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Peace be upon you, and the mercy of God and His blessings. How are you, my beloved? I hope you are all well. A new video, a new life, a new community, and everything new, God willing. Inshallah, this video will talk about university life in a bit more detail. This video is aimed at all university students, and although some of the talk will be specifically for medicine, especially Ain Shams University medicine, it is suitable for any student embarking on university life. So, I want to emphasize the كلام very, very much because the كلام is truly very, very important. The first thing, and this is what I've been asked about the most, and what people ask about the most, and people are truly obsessed with this topic, is medicine difficult and complicated, really, as they say, especially Ain Shams University medicine, because Ain Shams itself has a bad reputation. So, the idea that medicine is difficult and complicated and all that. Look, I'll be frank with you and tell you the truth. Medicine is not as difficult as they imagine, and people have given it a very large size of difficulty. But if you give it its due, it will yield results. Honestly, from my point of view, and this is my personal opinion, some people may agree or disagree with me, which is perfectly normal. From my point of view, medicine is easier than high school in some aspects. The first thing is the parental pressure. Your parents will forget about you. You might have failed a year and they don't even know which year you're in, you understand? So, there is no parental pressure at all. Societal pressure, society doesn't care about you as long as you've entered medical school and got a good score, so they don't care about you at all. The most important thing is that you have become a role model and something good, that's what they see. The third thing is that you have become a person who can be relied upon, and you see yourself as having achieved something or something specific and big. But here is where many, many people fall, and most students fail or get a bad score because of this point, which is the idea that I've done what I wanted and reached what I wanted, and that's it, life has stopped. And this is a very big problem, whether you got a good score or not. But unfortunately, I fell into this trap a bit in the second semester, where I no longer saw a goal I wanted to reach, or I didn't see something I wanted to achieve. I thought I had reached what I wanted, and that's it. And this is a big problem. You must have a goal and something you want to reach and achieve. Grades matter, and scores matter, so focus. Because I thought in the beginning that it's okay, we'll all be doctors, we'll all enter hospitals, and we'll all work, and everything. But no, there are many, many grades in specializations and very big things ahead. When you enter college, God willing, when you enter college and start, you will understand this point. So, focus on grades, and medicine, by God, is not as complicated as you hear. Medicine is normal, like any college. It just requires you not to procrastinate at all. Study from the beginning. I'm telling you, if you studied, studied in medicine, and in Ain Shams medicine, six hours a day, I guarantee you, by God Almighty, that the least you will get is excellent. The least. I literally studied only for the exams, and I got a good score, and it was a great reward for what I did throughout the year. So, the matter is truly not as complicated as you imagine. You just study and do your part, as I told you, six hours a day, no more than six hours. Just get them, and that's it. You'll get excellent at the very least. I didn't even rank among the batch.
The second thing, and this is very important for all colleges, is English. Is English a barrier in college, especially in medicine? Honestly, this question is not logical in general, because English in college, and English in medicine specifically, is completely separate from the English you took before, and the English of high school and all those things. I got a very, very normal grade in English, even though most of the people with us in college have perfect English, and it's fine. I went through college normally, and thank God I got a good score, and everything went smoothly. There is no such thing as English will bring me down, and English will ruin me. English in medicine and English in colleges is completely different from English in high school. High school English is a language you want to speak, but this is a language you want to study science with, you understand? So, these are complex medical terms put together that you memorize and deal with. And over time, with time, with time, you'll find yourself memorizing it very well, and it will help you in the coming years. But English, to speak it, you don't need it in medicine. What will you do with it? But it is important. I don't deny that English is important, and very important in medicine and for anyone in any college abroad to learn English well and have good English language skills, because English is very, very, very important and will open doors for you that you can't even imagine. Truly important things ahead. If you have English, then fix your English well, but it is not a barrier at all in studying. This is one thing, and study English is another thing.
