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I was thinking that most med schools require similar information to be learned. What about spending a couple years studying it before matriculation so you can learn it over 4 years and not crunch it into 2 years in medical school? I think it might be the only way for someone as lazy as me to attend medical school.
Dolan.EscobarI was thinking that most med schools require similar information to be learned. What about spending a couple years studying it before matriculation so you can learn it over 4 years and not crunch it into 2 years in medical school? I think it might be the only way for someone as lazy as me to attend medical school.
try to get accepted into a university that has a 7 year under/med program so that you don't fuck around wasting your time. schools like usc have a 7 year med program (keck)
Med school is 4 years long, not 2. All premed students take the same general prereqs and the same entrance exam, the MCAT, before med school. So everyone's pretty much at the same level entering med school. There is absolutely no point to trying to pre study, there's simply too much information. The analogy people like to use is that the amount of information coming at you in a med school lecture is like trying to take a sip from a firehose.
It really is a good idea and will help you a lot when it comes to exams and stress. These are 4 books that I have personally went through (Some more extensively then others). All of the give a good understanding of the subject but Guyton and Hall is extremely detailed and would give you a solid foundation in physiology.
Lucky.try to get accepted into a university that has a 7 year under/med program so that you don't fuck around wasting your time. schools like usc have a 7 year med program (keck)
Im done w uni
Piste.OffMed school is 4 years long, not 2. All premed students take the same general prereqs and the same entrance exam, the MCAT, before med school. So everyone's pretty much at the same level entering med school. There is absolutely no point to trying to pre study, there's simply too much information. The analogy people like to use is that the amount of information coming at you in a med school lecture is like trying to take a sip from a firehose.
Yeah,,, um, that is why there is a logic behind spreading the learning out. And its mainly the first 2 years of med where you are getting lectures and studying books.
DBH5601It really is a good idea and will help you a lot when it comes to exams and stress. These are 4 books that I have personally went through (Some more extensively then others). All of the give a good understanding of the subject but Guyton and Hall is extremely detailed and would give you a solid foundation in physiology.
Thanks breh. Im just thinking about ms right now. Nothing certain
Dolan.EscobarYeah,,, um, that is why there is a logic behind spreading the learning out. And its mainly the first 2 years of med where you are getting lectures and studying books.
Its not worth it. Your efforts are better off spent finishing any prereqs you haven't done yet and taking the MCAT. The MCAT alone is 3-4 months of intensive studying. To have a decent shot at getting accepted anywhere you also need a significant amount of clinical and research experience, as well as volunteer work and doctor shadowing. You send out your final application to schools a year and a half before you plan on starting. If you're starting from scratch the whole process is going to take 3+ years.
I don't know where in your education you're at, but your energy would be better spent studying as much as you can for the MCATs. Not trying to get ahead of the game for med-school. The entire point of med-school is to learn that stuff. Trying to study it in tandem to your undergrad will only do you harm. Maintain the best GPA you can and train yourself to take the MCAT. It's possibly the most rigorous standardized test, so I'd go through as many prep books as your time allows without making your GPA suffer.
Lucky.lol you honestly think this fuck went to princeton? im a birther so unless he has some proof i doubt it. but then again u go to hahvahd so who knows
lol its a conspiracy lucky, dont worry
Piste.OffIts not worth it. Your efforts are better off spent finishing any prereqs you haven't done yet and taking the MCAT. The MCAT alone is 3-4 months of intensive studying. To have a decent shot at getting accepted anywhere you also need a significant amount of clinical and research experience, as well as volunteer work and doctor shadowing. You send out your final application to schools a year and a half before you plan on starting. If you're starting from scratch the whole process is going to take 3+ years.
TheSeaCaptainI don't know where in your education you're at, but your energy would be better spent studying as much as you can for the MCATs. Not trying to get ahead of the game for med-school. The entire point of med-school is to learn that stuff. Trying to study it in tandem to your undergrad will only do you harm. Maintain the best GPA you can and train yourself to take the MCAT. It's possibly the most rigorous standardized test, so I'd go through as many prep books as your time allows without making your GPA suffer.
I took the mcat years ago, for fun, without studying a second for it and got a 28, 8 on the verbal section, 10 on the two sci sections.
28 is well above the avg mcat for many med schools, not even considering med schools abroad.
if you want to do well on the mcat, get used to reading science journal papers fast. Its just a game of getting the gist from the science language. Had to do that alot at uni, so i did alright, especially considering i got extra time in hs and after, and was timed normally on my mcat so i had to basically race thru it as fast as i could
If you can answer 9 out of 10 questions quickly but given all the time in the world cant solve the 10th, and i can solve all 10 questions but only with adequate time, guess whos smarter inferior boy?
