Jun 11 2007
Volume of Books =/= Volume of Head.
365 Days

10 Days, 2 Hours, 16 Minutes until I'm done with my Step 1 Board Exam.

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Jun 14 2007
That's a pretty f**ing good burger. I don't know if it's worth six dollars but it's pretty f**ing good.
I'm doing much better today, thank you all for your support! Here I am eating more nutritious food during my studies... but sometimes I just can't resist the 6 Dolla Burger urge! I actually got dressed and drove there just for lunch. Yay! And sorry about another movie quote title today, I just had to. I can't wait to be done with my exam so I can watch movies again! My Netflix has been backed up for weeks!
365 Days

6 Days, 23 Hours, 59 Minutes until I'm done with my Step 1 Board Exam.

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Jun 13 2007
I'm not even supposed to be here today!
Don't even bother reading the following. It's just me feeling sorry for myself. I shouldn't.
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7 Days, 23 Hours, 10 Minutes until I'm done with my Step 1 Board Exam.

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I took this picture this morning after studying a bit. I was fine, it was all good. The title was going to be “Please, no more, I can’t take it.” Then I took another practice test. I got a 52%. I failed. Like really, really failed. I freaked out. I had a “nervous breakdown” so to say. Not good. To put this score into perspective, my goal is an 80. I’ve been told you have to have at least a 75 to get a residency in any “good” medical field. Since June 1 my practice test scores have averaged 67, which is OK. But not 80. You’d think my scores would be getting BETTER the more I studied, no? Yeah, well, I just can’t memorize that much shit. The reason I titled the photo as I did was because I technically was supposed to be taking my exam today. I recently postponed it, thankfully. Imagine if I got a 52% on the actual exam! That’d be like $100,000 I just wasted right there. Whoo. That would be bad.
OK, anyways, so there I was, freaking out, when Ryan calls me. He passed his 5th actuarial exam. He is more than half way to being a full FCAS super cool awesome actuary. I am so proud of him. He is so smart. I love him so much. But what do I do? I cry into the phone and take away all his glory. I’m such a jerk.
I had to leave my house, I had to get away. Since I had errands to do I figured I’d get them done. First I drove to school to get my PPD (they have to check us for TB every year, since we’re always around the infecteds). The student health center closed 1 minute before I got there. Of course. So I go across the street to the Family Medicine clinic to get a PPD. There I have to wait forever even though all they have to do is stab me with a needle filled with the protein. I could do it myself. Anyways… after that I go up the administrative office to pick up my grades from that comprehensive exam and the OSCE (clinical exam) that I took in May. I really shouldn’t have. I was really not in the right mindset to find out that I am below average. Yeah, who would’ve thought Miss 98th percentile is below average? Well, I scored below average on “Taking a History,” “Performing a Physical Exam,” “General Impression Overall,” on the OSCE and below average on the “Written” portion and the “Integrated Cases” portion. I got way above average on the “Practical” portion, but that was only 7% of the exam. It just proves I’m destined to be a pathologist. Anyways… as I cried the entire walk back to my car, I remembered I had to get a prescription filled. I was at the pharmacy at Albertsons for a good 30 minutes and I didn’t even get what I went for! Damn insurance companies. So far this day is going so well, no? Next I figure I better get some coffee. Caffeine always makes me feel better. I get to Starbucks and order and then I wait. Then I wait some more. And then I wait some more. Arrrrrgh!! They forgot. At this point in time my car is filled with used tear-filled tissues, my mind is filled with hatred of myself, and my home is filled with facts I don’t know, and now I can’t have coffee!? Could I be any more depressed?
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Turns out I can’t, actually! The lady got me my coffee AND I got a voucher for a free Starbucks coffee, any size any time. Sweet. Then Janis Joplin came on the radio. Then Ryan called me and told me he wants to go out to dinner with me to celebrate/cheer me up. Oh, and then I got invited to join a Flickr group Students On The Brink Of Insanity by this awesome student! I’m all better. :-D
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for now.

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Jun 17 2007
NERD!
Yeah, so you pretty much gotta make fun of someone who studies 10 hours a day.
Thus, in the words of Ogre, "NERD!"
365 Days

3 Days, 22 Hours, 50 Minutes until I'm done with my Step 1 Board Exam.

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Jun 10 2007
Sharpie, anyone?
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11 Days, 0 hours, 33 minutes until I'm done with my Step 1 Board Exam.

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