Don't Repeat My College Mistakes | Dr. Jubbal's 6 Pre-Med Regrets

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

Hindsight is 20/20 and it's funny reflecting back on some of mine. What college mistakes have you made?

[@عمرأبوحابر]

May you give me a link of the meta analysis about the red wine drinking. Just curious.

[@evan666ish]

Bro almost dies and still has a significantly higher gpa than me

[@seal-65_gggg39]

Evan Eschker LMAO

[@LegoSwordViedos]

And this is why I quit and have no life :P

[@jsaikris]

Don't bring yourself down! Maybe you need more resources and support. Oftentimes we forget the situational context a person is in. They possibly are from a low income family and are under constant strain and cannot put as much time into school because they are so exhausted. I am also by no means saying Med School Insiders did not work extremely hard, but I think that looking at your social determinants of health is important.

[@LegoSwordViedos]

@@jsaikris well in my case born poor ugly disabled got bullied alot almost killed by a bully who choked me till my face went purple and I passed out. no one has ever loved me much, my dad died when I was young, my mother was manic depressed with MS and physicaly disabled so never kept our house in order she never let me have friends over so no one was ever that good a friend to me, worked several jobs where I got abused, and stolen from, last one I got injured and am now permnently in pain, and can't get another job, even if I can it's for crap pay dealing with irate mean demanding bosses, while I have aspergers syndrome, girls think I'm disgusting. I'm very lonely and live in the middle of nowhere. I have literaly no suport while just about everything that can go wrong in my life has done. hell besided the pain, I can't exercise because I don't have enough food for the energy, I only eat often once a day, and just don't have the energy to workout. And it came to the point where I was ready to kill myself but I decided I'd just play what aged old video games my computer can still run. So I guess I'm alive for now.

[@LyraTyrell]

@@LegoSwordViedos Damn man, being ugly sucks.

[@Agony_00]

I once fainted in my chemistry finals after an all-nighter. After that incident, I avoided staying up all night just for a stupid exam. It's not worth it cuz you're just doing yourself more harm than good.

[@marrr.iel_c]

omg this happened to me too! I foolishly stayed up almost all night, and only got 2 hours of sleep and almost fainted during my chem final. I cried so hard after it and promised myself never to do that

[@hyleenpognaire8134]

Seems relatable... Ur mind get into wierd irritated state during that

[@pb3xuahrekluv]

you have a weak mind, i can go an entire lifetime without speaking smh

[@henockxnxa]

"I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you." - Kobe Bryant

[@AlbertoRivas13]

YourStudyMate i felt that

[@forgetfulstranger]

oof

[@GuardianDiancie]

😂

[@mehranabasi6147]

it’s not lazy, just human.

[@Mahmoud-ir5nt]

@@mehranabasi6147 Blaming it on being human is a little foolish. Conveniently, humans also have free will/willpower that other animals lack.

[@GingersnapThat]

It’s so weird how I follow both your channels but until today I had no idea you guys knew each other!! This is so cool I hope you and Thomas do a collab some day

[@SuperBlossom2011]

zoom zoom same here lol

[@xanatjazminlopezcamano1040]

Same happened to me xD

[@GuardianDiancie]

same

[@waterfallsdontsaymeow2917]

How? He says his name in the beginning of every Med school insider video and his other channel has his name on it and he says Med School Insiders in that one. 😂

[@FluoGray]

I've done that thing with pulling all nighters as well, it was awful. Nothing got me further than planning my study ahead and getting enough sleep + relaxing breaks.

[@gideonmunyaradzi]

The irony, studying to be a doctor but not able to realise that consistent bleeding was a cause for concern 😂

[@jchea1764]

Ironic... He could diagnose others.. But not himself..

[@jchea1764]

@aka _drb yeah... but still.., You don't necessarily need to have a medical degree to be able to see the cause of that.. Usually a smart and sound mind would be more than enough..

[@JM-lh8rl]

Mani Tigeet I’m confused, though. So Pre-Med is high school but focused on biology and chemistry and Med School is university? I thought college and university were the same thing, but he makes it seem like it’s two different things…

[@jonathandpg6115]

@@JM-lh8rl no to become a doctor in a lot of countries you FIRST need an undergraduate degree. Which means you get a university degree first. THEN you can apply for med school and try to get in. It's not direct entry after high school. Doctors get 8 years-ish of post (after) high school education before starting residency...which then lasts 4-5+ years. So they go through a lot of education

[@osvaldodiaz3604]

That’s why he was studying

[@DrAdnan]

Inefficient study methods killed me in undergrad. Med school was a little better, but there’s still a looot to improve on.

