I have never had to study so much in my life. I can’t remember ever studying in high school or much in undergrad for that matter. I always did my homework, but maybe that took 3 or 4 hours per week (on a busy week). Last week was midterms. We had Anatomy on Tuesday, Clinical Medicine on Thursday, and Human Behavior (Psychiatry) on Friday. The only salvation that I had was that last Monday was a holiday (MLK day) so in honor of Dr. King, I spent all day in the library. Actually, it was nice to have a day without any new material. So last weekend, I got to spend all day Saturday and all day Monday in the library studying.
Fast forward to this weekend.
I spent all day today in the library studying for my Physiology exam on this coming Monday. (Do you sense a theme?) They close at 10:00 on Saturdays and they kicked me out. Typically, I spend about 40 hours per week at school in lectures and another 30 outside of school studying. It is tough to get it all in since I do not study on Sundays. That is my only day to devote to worship and family. Sometimes, I feel like that is the only thing that gets me through. However, in order to do that, I generally get up at 4:00 am on Monday mornings to review material before our 8:00 exams. Some weeks though, they are mean and schedule exams to begin at 6:30. On those days, I usually get up about 2:30 or so. Who would ever have thought that I could get up that early?
I am usually studying late into the nights as well. I am in my books until 11:30 or so each night (except for an attempted weekly date night). Then it is off to school at 7:25. Sleep is totally over-rated. However to be honest, I do catch a few naps during lectures. Thankfully, all of the professors distribute lecture notes for us so we only have to take minimal personal notes. Exams typically come from the notes and assigned readings.
Well, since I am home, I think that I will go relax for a bit before bed so until next time…….
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