One of the keys to being successful, I think, is to hold oneself accountable. I suppose holding myself accountable is going to be my main benefit from this blog.
A year and a half ago, the admissions counselor at KU Med wanted me to take 12-15 more credits of upper level science courses before applying to medical school again. It is a lot of work, but she basically wanted me to prove that I could handle the upper level science work.
So, to start down that path, I am taking a class starting in just under 4 weeks. It is Cell Biology. I am a bit nervous since I haven't had intro biology in about 12 years, which is the pre-requisite for this class. But I decided to go for cell biology thinking that the prep I had done for the MCAT two summers ago would be something, plus I could reference the books I still have. The other thing was that I would have had to get an A in intro biology and that would be a lot of pressure that wasn't exactly necessary. The admissions counselor said she wouldn't necessarily recommend repeating any of my previous classes, but just to take things like genetics and biochemistry.
I started reading my MCAT biology book and listening to the audio lectures today. I had been thinking I didn't really want to start the whole school thing right now, but after doing some refersher work, I'm getting excited. I like the science and miss the academic challenge. It will be nice to exercise the grey matter again.
I need to get an A, which I did successfully at community college. However, I'm starting at UMKC, a 4-year university. My previous experience at Michigan was that science classes were very hard and it was hard to get an A. Who knows if it was my study habits at the time or what, but I hope I can get an A now.
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