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100 Things You Learn as a Pre-med.
#46 - After one month of studying, this is how you feel, this is how you look.
#100thingspremed
How many Big Macs have you had?
Haha, like 2.
The Big Mac in 2000 - Bad.
The Big Mac in 2014 - Not good. Not bad, but definitely not good.
What is pre-med exactly?
Pre-med = Pre-medicine.
So It's before you get into medical school, where you are known as a medical student.
Or it's the process of getting into medical school, which means:
Taking mountain loads of required courses to look competitive when applying for medical school
Taking mountain loads of recommended courses to look competitive when applying for medical school
Doing a mountain load of extracurriculars (like volunteering, research, and anything else to make you look different)
Taking the MCAT
Applying for medical school and the secondary applications
Etc.
It can refer to either a person (a Pre-med), or you can use it to refer to the process (the Pre-med track/process).
Pre-med Tip of the Day: Experience
Think about a time you've complained about some experience you thought was useless.
For me, it was the years I spent learning how to draw. Which might seem useless in the medical field, but you know what? It isn't. I can draw organs and anatomy correctly and detailed enough that I can explain it to other people. Which will undoubtedly become useful.
And the thing you're thinking about is probably useful too, because as random and stupid as you think that thing is, you might have a patient one day that is thinking of the same thing, and in an effort to feel better, will start talking about that thing.
And then you've got conversation material to help you grow closer to your patients. So really, whatever crappy experience you had that seemed worthless might come into handy one day.
Except organic chemistry.
How do you do your drawings?
If you want to learn how to draw:
It takes a while, but is absolutely doable. My humble beginnings started with drawing Pokemon and Spider-man. I took classes a while ago too. Currently, I read graphic novels (Epileptic, Blankets, Habibi, anything by Guy Delisle) and do a couple exercises every once in a while to keep the drawing muscle strong.
If you want to know how to draw digitally:
Originally I did them with a pen and printer paper, then I took pictures and upped the contrast and played with the luminosity until I could turn this:
into this:
Both of those are hand drawn (Pilot V5) on college ruled paper.
Although that process is free, it's annoying to draw, take a picture, edit it, and then post it.
Instead I use one of two things:
1 - Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (the old one, which works great) with Sketchbook Pro - The screen is touch sensitive, and it works pretty well.
2 - Wacom's BAMBOO Pad with any drawing software that accepts pressure sensitive pen input - My suggestion is that you get Sketchbook Pro, which is only $25 from amazon.
Then I use paint.net to format everything (put boxes around things, type text, etc.) and then I put it on tumblr. The quality of the picture is a lot better in the digital drawings:
Obviously, these are amateur drawing processes, but the good thing is is that they work for anyone. If you're looking to go even further, BAMBOO has even better options for professionals.
Then again, you could always draw in a sketchbook and scan it into tumblr.
Hope that helps, and if you do end up drawing for tumblr, send me a link.
I love you and your blog. I'm starting my medicine studies this year, and I'm so excited even though I know it will be hard! Anyway people like you make it worth it, thank you very much :)
Hey thanks and you're welcome!
I hope it all goes well.
I'm planning on being excited about med school too... you know... once I get in.
WHOA!
Ever since I came home from college for break I was expecting myself to get in control of my life and not sleep at 5am and wake up at 12pm.
Well I didn't achieve that goal, but I woke up very late today and found a gajillion new followers and reblogs and favorites (oh my).
That's awesome. That makes me feel giddy inside. That makes me feel like I can spread my message of the trials of Pre-med more effectively.
Thank you.
Now all I need to know is how many followers it takes to become tumblr famous. . .
100 Things You Learn as a Pre-med.
#1 - Fear of failure is keeping you from a lower GPA. It's also what is keeping you up at night.
Hi everybody! I'm doing a new thing, it's called "100 things you learn as a Pre-med". If you like it, let me know. If you have a suggestion, tell me! I'll credit you.
Here's number 1.
#100thingspremed
