Crossing A Milestone

Y’ALL. I AM OFFICIALLY DONE WITH THE USMLE STEP EXAMS!!! It feels so good to be done with these exams once and for all. They’ve been haunting me ever since I first learned about the USMLE Step 1 exam as a brand-new, wet-behind-the-ears first-year medical student. Back then, the hardest test I had ever taken […]

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Life In A Cheat Code

Yeah, yeah I know it’s Saturday. You probably weren’t expecting a post today but since I’m going back to camp tonight to start my third week there, there’s no telling when I’ll have time to type something up tomorrow. My schedule has been in a bit of disarray as of late with the SNMA conference […]

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Stepping To The Finish Line

Boooyyy am I glad to be on my last week of my Step Study Block. My motivation to study is reaching all-time lows. I’ve been having to force myself to stay focused during question blocks as of late, and I’m sick of having to review the answer explanations to the questions. The only reason I’ve […]

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Déjà Vu

I’ve been having some serious déjà vu as of late. Waking up at the same time every morning to complete multiple UWorld question blocks only to have to spend most of my afternoon reviewing my answers and related material…hmmm, sounds familiar doesn’t it? However, unlike my Step 1 preparation, preparing for this exam has not been […]

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Christel Wekon-Kemeni, (3/4) M.D.

My third year of medical school is officially over! So you aaallllrrrready know what time it is!!! It’s so exciting to be able to finally go into fourth-year and to focus on rotating in the electives that I’ve picked for myself. Ever since my first year, I’ve heard how wonderful fourth-year is and how much […]

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Rude Awakening

You know, it’s hilarious just how pumped and bright-eyed I ALWAYS seem to be right after a break from school, only to be brutally reminded about what’s really good when I get slammed with work to do as soon as my first week back starts. And I’m not even necessarily talking about the work I […]

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Time Stops For No One

Welp, here we are again. The beginning of yet another rotation. I start my Neurology rotation tomorrow and judging by the email I received over the weekend regarding scheduling and the expectations of this new rotation, it’s going to be a really busy four weeks. Well, technically I’ll be in this clerkship for six weeks […]

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