But first I should probably sum up what got me here in the first place.
As of this post, I'm 26 years old without a Bachelor's Degree in anything, though I'm relatively close to completing my BS in Biochemistry. I originally wanted to study music, and inevitably changed my mind when I realized that I didn't have the desire or discipline to practice music all day every day and I would much rather spend my time with my nose stuck in a book.
I made this decision a bit late, however, and after some severe health problems and some struggles with depression, I found myself being suspended from my university (which for now will remain nameless). I was asked to sit out and get my stuff straight before petitioning to return.
I took a semester at my community college and did fairly well and was allowed to re-enter my university's matriculation, but with serious restrictions. I'm only allowed to take 6 credits this semester (which I've gotten around by taking other classes at the community college as well), pending my performance.
The problem is, of course, will a medical school take me with such an abysmal transcript? I have no idea. I'm hoping that a stellar rate of improvement and an equally stellar MCAT score will at least make them want to talk to me and see what went wrong. I do, after all, have a fairly interesting story to tell about myself.
So here I am. A month into my semester and trying to buckle down and focus and get my stuff done one thing at a time. I may fall off the horse here and there and give into my gaming addiction, but I try, for the most part, to stay focused.
What I need to do, however, is try to keep myself on track and to get things done. So I'll likely be posting as often as I can without impeding my study schedule.
Here's what I've done so far:
- Gotten reinstated (conditionally)
- Figured out a plan of attack as far as which classes to take to graduate as soon as possible.
- Enrolled in Kaplan MCAT prep self-paced classes
- Left my raid static so I can focus on schoolwork while I make this journey
- Set up this journal to keep my thoughts collected
Here's what I have to do:
- Stick to my study schedule (thus far relatively successful, but I could be doing better)
- Sign up for volunteer work at the local hospital
- Study my brains out!
- Take lots of practice tests when I can.
- Improve my health
- Lose weight
- Eat better
- Sleep more regularly...
I hope that some people will join me on the journey. I hope that if there are other people out there struggling with mental health problems who feel that they've thrown their futures away will find this and draw inspiration from this struggle and (hopeful) success. We'll see where I am in a year. :)
