One of the many opportunities offered to an incoming first year includes my school’s Prematriculation Program, more commonly known as “Prematric”. We spend 4 weeks learning the first block of anatomy before the school year starts. The last 4 weeks have been amazingly informative and busy. I walked in on the first day expecting a […]
Hello World
Hello to all the readers out there, and welcome to my blog! I’m looking forward to sharing my thoughts and experiences with you all, and I also look forward to your feedback and thoughts. So if there are any questions or issues you’d like me to address in future posts, please let me know. I […]
Head in a Box
It is the summer after my first year of medical school, and we have a bit of a break in our regular coursework. Almost all of the students do some sort of research or community health project over the summer. The diversity activity of what my colleagues do is really quite astounding and is […]
The Medical School Essay (an on-going endeavor)
Almost 2 1/2 years ago, I started writing my medical school essay. I essentially wrote what I felt medical schools wanted to hear: write a touching story about an experience you had in/with medicine, sprinkle in vignettes from volunteering/leadership roles, and finish off with an inspiring quote. When I look back at what I wrote, […]
The “Steps”
It seems to me as if only a few months have passed since I spent all my days during a beautiful summer studying for my USMLE Step 1. But, it has already been one academic year and here I am, yet again, studying for Step 2 CK that I write in 6 weeks. This is […]
The First Post
I’ll apply for this blog, I can be a blogger, I have a lot of thoughts and ideas about things! Yes, I’ll sign up for this blog, I’m a blogger now! Oh, what to blog about? Medical school, yes but what about medical school? Life in medical school? That’s really rather boring though isn’t it? […]
