The community medicine department made a parents’ group and will share our monthly attendance and marks of all the internal tests.. will inform the parents if we plan on having a mass bunk (cant even go to trips now without informing at home)..
This whole thing sucks so much arghhh, why are they still treating us like a kid? This whole department is hated by all of us argh

Studying with revision in mind is lwk hard because I always wonder if I will remember shit but then I also think padh lete hain kya pata yaad reh jaye but then I forget so it's...

Also, yeah, at the gym. Focus on intensity (train near failure), train a muscle atleast 2-3 times a week, and don't keep switching exercises, be patient, full stack everything with good form. Ez.

Serious answers only please

Insert here -**Whatever word is the equivalent of cultural shock in this situation**

I have never heard any one wearing saree while giving the proff exams.

But then I checked the comments and realised it was common? and people were talking about wearing cotton sarees and other stuff?

What state is it more common in ?

I thought it is a universal fact that every one looks like a zombie during proff session?

I have seen people brushing their teeth AFTER returning from exams 🥲🥲 skiping bath and often wearing the same cloth for 2-3 exams ,( till now all are proffs were conducted in peak winter)

On a side note ,I aspire to be as relaxed and well put together like her during exam season ,manifesting this energy 😊😊

Any mnemonic for anything from 1st year to final year or after that for pg prep.

Collect the good ones form the comments for yourself and contribute your own in exchange.

If we get good response we can make more posts like this

It can be really crazy or dark one ,cause they are the easiest to remember,no one will judge you for that

And pls no- Vowel sticks together 😅

(Warning: Long post ahead. I just needed to get this off my chest, so thank you to anyone who takes the time to read it.)

I’m 27, and I don’t really know where to start, but I guess I just need to get this off my chest.I’m currently going through what feels like one of the loneliest phases of my life. This is my third year as a NEET PG aspirant, and honestly, it’s getting harder to deal with than I ever imagined.

NEET PG 2025 was my first attempt, and I managed to score a rank of around 50k. I decided to take a drop and prepare again for NEET PG 2026, hoping to improve my rank and get a better outcome. However, 2026 turned out to be a pretty difficult year for me, not just academically but also because of several family and personal life issues. Things didn’t go as planned, and my NEET PG 2026 attempt didn’t go well either.
So here I am, taking what I consider to be the final drop of my life, trying to give this exam one last proper shot.But lately, it’s not just the pressure of the exam that’s getting to me. It’s the loneliness that comes with it.
For almost three years now, my life has revolved around preparation. There’s barely any opportunity to go out, explore things, develop hobbies, or meet new people. I don’t have a job or my own source of income, so I’m still financially dependent on my dad. And honestly, that’s not an issue in itself. My dad provides for me, and I’m grateful for that. I don’t ask for much beyond my necessities. But sometimes, not having the freedom to do things independently makes life feel a little restrictive.
My dad doesn’t want me to work because he feels it would affect my preparation, and practically speaking, he’s probably right. I understand his point, so I don’t push the issue. But that also means studying is pretty much the only thing I’m supposed to be doing with my life right now.And the hardest part? Life doesn’t stop while you’re preparing for an exam.
My non-medico friends are all busy with their own lives. Most of them have businesses or work to manage, and naturally, they have their own responsibilities and priorities. We barely get time to meet anymore. There’s no resentment towards them; I understand that everyone is trying to build their own life. It’s just that somewhere along the way, I feel like I’ve been left behind socially while everyone else has moved forward.
The irony is that I always considered myself a loner. I genuinely thought I was someone who enjoyed his own company, didn’t need much social interaction, and wasn’t particularly bothered by what was happening in the outside world. I was pretty chill and content with myself. I didn’t constantly seek validation from other people, and I could spend time alone without feeling like I was missing out on anything.But now, I’m beginning to question whether I really understood myself that well.Maybe I genuinely enjoyed my own company back then because being alone was a choice, not because it was the only option available to me.
These days, I find myself craving something as simple as having a friend to talk to about random things. Someone I can text daily, share the little things happening in my life with, talk to when I’m having a bad day, or occasionally call without needing a specific reason. Someone with whom I can have a normal conversation that doesn’t revolve around NEET PG, medicine, ranks, preparation strategies, or career anxiety. I don’t necessarily want a huge friend circle, a party life, or to go out every other day. Honestly, even having one or two genuine friends would make such a difference. Just having people I can connect with emotionally and feel comfortable around would mean a lot right now.The problem is that I genuinely don’t know how to find those connections anymore.
I barely have time for hobbies or communities where I could meet new people. I can’t regularly go out, and I don’t really have a natural environment in which to make new friends. And when your entire routine consists of studying, eating, sleeping, and repeating the same thing the next day, your world gradually becomes smaller and smaller.
But lately, the loneliness has become harder to ignore. There are days when I crave friendship so badly that it genuinely affects my mood. Sometimes I feel emotionally exhausted even when I haven’t done anything physically exhausting. And I hate admitting this, but I think it’s beginning to affect my mental health and even my studies to some extent.It’s difficult to concentrate when your mind keeps reminding you how isolated you feel. And after a difficult year filled with personal and family issues, I think the lack of a proper support system has made everything feel even heavier. Sometimes, you don’t necessarily need someone to solve your problems; you just need someone you can talk to without having to explain your entire situation or pretend that everything is fine.Then there’s the guilt of feeling this way because, technically, I have a roof over my head, food to eat, supportive parents, and an opportunity to prepare for an exam that could shape my future. I know there are people dealing with much bigger problems, and I am grateful for what I have. But I guess loneliness doesn’t necessarily disappear just because other aspects of your life are okay.
Sometimes I wish I could just take a break, go somewhere, meet people, and feel like a normal 27-year-old for a little while. But then the exam is always at the back of my mind, reminding me that I can’t afford to lose focus. It feels like I’m stuck between two things that both matter to me: building my future and having a life in the present.I don’t want to look back after NEET PG and realise that I spent three or four years doing nothing but preparing for an exam while completely neglecting my social and emotional needs. At the same time, I don’t want to compromise this final attempt either.

