Advice for a Stressed Pre-Professional Student
- Jhada Sims
- Aug 10, 2024
- 2 min read
Written by: Jhada Sims
Position, Member Since: Service Director, Joined Fall 2022
Major & Track: APK, Premed
Current Year: 3rd Year
Hi my loves! Jhada here to give you some not so insightful hopefully inspiring advice. IT'S OKAY TO PIVOT. Coming into college with my Associates degree I thought I had it all figured out. I figured I would come in graduate in two years and be going to medical school at 20 years old. Now here I am at 21 in my third year just now graduating about to take a gap year (or two). College is HARD and people tell you that but you don't really believe them until you take chem and physics 2 (just awful). Between trying to maintain a decent GPA, shadowing, clinical experience, clubs etc., on top of the McAt being a premed makes it all the more harder. That being said you really have to learn how to adapt and pivot even if things don't go how you intend them to because otherwise you'll drive yourself and your mental health into a pit of sadness and despair that is really hard to dig yourself out of. What's meant for you will come to you and as cheesy as that sounds it's true! That C in chem or that W in physics isn't an automatic rejection to medical school. So what you shift some classes around and add an extra semester or take a gap year the end goal remains the same. If you have the passion and you keep that same drive you'll learn how to pivot with grace and find yourself a lot less stressed and at peace. Best of luck to all my pre-professionals reading this!!
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