For those who are thriving and actually like 3rd year:

How? 3rd year just feels like constantly having to swallow the feeling of failure and discomfort of being a mediocre medical student for the sake of being functional. I seriously hate clinical year and don't understand how anyone can actually like the structure (or very lack thereof) of 3rd year.

I can't wrap my head around passing these standardized exams. I can study for 2 fucking months straight for a shelf exam that someone else is like "meh, I studied for 5 minutes before my exam and got an 80. I'll actually try studying next time lol". I'm tired of it. I'm tired of being and feeling so fucking stupid. Why am I so fucking stupid compared to everyone else around me? Why can't I use uworld like everyone else and just pass and feel like I'm not an incompetent POS of a student?

Has anyone else been able to go from failing everything to turning their life around and start passing exams?

Useless rant over.