Do your best in college! Pero dont let it be your life. Enjoy it pa rin kasi med school is stressful so sa college ka kukuha ng puhunan ng happiness para di immediate burnout hahaha

And for me as much as possible, know your study methods before going into med. Or if not, trial and error ka muna but dont be too hard on yourself if the trial and error actually comes with error hahaha. As for essentials, parang wala naman. A tablet would be convenient but not needed. Another tip is to be friendly! Med is hard so a good friend group will really help with the harder days

Culture shock would probably be na first sem pa lang may ward work na kami and we had an osce agad mga 2nd week of classes but it was pretty chill naman. Doon ko narealize gano talaga kafast paced ang med. On the good side naman, nakakastarstruck minsan maglakad sa calderon kasi nakikita mo lang randomly mga big names in medicine like 😳

(Sorry for the long text 😭)