[@alexrusso5067]

Adnan A what was your undergrad

[@DrAdnan]

alex russo Basically physiology

[@kayladanielle512]

What would you say are inefficient study methods?

[@sohyangworld1544]

@@DrAdnan we asked you a question...

[@mahwish5203]

It’s my last year of medical school which is going to end in few months. Honestly speaking I have done all of these stupid mistakes. I have always been a perfectionist and got outstanding marks in every finals, and it’s only in this last year I have-started thinking that my whole life is a mess. Always worked hard for grades. Completely exhausted at this point while I am preparing for final professionals. The Thought of having a brilliant academic record but zero social life and extracurricular activities, gives me nothing but regrets. Wish I had a balanced between studies, social interaction and extracurricular activities.

[@calista910]

but how to do this?

[@swiggityswoogity8085]

but _h o w_

[@noahestus6830]

This is so interesting. My chemistry classmates and I have talked about how we all have gotten conditions since being in the trenches of the classes! Some have had autoimmune disorders like you, and I have had seborrhoiec eczema pop up along with graying hair. I don’t know what it is about hard science students and their drive until self harm, but I’m sure it would be an interesting sociological or psychological study 😅.

[@yeseniarobles4289]

That’s stress for you.

[@kronus4915]

I was never really stressed in college...you see as a former statistics student you learn to calculate exactly how much you need to pass the term

[@ape8404]

Stats is a meme; that's why you had no stress.

[@leilanidru7506]

Kronus that’s kinda the point tho, for some people like him (and me) simply passing isn’t enough and put too much pressure on our selves.

[@whereami3362]

Wow u see as a stat student you must have been a genius you see as on a stat major would be so brilliant as to calculate the scores they need. If only I could be as so big brain as you.

[@kronus4915]

Jon boy it was meant as a lighthearted joke don’t take it to seriously.

[@schnell5275]

Kronus I'm this dumb enough that this is a high IQ joke. Fuck

[@parkereatsplants]

No longer a pre-med student but still like your videos. Good work

[@MylenasBeautyRoom1]

"I'll sleep when I'm dead" is one of my favorite thing to say when I'm cramming 100 pages of information into my head 12 hours before an exam 😂😂

[@rsp1239]

Mylena's Beauty Room . Relatable

[@boxlad7583]

Thomas McGill as a first semester freshie, I just learned this lesson recently haha

[@paulwilliams1982]

Wow, I didn't know you had Crohn's disease. Your story is really inspiring. I imagine you would be under massive amounts of strain in residency, I would love to hear how you deal with that and how you manage a work life balance, or alternatively how you deal with its absence. All the best

[@coreyjacq]

My psychiatrist introduced me to sleep hygiene and I love it! I follow it meticulously, like I legit flip my alarm clock around while I sleep so I don’t see the time.

[@sarahkline8829]

I have Crohn’s disease and had chronic flare ups from 2nd grade-7th grade, I was malnourished and throwing up every night, and had horrible diarrhea. My mom blamed random shit like my ADHD medicine, picky eating and staying up too late so it took super long to even get tested. I was iron deficient and my doctor thought I had an eating disorder. My dad got to the point where he would make me go to school even when I was sick and would tell me to wake up every night to throw up so I wouldn’t accidentally throw up on the carpet. It was so bad, I literally can’t remember anything except my disease for most of my childhood. When I wasn’t getting sick, I was being force fed food because my parents were just doing their best to help me not die from malnutrition. Luckily I got diagnosed in 7th grade and I have been doing great since then! I’m sharing this story because I think Crohn’s disease is very overlooked by a lot of people, there is a lot of misinformation in the world, and it usually goes undiagnosed for a very long time.

[@brennamac5849]

I too have Crohn’s and am going Post Bacc PreMed. My Crohn’s is moderate to severe and I’ve had several major surgeries from stress. Your story is very important! For so long I felt there were things I couldn’t do because of my disease and now only after I graduated I’m getting more confidence. I hope in the future you can make more videos regarding balancing life in a demanding field like medicine and chronic illness.

