Never Become This Person in Med School

Im guilty of doing this in my first and 2nd year. When i read this, I realized that this was a big big BIG NO NO.

You will definitely encounter at least one person who will do this when you guys start talking about grades, academic standing, failing, the evals results, remediations, and danger subjects. 

I used to do this, and I experienced it also, where you guys try to one-up each other with how hard things are getting. Its tiring, and it makes both of you feel bad at the end of the conversation, eith one feeling like such a jack ass for having said something so hurtful, while the other feels ashamed for having thought their problems were relevant but ended up being trivial.

Just in case some of you still dont know what im talking about (hahaha, sometimes i think i talk normal, turns out nobody understands me...), here's an example (this is just an example, its a mash up of several conversations i've had, and i have also acted like X one time or another...)

X: fuuuuu, my grades are horrible, i failed this exam, and that exam, and i failed the quiz...

Me: awwww me too! I failed this and that, blah blah blah

X: at least you passed this subject, i have it worse than you because im failing all my lab exams, and all my evals in this subject

Me: well im also failing in this and that, and i got picked on by a prof, blahblahblah

X: i dont think it can get any worse than my problems, im depressed

Me: OMG! Me too, im sooo depressed

X: i dont see what you have to be depressed about, your problems aren't as bad as mine...

Me: no, everything's gonna be ok, cheer up, you're gonna pass all the subjects, dont give up!

X: thats easy for you to say, you're not the one experiencing this. You dont know what it feels like.

 

...so on and so forth.

Just remember, everybody has their own struggles, and each carries a different weight of their own. What might be trivial to you may be the unclimable mountain for the other.

Does Your Med School Really Matter?

Does your school really matter when it comes to Medicine?

Maybe. Maybe not.

I had one such encounter with a friend, and this is how it went...

X: hey, how is med school?

Me: im doing good, but this 2nd year was really really difficult for me. I struggled a lot with most of the subjects.

X: i dont think so. I think its easier for you.

Me: ( kind of confused with her statement, but  continued with the small talk) i guess, the level of difficulty is different for you and me since im in 2nd year, and you're in (X) year.

X: No, i mean, its easier at your school, unlike our school which is really competitive and our performance in the boards are better.

Me: (struggling to control my anger, but i just smiled) why do you say its easier at our school? 

X: a friend said so. You know how it is with your school.

The conversation went on for several minutes with X continuing on with her condescending bashing. This was a friend, and i had no idea where this was coming from. It all started off with her just asking how i was doing, and then boom, roundhouse kick to my dignity and to my school. 

I defended my school by saying that the teaching and the doctor lecturers are just the same as in any medical school, and i dont see how she could say it was easier at dlshsi. I cant say anything else about her school because I've never been there, and I know nothing else about the quality of teaching and whatnot, except for their impeccable passing rate in the physicians licensure. Ok fine, you guys are better in terms of performance, but in the end does that really matter? They'd say that only the nonperforming  schools would use a lame excuse like, " depende na yan sa student/doctor" (it all depends on the student/ doctor) or "wala naman yan sa school e, nasa estudyante na yan" ( its not the school. Its the student) . 

I believe in both, plus the fact that HSI is a very good medical school. It might not be attaining the best of the passing rates, or isnt at the level of UP, PLM, UST, ATENEO, CIM, and the like, but its getting there. And what matters to me at the end of the day is that i become a doctor. 

A patient may ask what school i went to, and might prefer other doctors with a different medical school background, but in the end, the patient will always come back to the doctor who treated them well. Treatment meaning not just the actual diagnosis, laboratories, medications, but the overall care and concern for the person. 

Your school will give you an edge in certain areas, but its up to you to determine what kind of doctor you want to be. 

Like X, her statements are not a judgement of her school, but her CHARACTER. i still admire her school, and every other medical school out there who are making a gigantic effort to mold and develop us into competent, excellent, caring doctors, but what you say and do can only reflect yourself.

All the medical schools are on the same playing field, with the same curriculum, same schedule, same content, same textbooks, etc. So where does it differ? Well, The doctors who teach you, and the students. The doctors are all excellent, with years and years of experience, and a lot actually teach in several different medical schools. So, its down to the students. What kind of student are you?

