OK... so, you think that this is a long journey, and it really is, but from my perspective once you matriculate things go at nearly the speed of light. It sees like eons ago that I started my apps with AMCAS and AACOMASand TMDSAS. The interview season seems like it took for freakin' ever. The summer before med school was absolutely miserable because every day lasted about 472 hours....
But, it seems like just yesterday that I smelled my first cadaver and that I put my whole arm into a dead person's body cavities for the first time. I still have that lightly-stained lab jacket in the trunk of my car
. Not long ago I stuck my fingers into a living woman's vagina and a man's anus as well 
. Just today I finished the last exam of my basic sciences med school career. Yeah... I've got part one around the corner and some other important stuff to think about, but time really flies in medical school. Before you know it, years have passed by and you are just steps away from seeing real, honest-to-God patients every single day.
I think that's the part that all of us were really looking forward to. It just seems like it takes sooooo long to get here. I even watched a few of my classmates fall by the wayside along this journey and I wonder what they'll be doing in a few years.
Yet, there is so much left to do and so many steps left to take. I'm still years away from living that dream. I guess that I just wanted to say that it is worth it--- every miserable moment. And, you will see and feel many miserable moments along the way. You will question your choices and wonder why you didn't just choose engineering or art after all.
In the end, I hope that you'll be happy with your choices-- I am. It took me a long time to reach that decision, though. The good news is that you will survive, and that you'll be an integral part of a very noble profession. And, it isn't very far away. It might seem like it's almost out of your grasp... but it isn't. It's really just around the corner.
But, it seems like just yesterday that I smelled my first cadaver and that I put my whole arm into a dead person's body cavities for the first time. I still have that lightly-stained lab jacket in the trunk of my car
. Not long ago I stuck my fingers into a living woman's vagina and a man's anus as well . Just today I finished the last exam of my basic sciences med school career. Yeah... I've got part one around the corner and some other important stuff to think about, but time really flies in medical school. Before you know it, years have passed by and you are just steps away from seeing real, honest-to-God patients every single day.I think that's the part that all of us were really looking forward to. It just seems like it takes sooooo long to get here. I even watched a few of my classmates fall by the wayside along this journey and I wonder what they'll be doing in a few years.
Yet, there is so much left to do and so many steps left to take. I'm still years away from living that dream. I guess that I just wanted to say that it is worth it--- every miserable moment. And, you will see and feel many miserable moments along the way. You will question your choices and wonder why you didn't just choose engineering or art after all.
In the end, I hope that you'll be happy with your choices-- I am. It took me a long time to reach that decision, though. The good news is that you will survive, and that you'll be an integral part of a very noble profession. And, it isn't very far away. It might seem like it's almost out of your grasp... but it isn't. It's really just around the corner.
