Before I begin, I want to give honor to my Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. He made all of this possible. Thank you Jesus for finding me worthy to be used to treat your people through medicine. I do not take this privilege lightly. I will always be grateful. I Love You. Amen!
This has been a very long journey. I’m a proud product of the Philadelphia public school system. The school system may have failed some but they have actually produce a viable scholastic woman. So don't give up on them. I attended Central High School. 259!
I’m also a proud product of a HBCU. (Historically Black College or University) I attended Cheyney University. CU! I received a B.A. in biology. I graduated with honors in May 2004 with a 3.46 overall g.p.a. & a 3.36 science g.p.a. .
I was forced into a two year hiatus because I was in car accident while working as a EMT. I’m okay now but I’ll always have back problem for the rest of my life because of the accident.
I only applied to TUSPM. I’ll tell you why in a later entry. I took the GRE instead of the MCAT.
Why you ask?
I had applied in October and interviewed in November. My test scores was the only thing missing in my application. So I wanted to complete my application as soon as possible. So since I was allowed to take the GRE. I took it in May. My original plan was to take it in February. I figure if I need to take it over I’ll still have time to be accepted into the fall 2006 class. I ended up taking the test three times. Wishing the whole time that I should have just taken the MCAT. Hey, God had other plans for me. My best score was 440 in verbal and 650 in quantitative. So since I worked as hard as I did. I was blessed with two scholarships one from Temple (merit scholarship) and the other from Cheyney (bond/hill scholarship). Thank you Jesus! The bond/hill scholarship is a four year scholarship. So anyone from Cheyney or Lincoln University can get this scholarship. So the pressure is on.
I’m excited, nervous, & thankful all at the same time. I’m about to embark on a plethora of medical information in about two weeks. I don’t have my schedule yet but I do have my roster. I will be taking histology, gross anatomy, neurosciences, intro to research design, & physiology for a total of 31.8 credits this semester. That’s right! I know you’re thinking that’s more than what I take in one year as a undergrad student. I know! I will be completing a total of 61.3 credits at the end of my first year. Pre-pod are you scared yet? And this is why I’m a little nervous. But I know God has my back.
People are always playing podiatry school like we don’t be holding it down. So don’t get it twisted it is hard as hell! But its a medical school and that‘s what is expected. No one said that it was going to be easy. Podiatry students go hard just like allopathic and osteopathy!
I want to apologize if you don’t understand the vernacular that I’m using. But there is no other way to say it. I’m just keeping it REAL!
Orientation is next week. I’ll write an entry about it. If you have any questions or comments just drop me a line.
Bye bye and be blessed
