Its definitely way more than we had at the start of last year though. But by the sounds of it Carrington is the place to be, and you should have no trouble
Being accepted into Carrington probably says quite a bit about your potential chances of getting into med, but I doubt it helps/hurts your chances of getting into med significantly.
Thinking epi wise......for the relationship "Being in Carrington <--------> Accepted into med", "being a well above average student" is probably a confounder
Randomisation is the best way to deal with confounding, but the only problem is it's completely unethical to randomise students into different halls!
The biggest pointer I seem to see is STUDY WELL, MEMORISE EVERYTHING, and LEARN HOW TO READ AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
These are really spot on in the
execution department, but the things I consider most important for success in any field/activity are motivation and self-assessment/efficiency.
New healthscis will be extremely motivated to the point where everyone is scribbling down what's on the lecture slides for the first lecture onto their neatly titled refill page, with their colour-coordinated highlighter set only a fingertip away, despite the lecturer saying not to copy anything down because you don't need to know it
The problem lies in keeping up this motivation throughout the whole year, so make sure you write down somewhere 3 or more of the best reasons why you're putting yourself through the hell that is HSFY
You can refer to this every time you want to stab yourself in the eyes with your pen from too much study, or when you really really don't feel like getting up for that 8am lecture you know you should go to
This is also where goal setting falls under, which is a good habit.
Self-assessment is being aware of how well you are carrying out the tasks you need to do in order to achieve your goal. This where all the stuff like "study well, memorise everything, answer the question" falls under. You want to be as efficient and effective as possible in everything you do. Questions you should be asking yourself every day for example: Am I studying well? Is there a way I could study better that suits me? How? How well am I memorising stuff? Is there a faster way to memorise this stuff? How well am I answering questions? How could I improve this? etc. etc. Basically, you need to ask yourself "am I getting what needs to be done (your execution) in the fastest and most effective way possible", and if the answer is no (which it usually is), ask yourself how you could improve your execution.
This approach can be generalised to pretty much anything actually. If you apply it to healthsci, it becomes clear how you use all that information bombarded at you in the form of "study tips" and all that: advice from other people provides ideas for how you could improve your execution. E.g. Don't think your current sleep schedule is optimal? You could try
polyphasic sleep Note: I'm not actually recommending polyphasic sleep...it takes too long to get used to and its longterm health effects are a bit unknown
