I don't know how many of your are wondering about our stress levels in optometry school, but in case you are, here is a little snip.
Keep in mind, every student has different levels of stress and handles it differently. I would like to classify myself as the type of student who cannot function without being stressed, and when I am stressed, I stress even more because I am stressed :)
If you are that type of person, please continue reading!
Stress Before life in optometry school:
-one or two pimples
-sleep cycle interrupted for a few days
-dreaming about my exams
-eating habits change (i.e increase in carbs, sugars)
-Exercised consistently
-still making straight As
Stress my first 2 quarters of optometry school
-talking about material I have learned at parties (non-academic), restaurants, the movies, shopping trips, out with friends
-dreaming about studying for 5 exams; so I am basically just dreaming that I am studying, and when I wake up I am studying...24-7
-sleep cycle is corrupted the whole quarter, literally. I was sleep at about 3 or 4AM and waking up at 7 or 8AM for lecture
-cystic acne made residence all over my face ( i have never broke out like this before)
-hormonal imbalances
-mood swings
-straight A's were so undergrad
-social life does not exist until the next break
- I stopped excercising consistenly because i felt like I was wasting studying time
But, if I could do it all over again I WOULD. believe me or not. I love optometry school. It brings out the best in me and the worst of me, but mostly the best of me.
And which school are you at?
ReplyDeleteI am at SCCO (Southern California College of Optometry). www.scco.edu :)
ReplyDeleteOh snap...
ReplyDeleteI study better under stress too, but that just seems too intense haha
LOL. True..it does, and it is, but it's very possible. It is just a rough journey...:)
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