Thanks for inviting me to do this
super honoured
What is the meaning of life?
(But like, from a med student's perspective though, not just the question I always ask)
i can't even answer this from a general point of view..... the meaning of life is beyond my scope of knowledge/imagination hahah
RuiAce beat me before I could even type this up to be first question, but... do you have any clue which area of medicine you're interested in going into at this point in time? Which specialities pique your interest, and why?
Always been keen for surgery - it's more hands-on, i like micro-managing things so surgical procedure and protocol plays right along with my perfectionist attitude, it's also a boys club so I'd love to take on the challenge of changing that stereotype - potentially paediatric surgery but that's probably going to be the most emotionally taxing and time-consuming specialty so TBC... But really I am open to all the fields and hopefully year 3/4 will help me make a decision. (i am pretty certain however I will avoid psychiatry purely cause i don't think i can face those kinds of issues on a day-to-day basis despite it being incredibly fascinating)
Why did you choose Monash over Melbourne for medicine?
tbh Melbourne was always the dream, but I didn't know until Year 12 that they didn't offer undergrad med.
After ATARs came out, i had the choice of med vs biomed. I didn't get chancellors so I didn't want to take the gamble of doing the GAMSAT. And although breadth subjects would have been great, they didn't outweigh my desire to actually study medicine.
Also keeping in mind that I think I'd like to do surgery, finishing the course 2 years earlier will really help (female "responsibilities" in the long-term means that 2 years is a major difference).
And now that I am in Monash - I have to say there are no regrets - our cohort is smaller and a lot closer, we have a society that looks after our every need (we have our own orchestra, sport teams, carnivals, social events, academic support etc), and I reckon I prefer this environment over what I've heard about biomed (super competitive?)
What TV shows are you binging at the moment?
Well 2016 included Breaking Bad, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and House (three times ahhaha)
And this year it's been Bones and probably going to watch Grey's Anatomy next
I think it's obvious I have a tendency towards science/med related shows....
Favourite song?
Don't think I have one. But according to my iTunes songs the songs I play most are by Pentatonix - their voices are heaven :')