How does medical school work?

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Depends on your definition of "hard". Everyone in our Freshman class had at least a 3.8 GPA in college, so everyone was pretty smart. Still, half of the Freshman class was flunked out in the first 2 years. So I guess that's hard. 8 hours of lecture a day, at least that much reading at night. 2-500 page reading assignments with a test on the material the next day was common. Scoring of tests: 95-100--A 90-95 --B 85-90--C Below 85 --D. We were allowed one D - out the second one. Exams either multiple choice ( "answer A if 1 and 3 are true, B if 2 and 4 are true, C if 2 and 3 are true, etc.) or essay. Usually 4 hour written exams-- e.g. FInal exam in Bacteriology was " discuss Malaria". We had 4 hours and were begging for more time. Every time we took a final, we had a new course the next day, even while exams were going on. The new course prof would invariably give a 200 page reading assignment, with a quiz the next day- kind of interfered with studying for the other finals.After each series of big exams, the Fraternities would have parties. Our favorite beverage was a beverage called " Smiling" - short for "Smiling, the boy fell dead" 1 gallon of grain alcohol, 1 quart of grapefruit juice, one tray of icecubes. Served in glass- it melted wax cups. Even Lloyd's of London would not insure my Fraternity. We got a tad wild , I guess. I recall sitting on the back of a convertible, throwing empty beer cans at the Police car that was following us. Anyway, Med School is stressful as hell. Some of the students washed themselves out- just could not take the pressure. Just take one day at a time. You get through it.