Life is getting crazy.

I need to start drafting a personal statement really soon (read: like now), register for summer online classes at my local community college, find a doctor to shadow over the summer, prepare myself for the release of my MCAT score in exactly a week, and get my butt into gear for this upcoming application process. I’ve already asked all my recommendation letter writers for letters, and luckily they’ve all agreed — 2 of the 3 are waiting on my working draft of the PS.

Unfortunately, like with most things in life, I’m finding it hard to actually start. I’ve read plenty of online things so far about what exactly goes into a personal statement — motivations, qualifications — but I’m having a hard time trying to decide how to make it personal without making it cliché. Eh, I’ll probably end up asking around or going to Barnes and Nobles for an afternoon of “How to Write a Personal Statement” book reading.

But I digress. My main point in updating was to tell a story detailing my amazing stupidity. (Those who I have friended on Twitter may have already been victim of my ranting. You get to read it twice!) For some unknown reason, I’ve been “Asian failing” most of my classes this semester, which is a horrible thing in itself since this is the last semester that “counts” when applying to medical school (i.e. this is the last semester of grades medical schools will see before I have to send them a final transcript after I graduate if I matriculate). I’ve been super determined to turn this around recently, but I made a really stupid mistake on my last test in my Neurobiology of Addiction class that cost me an A — forgetting to bubble in 3 answers on the scantron sheet.

Really, guys. Forgetting to bubble in answers on the scantron sheet. (I welcome any criticism, because I deserve it. Hahaha. I laugh at myself.) To make me look slightly less stupid, these questions were of the matching type — match the picture of the protein structure of the receptor with the drug of abuse it binds — and the way it was formatted could lead someone to believe it was part of the short answer portion of the test, especially since it was right before/grouped with those questions. (It wasn’t, obviously.)

This sucks, because I know I would’ve gotten the questions right and made an A on the test, and now it’s impossible for me to make an A in the class. Hahaha. I laugh. I need a 101 on the next test for an A. Hahaha.

Sigh. I hope life turns around soon!