My life completely changed on May 29th, 2013…
Or, should I say, our life... because I am not alone in this, as I have brought my husband and daughter into this craziness.
Well, actually, it changed the day I decided to apply to med school. I’ve read some of other non-trad premed blogs, and my experience is very different. You see, I didn’t have to go through the process of the MCAT, ECs and all that stuff. Where I am from, universities judge the candidates based mostly on their academic results, and the Multiple Mini-Interview. There is no long process of studying for the MCAT, or having to volunteer for years at nearby hospital.
As long as I can remember, I always felt I would be a doctor one day. But, one day does not necessarily mean one-size-fits-all path. Not for me. I studied, worked, and enjoyed life... I bring different life experiences with me in this new challenge. I hope these experiences will help me in the next few years, but even if they don't, I don't mind; I enjoyed life, and that's the most important thing to me.
I have always loved to learn... Even whilst working full time (and traveling for work all over this big country of ours), I studied part-time and did an MBA. I had fun learning new stuff with people from very different backgrounds. My classes were full of engineers, but also people from community services, and even a priest. This all resulted in amazing discussions in classes like ethics of management or social responsibility of business.
In the next few years, part of my challenge will be to find where I fit in a group of people with very different backgrounds than mine. There is a generation between us, our cultural references are different, but we also have a lot in common. Trying to connect on our similarities and learn from our differences. It is not going to be easy every day, but I am sure it will be worth it!
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