Saturday, April 18, 2009

Scribbles of a Madman



I have two old lab notebooks that I've cannibalized to write my notes in. I have pages and pages of this mad writing. Mostly number crunching and trying to remember what the formulas are, these notebooks are like a chronicle of my descent back into an undergraduate hell. The practice test I've taken lately have been more like what I've been fearing. It's like a standardized test for Physics 1&2, Chemistry 1&2, Organic Chemistry 1&2, Biology 1&2, and a Verbal section all rolled into one. There are only so many formulas, rules, and facts that one can memorize much less recall and apply appropriately at a time.

My mind has started to become numb and desensitized to the new formulas I've been trying to cram in. Yes, I once knew how to calculate the force on a particle between a capacitor but that knowledge has atrophied during my time as a security analyst/code monkey(also from drinking). I didn't care about the mechanisms that drove a chemical reaction, I only cared about the mechanisms that caused a buffer overflow. While re-learning all these facts do come easier the second time through, it is still a time consuming process. I didn't realize how much I had covered as an undergrad.

Time -5 days til the MCAT. I'm tired, I'm burnt out, I'm starting not to care. I just want to get this over with.

2 comments:

  1. Hang in there Will! You're a smart fella, and you can do this! I'm impressed you've gotten this far, keep going, the end will be all worth it! Good luck!

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  2. You can make it Willie! Don't stress out too much. Even in the worst case, how bad can it be? You're inconvenienced and out a bit of money. You will do fine, so no stressing yourself out too much!

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