<p>In med school how hard do you have to work?, like many people i know who went to med school return with alot of weight.. what my question is, is med school as intimidating as people say it is, like you get like 3 hours of sleep and constant studying of the materials or do you have time to do things like exercise or play some soccer?</p>
<p>It depends on your goals. If you just want to pass (70 at most schools), I think an hour a day every day might get you through (and you'll really be scraping close to the limit).</p>
<p>If you want honors (typically 90 and up), you'll probably have to push that to 5 hours a day (with one or two days off).</p>
<p>And of course, during exam weeks, I think most people hit the books really hard and just get that 3 hours of sleep</p>
<p>nice, 5 hours dosent seem too rough.</p>
<p>But all in all, both the regulars and honors people end up becoming doctors....right?</p>
<p>I think your grades will be one of the factors affecting where you are accepted for residency. If you want to get into a competitive residency, then you'll need the grades, as well as a good score on the USMLE exams.</p>
<p>If you pass, you can become a doctor. What I would recommend is to aim for honors so even if you don't get that, at least you'll pass.</p>
<p>I imagine people do make time for exercise and such, but still only go to sleep for three hours. I'd still make time for that stuff because it's good to have a break once and awhile to relieve the stress and tension, but I imagine med school is going to add on 10 yrs of age I don't have. hehe>></p>
<p>I want to go into medicine too or maybe someother medical field (like radiology)...what's a good school in New york or Texas to attend</p>
<p>pre-med or medical school?</p>
<p>Dude for pre-med just go anywhere and do very well.</p>
<p>Texas- 1) Rice is number one of course....Rice/Baylor med program
2) UT Austin
New York-
1) Cornell</p>
<p>Doogie have you been to pre-med school?</p>
<p>why do u ask</p>
<p>Hi -- my name is Heather, and I found your post.</p>
<p>Most importantly, are you in med school or just speaking from what you've heard?</p>
<p>I am finished with a BSN (4-year nursing degree) in May, and I'm just thinking this is NOT it. I am considering med school.</p>
<p>Are you someone who never studied in your undergrad and got a 4.0? I'm one of the top 3 in my nursing class, I study at least 1/3 of what most people study, and my best friend and the person with whom I perform most similarly on tests took a year of med school (got Bs), then quit because she was pregnant.</p>
<p>This is probably way more than you want to know, but I fear getting in over my head. </p>
<p>Thanks for any input you can give me -- I like to hear things "from the horse's mouth" so to speak. :)</p>
<p>Wow That Message Was Posted So Long Ago When I Was Trying To Figure Out What To Do .... And I'm Now Actually In School. It Isn't That Difficult Yes U Have To Study Hard As With Any Other Feild But Just Being Organized Helps .... And Remaining Focused. Med Is Quite A Step Up Fom Nursing And Maintaining Ur Gpa Is Key But With A Foundation In It Things Will Be Fine</p>
<p>actual medical school is a lot harder than anyone's made it out to be. There are people in my class who literally study for 8-10 hours a day. While I'm not that dedicated, I'll routinely study for 3-4 hours a day on non-test weeks and then ratchet it up several notches on test weeks (we have a basic science core test about every three weeks). today I studied for about 6.5 hours, yesterday was closer to 8, and tommorow, I should probably put in about another 8 (we'll see if that happens...I'm a great procrastinator). And all this is with 4 hours of class in the morning, every morning (even the day before a test).</p>
<p>It's not that the material is particularly hard, but the required depth is deeper than undergrad and there's a lot more information covered in three weeks than undergrad. </p>
<p>As for comparison to actual upper level nursing courses...it's harder, simply because doctor's do have to know more. In comparing to my nursing friends, I've got a lot greater depth of knowledge in the various physiologies, genetics biochem, anatomy, pharmacology, microbiology, and immunology. That's not to say that I'm better than nurses, b/c doctors couldn't survive without nurses, but it's just different knowledge. Nurses are at least during their schooling portions, much more relevant to what their job description is.</p>
<p>A med school dean once told me that nurses know what to do, and why they do it, but they don't understand the mechanism of what they've done. I'm not sure if that's true, but I suppose it might be, and if it is then it illustrates a key point. If a patient codes, a nurse will definitely know to give this drug and what that drug does, thus why they give it, but a doctor would know (or at least knew for a test at one point) that it acts on this receptor and causes this pathway to get the end result.</p>
<p>As an RN, I'll just add my two cents:</p>
<p>A nursing degree prepares you how to carry out doctors orders and do minimal assessments - what is missing is the "why/how". Not that nurses don't want to know, it's just that quite literally, not a lot of time is spent on discussing/learning those objectives. </p>
<p>Now to put it in persective, often the doc will know what he/she wants to do to a patient, but won't have a clue as to how to carry that procedure out themselves (because "that's something nurses do" - I've seen this first hand with IVs and foleys - it's not rocket science, but perhaps these docs just missed that day or never had the experience to begin with other than the experience of writing the order.) When this becomes a problem (for the patient) is when the doc writes orders that are not practical for that particular patient due to unusual circumstances. Practicing medicine is more than barking orders - it's caring for real people with real, unique situations. </p>
<p>So, can nurses do well in medical school? Sure if they are dedicated, serious students.Most nurses have had temendous patient care experience and are quite comfortable with the public (something many docs lack). And can a doc learn how to be a nurse.....well, maybe. (that's a little joke, of course).</p>
<p>Just one thing to check on- sometimes the chemistry courses in college for nurses are not the same chemistry classes for, say, biology or chemistry majors - one applying might need to check to make sure that they had the correct undergrad requirements for medical school admission.</p>
<p>Now remember that BRM is describing the kids who are absolutely the best and the brightest. Kids who go to college tend to be pretty bright; kids who decide to be premed are yet a little bit brighter; premeds who survive the first three years with their career plans intact are quite a bit brighter than that. Of that pool, now (those who take the MCAT), only 1/4 of them will ever make it into medical school.</p>
<p>Of those kids, BRM scored extremely well on the MCAT, putting him considerably past the VAST majority of them.</p>
<p>So when he tells you that he's studying 8 hours a night, remember that this is coming from a guy who has a stronger track record than most med students.</p>
<p>Well thanks for the compliments BDM...I wouldn't say I'm that smart (which med school is continually reminding me of)...I do well on standardized tests, but I've never had great grades compared to a lot people (classic "doesn't live up to potential" comments have followed me everywhere). But I do agree that anyone getting into medical school is an extremely bright individual, and all deserve that recognition.</p>
<p>And my grades certainly are no where near the top of my med school class (or even the middle). For instance today I wanted to put in 8 hours, only put in about 4, and while I think I'm getting sick and blaming that...I still would have only hit about 6 given the time it is now...I think I may have ADD or something b/c I'm physically incapable of studying like some of my friends and colleagues do.</p>
<p>so its not only mcat that the med schools look at ? what else ?</p>
<p>look at... to determine admission?</p>
<p>Grades. Undergrad program. Letters of recommendation. Extracurriculars. Essays. Application timing. Interviews. Research. Academic honors. Life circumstances. Race. Geography. Gender. Future career plans. Publications. Community service. Clinical exposure. Photographs. Family medical tradition. Citizenship. And more.</p>