Back to one point of my friend concerning the passing rates of my school and her school. What is the difference between two doctors who passed the Physician's licensure exam but are of two different medical schools?

NONE.

Yup, NONE. because both of you are FREAKIN DOCTORS NOW. Both of you passed the very same exam, with the same gruelling effort, blood, sweat, and tears. I dont care if you came from this school, or that school, but if you act like an a**hole about it, i might as well slap the living daylights out of you.

But i wont. 

What you said is a reflection of your character, and no prestigious school will be able to make up for your lack of it.

So, to you X, and to many many more others like you, I hope you realize we are not competitors when it comes to taking care of our patients. Our patients deserve better than that.

Update: this is an excellent post from an awesome awesome site The Importance of Medical School Reputation at Anastomosed.wordpress.com. :)

The Waiting is Killing Me- Scholarship and Promo Boards

Just called the admissions office, still no results for the scholarship. 

Promotional boards are coming out today,  im gonna go crazy if they extend this any longer. 

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This perfectly sums up what im feeling.

Stuff You Need for 2nd Year

At the beginning of my 2nd year, I heard from some classmates that we had to buy some instruments to be used for our Physical Diagnosis class, along with other books and whatnot. During the course of my 2nd year, I realized, you don't really need to buy it all.

So here are some of the things that you should have, or at least save up for:

1. Otoscope and Opthalmoscope

     This is the priciest of the bunch, and if you cant really afford it right now, you can just borrow from your classmates during the practical exam in Physical diagnosis. 

Price: from Php3,500-12,000.00

Brand: Welch Allyn (super gaduper expensive, only buy it IF you think you want to go into Optha or something as your specialty~ advice from one doctor). 

You can also go for generic ones (made in China, these are the ones that can be found in Bambang, Tayuman, Manila areas), they're pretty nice, solid, compact, dont get broken easily, and costs about Php3,500- 4,500. Discrepancies in price are from the stores you buy them. At one store in Dasma, they were selling it for 4k, but in Bambang, I asked a friend to buy me one, it was about 3,500. 

Question: Should I buy a brand new one or 2nd hand? Much better if its brand new, at least its yours, and with 2nd hand ones, you cant really guarantee its 100% functional. 

2. Stethoscope

Equally pricey, they would ask you to have your own, but you can always borrow from a classmate for practical exams. I recommend getting your own since this is a staple in any doctor's handbag. MUST.HAVE.ONE.

Price: Anywhere from Php 800 (for generic ones) to Php10,000 (specialized Littman Steths)

Brand: You can get the cheaper ones like Baxtel which can also include a BP set, but during our practicals, some doctors commented that having a Littman is better since it has a better quality when listening to heart sounds, lung sounds, and the like. The Littman I have cost about Php 4,000. With additional costs, you can customize it by color (blue,red, pink, etc, and add on finishing touches like bronze, rainbow finish, etc, and have your name engraved on it). Online sellers are very reliable naman, and for sure, some upper classmen will sell you brand new ones too.

3. BP Set

Better to borrow it nalang, but I still bought my own so I could use it at home on my parents and relatives. Hahahaha

Price: Anywhere from Php500- Php 1,500.

Brand: They say Baxtel is good. There's a Welch Allyn brand one, but very very expensive. Couldnt afford it since I focused on the Steth and Otoscope. There's little difference in terms of quality (based on what doctors and classmates said) between Baxtel and Welch so I went for the cheaper one. 

4. Neuro Set

Sounds expensive right? Hahahaha Again, you can borrow these during practicals, but, its nice to have your own. This includes

• Neurohammer- costs about Php 75-150, just get the simple one
• Tuning Fork- doctors prefer the one thats 512 Hz instead of 256. And dont get the ones with the special head on it, the simple ones will do
• Jaeger Chart- about 25 pesos
• Snellen chart- but this is usually bought by group
• Pen Light- any will do, costs about Php 100-200
• Tape Measure
• Pinhole Occluder- no need to buy this one, you can make your own by getting a piece of paper and poking a hole in it. Voila! If you want to buy one, i think it costs about 30 pesos, but you only use it once or twice.

