Mediwizard Dreams

Can’t believe it’s August already xD I’m about to resume my job but currently on a fun vacation with friends.

All my secondaries have been pretty much submitted, which took forever. That’s 14 MD secondaries and 12 DO secondaries submitted O.o I can’t believe I wrote that much. 

To much excitement, I’ve received 2 DO interview invites so far and will be attending them. So excited but quite nervous as well. Moving onto interview prep currently. Should I document how I prep for interviews or anything else? 

It’s application season! Gahh! Part of me was looking forward for it to open so i could finally fill everything out and play a different type of waiting came. Though opening it and doing it is a bit daunting itself. 

Hello!~~

It’s been far too long since I’ve made a post. Since then, I started classes, started and stopped a job, played with my cat a-plenty, and am looking for a fun full time job to do :) 

I received my MCAT score back in September, all nerves and such. I spent the whole day checking for the score to come up before needing to head off to school and work. Of course it came while I was at work. My heart beat pounding, I opened it. 505. Not as high as I was hoping but not as low that it shattered my life. 

Last night, I fell asleep around midnight...after hours of attempting to. So that I could wake up at 5:30am to drive to my Prometric testing center :(

I was tired. I was nervous. But I was ready to conquer this MCAT. Honestly, I’m not sure how it went. Some parts I thought were okay. Some maybe not okay.

For those curious how MCAT testing works:

You arrive by 7:30am, or earlier if you center calls you if you have more people testing. When you arrive, you’ll go through a pre-check in. You put your things in your locker with only your ID with you and you go to the line, where they’ll confirm your identity, get some fingerprints, and a picture of you.

Then you’ll wait again until one by one they set you up with your computer. Then you start.

It was honestly the longest, exhausting process I’ve done. I took about 5 practice exams where I stimulated it at home, but it was nothing like the nerves you had the day off. I utilized every break. I really needed some food/energy by the time of lunch. I definitely needed those chocolates I brought. And I was thrilled when I completely done. Some sections were definitely hard, and some an adequate representation of my practice. There’s always gonna be that one detail you missed on the exam, so I’m happy with the effort I put in.

Now to wait the month before scores come out...and some rest tonight:)

I’m starting this blog to gather and share my thoughts, and possibly my journey. I’m currently in a gap year with an aspiration to go to med school. Sometimes I like to see how other people’s journeys are, so maybe someday, someone else will find this blog to understand their goals. 

I’m hoping to make some friends, maybe answer questions for some younger pre-meds out there, share worries/encouraging words with each other, and share my story. 

I’ve had a long, tumultuous journey so far. I imagine it’ll be rocky and stressful still, but I remain hopeful with my love of medicine. “Mediwizard Dreams” incorporates the love i have to for Harry Potter with my love medicine so hopefully I find friends to chat about both with. :)