Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Proper studying; not memorizing definitions, but working hard to understand the content. THAT is what he meant by studying. So you could argue that there are different forms of studying.(Original post by joker12345)
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Yes you can, but it's irrelevant since medical degrees don't do 2:1s and 1sts anyway.(Original post by Spontogical)
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?my sister's a medic..we both lock ourselves in a room studying most of the time..i think in a way she's faster at picking up things like she naturally is clever, whereas me on the other hand is a different story :/ i work hours on end but dont get A's ..our brains are different man lol :/ saddd times.
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Quality study/revision time > Quantity of study/revision time.(Original post by Lansaaaa)
Yes, I don't mean to sound rude but I have class-mates and peers who spend their lives revising and end up scraping 70% in exams.
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?You joker(Original post by Zara<3)
yes..super intelligent, there is a difference, some people work their asses off and still don't get as far as people like medical students..they def have an innate ability to learn things quicker and more efficiently than your average joe..to do medicine you need to the UKCAT as well..and to be amazing at that, it really is about your IQ and whether you have it or not, and it isn't even anything to do with science, that really does test your pure intelligence. even practicing that doesn't really improve your scores but some people just naturally are amazing at it, which makes them progress to getting into medical school..therefore..PURE INTELLIGENCE
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Hmm I see. I personally hate rote; I don't feel like I'm learning anything properly.(Original post by NB_ide)
That's how I did it...
Oh yeah, it's just a pass/fail kind of thing. Unless its an intercalated one.(Original post by Democracy)
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?She probably isn't. She's probably just devised a more efficient way of working than you.(Original post by Raj K)
my sister's a medic..we both lock ourselves in a room studying most of the time..i think in a way she's faster at picking up things like she naturally is clever, whereas me on the other hand is a different story :/ i work hours on end but dont get A's ..our brains are different man lol :/ saddd times. -
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?how should i work more efficiently though :/ give me some tips pleaseeeeee and do you think a month is enough time to do well in my exams if i revise effectively? any advise i would really appreciate!!!(Original post by Kinkerz)
She probably isn't. She's probably just devised a more efficient way of working than you. -
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Everybody has there own way of revising. What works for one person may or may not work for another. It's just trial and error to find the method of working that suits you best. For some, a month is more than enough time, for others it's not.(Original post by Raj K)
how should i work more efficiently though :/ give me some tips pleaseeeeee and do you think a month is enough time to do well in my exams if i revise effectively? any advise i would really appreciate!!! -
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Thanks. Like I mentioned earlier, there's another girl in my year hoping to do medicine and she does nothing but study, no voluntary work/sport etc, but never does particularly well. So I suppose it's a combination of intelligence and hard work.
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Thankksss!! but i cant stop panicking now :/(Original post by . . .)
Everybody has there own way of revising. What works for one person may or may not work for another. It's just trial and error to find the method of working that suits you best. For some, a month is more than enough time, for others it's not. -
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Students who have good study techniques and have good recall skills tend to do well at medical school. But generally those who have good learning skills are often a smart person anyway.
Remember that being able to regurgitate facts doesn't necessarily make a good doctor. A huge part of the job is people skills, ethics, diplomacy, team-work and leadership... there are plenty of hyper-intelligent people who are no good at those things and probably wouldn't make a 'great' physician. -
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?That's the worst thing you can do. Just make a revision timetable and stick to it. And relax.(Original post by Raj K)
Thankksss!! but i cant stop panicking now :/
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?You, darling, are most definitely deluded.(Original post by Zara<3)
yes..super intelligent, there is a difference, some people work their asses off and still don't get as far as people like medical students..they def have an innate ability to learn things quicker and more efficiently than your average joe..to do medicine you need to the UKCAT as well..and to be amazing at that, it really is about your IQ and whether you have it or not, and it isn't even anything to do with science, that really does test your pure intelligence. even practicing that doesn't really improve your scores but some people just naturally are amazing at it, which makes them progress to getting into medical school..therefore..PURE INTELLIGENCE -
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Re: Are medical students super-intelligent or studious?Clearly they are not revising the right way then or they are memorising and not trying to understand the concepts. If u understand the concepts and do lots of past papers then everyone can get good grades in the sciences. Not sure about the other subjects cuz I haven't taken them.(Original post by Lansaaaa)
Yes, I don't mean to sound rude but I have class-mates and peers who spend their lives revising and end up scraping 70% in exams.
