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Congratul

ations!You
vemadei tthr
oughO Chem,sur vi
vedyourMCAT,t rai
psedaroundthecount
ry
toeveryintervi
ew youcouldtinyourbudget,andreceivedt
hatelusiveaccept
anceemail
.Onceyou
takeamomentt ocelebrat
e,youwillr
eal
izethattherealchal
lengeli
esahead.

Medicalschoolservesasthel
aunchpadtoyourcar eerandexcel li
ngt herecanopent hedoorto
opportuniti
es.Whetheryouwantacareerinacademi csorpr i
vatepractice,psychiat
ryorradiol
ogy
ororthopedicsurgery,doi
ngwelli
nmedicalschooliscri
ticaltogetti
ngi ntother esi
dencythatwil
l
getyout here.Buthow doyoudowel
l?

Medi calschoolcanbeabi tofashock.Weal lknow i


twillbe
hard,r equiri
nglonghour s,butt hesheerenor mit
yof
knowl edgeweneedt omaster( oratleastmakeapassing
acquai ntancewith)canbeover whel ming.Youwi l
lneedto
gur eouthow youl earnbest,andmosteci entl
y.I
sit
takingcopi ousnotesi ncl
ass?Dr awingpictur
esof
dissections?Re-l
isteningtolecturesonyouri Phonewhil
eout
forar un?

Theel dofmedi cineisoneoflife-


longlearni
ng.Wewi l
l
constantlyneedt oupdateourknowl edgeofourel dby
readi
ngj ournals,att
endingconferences,anddiscussi
ng
int
erestingcaseswi t
hourcolleagues.

LOOKBEYOND YOURBOOKS
Youmayf eell ikeyouneedt ostudy24/ 7,butifyounever
leavet heli
br ary,youwi llmi ssoutonal otyourmedi cal
schoolhast ooer .Joinclubs,geti nvolvedwi t
hst udent
gover nment,si gnupf oracommi tt
ee.Notonl ywi l
lyou
contributetot hecul tureofyourmedi calschoolandhel p
makei tamor eenrichingpl aceforot hermedi calstudent s,
youneverknow whatconnect ionsyoumi ghtmake.One
peerwhoj oinedt hest udentgover nmentf oundher self
rubbingshoul derswi t
hmanyf acul
ty,includingdepar tment
chairs.Whenshedeci dedshewasi nterestedinr adiology,
shewasabl et osetupat i
met ohaveani nformalchatwi th
thedepar tmentchai rman,assheal readyknew hi m.Bybei ng
invol
ved,youwil
lbelearni
nghow tonetworkandestabl
ish
connecti
onsthatwi
llser
veyouthroughoutyourcar
eer.

GI
VEBACK
Weallspenttimei nourpre-medyear sscur
rying
amongstvolunteerexperi
encesi nanat temptto
becomeabet terappli
cant,andt ogivebackt othe
community,ofcourse.Dontstopwi ththatacceptance
let
ter
.Medicalschoolprovideslotsofoppor tuni
ties;
youhaveachancet ocontri
butetot hecommuni t
y,
makeconnections,devel
opnew ski ll
sand,yes,they
cangoonyourr esi
dencyapplicati
on.

ESTABLI
SH ACI
RCLEOFMENTORS
Someschool shavef ormalment oringpr ograms,connect ing
studentswi thf acult
yorseni ormedi calstudent swi t
hj unior
medicalstudent s.Takeadvant ageoft hese.Ifyourschool
doesnthaveone( andeveni fitdoes) ,beont hel ookoutf or
otherswhomayser vethisrole.Ment orscomef r om var ious
backgroundsandel dsar adiologist,apedi atrician,a
psychiatr
ist,abenchsci enti
standanumberofmor eseni or
medicalstudent s,tonameaf ew.Ot hermedi calst udent scan
provideinval uableadviceoni ssuest heyrecent l
ydeal twi th,
rangingfrom how t ostudyforboar ds(
Makeaschedul e!
)or
how tosur vivesur gery(Al
wayseatbr eakfast!
).Facul ty
ment orshelpt opr ovideper spective;theyveseenmany
studentsgot hrought heupsanddownsofmedi calschool
andcangi veabr oaderview,oratl eastassur eyout hat
how youref eelingisnotuni que.