So I genuinely want to ask a few things:

1. Did anyone else spend two or three years with almost no social life, very little social interaction, and practically no close friends? How did you cope with it?
2. How did you manage the loneliness without compromising your preparation? Did you find ways to make friends despite having such a restrictive routine?
3. What would you suggest to someone in my situation who doesn’t necessarily need a big social circle but really misses having one or two genuine friends? I’m not looking for sympathy or someone to tell me to just study harder and forget everything else. I know what my priorities are, and I’m trying my best to stick to them.I guess I just want to hear from people who have actually experienced something similar and understand what it’s like. Man, this phase of life is tough. And for the first time in a long while, I’m realising that maybe I’m not as much of a loner as I thought I was. Maybe I’ve just been alone for too long. If you’ve been through this, I’d genuinely appreciate hearing your experience and how you got through it!!

Many people wonder why resident doctors in Tamil Nadu government medical colleges do not protest more aggressively for fair stipends and regulated duty hours.

​The simple answer is exam retribution. Department heads hold near-absolute power over practical exams, logbook signings, and thesis clearances. Raising your voice does not just mean getting reprimanded; it frequently means getting failed in exit exams or delayed by six months.

​Overworking resident doctors to the point of exhaustion is actively normalized as dedication, while asking for fair pay is dismissed. Until medical colleges decouple academic evaluation from administrative grievance, resident doctors have no protection.

If you borrow a stethoscope or a pulse probe or anything else especially in casualty, kindly return it back to him/ her or at the very least keep it safely till you see them back. Don’t be like, I don’t know where I had kept. And don’t get shocked if we take your stethoscope back till you find that stethoscope back. It’s not like you are borrowing our stethoscope to see stuff and teach us. And no, even if you misplace our 200 rupee steth, you are NOT getting back your littmann cardiology untill you get our steth back. One of my batchmates had lost his Littmann steth because of carelessness of a new JR (he was dumb enough to take Littmann to casualty).

