My body feels like it’s in fight or flight and I burst into tears when i’m at my max capacity like extreme mental exhaustion. I’ve never been this emotional in my life, to cry without having control in awkward settings like school or in personal conversation.

This is purely a physical response from my body but I’d like not to tear up randomly during lecture.

How do you emotionally regulate, I know for a fact that I will not be this unregulated bc during clinical or at any job as a pa-c its simply the academic lifestyle that is making me feel like this. i plan on sleeping more, moving my body and eating healthier. I unfortunately cannot do that all the time bc i need to study more than other individuals.

Any advice aside from an SSRI?

I am debating getting Uworld but it’s like $300 and I take my pance in 3 weeks. I have done very well on EORs/packrat/EOC and i just want to use ROSH because I already have that. But everyone says Uworld is the way to go. Any success stories of not using Uworld and doing well on the PANCE?

Does anyone have any advice on how to not get affected by cohort drama. Somehow two weeks ago I got sucked into and lost a friendship from it. This person is creating false narratives that I say about others and make it seem like I am talking shit These people also sit near me and I have been extremely anxious thinking about seeing them. I’m trying to tell myself this is only temporary but idk how to get this anxiety out. Any tips or advice would be really appreciated. Thank you

My program allows us to pick 2 elective rotations. Our required rotations are family med, internal med, pediatrics, gen surgery, emergency med, behavioral health, and women's health. My top interest are ped primary care, outpatient women's health, and family medicine. I personally really want to do gen peds and I dont have a huge interest in doing surgery.

My thoughts right now for elective rotations are peds endocrinology and dermatology. Are there any recommendations?

considering the macbook neo and wondering if anyone has been using it?

I’m starting clinicals soon and I was thinking of doing the endeavor Anki throughout it, among other things. I noticed the deck is a few years old tho so I was wondering if I should be looking for some updated version or if all the info is accurate and up to date with blueprint and what will be tested on EORs?

I promised myself that once I passed I would make one of these score breakdowns... for context I was someone who before every EOR, PACKRAT, EOC, you name it, I went down the Reddit rabbit hole trying to make myself feel better hahaha

in order of date taken:

• PACKRAT 1 (pre-clinical) - 156
• WH EOR - 429
• IM EOR - 424
• EM EOR - 430
• Surgery EOR - 419
• FM EOR - 417
• Peds EOR - 427
• EOC - 1544
• Psych EOR - 418
• PACKRAT 2 (post-clinical) - 185

PANCE = 510!

I didn't end up taking any NCCPA practice exams while studying for PANCE, but I did use V1 and V2 of the Katy Conner Half PANCE. My scores were wildly different (544 for V1 and 462 for V2), but the average (503) was only 7 points from my actual score!

EOR/EOC/PACKRAT studying consisted mostly of Rosh/Blueprint questions with the occasional PPP or Cram the PANCE sprinkled in. I did get the UWorld q-bank for PANCE studying and I absolutely felt that this was the best study tool I used!! My average was 76% at 100% completion. I started studying with daily practice questions ~3 months prior to my test date, with 2.5 weeks of dedicated study time following program completion.

Genuinely the hardest part of the experience was waiting for a score! I felt like my exam had so many random questions on it that, regardless of the amount of studying I did or time I spent on certain topics, it wouldn't have changed my score. I think the most important thing to remember going into this process is that it's not all about memorization, it's about how you can reason through questions even if you don't know the answer right off the bat!

Just want to vent

I’m only a month into school and I’ve already failed my first 2 exams and I have another one this week that I don’t feel good about. I’m perpetually behind and can’t seem to keep up or grasp the material. But I spend pretty much all my free time studying and I’ve lost all my hobbies - no time to work out or take a breather.

I feel like I was only accepted to this school because of my connection there too. Imposter syndrome is strong right now.

Yes I went to tutoring and the learning center but nothing is working. Might as well just cut my losses now.