<p>We always have so many threads that are complaining about life and ones looking for advice on what to do in crappy situations. Granted, this is a pre-med advice board so it totally makes sense.
However, I thought it would be nice to have a thread dedicated to posting things that are going well in our lives including our pre-med endeavors.</p>
<p>I will start.</p>
<p>I am a freshman and I got into this lab that I love. They spend a lot of time with me and the people are great and I am interested in what I am working on and it is a great experience!</p>
<p>I get what I'm doing in my classes and im not freaking out that much over exams and i love engineering.</p>
<p>I love my floormates and my new group of friends that surprisingly doesnt include anyone on my floor.</p>
<p>I like my resume and am ready for the internship fair tommorow.</p>
<p>I ate a lot of sugar today :)</p>
<p>I got a ton of hw done today without scheduling time for it.</p>
<p>im done for now...
sorry if this seems silly but i thought it would be fun/uplifting :)</p>
<p>Wait till you have your first test and then post again :)</p>
<p>JK- pre-med isn't all that bad. Of course it's going to be tougher than something like business, and you have to keep up with your work. But there are definitely more ups than downs.</p>
<p>haha..aw...well im going to do my best to stay optimistic..</p>
<p>i have definitely had my share of crappy days so far...but im trying not to be as insane as i was in high school...</p>
<p>i got a B+ on my chem exam last week....i freaked out a little ...but then i stopped...because in the scheme of things its really not that huge of a deal and there was nothing i could have done to change it so im just going to keep working hard...</p>
<p>and i had some crappy stuff happen today but i put it behind me and went to our career fair and it went really well..</p>
<p>[i post on a forum about my happiness because real-life people get annoyed that you are overly happy and may think you are intentionally making their crappy days seem crappier...]</p>
<p>and i want to hear about other people's happy stuff because i get really excited for them!</p>
<p>[i realize i sound like a huge crazy tool....but im not...really..]</p>
<p>Well, I can't say i've been premed my entire college career (a junior now, and still don't know exactly), but i am a bio major and have completed/will complete all the premed reqs. I can honestly say that i'm still extremely happy, even after two years of being a science major. Of course, there have been weeks where are just want to get a flight home and shack up in my bedroom. When I look back on it though, I realize that I thrive on grinding out tough situations. I love challenging myself with difficult (yet interesting, of course) classes. I'm super happy that I've become so involved with my lab, made friends with the grad students there, and have thus far gotten my name on a couple abstracts.</p>
<p>I'm also extremely happy that even though my schedule is ridiculously busy these days, I've had to time if not to maintain, then even to better my social life. I've recently pledged a fraternity, and i'm already thrilled with the experience that it's providing me. I'm still very close to the friends that i've had since freshman year, even though our varying interests have strewn us about campus.</p>
<p>There is SOO much to be happy about, I can't really even begin to make headway on all of them. As far as premed goes, to be successful, I think you have to enjoy challenging yourself as a student, otherwise its simply not worth it.</p>
<p>Your screen name made me laugh a little OP. Sorry.</p>
<p>But no really, it's great that you're happy! One reason you may want to soon start complaining about being a pre-med, however, would be, and you'll start noticing it too, because complaining makes for common ground for us pre-meds and that's how we seem to bond... it's sad, but it seems to be reality here at Nerdwestern.</p>
<p>I'm okay happy. Got through my first organic chem test with a 92% today. Goddamn, there goes Harvard and Hopkins med. down the drain, I'm so ready to not be premed right now :-p</p>