Should i take notes myself during the lectures or focus on the lectures while opening marrow notes and annotating the marrow notes to add important stuff? Which one is more productive as well as long term retention valuable

I know this sounds dumb but I m desperate

Thought of doing an AMA because I used to be the person who scoured Reddit to find posts about people who made such a huge jump . Found very few . So thought an AMA might help people like me .
For added context : source was not marrow ( did surgery and biochem from it )
Did not study 12 hrs a day ( maybe only handful of days )
Because after a certain time my brain gets saturated and nothing after that gets retained .
Did not do well in university. Used to be active in extra curricular activities the whole time .
Did not do 100 or 200 questions a day . Did not do more than 10 gts .
So all in all did a very unconventional neet pg prep and here to break a lot of myths about the neet pg prep . So fire away
Also let me just say whatever my opinion is I am not trying to undermine any hardworking high scorers prep . My bestfriend also my prep partner went from 1 lakh plus to 1k with pure hardwork ( source was not marrow ).So really all i am here to do is lessen the anxiety of people who think there is only one way to crack NEET PG .

P.S: I am well aware that my rank is not awe inspiring . Might have done better had the exam day gone better health wise . But always aimed for a rank under 5k because I wanted surgery . So I am more than content.

Thank you to those who wished me good luck and to everyone who asked me questions . I hope I have answered all of them and if you any more queries dm me . Just some important things I want to end this with : 1. The source does not matter . Stick with whatever u r comfortable with and try to reduce it by highlighting the important stuff from previous year topics . 2. If u r an anxious person try to get out of reddit some months before the exam . There will constantly be unnecessary materials , discussions , rage bait , people with 150s in gts crying . Its not going to help . 3. Don’t build FOMO try to add new things … try to reduce it to only absolutely necessary content 4. Have fun with memorising . Build mnemonics songs that suit you . Link different types of stimulus to a volatile information 5. Making mistakes in gts or custom modules does not matter . Its a good thing . You won’t make the mistake again . Try to stick to neetpg and inicet tags in marrow everything else is unnecessary. And try to do magic modules whenever they come . U get to revise ur mistakes . 6. Don’t compare urself to others . Compare urself to the target u set for urself . Keep improving ur score from 95 corrects to 100 to 105 . Dont expect a jump to 140 7 . Similarly don’t look at the ranks in marrow gts . Not reliable . Dont look at top scorers in marrow gts .. all fake . Look at you corrects .. only ur corrects . 8. Keep it simple . Its easy only . A movie on ur break day or even a 2 month drop does not mean the end if u have the resolution. 9. Study ur materials , test urself on the concept with gemini or easy questions on marrow , then test it with all kinds of qstns on marrow , try to do gts to analyse ur progress i have heard it works for a lot of people to start early . Nothing else is necessary

Also, which branch is better, MD Physiology or Biochemistry ?

MVJ Medical College, please don’t join. Please don’t admit your child here if you have other options. One of the worst places.

The Medicine HOD is useless and unprofessional. No one does anything except suck up to the management. He plays favourites. Will only give marks to people who he likes. Who suck up to him. No place for merit here.

The ICU has a useless person in charge. He hasn’t even completed a critical care course, yet he acts as though he is capable of making all the ICU decisions.
He left a guide wire inside a patient after CVC insertion . God knows y he isn’t in jail yet.

The undergraduate environment is a disaster.

Pgs are underpaid. Made to return stipend every month. And over burdened. Especially medicine.

Hey guys, am a third year Student ( just finished 2nd proff)

15 Days ago we found out that my Dad got cancer.

I come from a lower middle class family background and my father is a farmer.

Cancer is affecting us mentally and financially. Every penny of the house is being used on father's treatment.

I genuinely don't want to buy a marrow plan for 75k, that money can be used for his treatment instead.

I genuinely want to know if it is possible to clear PG exam without any coaching.

Please be kind.

From Delhi. Want general surgery and willing to do SS.
Options I have are either GMC outside delhi or dnb within delhi.

In government:
BMC BARODA
GMC BHAVNAGAR
MNMC PRAYAGRAJ
SNMC AGRA
GMC AMRITSAR
GMC BHOPAL

DNB
DDU DELHI
HINDU RAO
MAX SAKET
ST Stephens
Sanjay gandhi memorial

What would be the wise choice to go for. Please guide.

Same as above... please help me regarding the workload, IPD hours ,working hours , toxicity, heirarchy in these colleges.

Also if any one has idea about TNMC and KEM psychiatry department. Tho my preference is mainly Pune n Nagpur

Especially Tata Memorial, Grant ,and Topiwala.

