Well, this will be the first time that I would be writing about my journey into Med School here in the Philippines. Yes, I do specificy that my current location is in the Philippines because I had a damn hard time trying to look for really helpful sites about taking up Medicine and schools here. Hahahaha.
Anyways, for all you aspiring med students, here's a really, truly, helpful site for you to check on if you want to know about which schools to apply to, tips on the NMAT, 2nd level med exams in other schools such as the MCAT, and whatnot.
Pinoy MD, http://pinoy.md/ipb/ is a really awesome and educational site. Nearly 60% of my decisions were based on my interactions with students and doctors on this site. I think by the end of this month, they'll be moving their site to http://pinoymd.net/.
Anyways, I had to go through a lot of hell before I made up my mind to take up Medicine. I was employed, and it was nearing my regularization period when my mom suddenly offered to let me study for Medicine. God knows, how happy I was to hear that. Eversince I was a kid, I wanted to become a doctor, but during graduation, my parents hinted that I should just work since I had two other siblings who were studying still.
I let it go, and worked for 2 years, and then BOOM! My mom suddenly asked if I still wanted to become a doctor. I laughed it off and thought she was just joking. But after a few serious minutes, I got scared, and said no. I told her that I was going to be regularized, it was a pretty good company too, the snag was, by my 6th month, the two year bond would have started. So I had about a week to decide.
Whoa boy, was it nerve wracking. I loved my job, but deep down inside, I knew it never really was for me, and I always had that feeling that I never fit in in the corporate world. Say what you will, and say its corny, but its the truth. I FELT that I wasn't for the corporate world.
By the end of the week, I told my boss, and wrote my resignation letter, and the rest is history.
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