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作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-9 00:23:38 标题: 今年申得不好的同学 don't lose hope [zz]

本帖最后由 Guessy 于 2011-6-9 01:40 编辑

http://www.premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52225

在premed论坛上看到的觉得有那么点感动吧
希望大家可以坚持自己的梦想
梦想不是随着人群做同样的事情
而是自己想过很久的即冲动又理智的一个愿望
一个可以经过了很多年依然无法放弃的梦想

I finally got the acceptance letter from one of the med school yesterday. For me, it has been a long and ardous journey, 10 yrs to be exact since the first time that I applied to a med school. Along the way, I am blessed with encouragements from friends, colleagues, people from this forum, for that, I can't thank them enough. I want to take this opportunity to share my story and to encourage those who has been trying for the past several years to not giving up your dream.

First time I applied to med school was back in 2000, when most of the"traditional" applicants were still in either elementary school /Juniour high. I didn't get any interview invites from any of theschools that I applied to; however, it wasn't much a surprise, given my marks weren't competitive enough. I applied once again in 2001 with similar result. Then I decided to do a MSc. degree, hoping that this would help to strenghten my application in the future. After 2 yrs hiatus from the application cycle, I applied to both med and dent in2003. I only got as far as receiving interviews from UWO and UT dentistry that year. I went back to Taiwan to work as a research assistant for a while. At that time, I started to really worry about my future.

I was lucky enough to be accepted into UBC Dent the next year. At that time, I was just happy to land a career with good income and a rather prestigeous title, irregardless whether it would be a career that I would truly enjoy in doing. Naive at that point, it took me 2 years to come to realization that something is not right. At 2007, I found that dentistry and I were just not compatible. The combined curriculum offered at UBC further strengthened my desire in wanting to pursue medicine.

Dropping out from dentistry wasn't an easy choice, especially when your asian parents considered to disown you and wanted to choke you to death for exchanging a great career with more uncertainty. Or when some of your friends started doubting you and think you are being unrealistic about the whole medical school thing. Strains on the relationship with the love one was also significant. At that point, life seems to spiralling downward out of control faster than I can handle. However,thanks for the support from my dentistry friends and other long-time friends, I was able to gather myself up and focus on what I have to do.

I applied to med again in 2007 while working as a research assistant,that year, I received my first ever medical school interview. Having high hope for myself that year, I was devastated when I was rejected post-interview. However, since I have always wanted to work in healthcare-related field, that same year, I also applied to pharmacy,and was fortunate enough to be accepted into the pharmacy program inToronto. I came to acceptance at that point, if I can never get accepted into medicine, at least, I would be happy to work as a pharmacist as a career. I continued to apply to med while studying in pharmacy; however, I kept receiving the same rejections letters year after year. It just seemed that I am not the right fit for any of the medical school that I interviewed with. This past year was supposedly my very last year in applying for medical school admission. It just comes to the point that I lost all the hope of ever getting into medicine, and getting tired from the whole application process. The whole motivation and desire are just not here anymore. But fortunately,I am finally able to accomplish what I set out to do 10 years ago.

I know it is never easy in getting rejection letters, I have all sorts from different medical schools across Canada. However, you just cant lose hope and lose sight on what you want to accomplish when you firststarted on this journey. If you think medicine is right for you and you will be a great physician, then you just have to work hard and make yourself a better candidate for people to see. Most importantly, youhave to believe in yourself. There will always be naysayers out there who try to sway your confidence; however, be grateful for the comments they make, and use those as the motivations to reach your goal. Best of luck to those who are in the same boat as I once was. Dont ever lose hope. Keep the faith.

by-Chubby

作者: alicecarol 时间: 2011-6-9 00:35:04

嗯，适合我看
谢谢寿星浣熊~

作者: Julianlod 时间: 2011-6-9 00:35:16

沙发。。我就是申的不好的人。。55555

作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-9 00:37:29

这哥们我看了之后真的很震撼
从dentistry退出来需要的勇气很大
要知道dentistry毕业就可以十几万的年薪做好了根本不比医生钱少
而且dentistry其实也并不比MD容易申请多少
在那个岁数作为一个亚洲人家里的压力配偶的压力
换我我肯定承受不了

作者: cmykelly0913 时间: 2011-6-9 00:53:14

赞励志的文章

作者: Behindyou 时间: 2011-6-9 00:56:53

十年磨一剑好感动！
一直很敬佩那些有自己梦想和追求并全身心为之付出努力的人，在一起没几天就会有种由衷的感动和受鼓舞。
虽然今年申的也不是很满意，签证的事儿还很繁杂，会一直好好努力下去。
想起那句：有梦想谁都了不起：

作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-9 01:08:43

呵呵大家励个志顺便练个阅读嘿嘿

作者: easonchanchh 时间: 2011-6-9 01:35:00

从来好敬佩有坚持有毅力有梦想还有勇气的人，，，
因为我几乎一样都没有.....

