Unofficial Guide to Med school

1. Med school would never be routinary. Every day, there is a different story to tell, things to learn, and feelings to process...or not process.

2. Learn to maximize your friends and their resources hahaha

3. Basically, you’re going to be ultimately clingy. CLINGY FRIEND. CLINGY SUBSEC. CLINGY BED. CLINGY PILLOW to EVERYONE.

4. Cross your heart and hope to...NOT DIE.

5. Party if you can!!! WOOHOO!!!

6. YOLO if you must!

7. Invest on a sharpener. With a sharpener, you get to have new friends and a not-so-secret excuse to talk to your crush.

8. Try the mustard Sharpie and Superfluorescent highlighters. damn son, it’s super effective.

9. Most of the time, I only use Mongol pencil or a red pen to note important concepts in our handouts. Just because it’s economical.

10. Take down notes without a notebook. Ask for some yellow pad paper from your seatmate! it promotes quality time of interaction and saves space in your bag! hahaha #parasite

11. It’s okay to be a crammer, but not a quitter.

12. it’s alright to eat standing, eat on the corridors, eat secretly inside the classroom...the important thing is, YOU SHOULD EAT. Skipping a meal is like killing a friend...well, almost. hahaha

13. Bring candies and don’t share hahaha if you’re hungry...CONCEAL, DON’T FEEL, DON’T LET THEM KNOOOOOW.

14. Set many alarms as you can. That SNOOZE button could destroy your future career.

15. say what you mean, mean what you say. everything’s fast-paced. There’s no room for dilly-dallying circumstances.

16.  Now that it’s raining more than ever, know that we’ll still have each other. Just always bring your fuckin’ UMBRELLA.

17. trade mistakes. that’s one way of learning.

18. PASS/FAIL. MOVE ON. REPEAT CYCLE.

19. eliminate stressors, not avoid them.

20. find inspiration :”>

21. Don’t be ready. You can’t be ready.

22. And that high quality clipboard. Elevates your social status big time :) if you can buy one from ROCKWELL...that'll be totally awesome.

23. Trust your instincts unless it stinks.

24. use green and dirty mnemonics! helps you remember a lot and you're gonna be scarred for life hahaha

25. invest on a concealer hahaha avoid the zombie look

26. SLEEP saves.

27. Always expect that it will rain—a heavy downpour of exams, stress, feelings, or actual rain.

28. Weigh the pros and cons of everything

29. Potential without heart will never be enough.

30. Simply, be the best in what you do.