There's a million things I haven't done

but just you wait | Maryam | 19 | First year uk medical student | Original posts under #mine

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17.05.20

Today's revision consisted of doodling on my notes and letter writing. You'd find it hard to believe my med school exams are in 4 days.

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11.10.19|| Was so hard to get out of bed this morning, but dissection lifted my mood and I got a good study session in the library so, we doin alright:)

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09.10.19|| ngl two screens is pretty fun, at least my eyes appreciate it a little more 😂

Also, why do I barely have any recollection of this lecture?! I only had it yesterday! *facepalm*

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07.10.19|| guYYSSS!!!! THE COMPUTERS AT MY UNI ARE TOUCHSCREEN! I wish somebody had told me this before I accidentally closed all my unsaved documents:)))

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02.10.19

My uni: You must bring your lecture notes to the lab session

Also my uni: Schedules the lab before the lecture

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01.10.19|| Free hot drink? Sign me tf up :D

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20.09.19|| First week of freshers has completely run my social battery dry, don’t think I’ve met this many new people in such quick succession ever, it will honestly be a marvel if I remember anyone's name lmao. Met some lovely people though, and I’m really looking forward to my course and getting stuck in at uni in different societies, just gotta find that balance though yano.

Spent the morning at the climate strike today, amazing amazing amazing! Also don’t know what sorcery took place to give London a clear blue sky, but it looks pretty as heck! Picture on the right is my view as I come out from london bridge station onto my uni campus, so weird to be able to see the shard from my uni, I absolutely love being in central london:) 

That’s all from me today folks, let’s see how I fare when uni starts for real on Monday!

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15.09.19|| I've started every year since year 1 in primary with a homework diary you betcha I'm gonna go out and buy one myself for university lmao. So ready for uni now, let’s do this lads🤓

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Tagged by @stethoscopes-and-wanderlust for selfie tag thing! :) 

Tagging @radpiewhispers, @iwillstudyshesaid, @sociallyawkward-medstudent (not sure if y’all are anonymous or not.)

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So cute!❤️

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14.09.19|| MY DUDES!! look at this PHAT boi. Of course I would take four years to finish a journal lmao. But hey it's actually filled from cover to cover so I'd call it a success.

What's funny is I know some people get through bullet journals within a year but this very much failed as a bujo and turned into a diary/scrapbook/random assortment of LisTS because I didn't and do not have the time to make weekly spreads😅

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6, 15, 24, 35, 50!

6. Career goals?

It’s funny because I’ve spent the past 5 years striving towards getting into medical school that I haven’t put a great deal of thought into afterwards. Obviously, I want to become a doctor, otherwise I wouldn’t have chosen medicine, and I think I’d like working in a hospital, but beyond that I’m open to any speciality- though I do kinda have my eye on paediatrics haha. I would also like to do some form of humanitarian aid at some point in my life, but it’s very much a pipe dream at the moment, so many practicalities to consider:/

15. Class that you’ve always wanted to take but never had the chance? 

This one is easy! British Sign Language!! There’s only so much I can learn sitting at home with no one to practice with. If there is any an opportunity for me to take a course and I have the money? I’m absolutely doing it.

24. Describe your perfect study environment

I don’t think I really have one? Usually I’m good with anything as long as I have my headphones, I do like having space to spread though. and I don’t mind working alongside people as long as they don’t become a distraction, I learnt very well that there were some friends I just could not study with during my a levels haha. I am looking forward to finding nice study spots in and around my uni, and people to study with!!

35. Most profound thing ever said to you by a professor/teacher?

Ooo it would HAVE to be when my chemistry teacher provoked literal outrage in my class after telling us that we never actually touch anything, because the electrons within your body repel the electrons within the thing you’re touching, so there is an unfathomably small distance there. wild.

50. What’s something more important to you than school?

Interesting question, I’ve always prioritised school because I was brought up to be grateful for the opportunity I had to get an education and then because I did enjoy learning and my goal was to go to university to study further, so giving importance to school was and is the only way to achieve that. On a more day to day basis I probably haven’t given school the importance I shoudl’ve because ProCRaStinAtion is real and I have NO disicipline rip. ( I spent the easter holiday before a levels binging 3 seasons of jane the virgin when I should’ve been churning out the hours. so many regrets whoops) When it comes down to it, if school severely impacted my mental or physical health, I would have to take a step back and reconsider how important it was. And i guess one circumstance where I put something before school was when I went to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah (religious pilgrimage) with my family in the break before my mock exams. So studying went out of the window for the opportunity for me to explore myself spiritually and I wouldn’t have done anything differently looking back tbh. 

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I love how my handwriting deteriorates over the course of the page- is it obvious that I haven't used a wRiTInG utENsiL in like 2 months?

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studyblr asks (feel free to add to the list)

What year are you?

What’s your major/what do you think you want to major in?

If applicable, what is your thesis about?

Do you think you picked the right major?

Ultimate educational goals?

Career goals?

Do you think your goals are realistic?

What classes are you taking right now?

Favorite class out of everything you’ve ever taken and why?

Least favorite class ever and why?

Current favorite class and why?

Current least favorite class and why?

Favorite STEM field?

Favorite humanities subject?

Class that you’ve always wanted to take but never had the chance?

Do you use caffeine and if so how much daily?

What’s your preferred method of taking in caffeine?

Have you ever tried study drugs?

Are you a homework-in-the-morning kind of person?

Do you listen to music while you study?

Crowded area or quiet place?

What’s your preferred writing implement?

Do you need to work out before you can study well?

Describe your perfect study environment.

Are you procrastinating right now?

What was the last thing you procrastinated?

Are you a perfectionist?

Do you like easy classes or do you feel bad if you’re not working hard?

Are you a good test taker?

What are you the proudest of out of all the assignments you’ve ever had?

Do you talk to your teachers/professors a lot?

Describe your favorite teacher/professor and why you like them.

Describe your least favorite teacher/professor and why you dislike them.

Have you ever thought about becoming a teacher/professor?

Most profound thing ever said to you by a teacher/professor?

Best feedback you’ve ever gotten on something academic?

Worst study habit and how are you working on it?

Are you an in-class fidgeter?

How’s your handwriting?

Write “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” and post a photo.

Neat or messy notes?

A lot of notes or the bare minimum?

Post a photo/scan of your notes from your favorite class.

Are you a doodler?

Post a photo of your doodles if you have any.

Do you have pre-test rituals and what are they?

Are you a tangent-question asker?

Do you make jokes in class?

How many hours do you spend on academics per day?

What’s something more important to you than school?

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Periodic Table and Redox

(2/?) Literally would not have made it through A level chemistry without these notes my teacher made lmao, so I thought I'd put them out here on the chance they help anyone else. For reference, I did OCR A level Chemistry:)

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Atomic Structure and Bonding

(1/?) Literally would not have made it through A level chemistry without these notes my teacher made lmao, so I thought I'd put them out here on the chance they help anyone else. For reference, I did OCR A level Chemistry:)

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05.09.16// September spread. I’m literally itching to go back to school XD

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3 years?!?! Man does time go fast