作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-9 01:35:25

我只有梦想没有另外几样
这算纯yy咩

作者: 姚明仔 时间: 2011-6-9 07:46:27

非常有勇气和毅力
坚持到最后就是胜利

作者: fantasia87 时间: 2011-6-9 07:51:27

嗯。。不容易啊。。

作者: 305989424 时间: 2011-6-9 08:25:42

我也想退学去学心理学……但是没人家的胆子

作者: easonchanchh 时间: 2011-6-9 08:32:42

我也想退学去学心理学……但是没人家的胆子
305989424 发表于 2011-6-9 08:25

我也没这个胆子，，而且听说加过心理学的要求好高，，
瓦再去读个本科学位也不知有木人要...

作者: 305989424 时间: 2011-6-9 08:46:19

我也没这个胆子，，而且听说加过心理学的要求好高，，
瓦再去读个本科学位也不知有木人要...
easonchanchh 发表于 2011-6-9 08:32

国内的也高北师的心理学高了我们一本线100多分
再读个本你就奔三了……

作者: lichxd 时间: 2011-6-9 09:02:01

我申的非常不好:mad:

作者: cjx7551 时间: 2011-6-9 09:21:56

猜猜。。哥想你啦。。。我想吃浣熊~~~

作者: chyabc1234 时间: 2011-6-9 09:27:50

这哥们我看了之后真的很震撼
从dentistry退出来需要的勇气很大
要知道dentistry毕业就可以十几万的年薪做好了根本不比医生钱少
而且dentistry其实也并不比MD容易申请多少
在那个岁数作为一个亚洲人家里的压力 ...
Guessy 发表于 2011-6-9 00:37

你说的十几万是税前吧税后大概不到10万我特地问了下当地学生,他们说医生收入没有我们想象的高. 可能还不如好的lawyer多,赚的最多的还business. 所以与其浪费时间考dentistry还不如考个LSAT. 另外此人好像是个taiwanese, 大家学英文还是看看美加的文章较好.

作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-9 09:40:07

我说的当然是税前不能拿税后比因为打多少税是有其他因素在里面的
我也并没有说牙医和医生赚得有多么多我只是说牙医和医生差不多这个同学放弃牙医去申医生说明了他的追求
lawyer就算了吧一方面大部分人都不喜欢做lawyer 另外一方面现在lawyer找工作真的很惨很惨我知道有人读law school读到一半退学了因为觉得毕业找不到工作找工作这方面还是牙医和医生好得多

另外你这个是没事找事么你觉得我贴这文章纯粹是为了给大家练英语的？你就这理解能力？

作者: chyabc1234 时间: 2011-6-9 09:41:47

你别对我这么凶嘛

作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-9 09:44:16

我有点受不了你这个态度
我发这个帖子的意图你能看出来吧？你也知道你前面回复的内容和我的意图没有什么关系吧？抓着off topic的内容使劲地争辩有意思么
这帖子是鼓励大家用的半路插上这么几个回帖我看着很不爽我都有意思删贴了

作者: janet0104 时间: 2011-6-9 09:45:02

每个人的理想和追求不同。
我原来一直想学商，可是我偏偏跑到了中医学校。
现在我虽然在申请加国本科重读，但是我觉得学医真的蛮好，对家里人朋友也有帮助。
看了猜猜的文章很受鼓舞，我打算去萨大冲冲那个14/260的PHARMACY。
学医学药都是个漫长而艰辛的过程，但我觉得有多少付出就会有多少回报，不必用别人的眼光去衡量值得或者不值得。

作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-9 09:47:15

楼上同学如果你重新读本科而且还是在萨大读的申pharmacy真的不太难
关键就是GPA 一定要非常非常努力让自己的GPA保持在3.8以上不是没有可能的
另外就算你拿不到international student的名额你完全可以先移民然后拿了身份再申请
再另外如果你想申professional school 我建议你不要转学分