5. Books

I learned my lesson from last year, I didn't read my books as much as I wanted to, but I should have. Instead, this year, I just bought the baby books (companion books of the actual textbooks-very concise, short, easy to carry around). 

The only ones I bought were Robbins and Cotran's Patho Companion Book, Williams Obstetrics, Harrison's Manual of Medicine, Schwartz Surgery. I bought these all on Pinoy.md :) 

This year, you'll have to buy manuals in Pharmacology, Microbiology, Physical Diagnosis and Pathology. You must must must buy it because they dont allow photocopies. Each manual costs Php 500. Pharma has 2 manuals, Micro has 2. 

The reason I didnt use books that much this year was that the sheer volume of info was too much to go through in books (Im a pretty slow reader), and there's just not enough time to give my undivided attention to all the subjects. What happened instead was I relied more on past transcriptions, transcriptions from my classmates, and the lecture itself. If I didnt understand a certain topic, I'd go back to the book, or ebook, and other online sources like Medscape. For this, I invested in a brand new printer and paper. 

Some will also sell you their past transcriptions. They offered one set of past tranx which cost about Php 3 or 4,000. It was a good thing that I didnt buy it because some of the lectures had different doctors, and so the content also changed. What I did buy was a stack of the upper year's past exams/ evaluations. These past exams are pretty vital since they can help you determine key points that you need to focus on while studying. 

SURVIVING YOUR FIRST YEAR IN MEDICINE: tips and motivation

So. I survived my first year in Medicine.

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I was merely a few days away from freedom, and the final week was just pure torture. Everybody was feeling it, everyone was tired, sleepy, cranky, and just ready to get the exams over and done with. I wouldnt be surprised if a lot just kinda gave up on trying to finish reviewing everything, because, honestly, everyone seemed too tired to care.

BUT, we were always reminded, "ONE.LAST.PUSH."

One last push, and then summer vacation.
One last push, and you could burn all your reviewers and dance for joy.
One last push, and then you could sleep and eat as much as you wanted.

I was lucky though, I was exempted from several of the final exams, and it was such a relief that I didnt have to review all that bull-- and just relax at home.

I salute those who are still going to take the final exams and even removals. I seriously dont know how they hve the willpower to study all those topics all over again.

Honestly, I think that those who took the finals and removals have a headstart for the 2nd year, meaning, they have experienced the failures necessary to make them stronger and sturdier for the upcoming years.
I'm happy that I didn't fail any of the major exams in any subject this year, but I'm terrified about the upcoming failures I will be experiencing in the following years.

I don't know how to cope with failure. The one time that I "thought" I failed in an exam (I learned later on that I passed since they lowered the passing rate), I reacted like an immature piece of (expletive). I was depressed for several days, I was always thinking about how I would tell this to my parents, I thought how stupid was I to fail an exam?

I know, it seems a bit extreme for one exam, but Im just describing how terribly ill adapted I was to failure.

Looking back on the past year, I think I could have handled certain situations a lot better, especially in my academic life... so here are a few tips and words of wisdom to remember in surviving your first year:


1. In situations where you fail, remember this...you are not stupid, you are just adjusting.

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This is Medicine. This isnt like your elementary/highschool/ college years where you could sleep, eat, poop normally, study for an exama night before and pass. There will be classmates who are smarter than you. They will ace every exam, every subject, they will UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD THE DOCTOR/LECTURER WILL SAY DURING LECTURES ( this is an astounding feat...), in all aspects, they are the ones who Darwin described when talking about survival.

BUT, then there is the rest of the class. Try talking to them. You will not be alone in your struggles. Take the time to look around and see that not everyone is doing so good in class. They may be honor students, summa cum laudes at their school, the math whiz, the top notcher in the Nursing/ PT/ RT/ OT/ Pharma boards.

Remember, this is Medicine. What matters is how YOU answer the challenge.
In the end, its just YOU who will be facing the patient.
It will be YOU handling the situation when you come face to face with a dying patient.

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Do what you have to to survive (except cheat, and other dishonorable means) in Medicine. Challenge yourself. Stop comparing.


2.Study when you have the free time.

Believe me when I say this. If the exam is a week away and you have a free day/ ISP (individual study period)/ weekend---study. One night--even one day--is not enough to cover all the topics you need to study for the upcoming exam.

