Term 5 Complete and Goodbye Grenada!

First, I just wanted to give a shout out to J who successfully completed term 4 a few days ago! J, I know you worked very hard this term and I am proud of you. Best of luck in term 5, my friend! 

Now, an update from N:

I just finished up 5th term (yay!!!), packed up all my things in Grenada, said one final goodbye to the island that I called home for the past 2 years, and moved back to US. I apologize for the lack of posts for the last few months as I worked my way through term 5. The semester consisted of 4 main classes, BSFCR, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and ICM. I will try my best to get posts out on all these classes shortly. 

Term 5 was definitely not as busy as term 4. However, I found myself spending a lot of time reviewing old material and preparing for the USMLE/Step 1 exam. Compared to term 4 which consisted of one midterm and one final, term 5 has 2 sets of midterms before finals for all classes. For this reason, the term felt like it flew by. I was always studying for some sort of assessment. The last 4 weeks of the term consisted of at least 1 assessment per week because there are 2 standardized exams that all term 5 students must take. The first exam we took was BSCE2. This was a comprehensive, 8-hour exam. Term 5 students must pass this exam to register and take board exams. The second standardized exam we took was a practice 4-hour NBME exam. Our NBME score was incorporated into our grade for Pathophysiology and BSFCR. I would highly recommend future students to start preparing for these exams as early as possible. I found it very difficult to find time to learn all the drugs from pharmacology lectures, keep up with pathophysiology material, and dedicate time to review old material like biochemistry and anatomy from term 1. At this point, I am just grateful to have passed BSCE 2 and be able to take Step 1 in early 2017. 

Please visit our blog soon for future posts on specific term 5 classes! If you have any questions or recommendations, feel free to contact me at meyouandsgu@gmail.com or comment below! Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day! :)

~N