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I'm curious as to what other pre-med students day are like I know our days are different and I thought it would be fun to compare.

My Week:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: I have class from 9am to 1:50 pm then work from 2pm to 8pm then I get home around 8:45 Relax until 9 then I study until 12 shower then sleep

Tuesday: I only have my bio lab from 1pm to 2:50 then I work from 3pm to 9pm get home around 9:30-ish Relax study until 12 or 1

Thursday: Only one class from 8am to 10:05 then work from 1pm to 7pm get home eat study until 12

Sunday and Saturdays I'm usually off so I study for a couple hours in the morning until the afternoon then the rest of the day I'm free to do whatever I please.
 
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Work 8-5 during the week. I've class 5-930 two days, volunteering 5-8 two other days. Plus chores around the house. Friday night and weekends are spent being social, studying, exercising or doing more stuff around the house.
 
Only if I had a life, lol.

My life consumes of class, studying, volunteering, chores , driving, exercise and some tv time. My plan is to get into steady relationship to get a life.
 
Bianca422 said:
I'm curious as to what other pre-med students day are like I know our days are different and I thought it would be fun to compare.

My Week:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: I have class from 9am to 1:50 pm then work from 2pm to 8pm then I get home around 8:45 Relax until 9 then I study until 12 shower then sleep

Tuesday: I only have my bio lab from 1pm to 2:50 then I work from 3pm to 9pm get home around 9:30-ish Relax study until 12 or 1

Thursday: Only one class from 8am to 10:05 then work from 1pm to 7pm get home eat study until 12

Sunday and Saturdays I'm usually off so I study for a couple hours in the morning until the afternoon then the rest of the day I'm free to do whatever I please.
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Pre-med shouldn't involve this much work, IMO. M-F class from 10-2 on avg, a lab or two for 4-6 more hours/week. Prob 10 or so hours of homework on avg. through the week. Beyond that, college was supposed to be mostly fun time, again, IMO. Great success in that department.
 
Average day during winter break: Wake up at 11, proceed to watch TV, go to bed at 2.
 
blkshrtdynasty said:
Pre-med shouldn't involve this much work, IMO. M-F class from 10-2 on avg, a lab or two for 4-6 more hours/week. Prob 10 or so hours of homework on avg. through the week. Beyond that, college was supposed to be mostly fun time, again, IMO. Great success in that department.
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Agreed, this is pretty much my week. EC's/Work are also thrown in but I balance my social life to maintain.
 
Get up between 5 to 6 AM, enjoy the day, and go to bed between 11 to 12 PM.
 
I graduated last year with my degree, so I am just doing a post-bacc now.

I have class on Monday from 5:00pm-10:00pm (sucks), and then Wednesday from 10:00am - 12:15pm, and Friday 8:00am - 12:15pm. I work 11:00am-11:00pm Tuesday, Thursday, and either Saturday or Sunday. On the other day, I work 3:00pm-11:00pm. I drink sometime between 1:00pm and midnight on my school days, and between 11:00pm and 2 or 3:00am on my work days.

I try to keep a lot of hobbies, though. I rock climb before work, and go to the gym as often as possible. It kind of keeps me happier. A week before an exam, I study instead of gym/climbing.
 
5:30 am run.
Class/research till like 5 p.m.
Run/exercise at 6 pm (sometimes I skip this and work till 7/8 p.m.).
Be social!
Sleep and repeat, hopefully not feel hungover in the AM
 
blkshrtdynasty said:
Pre-med shouldn't involve this much work, IMO. M-F class from 10-2 on avg, a lab or two for 4-6 more hours/week. Prob 10 or so hours of homework on avg. through the week. Beyond that, college was supposed to be mostly fun time, again, IMO. Great success in that department.
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Yea I know it's pretty crazy but I have to work and honestly it really isn't that bad I get great grades and a normal amount of sleep for me and I have a social life. I go to parties almost every other weekend and spend time with my bf and friends but I understand what you're saying about it being a lot of work.
 
Anywhere from 0 to 12 hours at school. Hit the gym about 8-10 hours a week (bodybuilder). See gf once a week. Study during most of free time.
 
druggeek said:
Anywhere from 0 to 12 hours at school. Hit the gym about 8-10 hours a week (bodybuilder). See gf once a week. Study during most of free time.
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Once a week?! Damn you're lucky...having a gf is like an 8 credit class for me.
 
1. Get up
2. Put on glasses
3. Be epic

Here's a picture of me for reference:

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My average day includes driving, work, school, drive back home. Driving takes all my time though.
I work 5 days a week and I go to school 5 days a week (last semester), but this coming semester I will be going to school 4 days a week although I'll be at school starting at 7:30 in the morning up to 8-9 in the evening. Then I work Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sunday from 6:30am to 3pm. 🙁 It's gonna be a crazy year again for me.
 
Now that it's winter break. My typical day....

Wake up 1-2pm
Check email, SDN
More email, SDN and look up REUs
Watch Hulu
Go to bed 4am

....yeah I'm really not this lazy but my semester was rough. 😛
 
Was:

630-730 workout/get ready/breakfast
730-9 work
9-12 class
12-1 lunch
1-3 class
3-7 work
7-12 hw/study/eat
 
Now

7 AM - 10 PM work

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Good news is..I get to quit my job in a few months!
 
wake up
piss excellence
eat a bagel (like a boss)
go to class (like a boss)
do research (like a boss)
sit in a room with a book and absorb information effortlessly while listening to music
get laid (like a boss)
repeat
 
CursedtoFirst45 said:
Once a week?! Damn you're lucky...having a gf is like an 8 credit class for me.
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Well she's dead set on law school so she's serious about keeping her 4.0. We actually go to the same uni (in Canada, commuting to school is *very* common) so I meant once/week as in going out.
 
wake up 7am..work 9-5 three days a week goto class after work or during the other two days...6pm-8pm gym depending on the night ..practice jazz until 1-2am or go out with friends
 
winter break: wake up at 12, sleep at 3. repeat.
 
