I am freaking out in my own non-subtle punjabi way, coz mini is on monday. For non-medical people, 'mini' is like an exam but not for one subject.....anh anh, no that would be too easy. Instead it has all the subjects that one has studied for that whole semester.
So for a 4th semester student like myself, a mini would have sinisterly daring Pathology, impossible Pharmacology, ridiculously hard Microbiology and gee boring ICM (i talked about it in my last post). These mini's are not just meant to bust our balls and check our knowledge but also to see if we will crack under pressure.
Withstanding the pressure in medical school is the key. Everybody freaks out in med-school. Some hide it really well, and some nervous people, run around like a chicken with its head cut off. Most of us have our own way of hiding our freak. Some do it by overeating, some do it by working-out in the gym all day, some do it by taking excessive long naps, some even do it by not talking at all. Whatever works, the point is you can't let your fears take over you or let your friend know that you are as scared as him. You just have to take your chances in your ill-confidence and hope that you don't screw it up again.
I will talk about it more some other time, probably before the next mini.
Peace
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