[@samuelw4492]

How’s it going??

[@hastimoslemi9025]

1. Being too headstrong 2. Stressing the small stuff 3. Inefficient study methods 4. Not prioritizing sleep 5. Not planning the day ahead 6. Feeling like drinking everytime going out for having a good time

[@ellios5734]

first yr med stu here. I've learned a lot from your videos and I'm applying them. keep going

[@Micke964]

I love the way you put it "the art of scheduling your days"

[@daria4484]

Omg I hate when people don't care about sleep like is so important it can really damage your health if you don't have enough

[@irene.5798]

Tell that to hospitals who overworks their doctors

[@johannauni2389]

I have a very a similar story to yours. Last year I was basically living at my limit, pushing myself and not taking care of myself. When i came home for Christmas I got really sick and was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. I also strongly believe that my first flare was triggered by the extreme stress and years of neglecting my needs. I took the semester off and ended up transferring. I feel extremely validated, thank you so much for sharing. As someone who tends to neglect themselves for the sake of academics but who can't afford to because of my disease... i cannot tell you how much this video means to me.

[@himanivachhani5575]

Your mistakes inspire me to get over mine and do better. Thank you so much for this video

[@jennywrenn469]

I have fibro so stress can send me into a downward spiral. I sought your channel to learn how to study smarter & reduce stress. Thanks for this video, it is helpful & encouraging :-) (Vet school is in my near future!)

[@Yoshi-oo3cz]

Jenni Wrenn omg I also have fibromyalgia, and it is horrible during times of stress. I recommend you to take breaks in between or meditating.

[@LotsChrono]

Last two months of Trig/Algebra, saw an F on my grade and constantly failing tests, quickly realized I had been doing little to no homework in the class and thus lacked any practice at all for each test that followed. Fixed it with beginning to schedule my days, and managed to bring my grade to a C (though barely passed the finals) before the semester closed. And thus, wiggled my way to pass the first semester of the class.

[@osvaldosilguero9402]

I have this “night owl” thing where I sleep all day and wake up at night and start doing my hw and study. This method has helped me a lot, I am better at concentrating and my grades have been going up. I recommend staying up one night, then go to bed in the morning and try this method.

[@A432Hz]

Osvaldo Silguero didn’t work for me

[@sapphiremiracle9016]

I'm also a night owl but I wouldn't recommend it because you can get anemia staying up late at night. But if it works in studying, do it but consider taking care of your health.

[@digestmymind]

Less people are awake at night as well, so less noise.

[@marrr.iel_c]

I made too many mistakes in college to list them all, but the main ones were not prioritizing sleep, ineffective study methods, stressing too much about the little things, and not enjoying myself or rewarding my hard work

[@jasonadelhoefer6662]

Omg caught myself with so many of these .. It’s so strange realizing that it wasn’t necessary but we did it anyway 😂

[@axelito6342]

I’m an 19 yo in first year of med school in France and I FEEL the struggle ! So relatable

[@menamurgor5350]

As a pre-med here I go out every other weekend. Only have a couple of drinks but during the break like Christmas break ill go out more because I've earned it but I agree with you on the notion of it's not healthy to drink at every occasion but I also would follow up with not having alc at home. Plenty of people don't go out but drink at home everyday which is just as toxic.

[@cookiedough9832]

I made some of these mistakes, but recently learnt through trial and error. Planning ahead is the best!

[@lesoko2496]

This was funny but extremely helpful. Thanks a lot!!

[@RebelleLaFleur]

Interesting video! I used to study biomedical science but after a year I switched majors and now I'm doing mathematics. There could not be a bigger difference in the studying techniques I used! While "just studying" (reading, rewriting, flashcards etc.) was what I mainly did in Biomed, Maths FORCES me to think actively as we have weekly assignments neccessary for being allowed to the final exam. I personally think career paths such as medicine require a lot more discipline, while others like maths require more focus and interest (Not offending). I have deepest respect for anyone with a degree in the medical field

[@josegallaga4502]

Feel you... as a recent college grad, I also did not have the best strategies for studying and planning my schedule.

[@ononono7016]

You are amazingly efficient. How do you manage to care so much about progress?

