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I used to be top 10% in most classes. However, lately, I have been making some dumb mistakes on exams, and I am barely ranking top 25%. Do I still have some hope of finishing top 5% by the end of this year? What should I do?

 

[WellWornLad]

So...you want advice on how to not make dumb mistakes? That's impossible. They're dumb mistakes - don't make them. It would be dumb to do so. I don't know what else to say.

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

Spend less time trolling on SDN and more time studying.

 

[OCallag]

Top 25% is still pretty darn good...

 

[meister]

Succumb to the warm numbness that comes with mediocrity. Talk to me when you're not even in the top half.

 

[penisclaw]

Don't be so quick to judge... When you are used to being the top 5% or so, it can feel horrible to fall out of that bracket. I am usually in the top 5-10% and I have done poorly (by my standards) on a test and felt like absolute **** afterwards. Sometimes doing poorly gives you the motivation to buckle down and do better next time. Other times the material is just not something you enjoy or easily understand and you are going to have more trouble with it.

 

[Perrotfish]

D is for Doctor.

 

[Joaquin]

What year are you?

...did the change happen all of the sudden?

maybe it's not that you are worse...but that some other students are getting better.

 

[Mr hawkings]

Does your school rank you after every course/exam or something? How do you know your class rank has been falling. I was under the impression you werent ranked till the end of the year.

 

[penisclaw]

Does your school rank you after every course/exam or something? How do you know your class rank has been falling. I was under the impression you werent ranked till the end of the year.

My school gives us a rank on each test as well as an overall course rank at the end of each course.

 

[mjl1717]

Succumb to the warm numbness that comes with mediocrity. Talk to me when you're not even in the top half.

O, eloquently said! 👍

 

[Vonsmack]

What year are you?

...did the change happen all of the sudden?

maybe it's not that you are worse...but that some other students are getting better.

Very true, especially second year a lot of students step up their game. Plus some students just need a few tests to find out how to study and what works for them, and their test scores go up. I know its easy to get caught up in ranking and AOA stuff- which is great if it motivates you to study hard, but don't let it get you down. Top quarter is still damn good.

 

[Random Anesthesiologist]

D is for Doctor.

Some "M0" people will find that horrible, but it's the honest truth. For some exams, just knowing you made it over the pass mark is a relief *ahem P&P ahem*

I'm floating in the middle of the pack, maybe a smidge lower, and couldn't be happier.

 

[TMP-SMX]

:troll:

 

[strv04]

The difference between top 25% and top 10% is the difference between a 93 and a 96 on exams at my school. So its either lots more studying for relatively little payoff, retaining the information better then most or getting 2-4 lucky questions that most don't get.

Either way it doesn't matter unless you are gunning for AOA.

 

[DocPsychosis]

Did you really register an account just to ask that? Wow, nice priorities and time management.

 

[swelat81]

Thank you for posting this verse...it totally made my day! 🙂

Random MS

 

[nope80]

What should you do? How about relax?

 

[jonb12997]

multi-infarct dementia...

 

[Metfan2987]

The difference between top 25% and top 10% is the difference between a 93 and a 96 on exams at my school. So its either lots more studying for relatively little payoff, retaining the information better then most or getting 2-4 lucky questions that most don't get.

Either way it doesn't matter unless you are gunning for AOA.

Sorry if makes me sound dumb, but what's AOA?

Isn't top 25% really good I don't understand? If like 75% of students match with their top 3 residencies, then wouldn't it stand to reason that top 25% is absolutely excellent?