Hey guys, I have a doubt.
With a rank of 15k and unreserved (no deemed), which dnb hospitals for Gen med can I get which are decent?
Thanks for the answers (and if you have something demeaning to say, please say it to yourself)

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to bring my father (57M) to Ahmedabad for a proper diagnosis of his **chronic low platelet condition (10+ years)**.

He's consulted multiple doctors in Jabalpur, Nagpur and elsewhere, and undergone numerous tests, including a bone marrow examination. However, I feel his treatment has been fragmented, with different doctors looking at different aspects without identifying the underlying cause.

His platelets have recently fallen from around **120,000 to 33,000**. He also has a history of fatty liver, possible liver fibrosis, fatigue and apparent muscle loss. We're getting the recent platelet drop medically assessed.

What I'm looking for:

A hospital where Clinical Hematology, Gastroenterology/Hepatology and Internal Medicine can work together to investigate the root cause. Other specialties (immunology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, etc.) can be involved if needed.

Ideally, one experienced doctor should coordinate the evaluation rather than us having to independently navigate multiple departments.

Hospitals I'm considering ( Insurance network):

1. Health1 Super Speciality Hospital — Shilaj

2. Shalby Hospital — Naroda

3. Narayana Multispeciality Hospital — Rakhial

4. Krishna Shalby — Ghuma/Bopal

5. SMS Multispeciality Hospital — Chandkheda

**I'd really appreciate advice on:**

* Which of these hospitals has the strongest hematology and liver specialists?

* Any specific doctors you'd personally recommend?

* Which hospital actually coordinates multidisciplinary cases well?

* Should we start with a hematologist, hepatologist or senior internal medicine physician?

* Anything important to know before arranging a comprehensive evaluation?

**Please recommend hospitals from this insurance network only**, since coverage is an important consideration for us.

I don't necessarily want the biggest hospital. I want a team that will review his complete medical history, connect the findings and work towards a reliable diagnosis.

Thanks a lot for reading. Any firsthand experiences or recommendations would genuinely help us make a better decision for my father. 🙏

Hi, so for some context i have a rank that would get me peripheral gmcs in my state (potentially if my luck is good some nicer md ones in state counselling) but im not so sure about that or, i could go for dnb colleges such as nanavati, breach candy etc in mumbai and max saket, batra hospital etc in delhi.

Every practicing md medicine i’ve met (they’re mostly people in their 50s tho) has told me to go for md no matter what.
I wanted to get a perspective from people who’ve recently done their residencies about what it is actually like in dnb and if i should prefer it? Please anybody who could help me this, i’d be super grateful.

Thank you in advance!

I live near NCR

At my rank i can get

Gims noida
Llrm meerut

Should i choose one of them bcoz i live close

OR

BHU
KGMU
AMU?????????

Or should i choose these college because of academics and central university??

Hello everyone, looking for a little help with my prep. So I went into neet 26, with only 2 months of prep and absolutely no expectations. I would say I scored pretty alright for someone who only completed 8 subjects properly. So I do have strong basics.

But this exam helped me understand my weaknesses. I realised surgery is one of my weakest subjects (I’ve been bad at it throughout mbbs) so I decided to study it well this past 1 week.

Although I’ve never really liked Marrow’s teaching style for Surgery, a quick look through this sub convinced me that the WOR notes are among the best. So, over the past 6 days, I’ve read almost everything.

Today, I solved around 200 questions through moderate-difficulty custom modules and PYQs (excluding INI-CET questions). I scored above 80% in most modules, with my lowest being 70%, and was pretty happy with my first read.

Then I attempted this year’s NEET PG questions and felt humbled. I realised I’m still weak in General Surgery and went back to revise it. But what about topics like the Lucknow–Cardiff score or Bismuth classification that aren’t covered in the WOR notes?
How do you bridge these knowledge gaps? Should I change my source for my upcoming revisions? Should I do q bank questions instead of custom modules? Should I study the main notes instead? Or does the ability to tackle such questions come after giving multiple GTs across various platforms?

I’ve always thought I’d follow the “kam padho, baar baar padho” approach, but I also want to feel more confident tackling unfamiliar questions.
What should I change in my next revision to improve my Surgery prep for NEET PG/INI-CET?