20 Things I Learned as a College Student/ Pre-Med

1. People will tell you that you cannot become a doctor.

2. Some people want you to fail.

3. G.P.A. is REALLY important to med schools

4. MCATS are just as important.

5. Alot of people major in Biology and Chemistry.

6. ORGO is apparently not as hard as it seems, it's actually kind of fun, but I'm crazy remember?

7. Start researching which med schools to apply soon. If you just finished freshman year, then like now.

8. Join what YOU LIKE vs. what YOU THINK MED SCHOOLS WILL LIKE.

9. There are other great medical schools out there other than Yale or Harvard. But if they take you in, then great!

10. As corny as it sounds, be yourself.

11. Bring quarters, you'll need them for laundry!

12. Maybe your pre-med advisor is the best thing thats happen to you maybe they are a nightmare, but find someone to advise you through the upcoming years.

13. You DO NOT look stupid if you ask for help, in fact, some teachers like it.

14. You can never e-mail a professor too much. (At least, I hope not.)

15. When it comes to friends look for quality instead of quality.

16. Would you rather have the friend who offers to play beer pong the night before a bio exam instead of the friend in bio who will help you study?

17. NEVER, and I repeat NEVER study in your room, too many distractions. Find a private place in the library to study, you wont realiz how much you'll actually get done.

18. Tests count A LOT more than homework in college.

19. Just because you are a pre-med student does not mean you cannot make a fashion statement!

20. Pray for a good roommate. (I was blessed!)

First Blog

Of course I had to name my first blog,"First Blog!" But if you think about this is not necessarily my first blog because my first blog was ACTUALLY my first blog. Anyway, I am sitting here in my sister's apartment in CT while she's studying for her bar exam. Of course, I'm bored so I make a website right? Ok there may be something wrong with me. Maybe Ivory was right...(one of my friends) I am crazy. But I rather be crazy than normal. It's the normal people you really have to watch out for, or is that just the movies? Ok, so I am rambling. But anyways, yes, I DO want to be a doctor. However, I just finished reading one of those countless books on Google books, you know where they offer to see a preview of the book where you can pretty much read it without buying it? Yeah, that one. The author pretty much says that the best of the best of the BEST can get into med school. ONLY them, no one else. What about the smart students who want to become a doctor not just because they WANT to become a doctor but because they feel they not only want to help people, but they feel that hearing "Thank You" from a patient at the end of the day is the best gift God could have ever granted them? Trust me, I've seen it. I'm only a volunteer at the hospital and when people tell me "Thank You", it sure makes my day. Of course, everyone wants to be appreciated and I feel to me there are not too many other professions other than medical related fields where you can really make that much of a difference in people's lives. So this is the conclusion to my first blog and feel free to write what you feel if you have any questions, I'll try to answer them...if I can, but I'll do my very best!

Here we go..

Ok, so here I am! I know no one knows me but I just decided that many of the blog websites I've seen have really shown the view of a pre-medical/ pre-allopathic students around their junior year and although it may seem pretty helpful at first it still leaves me wanting to know more. But the main reason I decided to start this blog is because I want prospective pre-medical students to get a clearer picture of what it will be like to become a doctor step-by-step. It would be even greater if more pre-med students could share their experiences or advice on my blog for MORE students to see! Although, I do not even have a clue what is in store for me right now, it's best I write it down, and who else to share it with than other pre-med students?

"Let's do the damn thing!"