Medical Schools
Are you the Right Kind of Person for
Medical School?
American medical schools are notoriously
difficult to get into, and it is only getting harder. I guess
that this is a good thing. You would not want any idiot able to
get into medical school, after all. You want
your doctor to be intelligent, well-educated, and very highly
trained in the field of medicine. In my opinion, medical doctor
schools should be a hellish initiation. Only the top people
should be qualified for medicine.
Nevertheless, when I decided to apply to a
few American medical schools, my opinions started to change. I
could not get into a single one of the top medical schools! Now
my grades are not perfect, but I went to a reputable school,
and they're not bad either. My MCAT exam scores were not
wonderful, but they were not abysmal either. You would think
that some medical schools would take me, but I was having a
heck of a time finding them. That is when I started to think
about Caribbean medical schools.
Eventually, I applied to the American
University of the Caribbean and was accepted. I wasn't really
that psyched about going to medical schools outside of the
continental United States. After all, I did want a prestigious
record. I do not want all my patients in the future to know
that I was not going to one of the top medical schools.
Nonetheless, I was just happy to be going. I knew that I was
getting a second chance. This time, I would not settle for a
mediocre grade. In medical school, I knew I would really
push myself.
My medical schools semester has yet to
start, but I am already getting prepared. I have reviewed
everything I can find about basic anatomy, have gotten all of
my school supplies, and have began to look for an organization
system for my school books and supplies.
One of my problems is that, in school, I
tend to fall behind. No matter how hard I work, I get more and
more behind as the year goes on. I know that if I can start off
quickly, I will be able to keep up with all of my school work.
It will be just a matter of not letting myself fall behind even
for a moment. I think that I have learned my lessons, and I
expect to do very well in medical school. I
know I will be put to the test, but I am ready for that
test.
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