i always planned to do more than I actually did, and it wasnt because I wasn't working hard. Although many people who do well give the advice to ease into things and start off with less rather than more, everyone usually needs to come to the realization on their own and theres nothing wrong with that as long as your grades dont suffer. If I could do it over with the study system i have now, I def would have done things a bit differently from the beginning, but that the whole point: itt akes time and trial and error to develop your system. For the vast majority of people, no amount of planning will get you a perfect system you can jump right into on day one. Med school is not that hard, but it definitely an acquired skill. The most you can hope from advice here is that you get into your groove a little faster than you would otherwise, but IMO theres no getting around teh learning curve of how to learn. Dont sweat it tillyou have to. And I agree with the above poster that if FC works for you thats awesome but dont be wedded to it day 1 because i can imagine it can take an unecessary toll on your free time. Just cause doing the maximum may work doesnt mean that doing a little bit less wont work as well until you try it.
