Medical School Expectations vs Reality Part 1

There's never been something that I haven't been able to go to because of school, because I decided that I was going to be disciplined in my. My studying.

Hi, everybody, and welcome to the podcast. This is Generations MD My name is Stephanie, and I'm joined here by my colleague, Dr. Sarah Davis, who's also my mother.

Today we have numerous special guests.

So many special guests. We are going to be talking to my friends who are now Ms. 2s.

Oh, that's right.

Because we just.

Since yesterday.

Since yesterday. Yeah, we took our last exam, so we're gonna kind of bring people in and ask them kind of how they felt about their first year of medical school.

Yeah, I'd like to know, you know, what people thought was what they liked, what they didn't like, what they were surprised about. Yeah, we'll see.

I think that this will be a great episode for students, maybe, that are kind of anticipating going into their first year of medical school and kind of just want to hear the vibe of what it's all about, because I really, like, didn't know. I didn't really know anybody in medical school, like, at this time. Yeah, I mean, I knew you, but.

Well, I mean, you know, I was there in the dark ages. Yeah.

I didn't really understand. Like, I just didn't really know. I just heard that it was so hard. And, like, I kind of talked a little bit about this on TikTok, but I kind of thought. I didn't think that people were gonna be cool. Not like I thought that people were gonna be nerdy. Like, obviously, we're all nerdy, but that I just kind of imagined everyone being really serious.

Yeah.

Yeah, there's some serious people, but, like, I kind of thought that I was gonna have to change a lot of parts of myself in order to be able to fit in with everybody else. Oh, and that's not true.

It's not true at all. I mean, I think people have serious sides, but that's not their whole personality.

That's so true. Yeah, exactly. Which. Which is me. Like, I kind of didn't really think about. I thought that I was. I. I kind of had this impression that I was going to be different than my classmates. Kind of that imposter syndrome thing that, like, I'm not such a serious person all the time and that everyone was gonna be more. I was gonna have to tap into, like, that part of myself more.

Yeah, yeah. No, it's funny. It's really not true. I think about when I was a student and we had these attendings and they were so like, oh my gosh, this attending. And you think of them as being so serious and so up there and then now my friends are attending, so I'm like, oh my God, that person's an idiot.

Yeah, that's what people say. Yeah. No, some of this crew, it's just, it's just funny thinking about it.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, and I do have to preface this by saying this is not really a random sample of medical students.

True.

This is just, you know, these are.

A lot of the cool people. Well, yeah. Or the cool people. But I guess just to start it off, I'll start us off.

Okay. Yes. Thoughts on first year.

I talked a little bit about this on Tick Tock. But yeah, I, I was really nervous about starting because I didn't really know a lot of people. I didn't really know anybody in medical school now. And as I just said, I thought I was gonna have to tap into my more quote, serious side, but also just, I worked really hard, especially like in my gap year and at the end of college, trying to kind of push away from the like disciplined gunner trying to work perfectionist, perfectionistic mentality. And I, you just hear about and I assume the types of people that are able to kind of honestly get into medical school and the people that want to pursue this path are more perfectionistic, more disciplined and kind of, you know, the pre med culture. So I was really nervous about starting and kind of falling back into that. But as I kind of realized, a lot of the people had kind of done a lot of the same work that I had and were a lot more, I guess, mature than I expected them to be. Interesting in the sense that people are a lot more self aware, that that is a toxic thing and that's not everybody, but people kind of, I didn't really expect people to understand that as much as they do. I see like, I think a lot of people, honestly the same as me, they kind of went through this perfectionistic idea of what it means to be, to get to this point of being in medical school, but kind of work through that and were able to come out on the other side being like a more whole person.

That's interesting. I wonder if that is, you know, not that medical school committees know everything, but I don't know, I wonder if maybe some of that is reflected in their applications that they can kind of tell that they are a little bit more of a whole person and not just like just this one sliver of a personality of. All I do is study.

Yeah, yeah. And I will say that I feel like the girls more than the guys.

They're always a little more.

Yeah. Yes. But. But, yeah, No, I. And I said this on TikTok, I've. Which is surprising. And I have to preface this by saying that, like, my experiences is. Is different than other people's, and I have a ton of privilege that makes my life my quality of life so much better. But I've never felt more. Closer to my true, authentic self and more, like, safe and secure and that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be than I felt in this past year.

Wow, that's amazing.

Yeah. And that was, you know, it's my first year of medical school, like.