[@valxria3529]

you have to really care about your goals to care about the progress to get there

[@captainstark5496]

Saiki hi

[@wholeNwon]

The tone still seems to be too harshly critical of your former, younger and less experienced self. Congratulate yourself on who you've become. Be proud of the achievement. Imagine the wisdom the next 20 years will bring. Perhaps you will continue to pursue plastics and reconstructive but there's a big price to pay for the perfection required for optimal results. Though it's often said that meta-analysis is to analysis as metaphysics is to physics, I certainly agree with your statements regarding the toxicity of ethanol.

[@amannaan2000]

oh my gosh this is so me.... Dr. Jubbal this is me. I maxed out at 23 credits and would often pull all nighters before a physics test and organic exams. Just like you said, I would say sleep is for the after life. I regret all of it, as I missed out on a lot life moments. Thanks Dr. Jubbal, especially for the scheduling tips about working out.

[@merthacdertli8520]

As a 3rd year med student in Turkey, I experienced how stress can lead to diseases. Mine is tension type headache which is not a big deal but still I wish I did not put myself into stress for trying hard also I wish I saw this video before the time I diagnosed with tension type headache

[@foil_fencer2315]

I relate to you a lot. I would always beat myself up if I get a 3.8 or lower so far, and I would always study hard instead of smart with staying on task for hours studying and playing review games for my exams for biology. Currently, I am a high schooler planning on my journey of pre-med. It will be a rigorous task, but it is what I love to do in terms of science related majors… this did help for the upcoming future and also helped me with AP bio

[@Hayat-xj2gi]

please make a video of time management skills... How to fit time for yourself care, ie gym,movies, reading books

[@nicholasgarcia2000]

I just started college and I am stressing way too much on the small things: little assignments, small essays, etc. I stress about them so much as if they were final exams. Any advice?

[@redache467]

Nicholas Garcia you are, just like me, worrisome and perfectionist. Tbh i couldnt help it even after 4 years, and i got into depression like three times during that time period. Last time, 2 months back, i told my psychiatrist about that while prescribing me antidepressants, he told me while they are in action, try to let go of small stuff, and worry less but do not go to the extreme where you dont care. Care but without worry you can say xD. This idea seems sooo easy when you are on antidepressants. But when i start tapering it down and stop using it. My precious self comes back again. I would recommend you to go and see your doc so you can work that out. Good luck

[@calista910]

@@redache467 omg im 17 and when i was in these dual credit courses i was stressing mad crzy over these english assignments cause I needed and wanted an A grade. I passed both of my classes in public health and english 101, but I did pull an all nighter trying to make it all perfect. I ususally focus on one class more than the other and idk how to balance it all so tis all equal... I felt depresed more this summer as i joined summer school at my local college. I just feel like since COVID nothing matters to me anymore, but before that, I felt like nothing mattered and I didn't care much about my grade and it did drop some and I lost motivation.. I was just tired.. A few times students said I looked sad, my mom as well, but I didnt feel sad... It's strange.. I just want to avoid these unhealthy habits and strive to be healthy and successful than what I've been lately.

[@Patrick.RyanOfficial]

Be a perfectionist, but take recovery just as serious. I try to take an entire day off each week, I take outside breaks, I don’t work at night, exercise and meditate. these all help me operate in intense perfectionism and then easily come back to real life

[@jhonrenaultrocios2745]

our dean one said that studying hard and smart or just trying hard will not get you a brain cancer but instead a immunocompromised diseases, or in my case a psychological disorder or just passing out in the hall way for not sleeping in 60 hours because of that damn experimental thesis and final exams all at once.

[@ayamecosplay6129]

The first mistake is something that happened to me as well. After getting into an accident where I injured my neck and spine, I tried to finish my semester despite having missed too weeks of school and not being able to move my neck or back. The extreme stress of trying to catch up, compete on a curve with healthy people on exams, read at all without being able to move my neck down and needing to dictate my assignments to friends (and also the NSAIDs) caused me to develop chronic gastritis.

[@lydiamessad8082]

I failed an exam lately it got me into a very stressful situation but I delt with it by managing my day schedule and workout routines now am more efficient during the day... I follow you motivation videos since am a medstudent... thank you so much for your awesome videos!!

[@SquatSimp]

Thanks for the tips man! I definitely need to study more effectively. I need to pull up my 3.5 for med school, especially with physiology and ochem next semester 😬

[@michaelabakah8401]

High School student here. Is it possible to maintain a high GPA while also enjoying college?

