and another one...
Looking back, thinking about all I've done over the last few years to heighten my chances of getting in to med school... it's pretty crazy. It just dawned on me today... re-taking the MCAT was not about getting a better score (though intrinsically, it is), it was about proving to myself that I could do it. True, having a better score never hurts... it really doesn't matter. As I have discovered after having my second interview for med school at AZCOM... it's more about how the school feels-- does it fit for me? Can I see myself going there for four years with the students, faculty, facilities and attitudes? This has made me less and less pretentious about the whole DO vs. MD thing. Really, my own philosophy is more in line with being a DO... one who will have the same rights, privileges and opportunities as any MD. I'm an eternal optimist... granted I've had some gloomy days (who hasn't?) there is always an answer, or something else to try. There's no use quitting, as well as only believing the same age old "proven" philosophies when there is so much out there to explore in the realms of healing.
healing... now that is a powerful word, and something DO's tend to take so much more to heart than many MD's I know. I know I would want a doctor who takes a personal interest in my welfare... this is becoming increasingly hard to find.
When it's all said and done... it's purely a game of semantics. MD, DO... I'll be a doctor-- and one that truly cares about her patients.
AZCOM is an amazing institution... there are so many positives, it's hard to find the negatives among them all (I could actually only think of three-- the cost, and two pidly little things-- the library is not open 24h and they don't require use of laptops-- for some, this could be a plus, for me, it's a minus.) I only have a week to find out if admission is a "yeh, neh or maybe." we'll just have to wait and see. After waiting so long already, what's a little more waiting?
I got invited for an interview at KCOM on November 18th. My mom's going with me. It'll be fun.
healing... now that is a powerful word, and something DO's tend to take so much more to heart than many MD's I know. I know I would want a doctor who takes a personal interest in my welfare... this is becoming increasingly hard to find.
When it's all said and done... it's purely a game of semantics. MD, DO... I'll be a doctor-- and one that truly cares about her patients.
AZCOM is an amazing institution... there are so many positives, it's hard to find the negatives among them all (I could actually only think of three-- the cost, and two pidly little things-- the library is not open 24h and they don't require use of laptops-- for some, this could be a plus, for me, it's a minus.) I only have a week to find out if admission is a "yeh, neh or maybe." we'll just have to wait and see. After waiting so long already, what's a little more waiting?
I got invited for an interview at KCOM on November 18th. My mom's going with me. It'll be fun.
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