School Recovery

Hey Guys!

I'm finally done my MCAT and online course finals. It sure has been one hell of a summer. I feel like I've been consistently busy and unable to sit down and breathe. Now that I'm able to it feels surreal. I've pretty much moved into my couch with my laptop, snacks, tea and coffee! Sounds like heaven to me.

I find that after I've been busy for such a long period of time I always like to be alone to bring myself back down from wherever I am. I like leaving my cell phone in my room, staying off of social media and enjoy sitting in peace and quiet with a good book or a new TV series I'm watching (Chicago Fire and Chicago PD). By the way, I am looking for more shows so if you have any suggestions let me know!

In my own personal experience it's very difficult to balance the scale of social life and school/medical school applications. Some people understand the hard work and the amount of hours you need to put into just getting ready to apply while others don't. I don't know if the rest of you have dealt with the same problems but your friends will come around to understand.

Especially now, in my case, where we're all going into fourth year and everyone needs to figure out what they're doing with our lives. Do you go for your Masters or another Undergrad, do you pick a type of post grad school or apply to a college to specialize? It's a lot to bear on your shoulders at only 21 years old. Then once you decide what you want to do you need to find schools that offer it and that you would like to go to.

I remember thinking how stressful it was applying to university, thinking it was the end of the world. Now that I'm applying to Medical School I realize how silly it was to stress about that.

Hindsight is 20/20 friends. Just enjoy the ride,

Jen