Y'allllllll. Let me tell y'all...my blood pressure is going through the roof on this island. The highs and the lows that I go through here, my heart is going through it man. Not to be dramatic but this semester is coming for me hard, especially this block. NO MERCY.
So midterm exams 2A were on Monday and 2B were yesterday. I did WONDERFUL on my path exam on Monday but I literally BARELY passed Med Micro and Phys II. Phys, I wasn't too worried about because I put it on the back burner and didn't study for it as well as I should have. I had to focus all of my attention on Path. So Phys was put on the back burner but med micro....dawggg. I studied literally every day for that class and I ended up barely passing it. I got the same score I got on the Exams 1A and 1B from first block. Basically, I've gotten a 70 percent three times in this class. You can imagine my frustration. I put my all into a class and can't seem to do much better than the bare minimum. It made no sense to me. It would be a different story if I didn't study enough for the class but I studied my ass off and couldn't get past a 70%. Sooo Tuesday was a stressful day for yo girl. I had to study phys AND med micro in depth before my exams on Wednesday.
So now it's Wednesday, I'm in the testing center praying and sweating bullets. I decide to take the Phys exam first, then med micro, then last minute I decide to retake Path. I did well the first time on Path but I didn't get the A I wanted, so why not? I have nothing to lose. So now I'm done with exams, I go home and try to sleep so I don't see when the emails for the scores are sent out. That's a fail. I drank a Monster energy drink before the exams so I basically can't sleep. So I watch a movie while I anxiously wait for the emails to arrive. It's 5:36pm when I receive the first email for the med micro exam. I say a prayer, unlock my phone, and put baes phone number in front of me ready to call to cry to him if it didn't go well.
Y'allllll, I missed TWO QUESTIONS on med micro and ended up getting the highest score I've ever gotten so far in medical school. I not only scream at the top of my lungs, I stand up and proceed to jump on my bed while the song "Badder than Bad" by Fuse ODG is playing on Apple Music. (Wonderful Song, I inserted the music video for the song at the end of this post if you want to take a listen.) Next up, I get the email for Path. That one didn't go as well haha, I passed it but I did much better the first time so I wasn't phased. Then, I get the email for Phys. I went up significantly on that exam. Didn't make my A but sure was close. And now, I take a deep breath and thank God that I can finally breathe again. My blood pressure went back to normal, my nerves calmed, and my heart stopped fluttering. The migraine was still there but we'll blame that on the energy drink.
I'm dramatic I know, but the last two paragraphs are literally how my day went yesterday and I figured you would want to go through the actual experience with me lol. I'm taking it easy the rest of this week and it's back to the grind for the next 5 weeks or so. I need to ace these NBME finals next month to reach my goals for this semester.
Tomorrow I'm volunteering at a preschool in town for a few hours. This is a personal project that I've decided to do on my own. Saturday, I'm also volunteering with the pediatric interest group that morning. We're going to volunteer with the kiddos! Y'all know I want to work with kids in the future so this is exciting for me. Oh also, I need to get my life back on track so I'll be doing some laundry and cleaning and Netflix-ing.
Second midterms...✅
Next up, FINALS!
TTYL!
