<p>It is the last summer for DS before he starts MS1. He does not feel like studying too much. However, when I casually mentioned that somebody here or at SDN (maybe mmmcdowe?) once suggested that some light learning about the names of bones (esp. upperbody ones) may be beneficial, he kind of agrees he would spend a tiny bit of time browsing through this before the school starts.</p>
<p>However, he thinks he might just pick up some flashcard from Kaplan, because it is "light" (I heard it costs about $15 only so it may be pretty light) and this may be the only study material he could easily fit into his luggage on the flight.</p>
<p>Has anybody had any experience with learning bone names with flashcards? (I have no idea where he got the idea of using Kaplan flashcard for this purpose, as it seems he has never relied on flashcard much in the past. He likes to make his own flashcard/note if needed (e.g., when he prep for MCAT.) Well...it is his choice. But I am just curious about how most MS1's learn this stuff. Do they really memorize all the bone names by heart eventually, e.g., before they take STEP 1?)</p>
<p>My advice to your son is to not do any “pre-studying” - enjoy your time before med school starts. It’s really not worth it to try to learn anything beforehand. Sure, you could spend time learning the names of bones or pick up a copy of First Aid and go to town, but its really not going to be of any help in the long run - you’ll have no context to the information, and won’t know what’s important.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice and I will pass it to him.</p>
<p>Maybe some reasons he is not totally against a little bit of light studying are:</p>
<p>1) He could only do so many hours on his (non-medicine-related) ECs each day before his fingers may be almost bleeding.
2) He has been out of his “student mode” for quite some time because of the gap year (he has been working) and he may want to “warm up” to the student mode again.</p>
<p>I agree it is not of much use in the long run, as you said.</p>
<p>Hmm…since he has some free time, it may be a good time for him to “find” a girlfriend during the summer. (A parent’s wishful thinking.) If this is the case, he may as well move to the school area sooner as a long distance relation is difficult to maintain. However, this is a hot button question/issue I dare not raise.</p>
<p>No any kind of pre-studying for my D. - her first session is next Wednesday, July 6. She had Anatomy in UG. She said that it was confusing because it was covering several very different animals. She almost felt that human Anatomy would be less confusing. They had cat as part of it, she said that cat was the closest to human. She is completely ralaxed, went to many trips, including one abroad, we have moved major furniture and still buying some smaller items. She asked us to go with her first day to continue putting furniture together (her desk alone is a huge project - 150 pieces, by H. engineer has got instructions and has been pre-studying them) and do some other organizing in her studio - I have my asignment also, not anywhere as complicated as desk project. She has contacted few M1’s who live in her building. So far there are 39 of them.<br>
I would advise your son to relax and spend time with friends. D’s best friend is actually at the same School but finishing off her UG. D. knows as well as I am sure your S. that they will not have much time for social life. Her concern also is that she is used to variety of different activities. Med. School will be huge focus on one.</p>
<p>I don’t particularly recommend pre-studying, but in the past I have suggested buying netters flash cards and memorizing some of the stuff in the arms/upper torso if you if you are planning to pre-study. Ultimately, if people want to pre-study they are going to, so the reason I recommend doing that is it is if you are going to pre-study, you might as well focus on something that is definitely going to be covered, rather than random chapters of some medical text book. In the end I don’t think it really matter or helps, and most people give it up after a week or so.</p>
<p>curm,
That late? I am impressed with your D. on top of her other accomplishments. It usually happens earlier, both of mine had this education earlier. D. has been so busy with various visits, she is not even done with her summer reading. Oh, well, she said it is not biggy, she starts in 5 days though, not fully moved yet, but she has mattress set to sleep on, which is the most important and the second most important, all clothes and cosmetics are well organized, although I have an assigment to re-organize it a bit when we take her there on her first day. She is excited and worrying at the same time. She has never focused on one thing as much as she will have to. She is not even taking her keyboard, although there is no room in her studio anyway, it is full size. However, checked out couple gym options. I wonder if she will have time.</p>
<p>Even not taking her keyboard? DS would even have his big and heavy amplifier there! I really do not know how he can survive with the amplifier while living in the small apartment in the past, and now he has an unrealistic expectation that he could fit his amplifier in his small dorm room. (Why didn’t his neighbors complain when he was using it?! Too many drunken college kids?) I think that big amp is his college graduation gift from us.</p>
<p>Being a non-drinker, DS still knows very little about the names of booze. (Some of his friends are experts on this. Luckily, not his long-time roommate.) After parties, he is often assigned the job of sending his friends who are drunk home.</p>
