About
March 24th, 2015
The (former) Average Korean premed
This blog is now (much) less active than it used to be. Formerly something to help me relieve stress & something to do in my spare time, this blog is now just a memoir of my past "struggles"... I think I may post a bit during summer breaks though. Currently, I'm ~60% through my first year at a medical school in Canada, while working part-time (almost full-time, sometimes) doing research.
Please see "A Guide to My Posts" for an outline of everything I've posted.
Matt
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January 28th, 2012
The Average Korean premed
I initially got the idea to start this blog to help me get my mind off things- i.e. interview invitations, rejections, etc. The idea expanded as I thought about all the random (yet useful) bits of information I gathered over the years, due to hundreds of hours of digging online (mainly premed101, SDN). I thought it might be a good idea to share some of that, while preserving my sanity. Win-win. The "average" refers to my strength as an applicant- depressingly average. Probably below average. I plow on regardless.
My posts will largely concern the admissions process for medical schools in Canada. I think I'll also write about my undergraduate program (Life Sciences), perhaps some rants as well.
As I (hopefully) receive interview invitations, attend interviews, get results, I will continue to post updates and thrilling tales of my experiences.
I hope this blog becomes useful for all students aiming for medical school. In addition, I will be posting occasionally in both English and Korean to provide accurate, reliable, up-to-date advice geared for Korean-Canadian students as well- in time, I hope to contribute to the success rate of Korean students applying for medicine.
***Update (August 2012): Yeaaaahhh.... so I found out that it's really hard for me to write in Korean (especially the type of stuff that I post here). You probably noticed I haven't posted anything in Korean... and it will probably stay that way unless my writing skills magically improve. For now, this blog will be intended for the general premed audience.
Thanks, and welcome to my blog!
Matt
3 comments:
i'll be honest, to me, med school was a first step, i got in every school i applied to, and didn't even celebrate... i have 30 scholarships, a cv people envy, i dont care, its a byproduct of my goals...
i don't believe in back u, you know, or care about salary, going into med, i'm losing money, and honestly... if you want to know my end goals drlou.com is my mentor, but i want actuallly enforce his policy, which he may not have time to do... and well, i mean this nicely, you've got to be top of your class and not give a fuck about what other students think if you wanna do that, but then again... people are most important to me, and i know a lot, so much that well, morally, i cant practice full time in canada... so yeah, i'm not sure if you know, but people with adhd disproprtionately cause paradigm shifts... my back up plan, i dont have one, obviously most people would love to have achieved wut i have and be done, but its notme, my back up plan has to be succeed
Hi Muse :)
hahah oh Muse
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