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

Yes. Watch my videos on efficiency and study strategies

[@angelcarrera8254]

I feel like I could have made this video of myself! It's very hard for us headstrong, overly ambitious people to admit we took on too much, so i really admire you sharing this video!

[@seanmorgan117]

I just love this channel

[@daltonleath7586]

I am really enjoying your videos!!!! Giving great advice. Currently debating on pursuing med school!! Thank you!

[@annikalou6739]

Hey I loved the video! Could you make a video on how you schedule your days now? what apps do you use to maximize your productivity?

[@johnmoore3635]

U were a bit extreme

[@nazifaanjumaumee3371]

I slept for 1 hour the night before my math test. And my marks really shocked me and my teachers. Never again!

[@FronteirWolf]

In 6th form I spent most of the year trying to hand some of my homeworks in on time, and only seriously started studying days before the exam. I got decent grades, but I would have preferred to study all year. The problem with that was that as soon as I started to invest my time in studying, I got worse at getting my homework done. Since homework was more urgent, I decided that the only thing to do was focus on doing my homework, and wait until days before the exam to study. How we were expected to study and keep on top of homework at the same time was beyond me. I pulled a lot of all nighters too, it made me tired, but at least I got my homework done.

[@anjunisingh6373]

Thank you for sharing this - I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis the same semester of my undergrad as you were diagnosed with Crohn’s.

[@merounelorelei2951]

I wish I saw this earlier. Sounds almost exactly like the mistakes I had made, except...well, I had UC and not Crohns.

[@SophiaColombo]

I really enjoyed your content! Thank you for sharing!:)

[@JeneralSurgeon]

what do you prioritize now in residency? sleep, working out or studying?

[@ashimajain9734]

I have had similar experience this year but it was less serious that yours. I am in high school and from India. I never had any parental pressure and my dream is to become a doctor. Here we have medical entrance examination straight after high school and i have worked very hard towards it in starting of 12th grade I work so hard pulling all nighters and stuff giving coaching exams on Sunday then school exams of Monday every week although I was happy doing hard work my health started to detoriate that for 3 months I had chronic cough that I was not nebulizer, steroids and what not after not learning my lesson I had severe cluster headaches then tenosynovitis and now I have herniated cervical disc. My exams are in 1 month but now I know although Med is my passion and I am willing to do anything for it, I have to take care of myself and learn from my mistakes. Your video has helped me a lot in realising that I am not the only one. Thank you so much

[@JinY-kd3el]

Yes!!! It does!!! I am a physician with autoimmune disease. I get stressed and I get sick.

[@mohammadsk2974]

All-nighters just suck.. and you don’t realize that until one destroys one of your exams the day after😆

[@feebleh]

holy moly u and tom are friends 😍 thats amazing i love both of ur channels

[@kassaken6521]

The hip hop beat instrumentals in your intros are nice

[@kickbuttowsk2i]

Just subscribed. Lots of quality content. And I really like you voice when it is 1.5x. Cool amimation though.

[@krabbina]

Loved the inputs! Most of them I‘ve discovered myself over the last three years. Though I just can‘t seem to get myself to go to bed early. In the evening is when I start feeling the most awake. Any tipps on how to get to bed even when not feeling tired?

[@AnimeUni-versed]

Hey Doctor ! Thanks for this video ! Take care !

[@aka15101]

Can you make a video about medical school with a chronic illness and/or disability? I love your videos and advice! I am a rising fourth-year undergrad, and a few months ago, I finally found out that I have narcolepsy. I would really appreciate some insight regarding available accommodations, advice, and experiences.

[@ValHecker]

I thought I really really wanted to attend medical school. But for me it's just not the best option for me. either financially or emotionally. I love medicine but I wont sacrifice years of my life. :) good luck to future MD's/ DO's

[@davidsoto4394]

Excellent video.

[@laraibzafer6140]

Omg I can't believe I make most of these mistakes

[@ArtFreak17]

The bit about alcohol has fourth and probably more insidious negative outcome - developing alcoholism. Which can start from "social drinking" or "stress relief." There's a certain point where it will be a problem, and it's important to be mindful of that. I do believe the first red flag on the road to alcoholism is not being constantly blackout drunk or hungover (it's just the most obvious red flag)... but the moment your drinking to cope with stress becomes a pattern. And given family history, it's enough to make me a teetotaler, in all honesty.