Dang! It seems like majority of us don't sleep too much lol no wonder we're all dead set to go to med school or are already in med school 😀
 
CursedtoFirst45 said:
Once a week?! Damn you're lucky...having a gf is like an 8 credit class for me.
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I lol'd

and heres my average day this past semester:

-wake up 7am
-gym
-shower
-class
-research
-study
-sleep by 1am (most nights)
*I find some time for food here and there
 
i honestly cannot believe people study on weekends if they do not have a test the following week. like this reality seriously blows my mind. if you study that much in college, wtf? what about med school?
 
During the semester

- wake up at 7 and get ready
-Class until 9:45
-class from 11-12:45
-Lunch
-CLass 2-3:15
-class 4-5:15
-study
-Class 6-7:15
-Home by 9
- Eat , shower, and prepare for work
- bed at 12

......................
I work 3 Days a week and go to school 2 days a week..
on my work days, I work from 9-5

-On weekends, I catch up on homeworks, reviewing for exams, and I volunteer at diff places

 
During the semester M-F it's 5AM to 430PM working with the campus' athletes, then 5PM-830PM classes or lab. Afterward I train myself or go home and study. Weekends are a mix of writing training programs, studying, and reading or some other leisure activities.

Some people tell me I have no life. I disagree. The benefit here is that my friends in medical school tell me I won't have much of an adjustment in terms of the work load.
 
I try to schedule all of my classes to be before 1:00 P.M. That way I can shadow, volunteer, study afterwords. I have a premed fiancee who also has a hectic schedule, so whatever time is left we spend together!😀
 
Summer/ Winter Breaks: Try to get atleast 12 hours of sleep in everyday, surf the web for random things/ news, hang out with friends and study for classes (rarely happens).

School Semester: Basically the same as above except I try to attend all classes and megacram sessions on the day before test days!
 
Winter break is awesome. But spring semester will be terrible 🙁 2 research projects and 18 credit hours!
MWF 9:00 am to 5:00 pm- Narrative Studies, Biochemistry, Labs, Senior Research, and other research (sometimes I will be in lab till 7 pm 😱)
TR 9:30 am to 5:00 pm- Histology and lab, honors classes, research in lab
then I tutor 6-8 hours a week. Come home around 7:00 or 8:00, study or write paper until 1:30 am or usually later . . . Wake up at 7 am, take a shower and carry my butt back to school (1 hour commute).
That is my typical weekday. Weekends = Sleep, catch up on hw, and tutor for $20 an hour 🙂
 
24/7 --> balling, yo.

Jest aside, during term time my M-F schedule generally looks something like this:
3 am - 8:30 am --> study
9 am - 2 pm --> classes
2 pm - 3 pm --> workout
3 pm - 5 pm --> classes/meetings
5 pm - 7 pm --> study
7 pm - 10 pm --> extracurriculars/meetings/campaigning/chillaxing

Saturdays and Sundays are usually divided evenly between EC work and studying. I party whenever I have free time.
 
varsityblue said:
24/7 --> balling, yo.

Jest aside, during term time my M-F schedule generally looks something like this:
3 am - 8:30 am --> study
9 am - 2 pm --> classes
2 pm - 3 pm --> workout
3 pm - 5 pm --> classes/meetings
5 pm - 7 pm --> study
7 pm - 10 pm --> extracurriculars/meetings/campaigning/chillaxing

Saturdays and Sundays are usually divided evenly between EC work and studying. I party whenever I have free time.
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Weak troll. You're not waking up at 3 am in ****ing undergrad every day. :laugh:
 
ijn said:
Weak troll. You're not waking up at 3 am in ****ing undergrad every day. :laugh:
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You don't get stats and LORs like mine without putting in a lot of work. I tend to be so busy with meetings in the evenings by virtue of the things I'm involved in that studying early in the morning--when all the partiers on my floor have stopped drinking and everything is quiet--works best for me. I've been maintaining a very similar schedule since high school. (Granted, during summers and school breaks, everything gets screwed up.)
 
varsityblue said:
You don't get stats and LORs like mine without putting in a lot of work. I tend to be so busy with meetings in the evenings by virtue of the things I'm involved in that studying early in the morning--when all the partiers on my floor have stopped drinking and everything is quiet--works best for me. I've been maintaining a very similar schedule since high school. (Granted, during summers and school breaks, everything gets screwed up.)
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what year are you? i studied 10 hours per class total my first two years and got straight A's.
 
ReptarBar said:
what year are you? i studied 10 hours per class total my first two years and got straight A's.
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I'm a sophomore with a 3.99/4.00 cum GPA and a 4.0/4.0 science GPA with enough credits and upper-level coursework to be a senior. I definitely have to put in some effort to get excellent grades as grade deflation, arbitrary curving, and psychopathic lab TAs are very real problems at my college. That said, I don't work nearly as hard now as I did in high school.
 
varsityblue said:
You don't get stats and LORs like mine without putting in a lot of work. I tend to be so busy with meetings in the evenings by virtue of the things I'm involved in that studying early in the morning--when all the partiers on my floor have stopped drinking and everything is quiet--works best for me. I've been maintaining a very similar schedule since high school. (Granted, during summers and school breaks, everything gets screwed up.)
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How many hours per day do you put into your SDN trolling?
 
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