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Tuesday 29 September - chaotic desk vibes but LOOK at my view for final year 😍 I feel so inspired by the hustle and bustle of Oxford high street right outside my window!

drink: mango juice + grenadine makes a sunset 🍹

book: the goldfinch by donna tartt 📖

i haven't been too productive this week aside from reading two books for my research, which i am proud of! hopefully i'll be a little more productive this weekend because i'm meeting my professor on monday.

my prof is also having a get together at his house tonight for phd students and faculty but i haven't decided if i want to go; i absolutely hate going to social events (one because i'm really socially anxious and two because i'm vegan, so i usually can't eat anything and everyone asks questions about it which makes me more anxious lol). if i go i said i'd drive one of my classmates but she's always late (like hours late) and the party starts at 5 and i have to be home no later than 7:30/8 to give my cat medicine and it's like a 30min drive. idk what to do ;-;

Hello! I’m so happy for you having accomplished one of the hard parts of the journey which is getting into med school! That is amazing in and of itself. I usually prefer studying every day for every single lecture and seminar and if sometimes I don’t have enough time I catch up on the weekends or the week after. Consistency is the only thing that has kept me sane and productive. If you skip lectures and you don’t read the material systematically everything WILL pile up and you will end up studying as much as you can for the little time you have left and it will probably not be enough and/or will stress your brain and body out. As for apps I remember for Anatomy I used a 3D anatomy app because it can be hard to understand everything you’re reading without picturing it. But for the most part I’ve done it the traditional way, no apps, just maybe a youtube video here and there. However that’s just me. I think the best tip I can give you is to do you. Whatever helps you memorize and understand the material is okay, it doesn’t have to be a popular method, it doesn’t have to make sense to others, if you think you’re getting results, that’s what you do. That’s what I’ve done. I’ve taken tips from former students but for the most part, I’ve listened to my own intuition and my own results more than others’