Now, unfortunately, to the biggest problem that most students, all of them, fall into, which is the problem of mixing. Literally, mixing. It is the most thing that can destroy you and ruin you in college. Of course, the college community is completely different from the high school and preparatory school community and all that. This is a new community with something completely different, a completely different life. It's not bad, but it has some problems, and the biggest of them is mixing. You must be careful about it because the university community is incredibly open, and there are many choices in everything, even student activities, which we will discuss in a bit, and it is important by the way. But what spoils it and makes it a bad thing is mixing. Mixing, unfortunately, is a reality, and you will deal with it and have to live with it. But live with it within its religious controls. You must live by these controls. It's not called that. And personally, I might have fallen into some of this problem. So, follow the religious controls, which is, first, that mixing must be for a necessity. There must be a necessity for mixing. Second, without seclusion, not just the two of you alone. Third, that it is without softness in speech. Meaning, the conversation should not be jokes and any random talk. It must be necessary things, and there is no alternative. For example, you as a boy cannot find a boy like you to ask him about something specific, studying, a course, anything specific, and you ask him. There is only this girl, and the girl likewise, she doesn't find another girl or someone older, and so on. And this is generally difficult. But we assume that it doesn't exist. So, no, mixing is truly destructive. Be careful about it because, by God Almighty, most people actually fall in their studies because of this mixing issue. So, be careful about it, whether you are a boy or a girl.
And now, to the most enjoyable part of university life, which is student activities. This is the most enjoyable and beautiful thing in college. And I will talk specifically about Ain Shams University medicine. Truly, we have many, many student activities in college. Literally, I can't remember their numbers from one semester. I don't remember them all, by God Almighty. Many, many things. But I will specifically talk about the medical convoy. We have two convoys: the Hayat convoy and the Bedaya convoy. And both are good without any bias towards either of them. Because the matter has problems, but thank God, they are good. Join any one of them, and truly, never miss the opportunity to join any convoy. Because you will learn many, many things, and it will benefit you greatly. And for the first time, you will feel like a doctor when you go to the convoy, God willing. I haven't gone yet, the convoy is coming soon, God willing, but I am very excited about it. Medical convoys have a separate vacation from studying. They have their own training and their own things, all separate. They have nothing to do with studying. You enjoy the vacation in training, and then you go to a convoy, God willing, to a village far away. You travel, stay there for a week, treat people, and do everything they really need in terms of medicine and life in general. So, the convoy is truly a fun and beautiful thing.
There is something very, very important, and this is the thing that truly took my life to another level and truly made me continue on YouTube, and truly these people, I am truly very, very grateful to them from here. They are "Athaar Hayat" (Impact of Life). "Athaar Hayat" is the best thing that happened to me in Ain Shams medicine, by God Almighty, without exaggeration. One learns many things from them and they helped me greatly. And truly, for the first time, I felt like a doctor in "Athaar Hayat." "Athaar Hayat" is a branch of the Hayat convoy. What does it do? It does campaigns all year round, from the beginning of the second semester. When does it start? It starts in the mid-year break with its training, and finishes the training, then starts in the second half. It starts doing what? Campaigns for schools, campaigns for elderly homes, campaigns for orphanages, campaigns for hospitals, and so on. All these campaigns truly make you feel like a real doctor, and that you are dealing with people for real. And truly, student activities will teach you many things, and the most important of them is dealing with people. And the thing that provides this the most is "Athaar Hayat." You deal with a large number of different people in the campaigns. And if any of you follow me on Facebook, you will find that I post from time to time about the campaigns. So, you truly encounter many situations, things that you might not even encounter in your life before or after, or people you won't even see later. But truly, situations will teach you many things. So, don't delay joining "Athaar Hayat." Join "Athaar Hayat" so you can find me there.
