What do YOU do to get honors in med school?
What's your strategy for honors?
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MS1&2 - study
MS3 - attending/resident buttholes, lick 'em
MS4 - relax an H now is pointless.
MS3 - attending/resident buttholes, lick 'em
MS4 - relax an H now is pointless.
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M1/2 - study hard but smart as well. Figure out what works best for you
M3 - Be very aware of the grading policies. If the shelf is the end all be all then study from jump street and just be a normal person around attendings/residents. If evals matter a lot then work hard (and when you don't feel like it, give off the impression you are working hard), be a team player (most people notice dbags and those who throw others under the bus), and don't be annoying
M4 - If it's a sub-I in your intended field then work your ass off and know your patients well. If not
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Study more, not-study less. Not to say you can't have fun, just be efficient when it IS study time.
That's about 70% of it. In basic sciences I'd say the other 30% is finding something that works for you and doing it as hard as you can. There are always those loud people out there who say, "I do such and such to study and I do great, my way is TOTALLY the best way to study;" just tune those people out and go about your own business without getting freaked out about how other people approach the same problem.
In clinics, yeah, the other 30% is knowing your patients really well and looking good when you present to the attending. At my school residents evaluate us too, so it's also important to be a team player (not that you shouldn't do that anyways to, ya know, not be a d-bag).
That's about 70% of it. In basic sciences I'd say the other 30% is finding something that works for you and doing it as hard as you can. There are always those loud people out there who say, "I do such and such to study and I do great, my way is TOTALLY the best way to study;" just tune those people out and go about your own business without getting freaked out about how other people approach the same problem.
In clinics, yeah, the other 30% is knowing your patients really well and looking good when you present to the attending. At my school residents evaluate us too, so it's also important to be a team player (not that you shouldn't do that anyways to, ya know, not be a d-bag).
