Next week is hell week. We have three tests, each worth a significant portion of our grades for those classes and one term paper that is worth 60% of the ethics class. Needless to say, I am very stressed and crunched for time. Over time I have slowly been studying for these tests, but until a week before the test, I really cannot focus and seriously study. That being said, most of my effective studying is happening starting Wednesday this week. As usual, I showed up to the cadaver lab today thinking that I knew my information, however there were many structures in the pelvis that I still have more covered and could not even identify. Two of the tests next week are in Anatomy. I may have mentioned this before, but we have a lecture and a lab test for each unit we cover. This unit's test is on the thorax, abdomen and pelvis.
I really feel like I am working better under stress more-so than I did in undergrad. I think its mainly because I don’t have a large incentive to study so far in advance here. I know that I will pass the exam even if I wait until the week before to study and I am not striving for a perfect 4.0, I am just trying to learn as much as I can in the time I am given. Fortunately, this passive strategy for PA school has been working really well, but I am sure once the summer term starts that I will have to shift back into my obsessive school mode.
I really feel like I am working better under stress more-so than I did in undergrad. I think its mainly because I don’t have a large incentive to study so far in advance here. I know that I will pass the exam even if I wait until the week before to study and I am not striving for a perfect 4.0, I am just trying to learn as much as I can in the time I am given. Fortunately, this passive strategy for PA school has been working really well, but I am sure once the summer term starts that I will have to shift back into my obsessive school mode.