My first experience with the community in white coat came today while volunteering at a festival not too far from my school. One of the student organizations had a booth taking blood glucose and blood pressure readings. Having never taken a blood pressure before, I was really nervous about doing it but the second years […]
First Class is a Success!
I can say that I successfully passed my first class of medical school! Stressing over the studying gave me enough of a headache to know, I will not be participating in weekday social events nightly ever again! I studied for 30 of the last 48 hours and pulling the equivalent of an A on the […]
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, […]