<p>^Oh, no, my D. is helping me to choose my drink. She is always correct with her advice after I describe to her what I am looking for. She has bought us vines as gift also, even from New Zealand, and she went there summer after sophomore year.<br>
D. might take her other small instrument (Ukulele, if I spell it correctly). It will be much tighter with keyboard. Boys do not have all this clothes. We had to put her dresser into closet, it did not fit in her room. Without dresser, she could have keyboard in a clset/dressing area. She has a queen bed also. But she thinks she will not have time to play piano. She is very social, I know whenever she has couple of minutes, they will be spent socializing, in person or on-line.</p>
<p>You guys are making me oh so happy I’m living in the same apartment next year! New bike, desk, bookcase, and couch (since former one was my roommate’s) and I’m good to go (have to put that grad $$ to good use, right?). Only $5 increase in monthly rent too.</p>
<p>Headed back in about two and a half weeks. Should be exciting!</p>
<p>And no thanks to pre-studying medical school. Goodness gracious I’m sure I’ll have plenty of time to study come August.</p>
<p>^It is great, but that also means that you have UG’s in your building.<br>
Hey, no UG’s and no pets are allowed in my D’s apartment building. We like that. But she does not like her small studio, although it is all hers and it is expansive by my account, we will pay much more than for our house…if I knew that she staying there for 8 years, it definitely would make sense to look for real estate property. But, how we could tell? Residency match is something way too far ahead. She could only dream to get in where she is now, that would be the best.</p>
<p>I believe the living environment will be downgraded a little bit for DS because his living arrangement will be in a dorm room (without roommate at least) instead of an apartment. It is cheaper and I heard he could walk to most classrooms in like 2-3 minutes. Having no grades during preclinical years is nice also. Hopefully, he will not be too slack off because of this. At least he swears he would not want to be an incompetent doctor someday.</p>
<p>His school seems to start later than most other schools mentioned here: the orientation during mid August, and the school starts end of Aug. There are some activities for MS0 before the school starts. I think he will likely choose some volunteer activities instead of the camping trip for MS0. It is likely hot in August.</p>
<p>Hopefully, he will not need to fly back and forth between the school and home so often in the coming years (He should be very busy, right? It is sad for us though, as he came home EVERY break except one while in college.)</p>
<p>Miami, luckily for me it’s mostly grads in my complex! I’m glad it’s all worked out that I can stay in the same place. Great location (only half a mile from SOM) and newly renovated with plenty of space–hard to beat!</p>
<p>And mcat, I’m sure it’s disgustingly hot in August–at least it is here. But Missourians have this odd love of the outdoors in the summer, oppressive humidity and all (today’s high 97, 82% humidity, heat index 105). We too have a camping/float trip planned, and last I checked, most of the class has already RSVPd yes! We’re nuts, I tell ya.</p>
<p>Looking forward to quite an adventure, and excited that it’s beginning soon.</p>
<p>We were told that they mostly walk from D’s apartment buiding, there are 2 paths, for fast people and for slower ones. They get in groups. A week ago it was 39 M1’s rented. There is also shuttle bus (several of them) in a morning. Winter will be much more snowy than D. is used to, so someitime she will not be able to drive, she will have to walk or take shuttle. Well, we will know much more tomorrow after her first session. We will be there still putting furniture together and organizing. </p>
<p>Kristn,
Yes, you avoided major hurdle with all this moving/packing/unpacking/re-packing/buying new stuff, which has been going on for several weeks. At least I got brand new bedroom set out of it as awards for great mom, it is gorgeous and I fully enjoy it. Since we had to buy new bedroom set for D., we decided to pick up a set for ourselves on the same delivery charge.<br>
It has been hot, but D. has enjoyed several trips (one abroad) and is planning more in between her blocks. She has friends left behind at her UG. Most HS friends will start moving to vearious far away places, with some actually coming back home though. There are also vearious art and music festivals around her Med. School, so she has signed up for some events already.</p>
<p>Your daughter will have the time if she decides that exercise is a non-negotiable. Other than crunch times my daughter always makes it to the gym or goes for a run. For mental health reasons alone I am glad that she continues to train…exercise helps clear the head. I actually have been surprised at how civilized her medical school life has been thus far. Before she started I had this idea that she would never be able to come up for air. She works hard but still has a life.</p>
<p>Elleneast,
Thanks, nice to know that. D’s training stopped in UG, as she is a swimmer , who hates running (as most of them). She goes to gym sometime, and I hope it will continue at least at some level. Pool is not anywhere close to the awesome pool she had at her UG, but she took her swimsuit, goggles and hopefully there is some open swim times on the weekends. Lots of adjustments. will see. What year is your D.?</p>