Ever feel like you don't know what to do with your life? Not sure you could choose one career for the rest of your life? Well that's exactly how I felt for a long time. In fact my dream of becoming a physician did not really begin until two years ago when my wife was already 3 months pregnant. It was towards the end of my graduate coursework that I realized I wanted to pursue a career as a medical doctor. I began this blog about one year before I was accepted and sparsley documented my MCAT prep and addmissions process. Now that I am in I will be recording how well (or not so well at times) I handle the rigors of being a husband, father, and medical student. My intention is to show that one can have a family and hobbies and still be a successful medical student. I hope this blog will be an inspiration to others taking a non traditional path to their career and also be a little entertaining.



Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Study Log 2?

Week Goals: Study 1 hour for Organic Each day and 2-3 hours of MCAT. Finish MCAT Gen Chem and Physics Notes

Monday: 2 Hrs Organic, 1 Hour MCAT
Tuesday: 1 Hour Organic, 2 hours MCAT
Wednesday: 2 Hours Organic 1.5 Hours MCAT
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Excited

This is going to be short because I need to get back to studying, but I just wanted to write quick note about my upcoming practice MCAT this Friday. This will be the first full one I've taken in 6 weeks, and I really think I have made a lot of progress in that time. My goal this week is to make at least a 24 although I'm really hoping for about 26. I want a minimum 10 on Verbal 8 (but 9 really) on Physical and whatever on Biology. I think that Biology will be the easiest to pull up quickly since I do have almost have a Master's degree in that field so I have not done any studying for it at all yet. I am studying to get my Physical above 9 and then I will switch focus to biological. I am also excited about this week because it will be the first afternoon exam I have taken. If I feel alert and do well on it then I am going to complete registration for the real deal. If this test goes well I will be signing up for the May 27th test administration which is at 1:00PM. Well that's all for now. I'll update how it goes after the test.

-Back to the books
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Monday, March 8, 2010

Back in the Saddle

Well, I have not posted a blog other than a study log in a month. While I don't want to get into details the UAHuntsville shooting did have quite an effect on me. I did know almost everyone involved and was pretty close with a few of them. That reall knocked me off of my study schedule for a little more than two weeks. I got my focus back on studying last week and this week I will be returning to this blog. I will be updating daily and getting prepared for another practice test this coming Friday afternoon. Ok I have to go now and take some MCAT notes. Good night.
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Study Log (3/1/10 - 3/7/10)

Week Goals: Study 5 hours for Organic Monday and Tuesday, and 2 hours on Wed. Study :30 for MCAT Monday and Tuesday and 1:00 on Wedenesday. Study 4 hours MCAT on Thursday and Friday.

Monday: 4 Organic
Tuesday: 4 Organic
Wednesday: 3 Organic
Thursday: 2 MCAT (Physics Sub test - 10)
Friday: 1 MCAT
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Rest

Total Organic - 11 Hours
Total MCAT - 3 Hours

Total - 14 Hours
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