#hsfy

[medatlas]

Come learn from my HSFY mistakes in Med Atlas’s first post! 🥴 Link below 🩺 ~ medatlas.squarespace.com/medschool/the-four-mistakes-i-made-in-hsfy-and-how-they-cost-me-medicine ~

[starwars-n-study]

02-06-17

it’s coming near to the end of my first semester of second year at university! after doing hsfy last year, i didn’t quite make it into medicine so i am now aiming for graduate entry.

it’s been a hard semester. i’ve switched course entirely to a ba, which has included a lot of worrying about paper selection, not to mention the shift in thinking between the rote-learning, content-driven nature of hsfy and the more ruminative, self-driven approach to the arts. my grades so far have been fine, i only have two assessments (an exam and an essay) left before the end of semester.

i’ve decided not to resit my umat as my results last year were fine. i would rather focus on studying for this year, and worry about umat and possibly gamsat later.not gonna lie, it’s hard. i love what i’m studying, but it’s not ultimately what i want to do. it’s interesting, it’s stimulating, it’s exciting, but i know that this is just a step in my journey. i’m trying to keep things in perspective, though. it’s a long road ahead, and i’m almost halfway there!

[aspirationsoftheteenageyears]

Premature Holiday Celebrations

24/10/2015 3:14am

It’s a pretty late entry today, mainly due to my sleepless nights and night-wonders around town looking for food in Mc Donald’s.

Exams can really drain someone, mentally and physically. I’m glad that the hsfy papers are done and dusted, it was a nice journey one which I don’t think I will miss particularly.

I do have to acknowledge that semester two was more challenging than first semester; I’m not sure whether that’s because of the added pressure of getting into medicine with good grades or the actual papers themselves were harder.

I feel like HUBS192 was more heavier content wise than HUBS191 however the content wasn’t much more complex, just less integrated than HUBS191, the labs were generally more interesting though.

HEAL192 wasn’t challenging in terms of context as long as you understand the general concepts. The exam may seem like a long one but as long as you keep pushing through, you’ll get through it easy.

BIOC192 exam was probably the one I dreaded the most; not because the concepts were extremely difficult to grasp, but because Annika pulled out so much more extra information which made the courses more understandable and intergrated but also made the course seem much more complex than it actually entails. 

D-10 till home time, have one more exam but celebrating early.

[aspirationsoftheteenageyears]

Boredom, Laziness & Desperation

20/09/15 11:27pm There's always days where you feel unexplanably lazy. Today was one of those days. That feeling when you want to treat yourself with mindless tv programs and lie in bed for the majority of the day except for the odd food run. It's not like I wasn't productive... I just could've been more productive. But I feel like it's the last time to treat myself to a proper Sunday because the next one won't be in a long while. Still have a HUBS terms next week. Study study study, more more more. D-25 till first exam

[aspirationsoftheteenageyears]

Reflections

18/09/15 9:30 pm 

I haven’t posted in a long time, probably because I have been avoiding it. Also because this semester has felt to me like it’s been more full-on than last semester. Everyone expects you to know what’s up and they no longer usher you into things.

I just had my HEAL second terms test, and I do have to say, most of the tests this semester so far, BIOC is probably the only one I can say I’m confident in. And I’m still waiting on those results to testify whether I’m right or wrong.

UMAT results came out yesterday, but I didn’t check it until the test I just had. It’s not bad, nor good, it’s about average. But with my GPA it shouldn’t be too far of a stretch to get into medicine. That doesn’t mean that I won’t have to stretch out my GPA for it. 

I’m not stressed I tell myself, although I have to achieve better results than I did last semester to guarantee my spot in the professional course I want. 

Goal-changing to aiming for ‘high-end’ A+.

Even though that’s a bit difficult with the terms results that I have with some of my current papers.

D-27 till first exam

[aspirationsoftheteenageyears]

New Directions?

13/08/15 11:55pm

1000th day went smoothly. But of course with euphoria comes dysphoria. We’re puting our relationship on hold for a while. Isn’t that nice, following 1000 days.

But in all honesty I need it. I feel like I’m slipping under the pressure, or the lack of it. The lack of spontaneity and change from day to day. Like a machine I keep inhaling study-material. Everyday just blends into a mess. I’ll be updating daily these days since I won’t have a boyfriend to talk to at the late hour of the night. Which is probably a good thing since I haven’t been turning up to 8am lectures and I keep falling asleep lectures.

I haven’t been giving myself enough alone time to appreciate myself, that’s why I’m crumbling.

15% HEAL test tomorrow. What could go wrong.

[aspirationsoftheteenageyears]

Hollow

13/07/15 5:02pm I haven't posted in about an month. Semester one ended with a bang, A+ all the way round. But somehow, I'm hollow. I'm not disapponted in my result. I enjoy what I do for life, but not life. The fact that there are others worse than I am means that I have no reason to feel the way I do. My close friend and boyfriend are not as fortunate as me, yet I feel worse than them. Perhaps it's a subjective look on them, perhaps it's the fear that they will not live their dreams and diverge from my live. I have no idea what has consumed me. I know it isn't good. Hope I recover.

[aspirationsoftheteenageyears]

8 More Days

26/05/15 11:42pm I haven't been social-media-ing since my previous post, since I have been basically living in the central library. Eating in the library. Studying in the library. Living and breathing in the library. I do feel more prepared than a week ago, and my hubs terms test results was definitely an indication that I was heading in the right direction. I think one thing that strikes me now is how much I have learnt in this short amount of time. The text books that seemed to incomprehensible to a brain-numbing degree at the beginning of the year has become something I have nearly mastered. I say nearly because I'm still a bit iffy on the details. All these people rummaging through the halls in their puffer jackets complaining about the cold weather are people that I've lived with for 14 weeks. We've grown together as hsfy students. All my lab partners, some of whom I really disliked in the first lab, I seem to be missing them already. Not knowing where they're heading off to next semester, and not really knowing 'who' they are. There goes my motivational spirit, captured it while it was fresh. Now time to sleep it off and get back into my exam-study regime.