My dad often says, “Being smart is not enough; there’s too many just smart people in the world.” Although I’ve had this statement repeated to me uncountable times while growing up, I am finding it to be truer everyday. Often it is the simplest words of advice that take a
Category Archives: Medical School
Not Knowing What You Don't Know
I am doing my problem-based-learning (PBL) background research and this picture popped into my head. This diagram represents how we view knowledge and applies to any field of subject, not just medicine. As you study any subject more in-depth, you soon realize that you don’t know anything at all. As
Pediatric Oncology
As a first year med student, I don’t know what specialty or residency I want. There’s are too many fields I haven’t fully considered yet. However, after viewing a gallery from one of my favorite picture blogs, The Big Picture, I might not have a big enough heart to go
What Extracurricular Activities Should I Do?
The typical pre-med day involves studying, getting good grades, making connections with professors, and doing amazing extracurricular activities that will somehow separate you from all the other medical school applicants. This naturally leads to the question, which extracurricular activities will increase my chances to get into medical school? You might
Homogeneous Classmates
If someone was to ask me what I thought about medical school so far, my one-word answer would be interesting. The material we cover each day is fascinating both in basic sciences and its clinical applications. The teaching style is also diverse ranging from lectures, small group work, anatomy labs
Medical School Parties and Medical Student Partyers
Along with the first few classes of medical school are the medical school parties. These social events mainly for classmates to know each other also act as a way to relieve some stress and have some fun before the serious business begins. Over the past weeks, I’ve observed that medical
First Week of Medical School
The first week of medical school has been quite an experience like no other. I am at a lost for words to describe it, so instead I will use numbers and statistics to best capture my feelings. Number of applicants: 1388 Applicants Interviewed: 451 Total Positions Available: 150 Final class
First Day of Medical School
Today was the first “official” day of medical school. I got to meet a few more of my classmates, the names and faces are still not sticking. I might have to go study facebook to remember them. One thing different from undergrad and medical school is the talent of the
The Value and Importance of Writing
Most science and engineering students I know went into their respective fields to avoid writing. I was also like them. I disliked writing essays in high school and left assignments until the night before to do. I despised it. I avoided it. Every time I sat in front of a
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