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Post FTCM Exam 1 Reflections

 Hey y'all!  So we have received our exam grades for the first exam. 360 improvement for me compared to last term. This was honestly the first exam that I left since starting medical school knowing that I had passed. I walked in calm and left calm. My level of preparation was totally different than previous terms. I attacked every topic from every angle that I possibly could. This was my 2nd highest exam score to date and to add to that I have never seen scores on individual blocks like what I saw yesterday! There is a purpose in everything. Sure I had been passing exams but sometimes I was barely getting by and I couldn't figure out why for the life of me. This experience of redoing the material has taught me so much and it has only just begun.  If you didn't get the score you want on this exam, I would encourage you to dive a little deeper. Have you been memorizing or actually learning? In my case I realized I never properly learned so many things because I had simply m...