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What can you learn from Arnold Schwarzenegger, the bodybuilder, actor, and politician? In this article, you’ll discover five life strategies inspired by his remarkable journey, from total immersion to schmäh. Whether you want to pump up your muscles, your career, or your confidence, you’ll find some valuable tips to upgrade your programming and become the hero of your own story

New year, new YOU, right? We all know that New Year’s resolutions are only as useful as one’s ability to actually follow through on them, but now is as good a time as ever to develop new habits and plans that will increase your chances of acceptance into medical school. Whether you’re five months or five years from applying, we believe this list will give you some valuable targets and inspiration to make the most of the new year.

How should you study in medical school? In a basic sense, we all learn the same. We must understand the material and then see it over and over again. In college, due to the low volume of learning, a pre-med can get away with all sorts of weaknesses. On the other hand, the best pre-med students might not have to alter their study methods at all for medical school.To be a good student, the intangibles are required: work ethic, dedication, and self-confidence. However, in medical school, almost everyone has those qualities. The filtering process of college has removed most who lacked these intangibles. At this point in medical school, it comes down to having the best study methods.

Whether you’re taking the MCAT for the first time as a pre-med student or are retaking the exam for a better score, having a well-planned MCAT study plan is crucial to your success on the MCAT. However, students either make damaging mistakes or poorly made plans leading up to the exam. We at Savvy Pre-Med hope to guide you through creating an effective and doable MCAT study plan for such an important landmark in your pre-med journey.

Physiology is said to be one of the most challenging classes for a pre-med student. There may be moments when you’ll feel confused or overwhelmed; luckily, we have a list of the best and worst study tips to succeed in physiology that should help make it a more enjoyable experience.

Learning ochem is like learning a new language. You have to train your mind to piece together information in a way that is completely foreign to you. It takes consistent practice, sharp skills, and undying commitment. You can’t decide the night before the test that you’re finally going to unlock the treasure chest of ochem secrets. They need your time and attention to work their magic on the day of the exam. Luckily, we saved you the hard work of having to discover the secrets yourself. Use our best and worst organic chemistry tips to plan an effective study schedule and guarantee yourself an A!

There is a vast abundance of resources, and it tends to get overwhelming, but deciding which resources to use and sticking with them throughout the journey will help you in reaching your target score and reducing test anxiety. These resources have been tested and used by us, and thousands of pre-meds like you, and we assure you they will have your back!

You will need to find different ways to grasp concepts across your various pre-med courses - trust us, what works for anatomy will not work for physics. Therefore, adaptability is one of the most critical skills you'll need to master to be a successful pre-medical. As the new academic semester is still in its early stages, we think it's an appropriate time to talk about study habits and some resources we believe will be helpful to you. While there are no surefire shortcuts when studying, there are things that you can do to get the most out of your study time, and we will be getting into some study habits that worked for us in organic chemistry and psychology/sociology.

For pre-med students, scrolling through social media seems to be the easiest way to gain mentorship and find answers to their questions. One of my biggest questions centers around the best ways to improve your studying to boost your GPA, especially when trying to ace daunting subjects such as organic chemistry. Instead of telling you how you should be studying, I decided to dive deeper into a few trendy study methods I have been exploring myself through social media. Read on to hear my advice about the most and least effective popular study tips!