I love Discussing my premed journey and struggles as a Black woman on this track, i felt that it needed ti be documented as well. Sometimes, i feel like deciding to document my premed journey was a harder decision than actually choosing to go premed. Now, hear me out.. Choosing to go premed and go into a medical career was a huge decision, but documenting that journey added a lot of pressure. In the beginning, i felt pressured to do everything perfectly, i felt that i couldn’t afford a mistake because no one would want to learn about my mistakes; But wow did i quickly learn how wrong i was.

So come on this journey with me! Because if we’re as like minded as i hope that we are,then the only L’s we take in life are lessons. So come get your lessons from me because not only will i be as transparent as possible, i will ALSO tell you how i fixed my mistakes AND how you can avoid them entirely.  Further more, i will share my best moments, and my hardest days, because you all need to understand that everyday is a rollercoaster as a premed student. Taking 6 classes at a time is extremely stressful, while working, paying bills and balancing extracurricular activities. It’s more than difficult for me to manage all of these things with a family and friends. Sometimes , actually, most of the time, i don’t have time for everything. And i’ll often go without something i really want, because it wont advance me to where i want to be.

I sacrifice EVERYTHING just to study. But with proper time management, ive made time to still go to the movies, go on dates, and go out with my friends. Through trial and error, i also learned what happens when i veer away from my strict schedule, this year i barely got to celebrate my birthday for 2 hours because i had 3 test and 2 essays to study for and turn in and i procrastinated.

This lifestyle is centered around sacrifice, and if you can’t sacrifice now, then you won’t be ready to sacrifice when it all feels pointless. I have days where the hopelessness takes over because i’ve studied 7 hours and the information still looks like a foreign language to me and i have days where i understand every concept in every class. The key for me has been to accept that i won’t immediately understand it all, and what i do easily understand i should be willing to explain to my classmates.

If you have any questions, please reach out to me! I’d be happy to talk about any thoughts or concerns you may be having. And just so you know, This is an open dialogue and open discussion , so please feel free to comment and share your point of view.