Discovered this forum when I was applying for university, but mostly lurked. Always looked forward to maybe one day being able to start my own. Well, here I am, accepted into university and starting a university journey journal! I will confess that I've never been good at keeping up with anything in my life, being both inconsistent and a slow runner, but I promise to try and keep up with this journal (or at least not abandon it). This is for those who want to know what it's like to be a medical student, as well as to entertain anyone else who likes to read about other peoples' lives.
Course?B.MedSci/MD at the University of Newcastle.
Why medicine?Ah, the old interview question. As inappropriate as this is to tell an admissions officer, the most succinct possible answer to this is that I really want to help people. I felt like medicine was the best way that I could do that. Another reason is that I loved the more human-based topics in high school Biology, and the idea of being able to continue to learn things like that and more throughout my career and life is immensely appealing. Also, and this is definitely COVID-related, I feel like I need to be in a career where I get to work with people and interact with actual, real-life, not-on-a-screen people.
What do you like outside of academics? Hobbies? Interests?- Music. I play several instruments and listen to music pretty much constantly. My mum probably wouldn't have ever imagined that I'd say something like this when I used to complain about having to practise the piano as a child, but I genuinely feel that music is one of my passions.
- Comedy. Stand-up, panel shows, sitcoms, anything and everything. If it makes me laugh, I'll probably enjoy it. I think that comedy is like medicine in a way, in how they both make people feel better in their own distinct way.
- Football (or soccer for anyone who isn't from the UK). I can only assume that I got caught up in lunchtime kick-arounds and Match Attax trading cards as a child, and it all led on from that. I'm terrible at fantasy, though.
- Languages. I know a few, would like to learn more in the future.
Goals for the year?- Don't fail uni.
- Make some new friends and do some stereotypical young person/uni student stuff (you know what I mean, socializing, going places, doing things).
- Keep up with some of my hobbies and interests so that I don't burn out and be miserable.
- Keep up a reasonably healthy lifestyle.
Well, let's get on with it, shall we? 加油, allez, давай!