作者: rfjorcak47 时间: 2011-6-9 09:56:36

赞~

作者: 305989424 时间: 2011-6-9 10:16:32

19# chyabc1234
好奇问一下您是哪里人~

作者: joean 时间: 2011-6-9 10:59:46

赞一个，有梦就坚持，趁着年轻

作者: janet0104 时间: 2011-6-9 11:00:40

非常感谢猜猜～我没有移民身份，短时间内也没法获得移民身份。我现在其实是什么条件都准备好了，就是在等，现在准备申1月的SASK和WATERLOO。两个学校都有PHARMACY,但都是要PRE的，萨省1月打算报CHEMISTRY,滑铁卢只有MATH开，学MATH的话方向就比较多。毕竟萨省并不是个很多人愿意去的学校，但是如果能学成PHAR也挺好的，而且还有认识的老师。其实也纠结恩～不知道该怎么办，实在不行等9月。

22# Guessy

作者: easonchanchh 时间: 2011-6-9 11:39:50

国内的也高北师的心理学高了我们一本线100多分
再读个本你就奔三了……
305989424 发表于 2011-6-9 08:46

额国内的确实也挺高不过报个水一点的一本还是可以的...加国的是普遍高
读个第二学位2年+还是可以的，不过我的高考成绩估计不会有人要，用高中会考成绩可能还有点希望...
不过就是各种前途年龄家庭因素，还是木有勇气踏出这一步，，
所以看到lz的文章真的是由衷的敬佩啊....

作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-9 12:00:51

非常感谢猜猜～我没有移民身份，短时间内也没法获得移民身份。我现在其实是什么条件都准备好了，就是在等，现在准备申1月的SASK和WATERLOO。两个学校都有PHARMACY,但都是要PRE的，萨省1月打算报CHEMISTRY,滑铁卢只有MATH开，学MATH的话方向就比较多。毕竟萨省并不是个很多人愿意去的学校，但是如果能学成PHAR也挺好的，而且还有认识的老师。其实也纠结恩～不知道该怎么办，实在不行等9月。
janet0104 发表于 2011-6-9 11:00

呃你是打算直接从prepharm申pharm？这个其实挺难的很多人都是读出了学位再申的
如果你真心想读pharm 我劝你去sask waterloo那个pharm就算你有身份也不见得能拼进去 ON这么多人只有2间学校有pharm 难度和MD相当但sask绝对容易多了而且sask如果你申不到可以先读个学位出来毕业移民再申如果是在ON这种地方你就没这个机会了

作者: bombuebue 时间: 2011-6-9 12:57:42

赞一个，有梦就坚持，趁着年轻
joean 发表于 2011-6-9 10:59

RE

我就是觉得，趁年轻，拼一下吧，如果不是工作了个几年，可能就完全没有现在的这股热情和坚持了。

作者: 紫色绚烂 时间: 2011-6-9 20:37:58

赞梦想的定义。出国只是实现梦想的手段。出国不行，梦想可以还在。

作者: willbe12 时间: 2011-6-9 21:03:25

必须顶啊

作者: Evam~ 时间: 2011-6-9 21:26:54

就是说趁着年轻冲吧否则老了只会说要是我当初……

作者: 艾惟 时间: 2011-6-9 21:36:11

我也想退学去学心理学……但是没人家的胆子
305989424 发表于 2011-6-9 08:25

這個念頭在我大學里不時冒出來。。。
都是不夠勇敢或者說還不夠堅持不夠熱愛自己夢想的人啊。

作者: Bugcan 时间: 2011-6-9 21:38:13

最后能够成功的人都是能够坚持下来的人，认准了自己的方向，付出120分的努力，是会成功的。
出国就是一个拥有梦想和实现梦想的机会。大家加油罗～～

作者: H1BMatch2012 时间: 2011-6-9 22:35:13

实际上俺应该算是比较能完全理解这文作者以及类似的朋友们的心情和理想的，能感同身受到，自己都羞愧到不敢看文章，因为不用看就知道就是我想说但是还做不到的话。需要行动起来了啊，过些年希望也能写个总结啥的。

作者: Guessy 时间: 2011-6-10 00:15:34

实际上俺应该算是比较能完全理解这文作者以及类似的朋友们的心情和理想的，能感同身受到，自己都羞愧到不敢看文章，因为不用看就知道就是我想说但是还做不到的话。需要行动起来了啊，过些年希望也能写个总结啥的。
H1BMatch2012 发表于 2011-6-9 22:35

你加油就是了谁都有高潮有低谷
尤其你这个比他那个MD还难啊

作者: Julianlod 时间: 2011-6-10 00:16:50

哎我也快大叔了。。我需要下一个梦想支持我。

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