{"id":2686,"date":"2017-12-17T18:36:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T18:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2017-12-17T18:36:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T18:36:30","slug":"welcome-to-the-medic-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/2017\/12\/17\/welcome-to-the-medic-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Medic Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

One term down, seventeen to go.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Something I was often told during Freshers’ Week (or Freshers’ Fortnight for the medics) was that my six years at Imperial will fly by. I saw no truth whatsoever to that statement at the time.<\/p>\n

However, now that the winter holidays are finally upon us and January exams are alarmingly close- where exactly has first term gone? Honestly- what happened? The wrath of medical school interviews have begun for brave souls across the country, and it’s odd to think that it’s been a year since I was in that position!<\/p>\n

After much procrastination and a degree of reflection, I finally pull myself together enough to write up my very first blog about my past 11 weeks at Imperial before it all becomes a blur to me.<\/p>\n

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To start the year off with a bang, the med student union planned about a thousand (2 weeks worth of) events for the freshers. I was pleasantly surprised by the variety of activities on offer rather than just generic club events offered at most unis. To future Imperial medics- do attend the\u00a0Reynolds Show, so worth it!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Admittedly, I did not make it past the first 5-6 events before Freshers Flu hit me- and it hit me bad. It was a good week or so of synchronised coughing from all the dying Freshers during lectures- which was pretty amusing. Maybe not for the lecturers.<\/p>\n

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So many lectures. *cries*\u00a0<\/em>Thank goodness for Panopto- pretty much all our lectures are uploaded onto there and it’s an absolute life-saver. The work load in term one hasn’t been massive, but I would definitely not say I’m quite up to speed just yet. It’s going to be a long, painful Christmas.<\/p>\n

Something I quickly realised was to learn to love acronyms because you’ll be bombarded with them.\u00a0Here are some Imperial specific ones which got me through first term-<\/p>\n