So, a very important question: do doctors' lives consist entirely of studying? This question has been asked many times, and people ask it a lot. And I personally used to ask it when I was entering college: will I, as a doctor, live my whole life studying and cramming? والله, it's about priorities. You see what you want and reach for it, or strive for it. Personally, when I entered college, I met someone older than me from the batch groups in the second year. I went on the first day of college. On the first day, he introduced me to the first in the batch, the first in the previous batch. Can you imagine? I met the first in the batch. So, my friend whom I met told me, "Look, this is the first in the batch. Know everything from him before him: the books, the notes, the courses, everything you want to know about studying, know it from him." When I asked him what he does in his life, he said, "I go to the gym and study." So, this is someone who wants to live like this. This is his life. These are his priorities. He wants to get good grades. He wants to graduate from this batch. This is his life, he wants to live it like this. So, this is an option. There is another option: you want to live, yes, get a good score, get excellent, get grades, and at the same time do other things alongside college. This is another option. Then there are others who say, "No, I will ruin college, I will just pass with a minimum grade, or pass with anything, and work, for example, or do something alongside college." This is a third option. It's up to you and your priorities. You want to live the college life of studying and be among the top students, do that. You want to live like this and like that, get excellent, for example, and do something alongside college, that's also good. You want to live, completely neglect studying, and work anything outside of college, that's your choice. But just so you know, you will be held accountable for everything. Any of these options, you will be held accountable for. So, you have to be careful. But as I told you, doctors' lives are not all studying. I told you, if you get six hours a day, just six hours, I promise you that you will be among the top of the batch or at least get excellent. Can you imagine? So, you will study, and you will do what you want, and everything. Our lives are not all studying. Don't worry.
As for how I did all this, there is advice that I really need to give to everyone entering their first year of university. This is something they must know. I don't know, I want to go and tell him, everyone, do this. And it is to get to know many people, but don't make too many people your friends. We will understand now. When I entered college, I didn't know anyone. I went, and all the guys were depressed, all the guys were sitting sadly, I don't know what, and everyone was withdrawn from each other, because they were studying in high school and sitting at home a lot and not interacting with anyone. They don't know how to talk to people, they don't know how to deal with people. So, truly, we were literally going to college, everyone depressed, everyone withdrawn. And this was truly a bad thing. So, truly, truly, don't be depressed in college, and depressed people, and depressed people like that. No, be open. Get to know everyone. Of course, the boys or girls get to know the girls. So, get to know everyone. Get to know people. You know, approach anyone in college and say, "What's your name? How are you? What year are you in?" Just that, and then leave and go. Get to know anyone. Anyone at the beginning of college, get to know them. Be annoying like that. Get to know anyone. I was literally at the beginning of the year, in the first semester, I didn't know anyone except a very small number of my batchmates whom I knew personally, not even friends. And the first person I met in college, the first person I met in college was Sadeq Aziz, honestly. And I also continued with him until now in the first year, and he is a good friend and everything. But there is something important: the first person you meet in college, or the first people, or the first group you see in college, they are not your friends anymore, that's it, you will live with them like that. No, get to know many people, but don't make too many people your friends. Let the whole batch be your colleagues, and you know them, and they know you, but not all of them are your friends. Meaning, choose your friends carefully. Because, by God, I swear to God, you will be influenced by their character and their lives, and you will become like them. If they are bad, you will become bad like them. If they are good, you will become good like them. Choose your friends carefully. God says in the Quran, what about choosing friends? "And be patient with yourself along with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His face. And do not let your eyes pass over them, desiring the attractions of worldly life, nor obey him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair has become excessive." So, God has specified a certain group for you to take as your friends, and these are the ones you should live with, befriend, and deal with, and everything. So, truly, don't try to change this group and go to people who are not good and not the best. And you will find them in medicine, and in all places, they are present. And the people who are open-minded and the like. Tell them to be patient, and stay with the friends who are truly worthy of you being their friend. And don't make friends with anyone, even if you end up alone. All people are your colleagues, but you are not friends with anyone. It's better than making friends with someone bad and he ruins you. So, be careful about your friends. Be careful about your friends. You are the product of your friends.
