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How to Improve Your Study Skills to Become a More Competitive Med School Applicant

How to Improve Your Study Skills to Become a More Competitive Medical School Applicant

As an aspiring doctor, you have a lot on your plate. Upgrading your study skills now can help you learn to be more efficient about how you study, save you time, help you improve your grades, and allow you to establish the skills that will see you through medical school. These strategies can make a major difference!

Have you tried…

1. Identifying your learning style?

Most people are auditory, kinesthetic, or visual learners. There are hundreds of free tests available online to help you identify your primary learning style(s). Knowing how you learn best can help you save a lot of time—especially as you refine your approach. As a visual learner, I know rewriting my notes, using different colors for different topics, and re-organizing material into flashcards, concept maps, or other visual formats will help me learn the information more quickly. Different subjects will require flexibility in adapting your strategy.

2. Reviewing notes as soon as you can?

To save yourself the time and effort required to “relearn” material, review notes from lecture as soon as you can—ideally within hours after class. The sooner you review them, the more you will remember and the less time that you will have to spend later relearning information that you could simply be reinforcing.

3. Attending all office hours?

Some of the most effective study approaches that students have told me about were suggested to them by professors and TA’s. Going to office hours can give you the chance to ask your instructors about the best way to study their subject material. Since they are the experts in their subject, they would know! Also, you can use this time to cover the material that you have questions about or that you have difficulty understanding. Preparing these questions for your instructors on a weekly basis will help you better prepare for the exams.

4. Creating practice tests to identify gaps in your knowledge?

Current research in educational psychology suggests that the best way to prepare for exams is by using practice tests. This allows you to simulate the method of evaluation being used to test your knowledge. Also, creating practice exams with and for friends forces you to think like the professor. In examining the class material from this perspective, it may become easier for you to predict how and what you will be tested on. Most importantly, you will be able to identify what you do and don’t know. Focus your time and energy on learning the material that you don’t know. It’s too easy and comfortable to focus on that which we do.

Hopefully, you’ve learned some new ways to approach studying. Since we are all such unique learners, one method or approach will not work for everyone. It’s important to test as many approaches as possible to figure out what works and what doesn’t. The extra time that you spend refining your study strategies can decrease the amount of time you actually spend studying. Who doesn’t want more free time?

Now, who’s ready to get into med school so you can put these studying techniques to work? Our expert admissions consultants can help you create a stand-out application that highlights your competitive edge and gets you ACCEPTED. Check out our Medical School Admissions Consulting Services for more information.

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Alicia McNease Nimonkar admissions expertAlicia McNease Nimonkar worked for 5 years as the Student Advisor & Director at the UC Davis School of Medicine's postbac program where she both evaluated applications and advised students applying successfully to med school and other health professional programs. She has served Accepted's clients since 2012 with roughly a 90% success rate. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric as well as Literature. Want Alicia to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch!

 

Related Resources:

• How to Get into Medical School with Low Stats, a free webinar
• 5 A’s for Your Low GPA, a podcast episode
• Boost Your GPA for Med School Acceptance

 

Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / med low stats, optimize your med admissions profile, premed

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