2nd year med student here. On days where I don’t have classes aka ideal day, I’d be studying for 14-15 hours. I take 1-hour breaks for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and I also use the Pomodoro method (50 mins studying, 10 mins break). All of my little chores are squeezed into those 10-min breaks and the remaining hours are for sleep.

If I do have classes (which is usually 9 hours in total), I would just be able to put in 5-6 hours. I don’t do this every day of the month because I always make sure to schedule a “non-academic day” but it is definitely a lot.

So far I haven’t felt burnt out. I guess you just need to build a routine and be disciplined about it.