A New Blog

Hello there,

I've decided to start a blog.

This blog will serve 3 main purposes:

1. Chronicle the struggles of an "average" "premed"* student (i.e. me) in Canada trying to get into med school. Should be funny, one hopes.

• I'm currently in my last year of a Life Science program at a Canadian University.
• As of now, I'm in the midst of an application cycle awaiting interview invitations. 

2. Share the very annoyingly ridiculously large amount of various information/advice/documents I've accumulated over the years regarding med admissions in Canada.

• Premed101, has been my core source of all knowledge regarding med admissions. If you look carefully, you will find answers to all your questions in life. True story.
• But seriously, I will be condensing the most relevant and important info (that one spent hours upon hours searching for) regarding admissions into what I hope to be semi-regular posts.

3. Serve as a reliable source (hopefully) of information for students aiming for med, especially Korean-Canadian students.

• Over the years, I've noticed that many, many Korean students fail to succeed in admissions despite our parents continuously mauling kicking us in the process (nothing I say is literal).
• As a result, there is a fundamental lack of support from previously succesful students for current students struggling in the process. It's appalling how some sources of information that Korean students are exposed to are so ridiculously unreliable (articles in Korean newspapers, random websites, parents etc).
• My wish is to bridge this problem by communicating in both English and Korean, providing accurate, reliable, up-to-date info and advice geared for Korean students. Hopefully, you will find it useful.

4. Preserve my sanity.

• I heard writing about stuff is great prophylaxis for insanity. Checking my e-mail and premed101 a thousand times a week isn't helping, either.

That's about it. I will attempt at anonymity for a while.

Matt