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# Four Pointers before joining "any" school
Variable: put yourfiled here = "field"
## Study Methodology
Find your **methodology** and plan and organize your studies for that use organizing software such as notion.
- Follow your own **Circadium Rythm** - Everyone has different **sleep-wake cycle.** If you are not comforable dont push too much on early morning studying routine. Instead follow what time best suits you.
- **Dont buy books** - Dont waste money on buying expensive books. Use online resources.
- **Dont make notes** - Making Notes is waste of time and energy. Use notes that are already made for you.
- Instead of writing record **notes from your own voice** and listen them in free time.
- Know if you are **visual** learner or **auditory** one. and use that method.
- **Dont** **waste time** **watching** **video lectures**. Instead read topics yourself and watch youtube video on individual topics to clear concepts.
- Instead of remember based study do **understand concepts** and **apply them to your life** to remember them.
- Practice questions - Use flashcard based study with **Anki Cards Software** to reconcile what you learn. Make cards of your own to practice questions and do anki cards **first time in morning** and evening **before going to sleep.**
- Plan your studies and todos with **notion** app. (Dont understimate planning)
## FOMO - Fear of Missing out
While you studying **seeing people living their life** can create FOMO anxiety attack.
Which makes you doubt if you wasting your time not enjoying your early days in studying.
To get around it -
- Delete Social Media or avoid using it much
- In social Modia people only post best part of their life.
- Understand that you are not alone. And this is worth your effort.
## Marathon
Your field is **Not a sprint but a marathon**
- So dont get burnout while studying
- Put little time aside for your hobbies and friends or familiy
- Even after finishing the exam you might want speciality course.
- And there will always be next one to prepare.
- So enjoy your life by finding balance in both things.
## Non-Same Field Friends
Make non field friends
- Its better for mental health
- You will have same field friend from the start to practicing
- It will feel like a breath of fresh year.
- so connect new people through your hobbies, values.
- You will see your field stuff is not everything. and helps you get out of your field bubble.
## Not Enough [Bonus]
You will be surronding by hardworking and intelligent student.
Seeing their knowledge makes you feel **out of place** and you’l think you’re are **less than others**.
Because in your hometown school you were top student and here everone are toppers.
know that:
- You are chosen to be placed in this school for a reason
- You deserved to be in that class or school as much as others do.
- Even if you **dont feel confident** and you **dont know enough** use that as motivation for you to study.
- Its **easy to compare** yourself with **peers** but try and focus on your **own progress**.
- Someone else’s success is **not the absense** of your success.
Disclaimer: These notes are taken from Zeliha Akpinars Video [4 Things I wish I knew before starting Medical School](https://youtu.be/RjnZrp67l6c)
I think these Tips applys to any schools not just medical school so I saved it here in my archives of notes so anyone who read it get benefit from it.