Right.

Yeah.

Right. Wow, that's a. That's huge.

But I mean, thank you to you for, like, making my quality of life like that. You're a huge aspect of making my quality of life so high. And so. Yeah. Thanks, Mom.

That's nice. So, well, let's start bringing in some guests and see what other people think.

Yeah.

Okay.

How's it going?

Welcome. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you. Welcome to Generations md, your big debut. Do you want to introduce yourself?

Yeah. My name is Vijay. I'm in Steph's class. And, you know, well, this is a dream of mine to be on the podcast, and I'm here.

Wow. And you made the cut.

I thought you were saying it was a dream of yours to finish medical school. Just being on the podcast, that's not.

A dream of mine.

Yeah. Okay. So after, you know, finishing your first year of medical school, maybe what are some things you took away or maybe some things that you kind of expected going in and were surprised about that were maybe different.

So I think a big thing was the community aspect. For me personally, I think you hear a lot about how it's competitive and people are trying to, like, outcompete each other and all that stuff. And I think we actually had the complete opposite of that. I think it was way more collaborative and way more community focused than I expected. It's another thing that I thought would be kind of stressful was, you know, meeting new people, being in a new place, like, we grew up here, but also, you know, totally different environment than we're used to. But it, you know, worked out really well, and I think we got really lucky that we met a great group of people, and, you know, we're here today and everything's great.

So when you talk about it being collaborative, not competitive, was that more just your kind of group of friends, or would you say that was, like, reflection of sort of the. You know, your class as a whole.

Yeah, I think it, you know, I can definitely speak to the. The friends, at least from what I saw from other groups. It was also, you know, they also had that kind of community aspect to it. I think the. The place where you saw it the most was in, like, the anatomy lab. I think it was the clearest there because you had different groups working on different things, but then people kind of jumping in between groups, helping people out, like, oh, well, this is here, like, and whatever, you know, and you're not. You're not locked into a group. You're not kind of just focused on yourself. You're always helping out other people. And there were, you know, tons of people in the class that would do that. So I would definitely say as a whole. I don't know, Seth.

Yeah, no, yeah, I agree. And I think that not. Yeah. Not just our friend group or anything else. I don't really. For the majority of the time, I don't ever feel like anybody wants anyone else to do bad, and I think that that is, I think, telling of our whole class. Yeah. Thanks for being here.

We got really lucky, and I think it worked out perfectly.

Yeah.

Thank you for having me.

All right. All right. Thanks.

Is the podcast alcohol friendly?

You can bring it in.

I'm gonna make it.

Welcome, Kate Reilly, to the podcast.

Cheers.

We're finished with our first year of medical school.

Yay. So tell us a little bit about maybe, like, what you expected coming into your first year of medical school and, like, how that was different.

So I think I kind of like to go into things not knowing. Ignorance is bliss. In my mind, I would rather just go in blind and see what happens. I obviously had expectations that it would be difficult, and it was, obviously. But I think the main thing that I came out of this year with was that my motto going into med school, work hard, play harder, stayed the same.

When you say, like, it was gonna be hard, and you're saying, like, it was hard, do you think that's in, like, the schooling aspect of things or, like, you know, relationally or, like, what did you, like, expect to be hard?

I think I thought the school was gonna be really hard. And obviously, the material is. It's a lot of material, but the material itself isn't difficult. I think I would say something still to this day, the hardest test I've taken is the mcat, and I think that it will be the hardest test that I take. I think step one will be easier than the mcat, I think it's more just managing, figuring out how to manage my time, making sure that I'm making time for all my people, and getting to do what I want to do during the week, too, I thought would be difficult to manage, and it honestly turned out to be a lot easier to manage than I ever anticipated.

Well, you're a great testament to that, Kate. Like, it knows has a lot of friends outside of medical school, and I feel like you're so good at being able to balance everything and still make time for us and make time for your other friends and make time for school. So, I mean, I think that you are a great testament. And also, I talked a little bit about this on Tick Tock, the idea that, like, you can have balance and still be successful in medical school for sure. And I think that you're a great testament to that, so.

Oh, yeah. Coming back to Houston, I was a little nervous with a lot of my college friends coming back with me, and they all are starting, like, their corporate jobs and whatnot, and they're texting on Fridays or Thursday nights like, hey, let's go out. I was like, well, I can't do that. But I ended up being able to make time for a lot more than I originally had anticipated, which is nice.

