UBC Premedical Society

So today I am going to go to the UBC Premedical Society's office hours to sign up. Their office hours are 3-4pm on Mondays. I got this idea from a user on premed101 who private messaged me suggesting that I could go check it out. I didn't realize they would be open in the summer (still not sure if anyone will be there).

Even though I am just signing up, I'm very excited about going because I love meeting people who are passionate about medicine and want to go to medical school. I think this will be one of my favorite things about medical school (meeting people who are passionate about medicine). Because right now, in terms of knowing people that want to go into medicine, I only know of a couple people online, and pretty much no one in person.

The UBC Premedical Society has events like seminars, socials, volunteer opportunities, and a weekly lecture series where a doctor talks about his/her experiences. I am very excited about all of this! However, I don't think there will be events in the summer, but all the more reason to look forward to September!

Once I'm finished at the Premedical Society, I will post to see how it went! Hopefully my expectations aren't too high, because I am really looking forward to it.

Wedding, Drive Basketball, and Deep Fried Pickles

So last weekend I went to my cousin's wedding and saw some family I hadn't seen in a while. It was okay but it started to get me thinking about my wedding. I'm only 22 and don't plan on being married for quite some time (I think I would only get married after I got into med school), at least 6-12 years from now.

I also sent another follow up email to the owner of Drive Basketball in regards to the interview I had there (I already sent 1 follow up email 2 months ago and received no response). This time he got back to me and said he wants to meet with me and that he would be in touch shortly! I am very excited about this for a lot of different reasons. I will post more on the job/volunteer position as soon as I meet with him.

Today, I had deep fried pickles at Tap and Barrel in Vancouver. They were so good! Apparently they've been voted best deep fried pickles in vancouver, and I'd definitely agree with them. The first time I had deep fried pickles was in Seattle when I went to the Packers - Seahawks NFL game in 2012 with my cousin and his two friends. The ones I had in Seattle was at a place called Sluggers and were really good, but I think Tap and Barrel's are better. I went out for dinner with  my girlfriend because she had finished her midterm and I decided to reward her for her efforts.

FNH 200 Mark

So my first course of the summer, Food, Nutrition and Health 200 at UBC mark is out. I got 77% on it! That's a B+! Considering that I thought failed the exam and failed the course (see my "ouch" post), I am pretty happy. Considering that this is the first science course I've done in 3 years needs to be taken into account too. However, a B+ generally still isn't good enough for a Canadian medical school. So I do need to get 90% or above in my next two courses to bring up my average.

Overall I am pretty happy though. Just have to keep doing better.

Going Home

So since Saturday I've been at my mom's house on Vancouver Island. For those of you who don't know, Vancouver is about a 4 hour trip from the middle of Vancouver Island (Duncan). The reason I came was because my mom has a week off work so I decided to spend some time with her because my in-person class at UBC is over. However, I am registered in 2 more courses but I've barely scratched the surface on one of them and haven't started the other. The courses are Anatomy & Physiology I and II. I write the exam for the first class at the beginning of August and I write the second exam at the beginning of September. I believe the September exam won't conflict with my September classes because it is early enough in the course that I won't have anything due.

So far, I've just been relaxing, hanging out with my good friend, being with my mom, going to the gym, and doing a tiny bit of course work. I also watched a couple movies. I watched Shawshank Redemption and the Truman Show. They were both good but I liked Shawshank better. I also rented Lost in Translation and Gifted Hands. Gifted hands is about a surgeon, so I'm really excited to see that one. Hopefully it will be a good watch. Although I'm going back to Vancouver on Friday, so I only have today to watch both movies.

So I believe MUN's application and University of Calgary and OMSAS are all open now, so good luck to all of the applicants! I feel like most of the applicants on premed101 are talented applicants, and from the statistics, the samples on premed101 are much higher GPA/MCAT wise than the entire applicant pool. I think the people with the higher stats are naturally the ones who want to talk about medicine more. Also, premed101 is a very supportive community that helps everyone get through the process, so it definitely helps out to have that as a resource. I honestly don't know where I'd be without it.