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LegallyCrimson07
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Country: United States
State: Ohio
Birthday: 1/9/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: cheerleading and dancing, writing, reading, shopping, watching movies, talking (lots and lots of that), and pretending that I actually already have my M.D.
Expertise: cheerleading, science, screenwriting, and navigating Beachwood Place (the local mall)
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  camiggle
Member Since:
7/21/2003
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| I'm obsessed with Grey's Anatomy and I'm in the midst of medical school
applications/interviews, so is it really surprising that I'm
procrastinating by taking Grey's Anatomy
quizzes? The first one I took said I was George, but this longer
one says I'm Meredith. For all you Grey's fans out there, here
are the results and a link so you can take the quiz yourself.
 | You scored as Meredith Grey.
You want the perfect life, it drives you crazy when it isn't.
Even your closest friends don't know everything about you. You
try to handle things on your own, in your own way. You really
want acceptance from others. You want to be really good at what
you do.
Meredith Grey | | 100% | Izzie Stevens | | 88% | Preston Burke | | 75% | Alex Karev | | 75% | George O'Malley | | 75% | Derek Sheherd | | 63% | Miranda Bailey | | 50% | Cristina Yang | | 25% |
Grey's Anatomy, Which Character Are You?
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| Okay, this is ridiculous. It's been almost 6 months since I've
posted. I guess that shows how busy I've been. Second
semester flew by between social chaos, Chicago (not the city but the
show--the best theater experience I have ever had!), and of course
actual school work.
I'm in the midst of applying to med school. My primary apps are
in and three of my secondaries, so I guess I'm on my way. While I
sometimes worry about getting in, my bigger concern is how to pick a
school. I knew going into college applications that Harvard was
above and beyond my first choice. This time around I just don't
know. It would be nice to be near home, and Case is a good
medical school, but I don't like their thesis requirement. Plus,
if I get into Wash U, Yale, Baylor, UPenn, UCSF, etc. a big part of me
is going to want to go. When do I ever not take the most
challenging road? I keep telling myself not to worry about
it until I know which schools I get into, but c'mon---I'm a dreamer and
a worrier, of course I'm going to think about it!
It's really starting to hit me, sporadically though, that I'm a
senior. Francisco's graduated and he won't be at Harvard next
year--such a strange feeling. This will probably sound really
sappy and corny, but I am so close to him and have been for so long
that I feel like a part of myself has graduated with him. In a
sense then senior year seems like a bonus year. At the same time,
though, it feels like just yesterday I was a freshman. Where did
all the time go? I haven't done nearly all the things I want to
do at Harvard, and I haven't taken nearly all the classes I want to
take. A part of me feels like I've wasted a lot of my time
there. But then again, there's *so* much there; who could take
advantage of all of it?
So, in more present-time terms, I'm working this summer on a colon
cancer study at Case. It's epidemiology, so I get to work a lot
with the patients: recruiting, follow up, collecting missing data,
etc. Sometimes it's a lot of fun, other times it's truly
tedious. The weird thing is I work in the same builiding as the
coroner. Seriously, like the bodies are a floor above me.
You would never know being in my office, but it's still kind of creepy,
especially considering some of those bodies were probably murdered.
On a lighter note, I'm going to Miami next week! I'm so
excited. I LOVE palm trees and, ahhh, pretty much everything
Florida. The sound of the ocean, the sun's rays on your skin
(hush--don't tell me about skin cancer, I'll wear sunscreen), the
feeling of sand between your toes. Plus Francisco is down there,
so I'll get to spend a lot of time with him. I'm really grateful
I get to spend that time with him before he heads off to London for his
MPH. We'll go to beaches, movies, clubbing in South Beach, and
we'll even be dorks and work on our med school apps together (it's more
fun when you do it with a friend). The next weekend after I get
back to Cleveland we're celebrating Stephen's 21st birthday, and then
the weekend after that is Katie's play, so I'll be pretty busy.
