[quote]browndisaster wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]browndisaster wrote:
[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I feel I should be much further along in life by now. It’s hard not to be envious of the success of my friends when I feel so stagnant. [/quote]
Man Spar, I’m right there with you. I am pre med and before taking my MCATS I was very confident that I was going to get into med school because of how well my GPA was and I graduated magna cum laude from my school (which has its own medical school). Even during my MCAT prep, I was very confident that I was still going to get in due to me scoring 33-35’s on my MCAT (stupid verbal brings it down). All that confidence basically went down the drain when I took my MCAT the summer of my junior year. I straight up had an anxiety attack during, which has never happens to me, and ended up only with a 29. BEcause I scored lower then i knew i could, I took a very long time in deciding whether I should apply last year, or take re-take my MCATS in Sept and take a year off. Unfortunately, I decided to apply to med school late and really hurt my chances of getting in. I just graduated a month ago, and have been studying for my MCAT which is a week away. I have no idea what I am going to do for my GAP year. I was thinking about doing a Masters program, but that probably went down the drain when I found out my professor sent her letter of recommendation waay to late. My life literally went from great to shit just because of one test.
What’s been driving me crazy is that there are two kids I know, who got into my universities medical school, even though I know they’re not as motivated as I am. My university didn’t even give me a fucking interview. And there’s other kids I know who’s a filthy rich brat and is only in medical school because she was in the pre medical program and basically “cheated” the system. That kid had to pay for a private tutor for her freaking MCAT… does she really deserve to be in their…
It’s also annoying seeing my business friends who have done absolutely no internships, no jobs, no volunteer work throughout their undergrad. They graduated with 3.3 GPA’s, and they ALL got jobs and are basically enjoying life now.
Even though it annoys me seeing the success of my peers, I know that WHEN i get into medical school and finally become a physician, it will be all my peers who will be jealous of me and my success. a lot of time, more effort = more success.
That’s how you got to look at it, Sure your friends have success now, but how will their success change 10 years from now… I bet me and you could easily get 9-5 jobs once we graduate, which is usually the final destination for most… Is that really what you want?
EDIT: Yeah bitch, im venting lol
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very good discussions going on ITT apart from this post
lol at
your practice tests being indicative of the actual exam
your friends being lazy phaggots, but you on the other hand couldn’t get apps in early
physicians being better than a 9-5
but you seem like a good guy and I agree very much with the brats comments. I had a few classmates who got into med schools because their parents were large donors. They’re going to kill someone one day
OP what are your goals in life at the moment? life-long high hopes definitely =/= reality[/quote]
My short term goals? I’ll outline them.
perform well enough in my job to receive outstanding references
become proficient in Java, JavaScript, C++, MySQL, and HTML before summer ends
4.0 for fall 2013
4.0 for spring 2014
finish my first cinematic by spring break 2014
compose my first classical piece by spring break 2014
compete in my first strongman comp and second powerlifting meet during the 2013-2014 school year
have a paid internship for summer 2014
compose a drafting portfolio by fall 2015
graduate in 2016
go abroad between 2015 and 2017
obtain fluency in the five languages I’ve selected by 2018
chart my first expedition by 2019
I think that’s fairly simplified. All tangible. Nothing a decade plus into the future.[/quote]
those are awesome goals, if you kept a log on this site I’d be very happy. Definitely mess around with AJAX a bit once you learn javascript, sql, and html.[/quote]
I had two in case you haven’t seen (but I think you have). I’ll look into it. Looks like it could serve as a useful entrepreneurial function. I left some things out, but that’s the gist of it. Those are the things I probably have the most control over right now.