[@smouafak]

Love this! Pretty much needed it

[@JPzizou]

Can you do a video of how you live with crohns. Tips you would recommend

[@an00k.patterton]

I always push myself and tell myself "sleep is earned" im young why do i do that

[@omarsabry9489]

How old are you exactly ?

[@lil8579]

I used to work 35 hours at a restaurant pulling 10 credits (Math and Computer Science), plus commuting to school 3 hrs 4 days a week, on top of that cooking and not resting well got me Hypothyroidism. I can relate you have to take it slow and be smarter with school, instead of studying harder. I am still in school but doing better by taking it slow on the stress and physical work.

[@SelkaAndHorses]

The worst thing I have done in High School (in Poland you go form high school to university) was neglecting school dutis. For me only final exam (matura) counted and only 2 or 3 exams. So I studied only biology and chemistry. I got into medschool but the las year was so hard for me... probably harder than first year of medschool. The problem was that I wasn't used to studying that much. I had no techniques, it was hard to focus and only during the first year of medicine I learnt how to learn. I know now it would have been much easier if I new how to study going into medicine.

[@khorolsurenbyambatsogt7924]

Hey, i am studyjny for matura as well, what kind of advice do u suggest? Books or what can i do more to earn more points?

[@Yetus]

Thanks for placing the list in the description. I often don’t have time for your videos but I saw your advice and will remember. Left a like in return.

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

That was awesome, learning part was a bit incorrect tho

[@ronanjensen4570]

If you want to get admission in top medical university, I thought UCAT tutoring is one of the best solutions. They offered me the question banks that contain hundreds of example questions from all five subtests. Use these to familiarise yourself with the type of questions you will see in your live UCAT exam.

[@denissemedina4619]

, I do most of the good things you said, but there’s always room for improvement. Idk about others but when I don’t sleep well I am miserable the following day. I do need to work on scheduling my days better cause I do tend to pull all nighters and sometimes miss gym workouts, or just get really stressed. But I’ve come a long way with being more efficient 😃👍🏻

[@ahmadjarrad2635]

Oh my goodness. Where do you get your dive and discipline from???!??

[@jenniferlam7482]

Could you do a video on you dealing with chrons' disease please?

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

Check out the Kevin Jubbal MD channel for more details of that

[@lunawind2105]

Hate when your brain wakes you up at night a night before the test. "No brain go back to sleep" I changed taking more than 14 credits a semester. If I am at 12 credits a semester I feel way better. Thanks for this video.

[@Quantumanticz]

My regrets? My ego. I burned bridges with people in the process of making sure I recieved a 4.0. I cut people out of my life if they distracted me from that goal and not nicely. My only friends from Pre Med are my professors.

[@MrApplewine]

If you had a pre-existing infection with Campylobacter (for example) and psychological stress caused a reduction in the migratory motor complex this could have increase the levels of the toxins and antibodies which pushed over the threshold necessary to be considered Chrone's Disease. That is just one model of how such a thing could happen. But, I wouldn't necessarily emphasize the stress component if that had any role at all.

[@johnbacon4997]

Hey dude love your channel Going to be a bio major and hopefully med school after that

[@daviddu6297]

Thank you for the video. Really heart-felt some of the points. But I was wondering how you made through college with all those mistakes? Like...wouldn't someone be dead due to so much stress, sleep-deprivation, and self-injuries?

[@Tingling10]

I am kind of worried now too because I am trying to major in Pre-med to be a dentist, but I always get myself into a ton of stress just because of a tiny event that happened.

[@JCResDoc94]

it is always good to finish medical school before you have these realizations.

[@lizachor7014]

Seriously, I cannot find the numbered list in the comment section, now I have to watch the whole video grrr

[@BernabeisOP]

How do you make these awesome videos?

[@kobyyA]

How school made me study for exams but not for knowledge, because “you must pass the test.”

