Ringo Man - wow - good stuff.
This is how I am looking at it...
Perhaps because of my competitive nature, or possibly just because I'm motivated by cheesy things.
I had horrible grades in undergrad. I was a college swimmer and was either in the pool, sleeping, or walking around in a daze for most of my 4 years.
After graduation I took a job in pharma and took the next four years to determine if medicine was truly the career for me. I had essentially dug a hole for myself in undergrad, and it would now be twice the work to become a "competitive applicant."
As you get older, you realize that perhpas the worse feeling in the world is disappointing yourself. Mom/Dad, cultural expectations - it doesn't mean squat after age 25 - they just accept you as an adult.
There were a million reasons that I choose to go back into a post-bac and give this a 100% effort.
I could have stayed at my job and worked and taken the occasional evening class, - to me, I had to prove to myself I was 100% devoted.
So to stop my rambling - AND to tie this into the orginal thread...
I have not started my post-bac yet - this Fall.
But I'll tell you this. Whenever I think about how I'll perform in my post-bac, for some cheesy reason, I get the brief soliloquy at the start of "Lose Yourself" by Eminem playing in my head.
Why?
Because this is my absolute, last, and only shot at making this career option work.
Something that I wasted 7 years ago.
I have one shot left.
You bet your as$ I'm going to get all A's.
I'll keep you guys posted.