9月23日,MCAT结果出来,那时我的第一轮申请(primary application)已经递交(美国医学院麻烦的申请步骤:第一轮交给 American Medical College Association ,第二轮申请再递交给各个学校),就等着这个成绩。结果出来:38P- 99% percentile。超常发挥。
以下摘自我的日志: (日期都是2008年的)
“My timeline of medical school applications – for now and future references (hopefully it will be sweet when viewed in retrospect)
May.15-Jul.30 ---AMCAS primary application
June.23 ---start to contact professors for recommendation letters
June. 25 --- start to work on personal statement
“what you want in life is a function of what you think you deserve-and can achieve. …… Make do with what you have against seemingly insurmountable odds. And as you move ahead, pass on your optimism and faith to the next generation.”
------Vernon E. Jordan, “Vernon Can Read!”
July.1 --- 2 recommendation letters settled. One from Stella (Moving-Ahead program, Douglas), and one from Ingrid (Redpath Museum). Hope to meet with Loydie this Thursday.
July.2 --- Desperate about the personal statement, all I can type is “I want to be a doctor”….
encouragement from Stella, “Keep hold of your dream and aim high as you said -love the quote you sent as well. Perseverance, hard work, and enthusiasm and a positive outlook, I'm sure, will get you there Bing.....”
July.3 --- met with Loydie. Need to remind her again in mid July. Also sent my personal statement to her for review… Heard back from Prof. King, can’t meet with me because he just got a new-born baby! Will send him a detailed email over the weekend..
“A human being is a part of a whole... He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion."
— Albert Einstein
July.14 --- meet with Dr. Baines, discuss my curriculum for next year (possibly final year), and recommendation letter.
“It has been my philosophy on life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.”
--Isaac Asimov
July. 16 ---rescheduled my MCAT from Sep.12 to Aug.22. A big risk
“…he had gathered that life for everybody is a struggle, sometimes magnificent from a distance, but always difficult and surprisingly simple and a little sad.”
--- the freshest boy , F.Scott Fitzgerald
原文写于2009年五月本科毕业前夕。