[@SpoonieSensei]

you are lucky. i was taken via ambulance after found blacked out in my dorm room in a pile of my own puke - thank GOD it was early morning and she heard me thud to the ground. first i had to be carried to the health services by the university security; i had bled so bad internally that my bp was just crashing. at the health center, the nurse confirmed i was bleeding out the ... part you don't want to be bleeding from and called an ambulance. despite being taken to the hospital via ambulance FROM university health services, nearly every teacher kicked me out of their classes (this was a little more than halfway into the semester). i can't write more than that yet because i have developed such horrible CPTSD after being bullied as a young child which exploded when i started to become so ill ... the things people said and did to me were not only unethical but absolute HELL. to be kicked out of class because i was hospitalized BY DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL for a week (i did lose consciousness in the ambulance bc my bp just crashed due to the internal bleeding). i would never wish the things i have had done and saiid to me on anyone. i didn't realize it would be such a long and incredibly arduous decade before things started to improve .... but yeah. you're very lucky in that regard. you were given a choice; i was not. and the disability services at the school wouldn't even help me ... yeah, i have to stop because i'm going to start triggering myself.... you are, however ... on a slightly different note ... also very fortunate because one of my good friends with crohn's has been so ill and she is so young. she has literally failed EVERY SINGLE DRUG USED TO TREAT HER DISEASE ... when i last talked with her, she was trying to work with the doctors in hopes of reversing the emergency colostomy they had to do on her 2+ years ago. when that was performed / leading up to that, she caught SO MANY nosocomial infections including GI CMV. as a result of the severity of her disease and her options for treatment very literally running out, she was committed to an inpatient mental facility. although i have never done that, i can understand how that can happen. i had run out of options aside from thalidomide (who wants to take thalidomide?!?!) until the il-6 inhibitors came along and saved my life and actually restored some of my vision. i am still on a LOT of medication. at any rate, you were somehow very fortunate not to land in my friend's position; she is now waiting to see what the biopsy results showed because the doctors were afraid to reverse the aforementioned procedure because of the massive scarring the internal lesions / ulcers had left. i pray for her every day (and i am not particularly religious, but spiritually, i do). my classmates in university always said stuff like "i'll sleep when i'm dead!" i think largely as a means of displacing the knowledge that they had to work 20/24 hours a day EVERY DAY into something that "made sense." my answer to these people was "yeah, but if you're so exhausted you can't enjoy anything ... what's the point??" this was before i got SICK SICK. again, i would really like to know how you could work so hard throughout school and after and not have crohn's keep you - at best - in hospital for 6+ months.... and again, hahahaha! oh my GOD this was not my college experience. back in ye olden days we had really unhealthy but delicious places in the school basement so we could sneak off and grab some greasy fries or whatever else while we were working straight through the night ... and this was sophomore year. again ... i think i must have some kind of extraordinary and very unusual university experience???? i still am not very good at studying because if i re-copy notes i have already written, i have a 99%+ chance of remembering it. still, if you have to spend 20 hours for a few days writing code, read 500-800 pages a day FOR ONE LITERATURE CLASS, etc., there is NO WAY you can get through without sleep deprivation! i know it was the kind of "personal joke" that cs majors wouldn't leave the computer labs for weeks so they ordered pizza ... and as sad as that is, it was very true. okay, one more QUICK question (i promise!) - how do you SCHEDULE in advance when you have NO IDEA how you're going to feel when you wake up?!?! anyone with serious systemic chronic illness knows the "spoon theory" (thus my name here and elsewhere!); and you have no idea even if you slept straight through for 10 hours if you're even going to be able to get out of bed or not. add in seizures (aaaah, seizures! and things like GI problems and other euro-problems ...) ... just ... HOW?!?!?! i can tentatively make appts but anyone with whom i am making appointments is well aware that there is a fairly good chance that i will have to reschedule. that's just how life with severe autoimmune and auto-inflammatory illnesses are! so please ... HOW HOW HOW?!?!

[@AjitMD]

Brown PLME versus Harvard Pre-med. Which one to pick? SAT Math 800, SAT English 760, SAT2 Math2 800; GPA 4.65, National Merit. Besides Medicine also interested in Public Policy.

[@evasmiljanic3529]

I got my first bout of gastritis after my first year of med school. Lost 4kg in a month and ended up with an overnight ED stay.

[@lucasargandona4658]

Dang man you really worked hard

[@JaySmith-rv4ro]

Working that GPA is an art

[@michaborski7383]

I can relate to those mistakes so much

[@salomekabinga3282]

Lol you really were crazy. U knew you could do better😂😂😂 challenge accepted. Oh my😥😥 I admire your tenacity. I want to be like you. How do you remember it all?

[@alessandromicali7907]

I have the Crohn's desease too! 😔🤕

[@basedbilbo326]

Binge drinking iz cool tho