Well, I'm alive. It's been a wild week, with lots of tears lol. I'm not kidding, I'm a big baby and the tears were plentiful. Before I tell you the sequence of events, I would like to first explain the exam breakdowns at AUC.
As you know, I've had an embryology exam every Monday since we started. Today (we switched it to Tuesday this time because of exams yesterday) was our last embryo exam because Embryology is only a 5 week course. So now I'm done with embryo until our final at the end of August.
For every other class, we have exams A and exams B. Exams A are on a Friday, they give you the weekend to study and then exams B are that following Monday. Let me explain. For each block, each professor writes two exams. Which means if we don't pass Friday exams (exam A) we can take exams B on Monday to try to pass and they'll take the best of the two scores. However, don't be fooled, the exams are nowhere near the same. They're COMPLETELY different questions y'all. And I even think the exams on Monday were harder. So for example, for our Molecular cell Bio (MCB) course, we had lectures on 9 topics for this block. On exam A, maybe the professor wrote that test to focus more on topics 1-4 and only a little on 5-9. And he wrote Exam B to focus on topics 5-9 more so than topics 1-4. In that way, you get to test all of your strengths and weaknesses for those topics. I hope that makes sense and I didn't confuse you.
I passed everything the first time around!! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! Class average was around 70 percent for MCB, I scored high above the average. Class average for Histology was 60 percent, I scored high above average for that too. Class average was 66 percent for Anatomy, and I scored high above average for that too. The second time around, I did worse! Well, except for Histo, I improved my score by 6 percent.
I scored only slightly above average on my Anatomy Cadaver lab practical from yesterday. The average was around 85. Passed my embryology exam from today also! I haven't gotten the full score report yet so I'm not sure what the class average is for that one. *UPDATE: Just got the score report. The class average for this exam was a 67.5 percent. Lol we're all tired man.* I think I did just slightly lower on that embryo exam compared to the others because I was soooooo over studying. After taking those midterms for my other classes and the lab practical, my brain couldn't take anymore. I was just like eff embryo and I went out with some friends last night. Had a drink or two. I had a blast and I do not regret any second of it. My brain needed a break. Still woke up this morning and studied some more and managed to get a score close to my usual. GO BETTYNA!
I know this might not mean much to you reading this but this is a huge deal to me. Med school isn't easy. But if you put in the work, you should be fine. A LOT OF WORK. Like sleep, eat, and breathe med school. Haha. KIDDING. But really, I have plenty of me time but only when exams aren't stressing me out. Just gotta learn how to balance everything.
I want to say thank you to all of my friends and family who've been there for me. You know who you are. The ones who listen to me complain and cry EVERY SECOND about how dumb I am and how I don't belong here because I'm an imposter. The ones who convince me otherwise and push me to go on. I love you all sincerely. What would life be without you guys? MISERABLE.
Oh oh! And I managed to make time togo to the gym last week. Seeee, it's all about balance. So remember my previous blog post with all of the questions.....Will Bettyna learn to manage her time? Will she pass her exams? Will she go to the gym? THE ANSWERS ARE ALL YESSS. Now, stay tuned to find out if Bettyna finishes med school. Haha. Now, I rest. Goodnight!
PS: Enjoy the little snapchat videos I recorded during my study break. *Shrugs*
TTYL!
I passed everything the first time around!! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! Class average was around 70 percent for MCB, I scored high above the average. Class average for Histology was 60 percent, I scored high above average for that too. Class average was 66 percent for Anatomy, and I scored high above average for that too. The second time around, I did worse! Well, except for Histo, I improved my score by 6 percent.
I scored only slightly above average on my Anatomy Cadaver lab practical from yesterday. The average was around 85. Passed my embryology exam from today also! I haven't gotten the full score report yet so I'm not sure what the class average is for that one. *UPDATE: Just got the score report. The class average for this exam was a 67.5 percent. Lol we're all tired man.* I think I did just slightly lower on that embryo exam compared to the others because I was soooooo over studying. After taking those midterms for my other classes and the lab practical, my brain couldn't take anymore. I was just like eff embryo and I went out with some friends last night. Had a drink or two. I had a blast and I do not regret any second of it. My brain needed a break. Still woke up this morning and studied some more and managed to get a score close to my usual. GO BETTYNA!
I know this might not mean much to you reading this but this is a huge deal to me. Med school isn't easy. But if you put in the work, you should be fine. A LOT OF WORK. Like sleep, eat, and breathe med school. Haha. KIDDING. But really, I have plenty of me time but only when exams aren't stressing me out. Just gotta learn how to balance everything.
I want to say thank you to all of my friends and family who've been there for me. You know who you are. The ones who listen to me complain and cry EVERY SECOND about how dumb I am and how I don't belong here because I'm an imposter. The ones who convince me otherwise and push me to go on. I love you all sincerely. What would life be without you guys? MISERABLE.
Oh oh! And I managed to make time togo to the gym last week. Seeee, it's all about balance. So remember my previous blog post with all of the questions.....Will Bettyna learn to manage her time? Will she pass her exams? Will she go to the gym? THE ANSWERS ARE ALL YESSS. Now, stay tuned to find out if Bettyna finishes med school. Haha. Now, I rest. Goodnight!
PS: Enjoy the little snapchat videos I recorded during my study break. *Shrugs*
TTYL!
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