Then it'll be August--ahh!! Where's the summer gone???
Okay, I think that's enough procrastinating for today--time to at least
attempt to work on secondaries. As Stephen says, "Leave it."
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| I finally finished the semester today. Final exams over, term papers over, finally a chance to relax. After a really fun dinner out followed by a night with my girls, my friend at Cornell Med starts essentially verbally beating me about medical schools. He shows me profiles of people with about my stats (MCAT and gpa) who got rejected almost everywhere. Then he proceeds to comment "You know, I really think your chances at HMS are very very low." Yes, my gpa is less than I'd like it to be--it's currently a 3.43 but I did have mono freshman year which dropped my original gpa by 0.3 points. My MCAT scores are in the 99+ percentile. I've done research, I've done volunteer work in the hospital. I do extracurriculars and have had leadership positions. I've even written freaking shows that have been performed on campus! I have a true heart and passion for medicine. I don't know what else he wants from me to make it seem likely that I'll get in to a school that is acceptable to him. The whole thing just pisses me off. I was finally able to relax after how long of not being able to? Weeks if you count reading/finals period. Months if you count the school year. Over a year if you include all the stress of this summer and the MCAT. This is the first time in over a year, excluding the few weeks between the MCAT and the fall semester, that I have had no freaking academic responsibilities and he finds a way to stress me out anyway. AHHHHHHH!!! Sorry, I just had to vent. I shouldn't let people bother me this much, but it's a weakness of mine. *sigh* | | |
| New Year Resolutions:
1) Be healthier: relax more (maybe try to meditate for 10 minutes a day), eat healthier, and work out more (let's say once a week--and see how it lasts lol, it's so hard to find the time, really)
2) Be less of a blabber mouth. Especially when drunk. But also when sober.
3) Stress out less. This relates back to number one.
4) Procrastinate less so I'm more efficient and eventually will have more free time.
5) No smoking. Period. Not even like once at a party, as is my weak point (never was a habitual smoker).
6) Be happier being single, however temporary (or not *sigh*) that may be. | | |
| Damn! Long time, no update! I figured I should at least post something before the end of the year, so here it goes. The holidays have been WONDERFUL so far! My dad surprised me on Christmas Eve with a full-sized replica of a human skeleton. Totally premed, I know, and some may perhaps say creepy, but it's actually really cool. My brother also bought me a gift with his hard-earned money, which was really sweet.
So, funny story. We had wrapped all the gifts, including the pets', and put them by the fireplace (no Christmas tree this year). Late at night, once everyone was asleep, my dog snuck downstairs, picked out her present (how she could tell it apart from the cat treats I don't know), ripped off the wrapping paper, and ate all of the doggie treats. Incredible. My dog is a 3 year old child.
I've also been spending some quality time with Mom. Always good. 
I *think* I've come up with a finalized list of where I'm applying to medical school. Some may say this is a bit early, but: a) I apply in about 6 months, and considering I've wanted to be a doctor for almost 21 years, 6 months is not that long of a time -and- b) I'm a dreamer. So, without further ado, here's the list (I might add UCinci as an added back up, though):
Baylor, Boston University, Case Western Reserve University, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Stanford, Temple Univeristy, Ohio State, UC-San Francisco, UC-San Diego, UChicago, UPenn, Vanderbilt, Washington University, Yale, and UMichigan.
Some may think this is a LONG list, and hell I know I'll feel that way when it comes time to fill out secondaries, but it's recommended that you apply to 20-25 schools.
For those of you waiting for the juicy stuff, ie an update on my love life, you'll have to wait. Things are....in suspended state....so to say. That might in retrospect be my way of calling my love life nonexistant, but *knock on wood* that won't be the case.
PS--Must read Casanova over intersession.
PPS--If you're at Harvard or in the greater Boston area, you MUST come see Chicago at the Agassiz Theater, opening March 9. If you act, sing, and dance, PLEASE audition--watch out for the show during common casting. | | |
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