Hi All,
I am a non-trad student who has been lurking around for a while. I decided to post this thread because I would like some encouragement and hopefully get some insights from people who had been on the similar path. I feel like I don't have much more energy left, but I definitely don't want to give up on becoming a physician.
Here is my background: I have tried to apply for medical school since 2015, but I had a few setbacks that have delayed me for two years. In 2015, I struggled with an immigration process. I waited for a year to finally become a permanent resident, but during that year I worked in an EMS field to get some clinical experience. Last year, I lost my spouse from health issues. That was when everything seemed to stand still to me. Not long after that, I tried to scribe as someone suggested me to do. Despite 300+ hours of scribing, it did not turn out well as I was not in the right mindset. I thought to myself that well, I could cut down workload and concentrate on killing the MCAT. However, it was difficult for me to execute my plan, and I blew the opportunity of downtime. I was scheduled to take it in last Jan but had to move to mid May. Now I am in school full-time to finish the rest of my pre-reqs. My overall feeling about this whole process is overwhelming, especially after I started working on my PS. It wasn't about my spouse's death that I am writing about; it was his experience in a healthy patient-physician relationship that he had with his doctor, and I got to witness it.
My questions are: 1) where do/did you guys find that energy to keep on going?; 2) if you ever wrote about your struggles, how did you go about it?
Thank you for your time, and I am hoping that I am not being hysterical about things.
xmukurox
I am a non-trad student who has been lurking around for a while. I decided to post this thread because I would like some encouragement and hopefully get some insights from people who had been on the similar path. I feel like I don't have much more energy left, but I definitely don't want to give up on becoming a physician.
Here is my background: I have tried to apply for medical school since 2015, but I had a few setbacks that have delayed me for two years. In 2015, I struggled with an immigration process. I waited for a year to finally become a permanent resident, but during that year I worked in an EMS field to get some clinical experience. Last year, I lost my spouse from health issues. That was when everything seemed to stand still to me. Not long after that, I tried to scribe as someone suggested me to do. Despite 300+ hours of scribing, it did not turn out well as I was not in the right mindset. I thought to myself that well, I could cut down workload and concentrate on killing the MCAT. However, it was difficult for me to execute my plan, and I blew the opportunity of downtime. I was scheduled to take it in last Jan but had to move to mid May. Now I am in school full-time to finish the rest of my pre-reqs. My overall feeling about this whole process is overwhelming, especially after I started working on my PS. It wasn't about my spouse's death that I am writing about; it was his experience in a healthy patient-physician relationship that he had with his doctor, and I got to witness it.
My questions are: 1) where do/did you guys find that energy to keep on going?; 2) if you ever wrote about your struggles, how did you go about it?
Thank you for your time, and I am hoping that I am not being hysterical about things.
xmukurox
