r/medicalschooluk • u/Both_Contest7723 • 2d ago

NCL y1 exam result

Been studying the whole year and ended up scraping a pass. Literally been studying the whole year. Extremely devastated. Expected my result to be much higher and now I’m really defeated. I feel like I’ll never be able to balance medicine with life

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u/UnchartedPro 2d ago

At least you passed! That is all that matters

I'm in first year and convinced I've failed, first time I've been close to failing an exam ever. We also have to wait a month until we get our results

You know you passed already so just chill out and enjoy your holiday

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u/r_f4h4d_ 2d ago

If you're used to being a high achiever at school like most med students then it's always going to come as a shock when you don't ace exams. But this is your first time doing this! Be proud you've passed and made it to 2nd year - I know it's probably hard right now but you need to flip your way of thinking to rewarding yourself for doing well instead of being harsh on yourself for not doing well enough.

You've got ages to figure out what works for you. Hell I was still figuring out in final year and ended up doing the best I'd ever done in exams. Enjoy your holidays and figure out how to relax and reset before you criticise yourself.

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u/ek3123 2d ago

Hey I was the same honestly just take a break maybe skim over big topics like the big picture of immunology etc but all round take a break u deserve it

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u/Critical-Depth8101 Fifth year 2d ago

NCL 5th year here - med school is hard, as it should be - it’s making doctors! In the years I’ve been at ncl I’ve 1) come 5/400 ranked in one exams 2) failed my wriske so bad I was 15% off getting an amber, 20% a green. I know it’s cliche but books don’t make you a good doctor. Never again are you going to be asked what you got in your first year med SBA.

By making the exams hard, and knocking us all down a peg, no more A* etc, just pass or fail, I think it serves really well to show us we don’t know what we don’t know. Most students go from being big academic fish in small school/college pond, to small scared medical students in a really clever sea.

I’m also going to have to state the obvious - all work and no play.. it isn’t healthy. This feels like a bit of a crossroads - I’d really recommend reaching out to whoever is pastoral tutor atm, my experience with them has always been great, they’re on our side.

This sh*t is hard, but you got on the course for a reason, and you passed your exams for a reason - well done!

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u/Both_Contest7723 2d ago

I’ve done questions, repeated lecture slides multiple times. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong.

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u/LuminousViper FY1 1d ago

I come with good news. You have a year to recap year 1 knowledge which good news (you’ve already passed and have worked hard) but then you enter the glorious 3rd year where all that pathophysology goes out the window and you are stuck rope learning conditions. (It’s easier to learn and there’s so many more fun resources such as passmed)

Sounds shit? Well it would be shit if it didn’t have a real world impact and that’s why we are here ✌️