So, now, to the study system in Ain Shams University medicine. Ain Shams University medicine is truly fun. Don't worry. We have a party every Saturday. You will know it when you come, God willing. والله, no, don't worry. Truly, the college is beautiful. والله, you will love it very, very much, especially because of the people in it. The students in it are very good people. And you will find all the categories you want. Bad people, you will find good people. You will find good people. You will find everything. You will find it in Ain Shams University medicine. So, don't worry. Ain Shams University is beautiful. والله, the first thing is that you start the first semester with the basic subjects, which are Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, Biology, Genetics, Immunology. These six subjects you start with in the first semester. You finish them, you finish the first semester, and you enter the second semester. You start the modular system. Modules for the musculoskeletal and infection. But before them, you take Pharmacology and Pathology. So, the first semester, what do you take? Basic subjects, normal. Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, Biology, Genetics, and Immunology. This is in the first semester. The second semester, you take two modules: musculoskeletal and infection. And before them, you take Pathology and basic Pharmacology. This is the system of Ain Shams University. This is for the first year. But next year, when you come, God willing, we will tell you the rest.
How is the grading system? First, we divide the grades: 30% practical, 30% for the assessment, which is the mid-term, and 40% for the final. For example, Anatomy has 100 grades. So, you have 30 grades for the assessment, which is the mid-term, 30 grades for the practical, and 40 grades for the final. And passing here is from 60%, not from 50%. Meaning, you must get at least 60 to pass if it's a 100-grade subject, and so on for the rest of the subjects. God willing, the matter of Saturday is excellent, and we have an exam every Saturday and a party and all that. Yes, it's a reality, honestly. There is an exam every Saturday, not exactly, but it's on average. It might reach every two weeks, normally, or every week. But the idea is that in the first year, the first exam is after seven weeks, and this is a period that will feel a bit long, but no, by God, it passes very, very quickly. But what I want to say is, truly, in the beginning, you will feel very lost. You will say, "I want to drop out of college, that's it. I don't want to continue in this college." And this happened to me. I took the first lecture, Histology, and I said, maybe it's the first day, so I don't understand. The second day, I took two Histology lectures in a row. I said, "That's it, I'm not going to continue in this college. I'm going to drop out of college." And I came home and made them a funeral. I told them, "I'm going to drop out of college, I'm not going to continue in this college." And they cursed me, were shocked, and upset, "How? Our dreams, and all that." So, imagine that you were the dream of people, and it's going to be lost all at once. So, no, truly, at that time, I spoke to the first in the batch, my friend. I spoke to him again. I took courses, and I don't know what. I took courses. No, the matter became much, much simpler. But still, there are people who get much higher grades than me, personally, and without courses, and they study from the college lectures, recordings on Telegram, or videos on YouTube, and they get high grades normally, and they get excellent grades, and they can even exceed excellent grades, and they can even rank first in the batch. They don't take any courses. So, it has nothing to do with courses. It's not a measure. But we are different. Everyone has a mind, and everyone has a way of studying. So, according to what you are comfortable with. I might, in the second year, God willing, not take courses. Maybe we will take courses in certain subjects, not in other subjects, and so on. So, we are different, and everyone has their mind and their way. So, see what works for you. In the beginning, try the first two weeks. The first two weeks, try a course. They offer the first lecture or two for free for all students. Listen to the course. If you understood from it, take the course. Listen to the college. If you understood from the college, continue in the college, and so on. See what you will be comfortable with, and continue with it. And God willing, God willing, people who come to Ain Shams University, send me a message on the Facebook page. I will leave it for you in the description. So that I can add you to your batch group. Because this is truly what will open you up to everything in college: notes, recordings, videos, and everything in college. It will open up through the batch. So, this is very important. Send me your nomination, and God willing, we will add you to the batch. And in the end, I want to tell you, don't think too much. The college you got is good for you. Enter and trust in God. May God make things easy for you, God willing, and may He grant you goodness in all colleges. Whatever colleges you enter, know that it is good for you. Trust in God, seek help from God, and do not be weak. And that's it.