Well, thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. Thanks for having me.

This is my dream come true.

Good.

What specialty do you see her going into? Oh, gosh.

Gosh, I don't know.

I see her as an OB gyn.

Yeah, I could see that.

I can see, like, just, you know, her just being like, all right, let's push this baby out.

Here we go.

Yeah, yeah. And then the.

But she went. She wants to do derm or plastics. That. I can see that too.

You can see that, too? Yeah. Oh, here. I don't know if any of this is still getting recorded, but I better be on the. Better be on the mic.

I always. I tell her that because, I don't know, she likes the surgical aspect, too. So, like, OB has that.

It does. It has a little medicine, little surgery.

Yeah.

And come on in. This is around.

Mr. Kang. Well, welcome to the podcast King. Do you want to give yourself a little introduction?

Hi, my name is Kang, first year. I'm in government medical school.

Second year now.

Oh, second year.

Kang is our social chair for our class. So big time over here. Big time over here. So I guess, like, as the social chair for our first year class. What. How was your first year? And how was it kind of socially? And how were you Able to balance the social and academic aspect of this whole first year of medical school.

Honestly, this first year has been great. I came into med school with the idea of wanting to meet a lot of people, and I think I made. I did just that my first week. I, like, met almost the entirety of the class and then kept that relationship through, hang out with a lot of people. And, you know, it's really nice to just get to know people. And then as social chair, it's really fun getting to bond with most of the class, hang out, do activities like go play bingo or, you know, go to the bar after our tests. It's really fun to just get everybody together and have a great time.

Well, I think you're a great testament to the fact of being able to, like, kind of balance different groups of people because you are, like, in touch with different people in the class. And I think you're a great social chair because you kind of get ideas from everybody and are able to bring the whole class together after a big test and not just kind of like, one group of people.

So, yeah, absolutely. I think my mistake in, like, undergrad was that I hung out with just one set of people, and I didn't really get to, like, broaden my perspective, see how, you know, different people hang out. Some people like to play pickleball, Some people like to. Yeah, drink. So it's cool getting to just get to see different perspectives. You know, go to church with some people and then.

Djing with others.

Oh, yeah. DJing with others.

Well, great. One more question for you. How do you think that you've. You are. Do you think that you are different this year than you were in undergrad? Like, a different type of person? And how do you feel? Like you've grown?

Oh, absolutely. An undergrad. If you had known me, I was super, like, focused into school. All my weekends were just either in the library or in. In the research lab. And now I've really taken a step back. It's like, once you get to med school, it's like, oh, shoot, you've made it. So I took that perspective and, you know, started to enjoy life a lot more. Go out on weekends, go travel a lot, and, you know, just hanging out with really cool people. So.

Yeah, I love that. No, I love that. And I think people have the idea that it's gonna have to be opposite, and you're gonna have to be able to work so much harder in med school than you did in undergrad. But I like that perspective of being like, no, you. You work so Hard to get here. Let's enjoy life a little bit.

Oh, absolutely. Unpopular opinion. Med school a little bit easier than undergrad.

There you go.

Yeah. You know, I. I mean, honestly, I kind of agree with you. Like, it. The. I felt like the material in undergrad was harder, and then the material in med school was easy. There was just a lot of it. But all you had to do, you know, you just have to learn it and then.

And you have to figure out what's important, too. That's a big aspect of it because there's only so many questions on the test, and if you can figure out, like, what to emphasize, you'll be fine.

But that's such an important skill. You know, when a patient's talking to you, you have to figure out what's important and what's not important and kind of drown out the noise. So you're learning that stuff.

Yeah. I should add that in undergrad, you're learning all types of random things, like chemistry. And then you have, like, statistics, and then you also have, like, maybe like, a physical education class, so it's all, like, super random clumps together. And then in med school, it's. It's really all the same thing, just, like, different body systems, so it's same strategies of learning, same everything. You don't. You don't really do math on one side and then science on the other.

No. Yeah. That's so true. Yeah, Very, very, very true.

Yeah. I think. I think the other thing that's nice about med school is you're learning what you really want to be learning.

Yes. Yes. And it all comes back to medicine, rather than just doing a random ochem. Something, and you're like, why is this important?

Yeah. I was not really interested in molecules.

Yeah. Well, thanks, Kang. Thanks for being here. And cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers from the social chair.

This is kind of funny. I feel like we're getting to see, like, a snapshot of your friends that I haven't really seen before.

