Undergrad
What do I want out of my university education?
About a year and a half ago, I wrote an article on my thoughts about what to keep in mind when applying to university, using my personal experience as an example. In that article, I focused mostly on figuring out which university fits you best based on program, location, opportunities, etc. However, there is one [...]
Why GPA Should Matter and Learning the Way You Learn Best
This past Monday I took my Metabolism and Nutrition mid-term (I think I passed…) As usual (and as expected) the weekend was a major cram session, and I finally turned into bed at 4 am (where I proceeded to roll around in bed with my mind constructing random thoughts about hypokalemia which made no sense [...]
What’s up with premed altruism and nobility?
As I have mentioned many times before, I feel like our education system was developed with altruism and nobility at its core. I have seen it all the way from elementary school to undergraduate university (though obviously much less so at higher levels at education). While I think it’s nice that we’re taught to do [...]
Why You Should Job Shadow
The other day, someone asked me if I could write an article on shadowing. While I don’t have any real advice for finding mentors to shadow besides “just asking”, I remembered an article I wrote a few years ago about my experience shadowing a physician, and why I thought job shadowing as a whole is [...]
Medaholic.com – Why Grades Matter
The following is a guest post from my good friend over at Medaholic.com. He is currently a first year medical student and is involved in his school’s admissions process. His blog is fantastic, so check it out! Why do grades matter so much when it comes to getting into medical school? We’ve all seen people [...]
Understanding Expectation and Avoiding Being Results Oriented
I have always done well in school my whole life. Throughout both elementary and high school, I had rarely gotten close to a failing grade in anything. And even the few times I did, the weight of those assignments or tests was not that significant, and as you eventually learn, high school marks don’t matter [...]
Tips for Multiple Choice Tests
I love multiple choice tests more than any other type of tests. They’re great because you don’t even have to know the answer to have a shot at getting a question right! Especially when it comes to courses where you are expected to know a lot of information (e.g. biology), it helps when you only [...]
How I Aced First Year University Science – Part 5: The Art of Test-Taking
Some students may think that you just study and go in and do the test. I don’t think it’s that simple. While I have said that preparation is the hard part and taking the test is the relatively easy part, I would say that is true, but only if you have already mastered what I [...]
How I Aced First Year University Science – Part 4: Studying for Tests
In science, you’re generally going to come across tests that require either the knowledge of facts/material or the understanding of concepts/problem types (and sometimes a combination of both). Biology tests tend to be based more on facts, while chemistry/physics tests tend to be based more on concepts/problem types. Facts/Material – Memorization For knowledge-based tests like [...]
How I Aced First Year University Science – Part 3: Lectures, Readings, Note Taking, and Forming Study Groups
I have been a fan of mixed martial arts for the past two years. I think it’s because I am competitive by nature, and nothing can compare to the raw physical competition between two individuals just duking it out in a ring. There is one quote from mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz that I have [...]
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