one step closer
It's been a good week. I had my interview down @ UA on wednesday-- met with the head professor of pharmacology at the med school, who was a very pleasant and intriguing person. It seemed to have went very well-- I wasn't nervous at all, perhaps because I'm on to round two now. It was nice to see all of the things I would love about going to that school... the facilities, the proximity, the cost, and the attitude... all things I'd like to know more about come next fall. Tucson itself can be less than charming in some aspects, but hopefully I'll be able to find someplace nice to live if need be (can you say, "foothills?")
Also rounding out the week... MCAT scores were in today. I ended up with a 29Q, breakdown of physical sci-9, verbal reasoning-9, biological sci-11, writing-Q (writing is scored on a letter scale, J being the worst and T being the best.) Other sections are scored from 1-15, 7-8 being an average score on each subsection. Overall, my percentile score was a range of 70-76ish. This is a good feeling to start with a higher score. Last year, my score was 25Q (P-7, V-9, B-9, W-Q), a much more average level (50-ish percentile) Apparently, my language skills have not improved, but my science skills have.
and let this be proof... standardized tests are bullshit!
Med schools gauge a student's "ability and capacity" to succeed at medical school based on their aptitude on this test... last year, my score would suggest that I did not necessarily have the capacity to make it through med school. OH! but wait... THIS year, I got a better score, so NOW I have the capacity? Am I not the same person I was just a year ago---> the same exact f*ing person?
yes.
point taken.
so I must have miraculously developed some talent that gives me said capacity...
right.
The crap they expect us to believe-- it just makes me sick sometimes.
It's just another hoop.
luckily, I was able to make it through this one.
what's next?
A whole lifetime of hoops, eh?
I'm one step closer to finding out... I feel more comfortable with the prospect of attaining my dream, yet somehow, more uncomfortable in my own skin. I need stability, I need purpose, I need goals. I need human things also.
Saw Elizabethtown at the movies today-- pretty much a classic Cameron Crowe flick. Here's a shout out to all of the other"substitute people" out there... this is my life.
"I'm really only watching life, but long to be part of it..."
Can you get too deep that you can't dig yourself out? Certainly.
Do I get tired of waiting?
For what, you ask?
God, yes, it doesn't matter what we're talking about, I'm always tired of waiting!
k
Also rounding out the week... MCAT scores were in today. I ended up with a 29Q, breakdown of physical sci-9, verbal reasoning-9, biological sci-11, writing-Q (writing is scored on a letter scale, J being the worst and T being the best.) Other sections are scored from 1-15, 7-8 being an average score on each subsection. Overall, my percentile score was a range of 70-76ish. This is a good feeling to start with a higher score. Last year, my score was 25Q (P-7, V-9, B-9, W-Q), a much more average level (50-ish percentile) Apparently, my language skills have not improved, but my science skills have.
and let this be proof... standardized tests are bullshit!
Med schools gauge a student's "ability and capacity" to succeed at medical school based on their aptitude on this test... last year, my score would suggest that I did not necessarily have the capacity to make it through med school. OH! but wait... THIS year, I got a better score, so NOW I have the capacity? Am I not the same person I was just a year ago---> the same exact f*ing person?
yes.
point taken.
so I must have miraculously developed some talent that gives me said capacity...
right.
The crap they expect us to believe-- it just makes me sick sometimes.
It's just another hoop.
luckily, I was able to make it through this one.
what's next?
A whole lifetime of hoops, eh?
I'm one step closer to finding out... I feel more comfortable with the prospect of attaining my dream, yet somehow, more uncomfortable in my own skin. I need stability, I need purpose, I need goals. I need human things also.
Saw Elizabethtown at the movies today-- pretty much a classic Cameron Crowe flick. Here's a shout out to all of the other"substitute people" out there... this is my life.
"I'm really only watching life, but long to be part of it..."
Can you get too deep that you can't dig yourself out? Certainly.
Do I get tired of waiting?
For what, you ask?
God, yes, it doesn't matter what we're talking about, I'm always tired of waiting!
k
posted by Kim at 11:15 PM
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