Auckland med.

Hi!

I did 5 papers that semester. Physics 107, business 151G, psych 109, compsci 111 and medsci 206.

Hi anon. This might be a bit late but hey, anyway!

What you’ve pointed out already is that you have a ‘glorified’ view of Auckland Med. While I personally think it’s a great med school, I’ve never really been to another med school. How could I compare them? Another example is: this year, my cohort is placed at various sites across the country. We all think our hospital is the best. We have nothing to compare it to. Hence we are all wrong but all right at the same time.

What I’m trying to get at here is that your experiences will most likely end up being good and you will enjoy them as you don’t know what you’re positively or negatively missing out on.

Another thing that’s important to mention is that people are scared to venture out of their comfort zones. It’s natural! I wanted to go to Auckland Med not Otago Med because that’s where I did my degree and knew most people. But if I only got into Otago, I would have gone there are very likely have been very happy there!

Im currently in 2nd physiology :) My question is that did you have moments where you had mental struggles such as not doing as well in a test as you would have wanted in 2nd or 3rd year? If you did, how did you stay resilient in your studies and come back from that? 

Hi! I absolutely struggled when I didn’t do well in tests. I think just about everyone does. We’re all in this boat together, most people really wanna do well!

What I did that helped me was organising things for the next test. Did I do all the practice questions? Did I look at all the material? Did I spend enough time on each topic? 

Then I would go through that for the next test and schedule out times to study and stick to them.

What helped me stay resilient was the knowledge that determination and persistence are failures biggest enemies. If you really want something, you can achieve it. It might not be easy, it might not be fast but working hard at something can get you there in most cases. For example, I kept telling myself that if I worked really hard, I had a real shot at getting in after my degree. If I didn’t, then I would do PGDip and apply again. If I didn’t get in then, then I would do Honours. If not again, then I would do Masters. Applying each year. You see where this is going. My mindset was “eventually, I’ll have to get in”.