We are finally onto the final week for Term 3.
I just wanted to thank everyone again who supported me when the UMAT results came out.
It was a hugely devastating, but I came to terms with a lot quicker than what I had expected. I can be thankful to all of you for that.
This is the first time I've been more than a day late in writing an entry. In all honesty, these past weeks have been really hard. Not long after the results came out, we were actually also informed that my mum would lose her job.
I saw on Facebook a quote that struck a chord: “was it really a bad day, or a bad five minutes that you milked all day?”
I think it's okay to feel a bit down-trodden, but ultimately you just have to get back on your feet. In the midst of legal consultations, SACs, University applications and everything else… I have been feeling really defeated.
But I know that these feelings will pass.
I also had my eighteenth birthday on Sunday. With everything that has happened, I decided that it wasn't a good time to hold a party. Instead, I had dinner out with my family and lunch with my mum.
As of writing, we have finished our SACs for methods, chemistry and English language. Our final psychology SAC will be next term. It is an amazing feeling to have finished all the content.
Congratulations everyone! It has been a long road.
I had my final placement at oncology as well. I was able to pass on a card and some chocolates and was so blessed to receive the same from them. The experience has been so precious to me this year. I have promised to return, and luckily I'll be reuniting with some of the staff to see a play in early October. I'm so glad I was able to meet so many people, many of whom had a profound impact on me.
I was originally going to describe my whole plan of attack in regards to medicine, but actually I think it is too convoluted.
Essentially, I will be applying all medical schools in Australia except for in WA. All I can do is try my hardest and hope for the best!
Here are some things I learnt from the UMAT:
What I want to do is not study at Monash, but just to study medicineIt was really hard drawing the curtains on a dream I had envisioned for so long. But this experience has tested my resolve. As a result, I now know that no matter where it is, or how long it takes, I have found what I truly want. I'm grateful for that.
The UMAT is but a tool I recently discovered that out of the last six students from my school who ended up studying medicine,
none of them used their UMAT to get in. In fact, one past student got into the Monash MBBS with a mere 89 ATAR (likely after adjustments!). I realised that back in her day, Melbourne Uni shared the load, and the 50/50/50 rule probably didn't exist. I thought, not to her discredit, that it wasn't because I was less worthy than that student to do medicine, but rather because our circumstances allowed for different things. Unfortunately, that's just life.
Keep the faithBelieve in miracles. Life is too cruel otherwise.
Anyway, I hope you all are having a great final week. The last stretch begins now!! Best of luck for SACs and always thank you
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.