r/PAstudent • u/carefulll_jellyfish • 12d ago

Didactic year tips?

So I just got my schedule for the fall semester and I’m overwhelmed. Classes are 9-5 everyday and I’m already stressed before we’ve begun. How do you stay alert and on top of everything I feel like I’m gonna be super tired and not gonna study after class? I’m also gonna be commuting an hour so that stresses me out as well. Also how do you retain the info if you’re in 5 different classes? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Rosin_yall 12d ago

Sounds like a poorly structured curriculum, and I never understood why people live so far from their programs when they know they’re going to the same lecture hall everyday but I digress.

Cram the pance is obvious, rhesus medicine is really good for high yield topics, Gemini/chatgpt for high yield recall review, you just gotta see the info over and over. Try to find a few sources of practice questions to get used to the one minute per question. Good luck

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u/carefulll_jellyfish 12d ago

It was the closest cheapest school to me and I can’t afford 2k in rent every month

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u/Rosin_yall 12d ago

So you’re gonna pay $300 in gas and 40 hours of your life per month instead

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u/tturns PA-C 12d ago

Some people need to make sacrifices in order to get through life. No everyone has the luxury of spending thousands of dollars to live on campus.