Dolan.EscobarI took the mcat years ago, for fun, without studying
No ya didn't; I smell bs from you as always.
It doesn't make sense to go way out of your way to study for med school, you have enough to do to become a strong applicant between coursework, MCAT studying and extra curricular sort of things. Many of the courses you would take with a science degree help lay out the groundwork directly for what you learn in med school (i.e., if you took things like neuroanatomy, toxicology and histopathology in college) .... and coupling that with practical experience in a research and/or clinical setting is the way to go.
or just grab a book of Netters and start 'reading' up
A lot of people in med school take a few years and work somewhere else before applying. But getting in is the hard part, the school it's self isn't as bad, (except for gross anatomy that class is a bitch) but it is very time consuming. whereever your school is, that's basically where your going to meet your wife, and once you're in they will do everything in their power to help you pass, or if you don't have a residency lined up at the end of year school years, they'll make calls and set it up for you.
Got a buddy who just started in med school...went to an ivy undergrad and studied for about 3 months and got a solid score and got into a decent med school.
Went out with him last week those kids basically study 24/7 when they are not in class or going out. Very intense schooling
medics have no life, source engineering undergraduate, seriously they have a pretty fucking intense schedule massive respect for those guys
it sounds like you should be making sure you are absolutely acing the MCAT, you'd be an absolute fool doing work for later down the line if you don't get the score you want and you'll be able to apply for better institutions with a higher score, no?
I took the mcat years ago, for fun, without studying a second for it and got a 28, 8 on the verbal section, 10 on the two sci sections.
28 is well above the avg mcat for many med schools, not even considering med schools abroad.
if you want to do well on the mcat, get used to reading science journal papers fast. Its just a game of getting the gist from the science language. Had to do that alot at uni, so i did alright, especially considering i got extra time in hs and after, and was timed normally on my mcat so i had to basically race thru it as fast as i could
28 isn't "well above" the average for many medschools, 28 is usually the minimum you can have to get in.
also stop wasting your time studying med school stuff now, study for the mcat/your college classes. if you get in, you can study that summer between college and med school
First try to learn the anatomy, structures and location and how they interact with one another, doing that helps greatly in understanding the text in textbooks.
Buy a good anatomy book, such as Sobotta, (Netter and the Japanese one with pictures of actual bodies that I can't remember the name of, can be downloaded far more easily) learn from all books: shit's always slightly different. For actual learning this Dutch site is great, uses Netter pictures and Latin nomenclature: http://anatomie.plict.nl/1-hals/p/7
Dude i have met plenty of untalented dbags who got perfect sats. Im talking about iq, which you do poorly at, because you cant study for it, inferior boy
Peter.28 isn't "well above" the average for many medschools, 28 is usually the minimum you can have to get in.
also stop wasting your time studying med school stuff now, study for the mcat/your college classes. if you get in, you can study that summer between college and med school
source: im in med school
At a good med school 28 might be the min, but theres about 30-40 med schools ive come across in online searches which have mcat avgs 27-25 and below. ross in the caribbean has a 22 ffs
Dolan.EscobarAt a good med school 28 might be the min, but theres about 30-40 med schools ive come across in online searches which have mcat avgs 27-25 and below. ross in the caribbean has a 22 ffs
At an average med school a 28 is still 1-2 standard deviations below the median of other matriculants. The people that actually do get in with a 28 have a great GPA and very solid extra curriculars. Still though, lots of schools will pre screen and toss out any application with a
toss out any application with a sub 30 MCAT. Also, going Caribbean is an extremely risky move if you ever want to get a residency and practice in the US.
toss out any application with a sub 30 MCAT. Also, going Caribbean is an extremely risky move if you ever want to get a residency and practice in the US.
it's not really that risky, yeah you're not going to be working Yale, or Dartmouth hospital. but you can definitely get a residency at a regular hospital somewhere in the United States.
Dolan.EscobarDude i have met plenty of untalented dbags who got perfect sats. Im talking about iq, which you do poorly at, because you cant study for it, inferior boy
At a good med school 28 might be the min, but theres about 30-40 med schools ive come across in online searches which have mcat avgs 27-25 and below. ross in the caribbean has a 22 ffs
have fun going to a school not in the states and getting a trash residency then.
also, the schools with low MCAT scores are schools that are based around minorities, which are underrepresented in medicine so they get to have lower MCAT scores (im assuming youre white)
