August 13, 2007
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OK…this exam is seriously stressing me out. Everytime I try to sit down and study, I seriously get a migraine. It’s just such an enormous amount of info to cram into my little head. I guess this is why people suggest studying over the course of a year…but really, who does that?
The thing is, I don’t normally stress out about exams…I’m usually the complete opposite. I don’t study until the night before..and then i’m like…eh, whatever. But it’s different this time…it’s the added pressure of people at work knowing i’m taking the exams…..knowing that if i don’t pass, i have to wait another 3 months before i can take it again….and knowing that i’ll have to dish out another $650 to take it. That’s right, my friends….$650.
Anyway…in a moment of panic…I went out and bought an expensive set of flash cards. They guarantee that if you study them, you will pass. Hey, can’t beat that huh? (don’t worry, they sell very easily on ebay). So now i have all 1300 flash cards sitting on my desk, just staring at me…waiting to be read. So far I’ve made it through 2 cards and I’m ready to take a nap.
I have also started the bad habit of stuffing my face with food when I study. As we speak, I have just devoured half a loaf of sourdough bread (THE best bread in the world)…which I ripped into 1 inch pieces, then topped each piece with an equal size of butter before popping it in my mouth. Oh yeah, I also finished up a bag of Doritos and am pondering what else I should eat.
To counter that, I went jogging with my very good friend this weekend….only to realize (yet again) that I hate jogging. I don’t know why I try to kid myself into thinking that this time will be any different from the previous times. The thing with jogging is that I feel like I’m running in the same place…just up and down. I like running with my full stride, but obviously i can’t maintain that longer than 1 minute. So instead, my very good friend had me do sprint intervals…where I sprinted full speed for 20 seconds…then walked for 30 seconds. Hey, sounded easy enough…until the 5th time or so, when I started to feel like I was going to vomit. Fast forward to today……I am in pain and can barely move.
Comments (4)
wow, what exam are you talking about? for pharmacy? i heard it’s not too bad. if you’re talking about the usmle, that’s another story..
at least you’re not taking the pediatric board exam- $1300. with only a 60% pass rate. and can’t take the test for another full year.
sucks to have to take tests. and studying for them is torture. but once u buckle down and do it, u know u’ll do fine. just do it!
you’ll do fine!!! =)
i played softball last Sunday, and i’m sooooo sore….