I did my MBBS in JJM medical college. It was a private medical college in Davangere Karnataka.
Since there is no government college in the district, our college is attached to the government district hospital, so we get to work in both government and private hospitals.
I got to know about NEET PG in the middle of the first year.
Since everything was new than in the first year so I did not so well concentrate on NEET PG.
But I did watch DR. Najeeb lectures, which cleared my concepts in physiology and doing this Najeeb lectures unknowingly was my first step towards NEET PG.
When I entered the second year, I joined dams pre-foundation V-SAT in my college town, and I still remember there were only three guys out of a batch of 200 students who joined dams in the second year.
I was able to do only PATHOLOGY, MICRO, and PHARMA in the second year through dams as attendance was strict in our college, and we used to have internal exams. We had to get good marks in internals to pass the university exams.
The third-year was chill as we had no internal exams, and departments were not so strict, and attendance was not an issue.
So I joined dams V-SAT foundation classes.
Since I was among the first students to join the dams V-SAT when it started in our town, the dams coordinator knew me well, so he allowed me to do classes even in regular batch.
I used to attend foundation and pre foundational classes from 5 to 9 pm after my college, which used to end at 4 pm on the regular days and attend regular batch classes from 9 to 9 on Sundays and Saturdays.
So almost daily I attended dams classes throughout the whole third year while all my friends were enjoying their honeymoon period (yeah third is considered honeymoon period in MBBS as it so much chilled and we have only three subjects to clear)
I used to feel bad for all the fun I was missing in life, but I held myself together and never gave up on my classes.
I was almost able to complete most of the subject in the third year with few subjects left like DERMA, BIOCHEM (almost did it here and there ), ANATOMY and FMT.
In the final year, it was so hectic, and our university and college were so strict in passing candidates in practicals and theory; so I entirely devoted my time to prepare for my final yr exams and to improve my practical skills for practical exams.
I read my dams notes for subjects like MED, SURGERY, OBG and Pedia FOR MY PROF EXAMS. ( DAMS NOTES GAVE ME EXTRA EDGE IN PROF EXAMS)
Till then, I hadn’t started practising MCQs.
Then came the internship.
I bought marrow plan b for MCQs, and I started reading my notes and practising MCQs.
I was serious during the starting of the internship for neet pg, but my internship was so hectic, and we had biometric attendance. Hence, I had to go daily to the hospital and work there, which was mostly clerical work, but I also got enough procedures to do and saw many cases as well.
So whatever time I used to get, I used to spend on my notes and MCQs, but it was not enough.
Moreover, the internship is all about parties and other stupid stuff, so I also ended up wasting my time there.
When I was nearing my exams during November, I realized my preparation was not enough. It was no use of pushing myself to a greater extent as it would not yield me some good rank. So I decided to enjoy my leftover internship. At this time, PSM and minor postings were remaining, so I made a lot of road trips and partied with my unit mates and friends. I never enjoyed my life in the whole MBBS, so I don’t regret enjoying my last days of internship. You won’t get these days back with your friends. I also promised my self I will study very hard after my internship for neet pg.
During this time, I bought individual apps of prep ladder for derma, psm, biochem,anat, psych, PATHOLOGY, anaesthesia, and tried to finish them whatever I could.