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Hi all!

When is a 2:1 not a 2:1? When it's 0.8% away from 70%!

Just a short and sweet update for you all. I got my exam result back! 69.2%! So close to first class! But I'm so happy with it! That module only had two forms of assessment, this exam which I achieved 69.2% worth 66.6% and a Data Handling Test worth 33.3% which I achieved 85.0% in. So overall that works out to be a nice 74% average. I think I jinxed my streak of 70's by mentioning it.. But it's out of the way now, so bye bye Molecular Biology & Applications. 

So what's new? Well, first of all I paid a visit to my local Waterstones around last week and figured it was time I really start doing my research into medical schools. It's been in the back of my mind since university began in September 2013 but it's getting to the point where I need to have a complete overhaul in my attitudes and really invest some time into it (but more importantly myself). So after a year long wait of ummming and aahhhhing I picked up a little book, and it's called "So you want to be a doctor?" by Harveer Dev.

Flipping through the contents list it's an incredibly comprehensive little guide for wannabe medics, from making that first decision of wanting to be a doctor, to getting a life and convincing admissions that you don't have a Vitamin D deficiency from sitting in the library all day, to GEM and even more non traditional routes of getting into medical school. Reviewers off Amazon.com also seem to agree so I think that's also reassuring and will help to start me off on the right footing. Let's hope it's the best £16.99 I've spent. 

Lots of love.

That First Post

I'll be working in the same libraries, sitting in the same lecture halls and reading some of the same textbooks. Medical Biochemistry is a discipline in its own right, but I can't help and think that I'm close ...just not yet close enough.

Last year, on August the 15th 2013, I was first in a line of many, waiting patiently at 7:45am at my college. I had a calculator in one hand and a folder of my UCAS papers and old certificates in the other. The countdown on my calendar wasn't helping, nor was the fact I hadn't slept or ate the day before. Sound familiar? Of course, I'm talking about those long-awaited A-Level results which for me, hard work finally translated as AAB. Fortunately, that meant I started university in the winter which I was incredibly excited about. I felt humbled because although I was rejected for Medicine in my UCAS application, the hidden blessing is very much that I am studying Medical Biochemistry!

Fast forward a year, and I am now just starting my second year of university, and I am excited! Reflecting back, I believe I simply didn't feel confident in applying for medicine, which admissions had picked up in my could-do-better-but-good-effort application. Despite this, through a little bit more experience, skills and time - which Biochemistry offers in buckets - maybe can I think about a career as a doctor a realistic goal.

And before I forget, I'd like to give you the warmest welcome to my blog! I am a terrible writer so please bear with me. I know it'll take a few posts before anything is worth reading, but good writing comes through perseverance, right? Well great, because I hope this is a long-term project, meaning I will have (and need) a lot of time to perfect it.

I'm very interested to see how the next few years pan out.
Lots of love!