Right. So for me, the caduceus is just allover more badass (although I might add that the asclepius is probably the more "proper" symbol for medicine). For a decent description of each, go HERE.
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So yesterday was my orientation for the Premedical Enrichment Program at the University of New Mexico. Since that is a huge mouthful, I will introduce you to the term PrEP which, I am certain, will suffice for the remainder of my blog.
The gist of the program is, from my standpoint, the following:
"Hey. We interviewed you, and you were pretty f*ckin' cool. However, your grades kind of suck. Maybe not totally suck, but they suck more than the other applicants. And, while we think they are less f*ckin' cool than you, we really think that they will probably be able to handle the workload this year. Not to offend you, because you're f*ckin' cool, but you can't make it through year one just by smiling and being a total badass.
One thing we noticed when we interviewed you, however, was that it may not be your fault that you kind of suck at school. In fact, for some reason or another, something in your life may have actually hurt your chances of getting in to medical school. But you persevered like the badass that you are. Which we think makes you even more f*ckin' cool. So here is our proposal.
We have these buddies that we work with. They have a program where we put cool people with not-so-cool academics. This program is awesome. Trust us. But it is super exclusive. Yeah, we interviewed like 200 people for our school, but in order for you to get in to this program, you will have to go against just 20 people. Of those, only seven will get in. But you can't apply to it. We have to recommend you directly to their admissions committee. So you should feel even more cool, even though you probably feel like crap that you got waitlisted.
If you get in to this program, you and six others will spend two semesters together in a number of specialized courses. You have to take biochemistry again (we know, *groan*), but the other four classes will be special. These classes will teach you how to learn. They will teach you how to study. They will prepare you for medical school. In fact, after taking these classes, you will be better prepared for our medical school than those who were admitted this year. In the process, you will become super close to your six classmates, as well as a number of key professors and administrators.
And are you ready for the best part? You are? Once you take these two semesters of classes, you never have to even talk to us again. Forget blowing a wad of money on a new outfit for your interview. Forget taking the MCAT again. In fact, screw all that sh*t. You and your six peers will just jump the line and walk your badass selves right into the medical school. Because YOU'RE IN. No sh*t."
And that's how it goes. So, in the long run, I think I am pretty pumped that I get to spend this year networking and working on my study skills. This insures me against medical school kicking my ass too badly. Also, I will have a few hundred bucks that I wouldn't have if I needed to do the whole AMCAS bullsh*t again. That was too much.
My food for thought I will leave you with, at the moment, is to consider the differences between MDs and DOs, and why osteopathic medicine is such a joke to some....more on that next.
And here is another picture for your entertainment, and as a shout out to all my friends who are getting their badass selves through nursing school (because, to be honest, I respect nurses a hell of a lot more than doctors).
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