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3. When faced with setbacks (take note...setbacks, not failures):

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4. Within your first few months, try to find out your most efficient study habits.

http://edufastonline.blogspot.com/2012/09/your-learning-preference.html

Know whether you best retain info by reading, listening to lectures, studying while moving around, etc.

If you dont know, try experimenting in your first few months. After a few exams, you'll finally settle into your natural academic groove for studying.

5. Don't be afraid to FAIL.

I've yet to successfully pick up on this, and one I'm hoping I can conquer this coming 2nd year in Medicine. If you've already covered this one, good for you. Hahahahaha

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 

Medicine is like Jigsaw in the SAW movie, you never know what you're getting into, or what you have to exchange for freedom/ success/ a passing grade. 

I wanna play a game...its called....STUDYING. 

DLSHSI MED SCHOLARSHIPS

UPDATES (as of Dec 17, 2014)- you can check out the current requirements for the scholarship here. Much better if you can contact the office itself for any questions or clarifications regarding the other requirements. :)

CLICK HERE: CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP SY 2015-2016

UPDATES, results are out for those accepted into the scholarship program. :) you can either personally ask at the admissions office at the Wang Building or email Dr. Cabanias at scholarships@dlshsi.edu.ph. But since a lot might email, it would be faster to just visit the office. 

Wish you guys all the best! Im still waiting for my results. Kinda scared to ask. :(

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Hey guys, I know most of you are already applying at different med schools and i hope that De La Salle is one of your choices. :)

One of the reasons why I chose De La Salle Health Sciences's Med Program was their great scholarship program.

One thing I have to say is that their scholarship program is really generous. When I was applying at different med schools, one of the things I looked at were their scholarship programs and the availability of slots. Of the med schools I applied to, DLSHSI and UE were the only ones that I was qualified for.

In UST, they dont give out scholarships to 1st years unless you graduated Summa or Magna. With UP, you have to be within a given economic range (I think it was Php200K below for the whole year), and I was above that range. With UE, they had a limited number of slots that I was half sold on because I knew I had a chance at it, but chances were slim, and I didnt want to take that chance. DLSHSI practically guaranteed my scholarship when I applied, and my parents were sold on that. All I had to do was just fill up their scholarship forms and voila! ultra mega discount! :))

So they have several scholarships (taken from their website):

General Institutionally Funded Scholarships

• Entrance scholarship
• Academic scholarship
• Financial scholarship
• Service scholarship
• Gawad Lasalyanong Edukasyon scholarship
• Institutionally Funded Scholarships given to all DLSHSI regular employees
• Brother President Scholarship Program (BPSP), Enhanced Brother President Scholarship Program (EBPSP) and the Employees’ Dependents (EDSP) / Grand Father Clause (GFCSP) Scholarship Program

• Externally Funded Scholarship (Medicine)

  • Brother President Scholarship Grant (BPSG) through Individual Sponsorships
  • DLSU Science Foundation (Hi-Eisei) Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Patricia Generoso Memorial Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Romeo P. Ariniego Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Lloyd Balajadia Scholarship Grant
  • Dormbuilt, Inc. Scholarship Grant
  • Merck, Inc. Philippines Scholarship Program
  • Provincial or Local Government Scholarships
  • Other scholarships that are funded or sponsored by an external agency and/or individual sponsors/philanthropists through the effort of the Brother President and the Scholarship Program and Development Center
  
  

For the externally funded scholarships, these may differ from year to year, depending on the sponsor. :)

For general requirements and other info, you can check out their website here. 

For this school year, I applied for the Entrance Scholarship, (I graduated Cum Laude from my undergrad) so I was entitled to 50% off my tuition. For the discount, this is based on the tuition itself and does not include discounts on the miscellaneous fees and whatnot. So for my tuition of Php113k (at the time), I only paid around Php 70K. This was one of the major reasons why I was drawn to DLSHSI, from the other schools that I applied to.

The scholarship is good for one whole academic year, and by the end of the year, you can just renew or reapply for the scholarship, given that you were able to maintain the grade.