Yeah.

Like, I kind of seeing a little more of their serious side. You think? Yeah, yeah. And a little, like, philosophical. So it's like I've only engaged with them, like, in a social setting or out to dinner or something. And so that's, you know, when they're sort of, like, decompressing. And then here they're getting interviewed, and you get to see, like. Oh, yeah, they've got a serious side, too.

Come on in.

Okay. Welcome, Noah.

Welcome to the podcast.

Thank you very much. So it's an honor.

It's an honor. I'M so glad. Yeah. Some other people said that it was their dream to be here.

It is my dream.

Well, do you want to give yourself a quick introduction?

Yes. My name is Noah. I'm a first year med student with Stephanie. Well, that is true, actually. I got to get used to that. But I went to Trinity University for undergrad in San Antonio. I'm originally from the Chicago area, but I pretty much have lived in San Antonio for the last five years and then moved to Houston for med school. So I'm. I'm a Texan now, I would say.

Yeah, you've been all over the map. Well, so now after finishing your first year, what is something that you kind of excited, expected going into your first year of medical school and maybe something that was different or.

Yeah, so I think I definitely came in with the expectation that things were gonna be like, terrible in terms of like, time and just like having to study 24 7, you know, basically not having free time or like, you know, things to do for fun and all that. But one thing that I found really interesting about our schools specifically is just like the freedom that they give us to kind of make our own schedule and go about things at our own pace, which I think is a good thing because it does give you that free time. But it's also difficult because when you're burnt out or when you're feeling like, you know, you don't want to keep studying, it's. You have that opportunity to do that. And so it was just hard to stay motivated, especially after those first couple exams where you're just like, you know, working 24 7. And then it's like, okay, well, I need a break. So, yeah, I definitely didn't expect as much free time as we have and as much freedom as we have.

Yeah, I think that's a good point because you do have, you do have to be disciplined because it's not like you're working in 8 to 5 where you have to come in and then you do your job and you're told to do your job between these times and then you leave and then you don't have to do your job. Like, you have to tell yourself when you're gonna study and when you're gonna. So that works both ways. You gotta tell yourself to study, but also you gotta tell yourself to not study.

So, yeah, yeah, the finding that balance was definitely difficult. But I think moving into next year, we're in a good position just from all the, the support that we've had from the second year students and just The. The experience that we've all had ourselves, like, trying to, you know, work through modules and all that.

Well, great. Well, thanks for being here.

Yeah, thanks for having me.

Any last words of wisdom.

For pre med students or who specifically?

Yeah, I guess, like. Yeah, for people maybe listening to this, worried about starting their first year of medical school. Any advice that you would give them?

Well, I think for me, the hardest part of the pre med years wasn't actually doing the work. It was just learning when to let go. Because once you give your application in, it's completely out of your hands. And I think that's very difficult. And so just trying to find peace in that and just recognizing that you've done everything that you can. And so just being confident in yourself and just finding peace in the waiting, I think is really important and difficult to do. Yeah, very, very difficult to do. That is very true.

Well, that's so true. Well, thanks for being here.

Okay.

All right, send the next person in.

All right, sounds good.

Welcome to the podcast, Ms. Tia Taylor. Do you want to give yourself a little introduction?

Yes, thank you. My name is Tia Taylor. I'm a first year medical student.

Second year now.

Oh, second year now. Let me correct everyone. Second year medical student and from Dallas. Went to SMU and.

Yeah.

And went kind of straight through to medical school and excited to be here.

Yeah, I guess that's part is you did go straight from undergrad to medical school. How do you feel like things were different coming from undergrad? And how was undergrad different than your first year was?

Yeah, I think undergrad was different because people are doing different majors, different areas of study, but everyone in medical school's doing the exact same thing. And also everyone's really smart, everyone's very talented. So you're with a lot of different people. And I feel like in undergrad, it's like you did your classes, but you kind of knew the same amount of people. But I think coming into medical school, people had different backgrounds, people, different ages. In college, you know, you're all kind of around the same age if you're in that same class. So I think just like, the diversity of, like, the people, but also like just the experiences that people had. And I think, you know, coming straight through, I didn't have some of those certain experiences that some people had that kind of make them unique, but I had my own. You know, we all have our own stuff. So I would say that was like the most kind of different thing, but it was like a good, good difference.

No. Yeah. How do you Feel like you've grown in this past year?

