Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.Joseph Campbell
The following is an announcement re: The MCAT
My MCAT exam (for medical school admissions) is in seven days. Over the last year and a half I have survived a postbac premed program on the accelerated track, been dumped suddenly via email by the person I thought I might be with forever, and worked my butt off on exams and papers, only to be beaten down by the steep Ivy League curve..
It’s been a crazy several months, but I can say, without a single doubt, that studying for the MCAT is the most miserable thing I’ve ever done in my life. I don’t wish it upon any of my worst enemies. Taking standardized tests has always been a struggle for me (hi SAT and GRE, hate you guys), but the MCAT means SO MUCH for getting into medical school and the pressure is on.
For those who have taken the MCAT and survived, I applaud you and will now think of you as the highest of heroes and overcomers of adversity.
And now I will crawl back into my sad, sad hole and try to continuously remind myself that this is just the means to a very good end.
CDZA: WOOING WOMEN IN PUBLIC
This is not about medicine or food or nutrition but it is HEALTHY as it will make you laugh and smile and take a break from the dark hole where you’ve been concurrently studying for finals and your MCAT for what seems like forever and you forget what the sun looks like.
I follow CDZA religiously (they don’t know it, but I’m their biggest and creepiest fan) and you should too.
Calm and focus can be restored by spending even a little time in green spaces, away from the jangle of city living, a new study employing portable brain wave measuring technology suggests.
Today I supported this research by taking my study break on a walk in the park.
Dr. Benjamin Gilmer (left) gets a job at a rural clinic. He finds out he’s replaced someone — also named Dr. Gilmer (picture) — who went to prison after killing his own father. But the more Benjamin’s patients talk about the other Dr. Gilmer, the more confused he becomes. Everyone loved the old Dr. Gilmer.
I tend to obsess over This American Life, but this week’s episode may have been my favorite in the show’s history. I actually gasped when the ending was revealed. This episode speaks volumes about what we know, and especially what we don’t know, about the brain and mental health. Have a listen!
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Welcome to my blog! I’m Michelle, a 27 year old vegetarian, runner, future doctor, and healthy-living enthusiast. My life revolves around food. Cooking food, eating food, discussing the politics of food. We’re surrounded by so many false advertisements and misconceptions about nutrition, its difficult to know where the truth lies. This is my attempt to make everything a bit clearer.
Follow me while I eat delicious food, cook healthy meals, run races, and strive to separate the food truths from lies, while attempting to survive the premed lifestyle in NYC.
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