For Entrance scholars, we have a maintaining grade of 87%. It may sound attainable, but I have to tell you, after just a sem here, I'm starting to feel that I wont be able to get that grade. Hopefully this second sem, I can catch up and keep my scholarship. :(

For Financial scholars, they have a maintaining grade of 83%.

Once you're a scholar of the school, they'll have you fill out an MOA that states that for every year you accomplish under the scholarship, you have to render 1 year service to the school/hospital and must be done within 5 years upon graduation.

For some, this may pose as a problem since they might have a hospital in mind to take their internship or residency. I dont think this is such a problem since the De La Salle University Medical Center (UMC) has a pretty good training program. They also said that its ideal to do your internship here since you can have the time to study for the boards and do your rotations, while some doctors/ lecturers there can even provide review classes.

For more information on their scholarship program, you can call their office number at:

Office of the Director for Admissions and Scholarship Assistance Program

Scholarship Program and Development Center
4th Floor Old Med Building
City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines

Cavite: (63) (46) 481-8000 local 5001
Manila: (63) (02) 988-3100 local 5001
Telefax: (63) (46) 481-8020
Email: admission@dlshsi.edu.ph

Look for Ms. Wendy! :) The staff here are very very accommodating, and will entertain all your questions about the program. 

Oh, before I forget, here's a copy of the brochure (PDF) just in case you'd want to show your parents or something. 

DLSHSI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BROCHURE

Why Do You Want To Take Up Medicine?

Is it:

A) You want to change the world?
B) You have nothing else better to do?
C) You don't want to work, so you continue studying and living off of your parent's money
D) I always wanted to be a doctor/ Eversince I was a kid...
E) I love the sciences
F) My parents are doctors
G) Other reason: (please state)

Med Schools...Eeny Meeny Miny Mo!

Like what I stated in my previous blog, I had four schools in mind:

1. UP
2. UST
3. UERMMMC
4. DLSHI

And again, I chose these schools because they were the only ones that didn't require extra units. I initially wanted to go to Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) and Ateneo School of Medicine and Publich Health (ASMPH) but they were requiring me to take up additional units in Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, and some Natural Sciences.

I really did plan on taking them up, and I went to several schools/universities within our area to see if they all the subjects were available to be taken up for the 2nd sem of their school year. I was lucky enough to find one school, University of Perpetual Help for it.

The campus is big, and spacious, new buildings, and the admissions office was very accommodating. I took their entrance exam, which was about 20-30 minutes or so, and I was then admitted. Since I required about a sem's worth of units, I had to go through several different departments and choose specific classes to get into. What really struck me with this school is how awesome and helpful the professors were there. They personally escorted me to the different colleges and spoke with the other deans of the college, and even gave me tips on which subjects were better to take up to prepare me for Medicine! Wow lang talaga. Hahahahaha. Their college of medicine wasnt bad either, all the professors are from UP Medicine/ UP Public Health (which is similar to MedTech) and their facilities are topnotch!

So I was pumped, ready to take on those extra units, and just get into the whole I'm-gonna-be-a-doctor mode.The day of enrollment arrived, and I went to their auditorium to start choosing my subjects. Pretty simple enough. I was able to get all the subjects, and a great schedule.

Then...the hard part.

I had to have my subjects assessed, and boy, was the line long. I finished around 11am, and ran to the line. It stretched around 3/4 of the quadrangle. Good thing there were chairs, but, sitting/standing in the heat at noon is not something to laugh about. After 7 hours of waiting, I finally reached the assessment room. A student took my schedule and printed out the cost. Unfortunately, one of the subjects hadn't been encoded yet with the proper amount so they sent me up to another room where I waited for another hour or so where a woman was shifting through papers looking for my subject. While waiting, I glanced at the partial cost of my 6 subjects...and my jaw dropped. It amounted to about 60k (well, it was kind of understandable since 3 of my subjects were lab), that cost more than my 4 years in college!!! I didnt know that that amount was perfectly normal for private schools. T_T And to think, I still lacked 3 units on top of that, so it was going to amount to about 70k or so in its final assessment.

