How to manage time

[doctor1996]

Next term/semester, I am taking a heavy course load.

I am taking: Physiology, Physics, one general education requirement, and calculus. I am a chemistry major, intending to apply to medical school. My grades have taken a dip, from being near perfect, to an average student.

I cannot balance taking care of myself and trying to "spin plates". Any advice? I did this the first two years. I would spend 5-8 hours a day studying, and I did manage to pull a 3.96 GPA. I would be one of 3 students in a class of 200 people to get a 100 on an exam. I would also be the guy that gets a 98 in a hard science course like chemistry, when the average grade for 200 people was a 72... I would manipulate people.. I would use them for their homework solution manual, find kids who are working with tutors on their labs, and take that.. Taking BS easy classes where half the class is retarded (football team taking Communications 101).Ridicule the nursing majors.. Or even, giving out wrong answers to lower the class average to stupid kids. But it's taken a great dip ever since. I was aiming for top medical schools. When I say top medical schools, I mean HYSP (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton.) But, now thats in the garbage. I do attend a top 50 university in the nation.

Any tips? I usually let the motivation, and desire to be the best in the class get to me. To the point where, I was working on false study guides to give out to kids taking chemistry, to lower the class average to a 45 on an exam. I let the competition get to my head. I need to stop this. How do I stop this? I am extremely competitive. I've had thoughts of going to the local library and using a black sharpie to color the pages of the MCAT books.





I want to be able to excel in school, and still manage to spin plates. I'm just worried if I will continue to fail at school. I also feel as if I have some sort of mental problem. Maybe my issue is that I have some sort of superiority complex going on, which is also turning off the girls.

 

[RichardTheFrog]

I recently started keeping track of when I'm awake versus asleep, and decided to make sure to be doing something productive every second that I'm awake.

But we are in different places in our lives.

 

[sosousage]

school is more important than women if you study something that employers desire

I recently started keeping track of when I'm awake versus asleep, and decided to make sure to be doing something productive every second that I'm awake.

does that include spreading negativity online?

 

[RichardTheFrog]

school is more important than women if you study something that employers desire



does that include spreading negativity online?

If it's the truth.

Please don't take a huge interest in me.

 

[switch7]

I cannot balance taking care of myself and trying to "spin plates". Any advice? I did this the first two years. I would spend 5-8 hours a day studying, and I did manage to pull a 3.96 GPA. I would be one of 3 students in a class of 200 people to get a 100 on an exam. I would also be the guy that gets a 98 in a hard science course like chemistry, when the average grade for 200 people was a 72... I would manipulate people.. I would use them for their homework solution manual, find kids who are working with tutors on their labs, and take that.. Taking BS easy classes where half the class is retarded (football team taking Communications 101).Ridicule the nursing majors.. Or even, giving out wrong answers to lower the class average to stupid kids. But it's taken a great dip ever since. I was aiming for top medical schools. When I say top medical schools, I mean HYSP (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton.) But, now thats in the garbage. I do attend a top 50 university in the nation.

Any tips? I usually let the motivation, and desire to be the best in the class get to me. To the point where, I was working on false study guides to give out to kids taking chemistry, to lower the class average to a 45 on an exam. I let the competition get to my head. I need to stop this. How do I stop this? I am extremely competitive. I've had thoughts of going to the local library and using a black sharpie to color the pages of the MCAT books.





I want to be able to excel in school, and still manage to spin plates. I'm just worried if I will continue to fail at school. I also feel as if I have some sort of mental problem. Maybe my issue is that I have some sort of superiority complex going on, which is also turning off the girls.

What you did to your other classmates is not cool. Generally in life you get what goes around in some form or another. I'm not saying be a nice guy, but there is more reward in helping other people over causing them detriment.

 

[Von]

Next term/semester, I am taking a heavy course load.

I am taking: Physiology, Physics, one general education requirement, and calculus. I am a chemistry major, intending to apply to medical school. My grades have taken a dip, from being near perfect, to an average student.

I cannot balance taking care of myself and trying to "spin plates". Any advice? I did this the first two years. I would spend 5-8 hours a day studying, and I did manage to pull a 3.96 GPA. I would be one of 3 students in a class of 200 people to get a 100 on an exam. I would also be the guy that gets a 98 in a hard science course like chemistry, when the average grade for 200 people was a 72... I would manipulate people.. I would use them for their homework solution manual, find kids who are working with tutors on their labs, and take that.. Taking BS easy classes where half the class is retarded (football team taking Communications 101).Ridicule the nursing majors.. Or even, giving out wrong answers to lower the class average to stupid kids. But it's taken a great dip ever since. I was aiming for top medical schools. When I say top medical schools, I mean HYSP (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton.) But, now thats in the garbage. I do attend a top 50 university in the nation.

Any tips? I usually let the motivation, and desire to be the best in the class get to me. To the point where, I was working on false study guides to give out to kids taking chemistry, to lower the class average to a 45 on an exam. I let the competition get to my head. I need to stop this. How do I stop this? I am extremely competitive. I've had thoughts of going to the local library and using a black sharpie to color the pages of the MCAT books.





I want to be able to excel in school, and still manage to spin plates. I'm just worried if I will continue to fail at school. I also feel as if I have some sort of mental problem. Maybe my issue is that I have some sort of superiority complex going on, which is also turning off the girls.

Why not use the time you take to destroys others and instead use it for "plate"

 

[Mike32ct]

I’m the absolutely not a time management guru, but this is what I’ve learned.

1. F multitasking. Go 100 percent at one thing at a time, and try your hardest not to get (significantly) side-tracked or distracted. You don’t necessarily have to finish a large task in one session, but concentrate on one thing at a time. I always prefer to finish or put a big dent into one task and do it properly, rather than dabble with four tasks.

2. Build significant time buffers into your schedule. Most tasks will take longer than you originally predict. Schedule your tasks so that you usually finish early. (Or if you run into complications, you can still meet the final deadline*.)

*Sometimes called the “drop dead” date in buzzword lingo lol.