BEWI
LLI
NG TO BESELFI
SH

Youmustbewi
ll
ingt
opr
ior
iti
zeper
sonalt
imeandt
o
cont
inuet
odot
heuni
quet
hingst
hatmakeyouwhoyou
ar
e.Andt
rustme,t
het
imecanbef
oundi
nanyr
igor
ous
pr
ogr
am.Doct
orsar
en
trobot
s,andyoushoul
dneverpl
an
t
otr
ainl
ikeone.Medi
calschoolmustbeat
imef
oryout
o
cont
inuet
odevel
opyourhobbi
esandyourper
sonal
ity.
Thesear
ethei
ndi
vidualchar
act
eri
sti
cst
hatwi
llmakeyour
pat
ient
sloveyouoneday.Mor
eimpor
tant
ly,t
hesear
ethe
act
ivi
tiest
hatwi
llkeepyoubot
hsaneandf
reef
rom st
ress.

GET8HOURSOFSLEEP
Nodebat i
ngt hisone.Fi rstthebenet syouwi llst
udy
better ,beheal thier,andf eelhappi er
.Ther ear eenough
distractionsandobst acl
esbui l
tintot hemedi caleducation
thatyoushoul dnotbeaddi ngtot helist.Sleepinginclass,
rereadi ngt ext,andment alsluggishnessar enotpat hsto
engagi ngt hecur riculum.Tur no t helight,setyoural arm,
andkeept rackofyoursl eepingschedul e.Afterallyouar e
trai
ni ngt obeadoct orwhowi l
lonedayadvi sepat i
entson
healthypr acti
ces.Li mitthesacricesyoumakei nyourown
healthal ongt heway.Heal t
hyeat ingandr egularexercise
foll
ow,aswel l
.

STUDYSMART
Ther ei sadi er encebet weenst udyi ngf orat estand
studyi ngt obeadoct or.Whi letheset wogoal ssomet i
mes
coincide,t heyar eof tenver ydier enti nnat ure.Forsome
reason,medi calst udent shavedi cul t
ywr appi ngt here
mi ndsar oundt hisconcept .Medi calst udentsof tenl ookt o
prepar eforexamsasi ft heyneedt oknow ever ythingabout
agi vensubj ect .Buyi ngmul tiplet ext booksandr eview guides
ismor ethancommon.Gai ni ngt hi sknowl edgei st her i
ght
thingt odo,andwi llmaket hem abet terdoct orint hel ong
run.Buti tmaydi st ractyouf rom yourgoalofdoi ngyour
bestongi vent estandwor se,itmayl eadtobur nout .Ifan
exam hasquest i
onst hatar edr awnf rom lect ure,then
informat ionout sideofl ectur eisi rrelevantfort hescopeof
thatt est.Youneedt omakeaper sonaldeci sionast ohow
muchsuppl ement ali nformat i
onyouneedt obesuccessf ul
.

REMEBERYOURLONG-
TERM GOALS
Becomingadoct orisnoteasy,youwi l
lbe
responsi
bleforpatient
slif
et hatmeansi fyouare
lazyst
udyingnow,youmaybeadi rectcauseofa
caseofpreventabledeath.Thatmeans-pl ease
studyhardunder st
andyourr esponsi
bili
ty.

HAVEAMOTI
VATI
ON POSTER
Pl
acethepostersoyouseei twhi l
eyoust udy.Thepostershould
i
ncludeposi
tivewordsandapi ctur
edepi cti
ngsuccess.Youcanbuyone
orevenmakeyourown.Youcanal soreadinspirati
onalstori
esabout
r
ealpeoplewhohaveachi evedsuccesst hrougheor t
,forexampleread
thesuccessfulstoryofDr .BenCar son.

ELI
MINATEDI
STRACTI
ONS
I
tisamustf
oryout
oel
imi
nat
edi
str
act
ions,
cl
oseyourr
oom door
,shutdownyour
l
apt
op,makeyourmobi
lesi
lent
,br
inga
bot
tleofwat
erandsnacksnearyoubef
ore
st
art
ingyourst
udysessi
on.

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