And it came to pass, that at 9pm, I headed home, and told my parents that I wasnt going to take up the extra units. I reasoned that the 70k could instead be used to pay for at least half of my 1st sem in Med School. They still offered to let me take up the additional units just as long as I was sure that I wanted to get into PLM or ASMPH, but with parents approaching the retirement age, I thought better of it to just let it pass, and focus on other schools.

Such a shame really, that I bothered all those professors, and they were sooooo nice. :( Oh well. Sometimes things dont work out the way you planned them.

So back to the 4 schools that I enumerated earlier. Again, UP wasnt an option anymore since my NMAT score was below their requirement, and then I had to cross out UST (due to a very unfortunate incident), and then I was down to UERMMMMC and DLSHI.

Both schools are very good, but based on forums and the general opinion, UE is more established in terms of their Med school (around 60 years, I think) compared to DLSHI, which is fairly young (30 years or so).

DLSHI had a fairly easy  application process. Pay Php600, fill out their application forms and bring the necessary documents. Since I passed it around December, I had to wait until January for the interview. The interview took about 30 minutes where the Director for admissions, Dra. Tesoro I think, asked the usual questions --Why do you want to take up Medicine? How will you finance your studies? How do you handle stress? and others. They said that in a week, I'd know if I was accepted. By the very next day, I received the acceptance letter through email and I just had to pay the Php 5000 reservation fee.

Oh but wait, I still had to wait for the results from UE. Grrrr. That would be in the next month, and I was kind of scared to lose my slot. So I decided to wait.

What really attracted me to DLSHI was the generous scholarships for those who graduated with honors. Although UERMMMC also had one, DLSHI's was guaranteed once you enrolled.

Well, of the four schools, DLSHI was by far the most expensive one in terms of tuition. But with the scholarship, it became the one I could most afford without getting my parents bankrupt.

DLSHI and UERMMMC had what they called, the Entrance Scholarship. For DLSHI it is providing 50%, 75%, or 100% scholarship for those who graduated as cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude. UE also has a similar scheme but based on forums at Pinoy MD, they said that only 30-40 students in total, get the scholarship, whilst in DLSHI, all those who applied, regardless of the number, just as long as they fulfilled the requirements, they could get the scholarship.

Oh, before I forget (being a scatterbrain and all), here's some info about each school

UP:
- NMAT Cutoff: 90%-95%
-No. of students accepted: 160 (40 slots are reserved for Intarmed students)
-Tuition Per Sem: Php56,000
-Has an interview
-Application Fee: Php 1,000

UST
- NMAT Cutoff: 70%-80%

-No. of students accepted: 400

-Tuition Per Sem: Php102,000 (last I checked, and they increase every year by 4-7%)
- Has 2nd level exams (MCAT)
-Application Fee: Php2,000

UERMMMC
-NMAT: 70%
-No. of students accepted: 300

-Tuition Per Sem: Php96,000
-Has an interview
-Application Fee: Php1,600

DLSHI
-NMAT: 40%
-No. of students accepted: 310
-Tuition Per Sem: Php106,000 (and they increase by 3-7% annually)
-Has an interview
-Application Fee: Php600

Gotta cut this post short, gotta rush. Arghhhh, will continue. :))

The Boredom of Waiting

So, as I said before, I took my NMAT last December. What have I been doing since then?

Well, getting fat doesnt count. And its a good thing too, that I was able to save enough money to last me up until now.

I have tried looking for a part time job, but my mom was against the idea because she thought I might change my mind about medicine and get hooked again on being a corporate slave.

So I tried to do something that I enjoy and can make some funds off of. Art.

Since I was a kid, I have been drawing like crazy. I was an addict for Crayola and its wonderful assortment of colors and smells. Its like heaven with these things, its like crack for kids. :))

I then started with drawing Garfield, since it was the only decent comic book in our library at the time, and then I moved on to drawing Jon, and then funky monsters. Right? Right? See the evolution? Hahahaha.

Going back to what I've been doing while waiting for the results of the Med Schools, I just draw. I started painting some stuff, and tried selling them, but I guess, there's no market for it right now. But I still continue drawing these little buggers in the hopes of making time go faster, getting lucky and selling at least one of them, and just enjoy the time I have left before Med School harasses me.

Here's a few of my works:

 Well, I hope that this boredom streak will come to an end. Hahaha