I can’t believe my luck in finding your blog in such a timely manner. I’m a college freshman, dead set on med school, and I’d already adopted the "pre-med mindset" (all work--no play, major in chemistry, 40 on MCAT or DIE, etc) when I read your “advice to pre-meds” section. Screw my major. I hate chemistry and there’s no way I want to spend four years studying it. Screw all the pre health clubs. Screw it all .I’m majoring in political science because I love it, I’m volunteering at medical clinics in Honduras because I’m passionate about helping people in rural and underserved areas. I’m not going to bust my chops to win a research grant that I couldn’t be less interested in. Hell no. I’m going to spend the next four years learning things I’m interested in, helping in ways I feel count, and not worrying about impressing med schools with things I don’t give a damn about.
I still want to be a doctor more than anything, but I refuse to sacrifice my personal joy and sanity.
Thank you for your insights. Thanks for being honest about your journey. Reading your blog has lifted a load I didn’t know was there.
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