[quote]LiftHeavy360 wrote:
[quote]Apoklyps wrote:
[quote]LiftHeavy360 wrote:
Look I agree with everything you’re saying. I feel embarrassed that I even wrote that. I’m not normally like that, you can call it sour grapes. As far as her working two jobs to support her family, I never bashed her for it. I said I felt bad for (assuming it’s even true) that I wanted to help her. Either way it doesn’t matter. I too worked two job in high school to help support my family. I worked my way up to the point I didn’t have to work two jobs anymore. I get where you’re coming from because I did sound like an entitled brat. I do need to mature. This is just a live and you learn interaction. btw wbu? How far have you gotten? Taken the MCAT yet?[/quote]
Hey, thanks. That definitely grew my respect for ya a little bit because it definitely takes a bigger man to be able to admit when he’s being a dummy. Especially over the internet. You’re 20, you still have a couple of years, but I will say one thing: once you get in, you’re expected to behave as a professional. It doesn’t mean you won’t ever screw it up, but it does mean that a lot more eyes will be on you all the time.
I’m in my second year right now. I wrote the MCAT a little over 2 years ago, right after they eliminated the writing portion, but right before they added the new section (lucky!). Still, I set aside a month to study for it. It wasn’t a very fun month.[/quote]
Lucky bastard haha. Congrats on getting into medical school. I hear second year is the toughest so i’m sure you’re probably drained and stressed. Unfortunately for me I have to take the new beast, i’ve heard horror stories already. Btw is it MD or DO? I’m only asking because if it were DO I wanted some insight on it. So how hard is medical school? Is it just the volume that keeps you up every night or difficulty grasping concepts? [/quote]
I’m a Canadian so we don’t have DO.
Well what it is is that every year gets busier. From what I hear, residency (especially the first 2 years) are the roughest. It’s not killer right now. I’m able to balance it with working 2 nights a week, gymming 3 days a week, spending time with my son when I can, and whatever precious little free time is left I spend maintaining the few close friendships I care enough about to maintain and going on dates. Yeah, it means I half-ass a lot of things (especially the gym and sometimes my love life lol) and don’t get as much sleep as I probably should, but it’s a reasonable balance and you do what you have to do to get the job done.
Concepts aren’t hard. It’s a lot easier if you’re a logical thinker and have a good memory. There is a lot of material though. I spend twice as much time studying for a unit exam than I ever did studying for a course final in undergrad.
I wouldn’t worry so much about the workload. If you want to do it enough to jump through all the hoops to get in, you’ll want it enough to jump through any more they throw your way once you’re in.
i’m usually not that mean.