School, life and dreams
I have been doing a way lot of thinking these past few days. I think that I have learned to mentally deal with family stress and now I have time to think about my life and what I want.
I was checking out courses at Athabasca University again this morning. Athabasca is the leading online/distance university in Canada and all the major schools use their programs. The admissions people at MUN directed me their way.
I need the following to have a completed degree from Southeastern…..
- Organic Chemistry II or Biochemistry
- Cytology
- Calculus
- I only had a D on my first General Chemistry I at Evangel, so I plan to retake that.
This is my plan……
Athabasca offers all 4 of these courses though distance :)
I figure that I can start taking Biochemistry and Cytology in February. Once I see how that course load is going, I can wait until I am done with both those, or I can pick up the remaining two courses in the midst of completing the first two. AU has a monthly registration.
I would hope to have the majority of these courses completed this summer in order to be fairly prepared to re-take the MCAT in August. Then in September, I would submit the MUN Med schools application for the 2006 year. I figure that I will give it 3 goes of applying to med school, so it’s just as well to start that process this year.
I would also hope to have that fancy piece of paper from SEC by December 2005. I figure that if I have these four courses completed by August, it would give them all fall to sort everything out.
Sometimes I think that I am reaching way to high when it comes to med school, yet I will never know unless I try, right?? I mean, my high school guidance counselor told me that I would never get into university because I was a poor math student, yet I have been to 4 educational institutions - including Dalhousie!! Reality has been hitting me hard lately; I think that I have done a WAY lot of growing up the past several months. I am ready to get up and move on!! I know that God had me here for a time and a purpose, but I know that he doesn’t have me here forever….he just keeps putting my life’s puzzle together!
Yesterday I was about to ask Robin about his thoughts on me taking a leave of absence for a term so that I could go to MUN and get the courses done that way. The cool thing about all of this, is that I will still be working here at HV, I will still have an income and I can still hopefully do a bit of traveling soon!! :)
I’m excited…it’s going to be good :)
I was checking out courses at Athabasca University again this morning. Athabasca is the leading online/distance university in Canada and all the major schools use their programs. The admissions people at MUN directed me their way.
I need the following to have a completed degree from Southeastern…..
- Organic Chemistry II or Biochemistry
- Cytology
- Calculus
- I only had a D on my first General Chemistry I at Evangel, so I plan to retake that.
This is my plan……
Athabasca offers all 4 of these courses though distance :)
I figure that I can start taking Biochemistry and Cytology in February. Once I see how that course load is going, I can wait until I am done with both those, or I can pick up the remaining two courses in the midst of completing the first two. AU has a monthly registration.
I would hope to have the majority of these courses completed this summer in order to be fairly prepared to re-take the MCAT in August. Then in September, I would submit the MUN Med schools application for the 2006 year. I figure that I will give it 3 goes of applying to med school, so it’s just as well to start that process this year.
I would also hope to have that fancy piece of paper from SEC by December 2005. I figure that if I have these four courses completed by August, it would give them all fall to sort everything out.
Sometimes I think that I am reaching way to high when it comes to med school, yet I will never know unless I try, right?? I mean, my high school guidance counselor told me that I would never get into university because I was a poor math student, yet I have been to 4 educational institutions - including Dalhousie!! Reality has been hitting me hard lately; I think that I have done a WAY lot of growing up the past several months. I am ready to get up and move on!! I know that God had me here for a time and a purpose, but I know that he doesn’t have me here forever….he just keeps putting my life’s puzzle together!
Yesterday I was about to ask Robin about his thoughts on me taking a leave of absence for a term so that I could go to MUN and get the courses done that way. The cool thing about all of this, is that I will still be working here at HV, I will still have an income and I can still hopefully do a bit of traveling soon!! :)
I’m excited…it’s going to be good :)