Classes start the day after tomorrow…although since it’s 2:15 am right now, I guess I can say that they start tomorrow, instead. And, in true “LB” fashion, I officially changed my major tonight. Not that it’s really different from what I had discussed with anyone last semester… I started off by declaring a Nursing major. But, I decided midway through the Anatomy class that I wanted to go completely crazy (yes, I need to have my head examined!) and apply to Medical School. And, tonight, I found out the Austin Community College offers a Pre-Medical Associate Degree. It has all the classes I need as prerequisites to apply to medical school, plus a few extra liberal arts electives that I would need to fulfill if I decided to pull the plug on spending the rest of my life in medical school and get my BSN at University of Texas, instead. And, I figure, hey…if I’m doing all this work, anyway, shouldn’t I get some kind of a nice diploma out of the deal? I say, “YES!” :) Anyway, I’ve got several of the electives finished, and anything that is not directly related to the medical school requirements, I will wait until after I’ve taken the MCAT and applied to schools to complete. As I was thinking about it before, I realized that I would be sitting around doing absolutely nothing for about a year once I complete the hardcore prerequisites, anyway, so the extra classes will give me something to do while I wait to find out if anyone will take me (PLEASE! SOMEONE TAKE ME!!), and will also get me prepared to transfer into UT if they decide not to take me. Either way, I think it’s a good, solid plan, and I feel very at peace with it.
So…on-tap for this semester is my heaviest course load yet. I’m taking 11 hours while working full time (yes…I’m on crack). The good news is that the text for my Cellular and Molecular Biology class is the same one that we used for AP Biology when I was in high school…only this sucker is 5 editions NEWER!! Wow…I feel very old. Anyway, my point, here, is that the material will be more of a review, so I’m very glad for that. I’m also taking General Chemistry 1. I took this class at University of Colorado, but it was about 15 years ago, and I barely remember a thing. So…this will be review as well. AWESOME! And, finally, there will be US History II. This is one of those elective classes that will be required for the UT BSN as well as the Pre-Med AD. And because I’m taking mostly review stuff this semester, I figured it would be a good time to max out my course load… I take that back… I don’t think any time is a “good” time to max out my course load, but if it has to be done, this would be the time for it. After this semester, there really won’t be any more “eeek” room until after I take the MCAT and start applying to schools at the end of NEXT Spring semester.
Anyway, here’s wishing everyone a great semester with good professors and easy tests!! A girl can dream, right?!??? ;)
