It was May 2010. I ordered a copy of my undergraduate transcript from my school. I needed to review what courses I did not do to well in. What caused this low GPA?
I noticed the D's in Organic Chemistry and the C's in Physics & General Chemistry. The Biology classes were a mix of B's and C's. There were a couple of F's that I recall getting after dropping out the class late in the semester. Ahhhh!! Work, procrastination, thinking I knew it all by taking advance classes before the basics, etc. etc. Everything an immature 16 yr old "genius" in college who had the slightest clue what she wanted to do with her life until junior year would do.
I then logged onto my MCAT account. A 13O. YIKES! What was I thinking studying from a "How to Pass the MCAT" book for 3 weeks as preparation for such a major exam?! *smacks hand onto forehead*
Okay. What's done is done. How can I make this better? Is the field of medicine for me?
A Sign from God
A letter from LGA is sent to me out of the blues--BECOME AND EMT FOR FREE! Hmmm. Emergency Medial Technician huh? I love emergency medicine! Watching the action in the ER on television and sitting in one gets the wheels in my head spinning all of the time. Off to LaGuardia Community College I go. I'm going to become an EMT!
Fast forward and I LGA says I do not qualify for their program. I am too advanced to earn the grant. But I can pay on my own for it and start in their next session only a few months away. My decision: I applied to an EMT program that was starting in a couple of weeks. This was the best decision of my life!
I aced the EMT course with a 98 average; and pass the NYS License Exam with a 91. I no longer felt like an idiot in the sciences. This was the happiest I ever been in my life. The medical field was definitely for me!
The spark has rekindled. The past may have been dark but the present and future looks bright.
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