grades? like good enough for a pretty prestigious med school?
is it possible to go out (hit the bars, go to parties, attend a concert, eat out, etc) if I only do so thursday/friday/saturday nights and maintain a good GPA/sGPA, study for the MCAT, pursue ECs? Like do you think its possible if I study and do all my ECs during the week and during the mornings and afternoons before I go out?
I finished with a 3.8. I think that semester was my lowest, like a 3.6 (but with those classes it was HARD). 3.8 isn't good enough for a super prestigious med school i dont think unless you combine it with like a 38 mcat, which I don't have.
I finished with a 3.8. I think that semester was my lowest, like a 3.6 (but with those classes it was HARD). 3.8 isn't good enough for a super prestigious med school i dont think unless you combine it with like a 38 mcat, which I don't have.
I finished with a 3.8. I think that semester was my lowest, like a 3.6 (but with those classes it was HARD). 3.8 isn't good enough for a super prestigious med school i dont think unless you combine it with like a 38 mcat, which I don't have.
what about your social lives?
College isn't that bad.
It all depends on your intelligence and ability to buckle down when you have to. I led a very social life and seldom went to class, then would pull 1-2 all-nighters right before the test and teach myself all the material. However I didn't start out that way. My first half of first semester I studied an extreme amount and went to all my classes. I would recommend overstudying at first, and then decreasing it once you take tests and see how much you actually need to study.
I'm worried I won't be able to have that classic college experience
I like to party and drink socially, but I'm worried I won't be able to have that classic college experience because I'll be worrying about my grades. I'm a really bad procrastinator but I almost always manage to pull through and buckle down at the last minute. Can that sort of behavior fly in college?
I like to party and drink socially, but I'm worried I won't be able to have that classic college experience because I'll be worrying about my grades. I'm a really bad procrastinator but I almost always manage to pull through and buckle down at the last minute. Can that sort of behavior fly in college?
College isn't that bad.
It all depends on your intelligence and ability to buckle down when you have to. I led a very social life and seldom went to class, then would pull 1-2 all-nighters right before the test and teach myself all the material. However I didn't start out that way. My first half of first semester I studied an extreme amount and went to all my classes. I would recommend overstudying at first, and then decreasing it once you take tests and see how much you actually need to study.
This is a very bad approach to college and studying in general. *NOT intelligent
Life of a premed student>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Life of a med student
Dumbest thing I have heard!Pre-Med is higher pressure then Med, Med is more information that isn't more difficult, but higher in volume.