# Four Pointers before joining "any" school

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## 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.