Yeah, I think it was when I first started, it was very difficult. Like, I mean, I think at some points I was like, I don't know if I can do this or if I'm cut out for this, but I think you kind of get used to just really having to, like, be the best you can and pushing yourself, but also realizing that, you know, at the end of the day, like, you know, we all want to become doctors, but that's just, like, one part of our lives. So still maintaining, you know, those relationships, developing new relationships, which we obviously all did, but also still holding on to some of those things. That's. I mean, that's when I started doing that more. I found it got easier. It got less, like, stressful and overwhelming. And so, like, because you always think of, you know, the negatives. But I think that was kind of the biggest perspective shift I had, because I think I came in and you want to. You think there's a certain way you're supposed to do things. And I think realizing that, you know, you can still have a good time in medical school and you can still, you know, prioritize your hobbies and meet new. And we're also meeting a ton of new people who are going to be our future colleagues. So.

Yeah. Any advice that you would give students that are about to start their first year?

Yeah, I think I would say, obviously, like, try your best, do your best, but know that you're here for a reason. You know, all to 40 of us in our class, like, we're all chosen. It's a very rigorous process, as sure people know. So don't, like, doubt yourself. I think it's very easy to think, you know, oh, other people are smarter than me or other people did this or that. Just know that you have your own unique skill sets and you're meant to be there and just also to just pause and kind of enjoy. I think when you get into medical school, it's so exciting and, like, it's. It's a great time. And then sometimes when you're actually in medical school, you're like, wait a second.

This is really hard.

This is stressful. But I think just, like, looking back on how far you come and, like, slowing things down a little bit and just, you know, like. Like I kind of said earlier, just maintaining some of those things that make you happy outside of, you know, rigorous academics.

So, yeah, love that. Well, thank you, Miss. Yes.

Thank you guys so much for being here.

You can send the next person in yes. Who's coming next? We don't know who's going to.

We don't know. It's a surprise to us.

Hi. Come on in.

Ms. Alexa, welcome.

Yes. Always be recorded.

Yes.

Welcome to the podcast, Alexa. Do you want to give yourself a little introduction?

My name is Alexa Coming, and I'm from Austin, Texas.

Yay. Well, coming into your first year of medical school, what was something that you expected and how were things different?

I was expecting it to be, like, undergrad, where you, like, had to be proactive and go find a mentor, go find research, and it was like, boom, all given to you a lot more than I think undergrad. So that was really helpful. And also, like, the sheer number of, like, doctors that were available. Whereas, like, an undergrad, I was like, oh, a third cousin. Like, please, I'm, like, begging to, like, shadow. And then here it's like, oh, please come. And I'm like, oh, no, that's okay.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So true. And then, yeah, because you. You do have a. You know, obviously we're in this big institution, but also we're already in medical school versus an undergrad. You're just, like, trying to. To get there, and you're like, you don't have those connections and all of that, so. Yeah, no, that's really true. How do you feel like, because you went straight from undergrad to. Yeah. How do you feel like that was. And do you feel like that you. Your experiences were different than people that maybe took one or two gap years?

For sure. I also think I was. Well, I took a gap semester because I graduated early, so that was very helpful. But I think in general, I did a major that had no, like, anatomy background or anything like that. And like, my roommate and people around me had a base understanding, I think, of that, or worked as MAS for a long time where I was just like, not that many hours. Clinical hours that I had. So I think that was a little challenging my first semester, trying to, like, keep up. But we have the foundations class, which I thought was really helpful.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just to kind of elaborate on that a little, this is something I think about a lot because I hire gap year students as my medical assistants. And I think that it's. It's helpful for me as a doctor for them, I think it's helpful a little bit. But then after that, I think it kind of levels off. So, like, at what point did you feel like, oh, okay, now we're kind of. I've sort of caught up to these people that had this clinical experience.

I think when we finally. Our, like, third block was all, like, pharmacology and bugs and drugs, I was like, okay, we're all as lost as each other. Like, as everyone else. I'm like, okay, we're done.

Yeah.

That's where I was like, okay, got it. And after anatomy, too, I guess we haven't done any, like, skill sessions. So I don't have any, like, phlebotomy experience or, like, have never.

You don't need that, right?

No, other people do have that or they're worked as ems before. So I think just that.

But I.

It was like, two months that I was like, oh, whoa.

Yeah.

And then we're back to.

Yeah.

Feeling good about everything.

