Every once in a while I am overwhelmed by the sense of enormity looming in the future. I want to be a surgeon, and current plans are to take the MCAT next spring, apply summer, get accepted fall/spring 2007/2008, and matriculate fall 2008. And yet while this has been my plan for at least 10 years, it is scary now that it's less than 2 years away.
I've started studying for MCATs. I've been researching schools for not only academics but the area so that hopefully my boyfriend and I can end up close to each other. And it's all so crazy.
I really want it, but it still feels so terribly grown up every once in a while. No one ever talks about responsiblity as one grows up. I'm learning to deal with, and every once in a while I do it very well. But not all the time.
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I tried to tread this path once, and maybe will again in the future. But you can do it. Study hard for the test, but treat yourself with love. The worst thing you can do on test day is freak out, and the best thing you can do is go in there and do each peice, with the knowledge that you are moving through it to your goal.
Goodluck!
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I concur. I'm a freshman and already pretty scared about applying to med school.
I say, study hard and build your confidence!