Time.

It's so hard to keep up with this blog. So much goes on and I forget to update you guys.

I got a cool internship shadowing doctors for a year in different departments. I was wondering if my timing was off and maybe I should wait when I'm closer to applying for medical school. But oh well, I'm committed now. Also, school starts today so I can't take up too much time trying to make decisions outside of my school work.

I'll be working my new job with an ambulance company real soon. Last week we had training and it was pretty cool. Long and tedious, but I was able to drive the ambulance truck. I'll tell you, that thing is wider than you think when driving. I thought I was so cool in it until they made us run a course with cones in between. LOL. Ya I ran one of them down and some I had to back up just to get through them. Good times I tell ya.

Anyway, that's a quick look at what's currently going on. A few weeks ago I was blogging how hard it was to pick classes and what direction to go, but one you get your classes at first, the ball starts to roll so it's all good for now. Plus when I was doing orientation for my internship, I met a lot of people in the same boat as I, Non-Trad Pre Meds alike. It was awesome because finally people I get along with and understand what's going on with our lives. I felt like it was a help group haha. But really, it was a breathe of fresh air.

Classes. Oh Classes. Let me in!

After trying to decide what classes I want to start my Science course in, I finally narrowed it down to Chemistry and Calculus. I'm starting a new job at the same time so I don't want to get to crazy this quarter. Right before I registered, I just wanted to talk to the adviser and see if I might be lacking anything. Turns out, my school does not offer a lab for chemistry! If I am not mistaken, almost every medical school requires Chemistry with lab/1 year. I was advised if I need a lab, take my Chemistry and Organic Chemistry at another school. Unfortunately, all the Community Colleges have already started class and no other University will let me in. haha. So then I thought, I might as well go for Bio because they have a lab. Low and behold, wait list.

Ok, a little bump on the road. Statistics? wait list. Ouch. 0/3. Hmm. Calculus? Placement test. We'll see.

Moral of the story? It was 3 weeks before school started, so I'd say, do what I have been doing, 2 weeks earlier.

Bump on the road.. But no biggie.

Being a non-traditional pre med student, I find it very difficult to get good advice on planning out the rest of my academic year. I called the “pre-health” consultant, and I would have to say she was, hmmm.. Oh who am i kidding?? The lady absolutely sucked. You know right away an employee sucks when you ask for help and they just look so annoyed even though helping people is part of their job description.

“But what if she was having a bad day?” I totally agree and I think about that quite often. In this scenario or scenarios, she has been like this to me for the past few times we have talked. Now I am not having a fit, but would like to fill everyone in my shoes this. If you want help, you gotta go out and get it. You can’t just expect to walk in an office all the time and have someone hand you a plate of guidance. Information no matter what it is, comes with a price. That price my friend is resilience. It sounds kind of cheesy, but today I had to compare my classes I will be taking for the next two quarters and call every Medical School I want to apply to, and see if they will transfer over and be accepted. Usually advisers are great at this and they get paid for it, but we don’t have that luxury and we must do twice as much to get to medical school as Non-Traditionals.

I had a very tedious, but educational experience calling 20 medical schools. If anyone needs help on this topic, email me! Haha, Im pretty versed on it. Anyway, 90% of my classes will be accepted and the rest we’ll have to find out in a couple more days as I take a break from the cell phone.