Yeah. Well, any advice that you would give to an incoming first year.

Just have fun. Have a fun summer.

Yeah.

Have a really fun summer.

Good. Well, thanks for being here. And you can send the next person in. Hi. Welcome. Good morning. Welcome to the podcast, Grace.

Thank you for having me.

Do you want to give yourself a quick introduction?

Okay.

My name is Grace, and I just finished my Ms. One year. I'm from San Antonio. I went to a. M. And now I'm in Houston at McGovern.

Wait, your voice kind of sounds cute right now.

I'm, like, losing my voice. So disregard.

Well, so what is something that you. Some expectations that you had coming into your first year of medical school, and how were things maybe different or the same as you thought they were going to be?

I think coming in, I had heard from a lot of people that, like, it was just, you're never going to have free time. You're not going to have a life. It's just study, study, study all the time. And I really found that to not be the case at all. I mean, I do think it's like, you have to make the time and you have to balance. But I. I feel like I had just as much free time as I did in college, and I had just as much time to spend with my friends and family, while also, like, you know, learning a lot and still being responsible with school. But it was not like people told me it was going to be.

Yeah, I mean, I think that is also just a testament to you and your ability to be able to balance that because you're also another person who has a lot of friends outside of, like, our friend group and stuff. I think it's, like, sometimes easier for me. I don't know a lot of other people in Houston. So everyone is on the same, you know, doing the same thing, and we have to Study at the same time and all of that. So it's easy to just to be on the same schedule with plans and stuff. But I don't know. People talk about balance in a way of trying of you have to give up maybe success in medical school in order to balance, but I think that that is not true at all.

No, I agree.

But also you have to be able to do that. So. Yeah, and you've done seemingly a good, great job.

And I mean, it takes like, discipline. Like, you do definitely have to be disciplined. I mean, like, I wake up early and I get to the library at 7:30 every day, but because I do that, I, you know, I have my evenings to myself and I have my weekends and I'm able to spend time with my friends from college who live in Houston and go home and visit my family. And like, I have not. There's never been something that I haven't been able to go to because of school because I decided that I was going to be disciplined in my, my studying. So it definitely, I mean, it's hard, it's not easy, but it's definitely manageable.

Yeah, I love that. I love that you, you've never had to say no. So. And that's important because I think that's what I expected coming in. I thought I was gonna have to be like, people are talking about trips. And I was like, well, no, I'm not gonna be able to do that. I'm not gonna be able. But then get here. And it's like, well, you have the option to study. You have freedom. You don't have to be in a lot of places. Yes. So sure. Yeah. What's some advice that you would give to an incoming student?

I mean, I think it's just kind of along those same lines, like, make the time for yourself and don't, don't give that up and sacrifice having fun and spending time with your, you know, family and friends or doing whatever it is that you love to do. You don't have to give that up in medical school. And I think a lot of people coming in think that you, you just, you know, you have to be studying all the time. And I think that that's how you burn out really quickly. If you don't have those things that are like, fill your soul, like, you will not be happy in medical school. And I think that's why, like, a lot of our friends, like, we do all love it because we all make the time and like, still do those things that we love. So I would just say, like, Remember that. I know it can feel overwhelming that, like, oh, I have to get this perfect grade and I have to do research and I have to shadow and I have to do all those things. Like. And you do have to do those things, but it's not. It's not like the number. It shouldn't be the number one thing in your life. Like, there are more important things than school. And just, like, focus on that and remember that.

Yeah. Well, I love that. Well, thanks for being here. Of course.

Thank you for having me.

That's great. Thank you.

And you can send the next person in. Okay. I'd like to also point out that, like, all of my friends do really, really well in school. So, like, I mean, this isn't just people. We talk about how we have so much, like, stuff outside of school. None of that is. Is taking away from the success of. Of people.

Yeah. I think that's something that people don't always understand, is that more studying doesn't necessarily lead to good grades. When you've done all the studying that you need to do and having things to look forward to and, you know, not being just stuck in a library and being sad all the time that that actually can make you more successful.

So we actually had so much content from this podcast episode that we're actually going to split it up into two parts. So next week is going to be part two, and you're going to hear from a lot more of my friends talking about their first year of medical school. So stay tuned for that. In the meantime, you can find us on Instagram and TikTok at Generations, Maryland. And if you have any questions or are interested in being a guest on the podcast, you can email us@ask generations mdmail.com and we will talk to you next week. Bye, guys.