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So I've done extremely well on my first two exams, including epidemiology which actually involves math - never my strong point. (And I am so glad I just took stats recently instead of in college - it's amazing how frequently statistical concepts come up, especially p values.) This is a good thing, more because it means I have a good grasp of what's going on than for the actual grades themselves.
As hard as it will be for many of you to believe, I'm actually trying not to stress too much about grades and have been reasonably successful so far. Basically, this is probably it for school for me, I've heard no one really cares about your grades in grad school, and there is major grade inflation (i.e. the average on exam #1 was a 93 and on exam #2 it was a 90, with a mode of 100 - although I also think there is some truth to the perspective that there are just a lot of smart people in my class who are mostly going to do well on the exams if the material was taught well).
However, what I really have a hard time with is when other people are stressing around me, and with the high percentage of doctors and medical students, plus way more 24-year-olds than I actually thought there would be, many of my fellow students stress a lot. There does seem to be a correlation between age and stress level - even for me who always stressed about school, I get it now that it's not the be all and end all. And I realize now that I should have had more fun in college. So I'm not trying to make up for the fun I didn't have, but I'm trying to keep in mind that there are more important things in life. I certainly don't look back at my college days remembering the nights I stayed home and studied but rather the times I was actually with friends, doing something fun or even nothing at all.
I have another exam on Friday and then I'm heading home to NJ for the weekend. I'm looking forward to the whole family being together.
Almost time for the Daily Show - I was so excited last night when they ran the full credits, and I saw Rachel's name in the writers' list for the first time. And she's even first - it's so great to be at the beginning of the alphabet. Good night!
As hard as it will be for many of you to believe, I'm actually trying not to stress too much about grades and have been reasonably successful so far. Basically, this is probably it for school for me, I've heard no one really cares about your grades in grad school, and there is major grade inflation (i.e. the average on exam #1 was a 93 and on exam #2 it was a 90, with a mode of 100 - although I also think there is some truth to the perspective that there are just a lot of smart people in my class who are mostly going to do well on the exams if the material was taught well).
However, what I really have a hard time with is when other people are stressing around me, and with the high percentage of doctors and medical students, plus way more 24-year-olds than I actually thought there would be, many of my fellow students stress a lot. There does seem to be a correlation between age and stress level - even for me who always stressed about school, I get it now that it's not the be all and end all. And I realize now that I should have had more fun in college. So I'm not trying to make up for the fun I didn't have, but I'm trying to keep in mind that there are more important things in life. I certainly don't look back at my college days remembering the nights I stayed home and studied but rather the times I was actually with friends, doing something fun or even nothing at all.
I have another exam on Friday and then I'm heading home to NJ for the weekend. I'm looking forward to the whole family being together.
Almost time for the Daily Show - I was so excited last night when they ran the full credits, and I saw Rachel's name in the writers' list for the first time. And she's even first - it's so great to be at the beginning of the alphabet. Good night!