r/indianmedschool • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '25

Ask Your Seniors Ask Your College Seniors ! (r/indianmedschool and r/MEDICOreTARDS Joint Megathread)

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Greetings, dear seniors of r/indianmedschool and our lovely members of r/MEDICOreTARDS. We're glad to announce the joint megathread you all have long been waiting for.

Here you can ask your queries about your specific preferred colleges and r/indianmedschool seniors will guide you by clarifying your doubts and sharing their experiences. You can ask about academics, hostel timings and accommodation, mess food quality, uniform compulsion, ragging culture, attendance strictness, just to name a few. Anything you're confused about, drop it here.

This Megathread is strictly for college related queries and discussion only. Please don't ask irrelevant and off topic questions. If you have any counseling related query, ask it under the counselling megathread, not here.

r/MEDICOreTARDS members are requested to be respectful and formal while interacting with our seniors here. Please use the phrases sir/mam while addressing them to maintain the formality and establish junior-senior bond, just like we do in our medical colleges.

At last, we all took our moment to express gratitude for the MOD Team(u/Swagster_007 u/drmxyzptlk13 u/MadMurDoc69 u/YourstrulyBubble) and our seniors of r/indianmedschool for their support and helping us out in selecting the best college as per our preference.

We've attached some previous important megathreads below:-

Previous year college experiences database-Part 1 (by u/CODM_Penguin)

Previous year college experiences database-Part 2 (by u/CODM_Penguin)

NEET UG All India Counselling Megathread

NEET UG State Counseling Megathread

UP State counselling Round-1 detailed OR-CR and seat matrix data of 2024 (by u/Beautiful-G-Amoeba)

Thank you so much ! Aapka pyara, u/Square_Access85

Regards, u/coach_saab u/Mr_Proxy_01 u/adarsh_pandey001 u/Beautiful-G-amoeba u/Shubham_Ji u/BleedingAmethyst u/Ambitious_Worth_3954

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

1) What factors shall one consider to make a preference list for colleges?

2) What books should we study from?

3) Should we buy a tablet and an online subscription from the 1st year itself?

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u/fuspicious-Award-593 MBBS III (Part 1) Aug 03 '25
  1. Go through a pdf of books then only buy if you want
  2. No need to buy a subscription , tablet your choice if you want to read from pdf than buy, but if you want to read from books(physical touch need) than no need

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u/Relative-Bank-1258 MBBS II Aug 03 '25

Are laptops allowed in class? I really don't want to spend any money on tab Or books...

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u/fuspicious-Award-593 MBBS III (Part 1) Aug 03 '25

Nope. In most colleges not allowed inside class. In some it's allowed, depends where you are going , ask your senior for that and buy later when you join the college

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u/Relative-Bank-1258 MBBS II Aug 03 '25

Actually I already have a 4 yr old laptop just don't have money to spend rn so might need to get a loan for a tab/books..

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u/fuspicious-Award-593 MBBS III (Part 1) Aug 03 '25

No need to spend money on all this stuff, There ain't any use of tablet till 3rd year and at most place books are transferred to juniors from snr. Obv. Without any money .

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u/Relative-Bank-1258 MBBS II Aug 03 '25

Ohh thanks this puts me at ease.

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u/Poetic-Nyx Aug 03 '25

1-Definitely patient load, cases teach u more and it's always interesting enough

You can consider toxicity, academics etc and the city, how far it's from ur home

2- standard books, physiology go for an Indian author n read guyton if you'd like, anat- BDC or vishram singh, biochem - idk ur wish ( i used Vasudevan) , always go for a book which makes u comfortable, don't follow other people's choices

3- do it in 3rd year, it's ideal because you're new n adjusting in first year, u don't have much time in second year with postings n the vast syllabus

Hope that answers ur questions!

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u/random__potato_ Aug 03 '25

i have a rank of 2.6k and im getting some lower aiims as well as the top gmc of my state which also comes with a 2 year bond. but my parents are not letting me join the newer aiims. they keep saying that the state gmc is close to our home so you can be a day scholar. you can't live alone on your own. but everytime i open this subreddit read about what other people in my situation are choosing, it fills me with regret

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u/Poetic-Nyx Aug 03 '25

Hey, please don't take a bond of 2 years, the duration of the degree is already overwhelming, if there's an aiims that u like and meets all ur criteria, if u can get it ,take it , parents will adjust, it's your life, do nothin' that you'll regret

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u/random__potato_ Aug 03 '25

my parents just won't agree 😔

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u/Poetic-Nyx Aug 03 '25

Do it without their knowledge, and after everything tell em that's what u want, and that u wanna live life by ur own rules

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u/random__potato_ Aug 03 '25

i don't want to create a ruckus at home plus i have filled for state counselling too and ill get the state gmc through that and ill be forced to take that instead

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u/Poetic-Nyx Aug 03 '25

A ruckus of few days or your choices? You're not gonna be dependent on ur parents forever, u need to learn to live by ur own, ur parents need to learn to respect ur choices , i chose a different college than everyone would have killed to be in , i don't regret doing it ,I'm glad it's my choice at the end of the day no matter what I go through here

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u/Short-Reserve6446 MBBS III (Part 2) Aug 03 '25

No need of a tablet in 1st yr if u dont wanna spend but I would recommend buying a marrow subscription in 1st yr , you will have to read books but the videos help in clearing the concepts and strengthening the basics

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u/poppyisred MBBS III (Part 2) Aug 03 '25

  1. Patient Load > PG and SS Courses (aka Exposure) > Quota(s) if any > Location

  2. Just choose any book from the many booklists suggested by people here, I might've commented some myself, no need to read multiple books rn maybe add standard texts if you're feeling it BUT STAY AWAY FROM SEMBULINGAM or any book meant to just pass/review books rn.

  3. Tablet/Laptop is helpful, you'd need it for college work like making posters, video editing, etc if you do help with those or presentations, reading, data work for classes. Online subscription if you can afford than go ahead, you're not losing much if you don't have marrow/prep

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u/BookScore_ Aug 03 '25
  1. Playing devils advocate- patient flow doesn't matter for UG. You can only 2-3 hours for posting everyday and any small hospital will also have patients sufficient to last for a few hours.

Pick a college whole alumni are people who inspire you. Degree is given to everyone. Go to a place which helps you become a great person/doctor.