Medical Students Here! Share your troubles!

[maddox_pitt]

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...med student ko karon....pero..naglisod ko huhu

bitaw....fresh grad ko sa nursing....then i took the june board nya a week after my board start nako med...

right now i'm really having a hard time kay pag.nursing nako, maopen ra ako books if nako'y requirements sa R.L.E..... ambot gi.unsa to...mabuhi ra man ko sa notes ug cramming...like mag.study ko 5am if my exam is at 7am...or at 10am if my exam's at 1pm...needless to say i'm a slacker type of student....

unya karon naglisod ko sa med...kay like 1 page sa book halfday nako basahon! az in..i don't know how to concentrate kay if i read my book for more than 10mins i feel burned out na...mubarog na ko and laroy2x na sad then balik ko study after like 5mins....

unya diba more on memorization?tambak man ang mga exams...like 5chapters or so....sometimes i'd really fall asleep straight at night and wake up thinking "OMG i've got an exam today and i haven't read a thing!"....i tried so many tactics na just to stay awake...i tried to drink coffee (both brewed and instant) but i still felt sleepy....i tried a quiet environment and one with a music background....but everything failed...i always sleep and sleep and sleep.......it's getting a toll on my grades and i'm so scared i might fail...i mean, financial pa lang hadlok na ko........

anyways, i also tried kanang sleep ko early then wake up ko early sad to study..it works but the problem is, kuwang na ko ug time to finish everything that needs to be read...and di na ko kareview usab sa tnan para marefresh tanan nako na gibasa..

i also tried to read in advance, pero problem is, even if i want to, daghan man sad ang kinahanglan basahon for the exam the next day..so siyempre my focus would be on the exam...


unya lagot pud ko sa school...kay unfair ang competition....basta....lain ang people...daghan ang lain ug batasan....and ang uban na'y TPs na di i.share...az...so if ibalik ang exam sa professor siyempre more swerte sila...and it happened alot of times na jud...

so...if there's anyone here who's going through what i'm going through, or have gone through it all, do have any advice i'm really starting to ask myself why i enrolled myself in medicine!
thanks daan

[shaxyra]

..im planning to take up med next year, graduating pa ko ron.. after 3courses.. mograduate najud ko! same ta'g problem, i rarely open my book.. and wa jud ko anang tuon2.. asa ka na school? wat nice medschool?

[achibaby]

@maddox, from what school ka?

hehe med student pd ko..we kinda have the same prob sad..like right now, i should be studying..gkapuy nako kai ganihaaa ra gyud ko cgeg memorize pero dili mupilit sa akong utok..hehe ang ako rman prob kai dili ma retain sa akong utok..hehehe so akong gipractice nga mag read ko everyday nya balik-balikon gyud..bahala na oi..kaya ra lagi na..hehehe

kana btaw sleep early nya mata kag mga kadlawn, d gyud ko pde ana kai d nako ka bangon..huhuhuhuhu

[acissej]

... i'm really starting to ask myself why i enrolled myself in medicine!
thanks daan

I don't know what you're going through 'coz I'm not a med student but just consider yourself blessed coz naa jud daghan people who want to take up medicine but dili gastohan. It's just too expensive daw.

so kaya na nimo Maddox...

GOD bless..

[2001orangess]

taking medicine, to me, was a wake up call. my undergrad was soo easy that to be honest with you, i really can't remember studying for more than an hour a week. also i would rarely come into class. i rememeber for one class, i only attened 3 times. the first day, the mid term and the final. my final grade was a B+. for the last two years of college, i had only 3-4 classes per sem and worked full time. When i look back at it, balancing college and work was a walk in the park conpared to med school.

i know how it feels to be left out of tps (im not from around here ) so i kind of gave up on it. I m usually one of the last one to get them, so therefore i stopped relying on them. i think this year i might have only used tps 3-4 times

as for the studing habit, i really can't help you there cause i myself am looking for a effective way of studying. so far the only thing that really works for me is to study in the library because there are less distractions. for example, right now i should be studying or my bi monthly but i'm on the pc.

arg too many distractions

what school do you go to, maybe we go to the same med school.
I've been to two already..ahahah

[maddox_pitt]

tnx for the reps

@shaxyra: well it's good news you're finally graduating..as for the best med school, UP, CIM, UE-RM and UST ang top schools so far....haiz...gluck daan para sa med! ehehehe pero...as they say, depende pud na sa student if unsaon nya pagkastudyante....


@ achibaby: pareho ta... i tried it, but it just won't work for me,,,,haiz...gikapoi na ko 1st yr pa gane ehehehehehe paet! RTR q....diri lang tac..wah*** gamay ra mi actually...sakto jud, right now i should be studying c0z i've got a bimonthly exam this afternoon..but look at where i am right now??nag net! ahhhhh*** i just came from mister donut to study biochem pero gilaayan ko...i can't digest the pathways anymore! wah*** mao to...so i thought i might drop by a net cafe for a while...haiz haiz......where ka nag.med and what school diay

@ 2001orangess: hi there! what year are you in now yeah..same prob..i studied in cebu for my pre-med and i went back home for med..prob is i don't know anyone from the higher years kay gkan manko cebu..so, thing is, everyone else who's got friends from the higher years gets the TPs and lucky for them kay most ibalik...wah** kalagot jud ai....they don't even share....
i tried it once for our 1st bi...i mean, i tried to study in the lib, but our lib is so hot and it's not that quiet....so......i don't think it's a good place to study...i go to coffee shops instead kai mas less ang distractions......pero..siemprenz i can't do it all the time.....haiz***** i'm thinking of burying my nose on my books for the break.....i hope to read as much as i can......kung di ko laayan...that's my main prob.....burnt out dayon...

@acissej:yeah i know i should be thankful for that....i've got friends from my undergrad who would've wanted to trade places with me....pero dili na sila ipa.med sa ilahang ginikanan....but still i'm really finding it hard to adjust and it's almost the end of our 2nd bi!wah***

[jushaphy]

LOL..

Ang2 man maka adjust ka dayun.. it takes time... but you have to be quick!!!

or else...

ByeBye,, hehe

[achibaby]

@acissej, you're so right sis..like right now, everytime i feel like giving up, i just think that not all get this opportunity to study med..so go go go ghapon..hehehehe

@2001, good for you, you can study in the library..our library is just way tooooo noisy, i can't concentrate..hehehehe what med school do u go to?

@maddoz, m from cdu..hehe

kelangan na gyd ta mu adjust hehehe

and right now, i have to study, finals tomorrow!

[billabong]

im from cim.. jus graduated last may... ok ra bya ang pbl sa cim.. it needs perseverance and consistency. halfday mi den cge ra laag..hehehe.. mas lisuran pa gani mi (grad mi medtek vlez kami ako barkada) sa pre-med.. mas kapoi to pg medtek oi. alas 3am nami maslip sa dawn den ugma ky burned out kaayo.. kapoi man gud minaw lec... mas nahan pko pbl kay basa ra libro.. mao raman japun ky kung sa traditional ky magsalig ra sa xerox.. same thing ra sa pbl... 100% pud ang cim past 2yrs sa board.

[maddox_pitt]

@jushapy: yeah..i need to adjust now! la na jud time...
@achibaby: ahw cdu?wah gluck to us!
@billabong: au pka human na..any tips on how to studycge na