Becoming Doctors

<Post Written on 15th August 2012> I just ran as hard as I could, and then, the race started.  <Part III,  The Final Showdown> The journey Of class 11 th   and 12 th   was indeed  *******.  But now after all this, after getting into a medical college, I am being told, “The” race is yet to BEGIN. Life is indeed a Bitch.. 1 st  January 2012  The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals.  If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” –Timothy Ferriss 2011 is over, 2012 is here. This was going to be the most happening and hard year of my life. (Well, I had no idea what happens in a college till then :p) My pre-boards were...

<Post Written on 1st August 2012> I just ran as hard as I could, and then, the race started.  <Part I, Class 11 th > The journey Of class 11 th  and 12 th  was indeed  *******.  But now after all this, after getting into a medical college, I am being told, “The” race is yet to BEGIN. Life is indeed a Bitch. _____________ 2 nd  April 2010: After the Class 10 th  Board Exams I was sitting in front of my PC (Vista :p), thinking of what subjects to fill in, as I was supposed to select my stream and the subjects for class 11 th  and 12 th . Science, the obvious choice of most of the students in my society was my evident choice too, but the question was, Engineering OR Medical ? It’s not that I didn’t know what to choose, becoming a Doctor was a childhood dream (everyone’s is…..*sigh*), but belonging to a typical Engineering family, be it my father, grandfather, or great-grand father, it was a challenging task to be what p...

<Post Written on 14th August 2012> I just ran as hard as I could, and then, the race started.  <Part II, Class 12th> The journey Of class 11 th   and 12 th   was indeed  *******.  But now after all this, after getting into a medical college, I am being told, “The” race is yet to BEGIN. Life is indeed a Bitch.. 2 nd  April 2011: After Class 11 th  Final Exams I was sitting in my room playing on my pc (still vista :p), when my father showed up and like every other day said, “Son, these are your free days, why don’t you utilize them efficiently, you can revise your class 11 th  notes, or do some MCQ’S, shall I get you some more books ? “ Class 11 th  was over, and so were the final exams. This time, was my time, and I missed it a lot. One whole year of studying, mugging and struggling really made me feel beaten up. ;)  I still had a week before the commencement of the new session in the school, and two ...