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Hey guys. I see all these threads about kids working their ass off in medical school and staying up all night studying .... spending summers doing research and stuff. Why don't we just chill out? All you have to do is pass.
I figure that I worked so hard to get into medical school, that once I'm there already, why should I burn myself out? I never stay up past 12 studying and just study to pass the exams. Am I alone here? I'm planning on saving my energy for the boards because that's what counts the most for you residency (I want to go into FP anyways, so whatever). I figure that no one has enough energy to kill themselves studying to ace the boards AND getting A's in medical school. It is one or the other (especially since our classes at NYCOM don't correlate well for board material).
Plus, is it really worth all this competition if it may only make a 10% difference? If you get A's and mess up the boards, you worked for nothing. And if you get A's and do average in the boards, your grades are only slightly above average. Only if you ace both will you MIGHT get that "super competative" residency that a lot of go gunners want. How many students actually do that? And if you do kill yourself, will you have any energy left for rounds and will you lose your motivation to be a good doctor? Plus if you are planning on going into FP or IM which is not competative, who really cares? I just want to be a good doctor and don't care about these classes. On rounds, I'll forget half of the BS anyways (who needs drug mechanisms, biochem and other random stuff). A lot of us at NYCOM are doing the same thing and enjoying life. Are we alone here?
Who else is taking it easy and enjoying themselves? And who are you over achievers that mess us all up with your publications, research, pressed white coats walking with your head up your ass like you are so smart? And why must you go over to the professor after every break with questions and follow him out of class so he thinks you are so smart? If everyone would just relax and stop trying to out do eachother, it would be so cool.
I figure that I worked so hard to get into medical school, that once I'm there already, why should I burn myself out? I never stay up past 12 studying and just study to pass the exams. Am I alone here? I'm planning on saving my energy for the boards because that's what counts the most for you residency (I want to go into FP anyways, so whatever). I figure that no one has enough energy to kill themselves studying to ace the boards AND getting A's in medical school. It is one or the other (especially since our classes at NYCOM don't correlate well for board material).
Plus, is it really worth all this competition if it may only make a 10% difference? If you get A's and mess up the boards, you worked for nothing. And if you get A's and do average in the boards, your grades are only slightly above average. Only if you ace both will you MIGHT get that "super competative" residency that a lot of go gunners want. How many students actually do that? And if you do kill yourself, will you have any energy left for rounds and will you lose your motivation to be a good doctor? Plus if you are planning on going into FP or IM which is not competative, who really cares? I just want to be a good doctor and don't care about these classes. On rounds, I'll forget half of the BS anyways (who needs drug mechanisms, biochem and other random stuff). A lot of us at NYCOM are doing the same thing and enjoying life. Are we alone here?
Who else is taking it easy and enjoying themselves? And who are you over achievers that mess us all up with your publications, research, pressed white coats walking with your head up your ass like you are so smart? And why must you go over to the professor after every break with questions and follow him out of class so he thinks you are so smart? If everyone would just relax and stop trying to out do eachother, it would be so cool.