Things to do before you start college

If you live in India, you would know that victorious feeling when you finally manage to finish your high school, coaching, board exams and entrances. During the two years of rigorous study every prospective medical student has to do, it's not surprising it feels as if you've woke up from a really long sleep when it's all over. There's a lot of movies to be seen, music to be heard, so many things you've missed out on! Here's a few things on my list.

1. Learn Driving
Yeah, I've been waiting to do that for a very long time!

2. Learn a music instrument that you've wanted to learn for a very long time
For me, it was the guitar

3. Watch movies
After 2 years of preparing for entrances, you'd probably have lost count of the good movies you've missed. 


4. Download songs
My collection after the entrances made me feel like I was born in the seventies. Seriously.

5. Daydream about your college
Personally, my favourite pass-time :P I've read every bit of information I could find on the internet about mine. And I still need more :P


6. Visit your relatives
Why on earth would you do that?? Trust me, it's good for you (or your pocket atleast :P)

7. Read books
They don't have to be new or best sellers, sometimes the best talent remains hidden. Just go to a store and pick the books that interest you. I read one called 'Doctors' by Erich Segal recently, and it was sure worth the time. (I'll try to post an ebook or a review sometime)

8. Find the hidden talent in you
Do something new. I downloaded the top-grossing auto tune apps from Google Play and found the hidden singer in me. Too bad nobody else can see the great talent stored in me :( :P

9. Take revenge
So you remember those annoying kids who came to your doorstep and rang bells and teased you about not being able to play outside? Guess what, nows your time :P


10. Going out
This is probably the most important part and that's why I saved it for the last. Go out with friends, do new things, have the time of your life. Make memories you'll want to remember through the rest of your life. These few years, I've spent the best times with them, and learnt a lot of things too. I just hope things always remain the same way.

And now, because I like to end my posts with a song :P

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The Selection Process

The waving trees outside, the wonderful weather, birds chirping, the quenching rain, the ecstatic lightning, mumbling voices, those happy faces.. All those things that we walk past everyday, that we take for granted. Little do we realise their importance until we're deprived of them.. until... it's exam time. *Drumroll*

Haha dramatic much? :P Well this is as much drama a pre-medical student preparing for his entrances gets in his life.. Okay, so for the record, I am a student who just passed his senior year at high school (hopefully) and is now preparing and giving his medical entrances. Anyone who has been through this phase knows how monotonous life gets around this time. One does not simply get into a medical college, yupp, that's right!

With giving medical entrance exam, there's more than just selection pressure on your plate. For an average Indian student like me with a family tree as big as an overgrown banyan, it's not rare to find obnoxious and anxious distant relatives building high hopes on you, and often taking your selection for granted. (I mean all of us have this uncle or aunt that has already started calling you by 'doctor' instead of your name).. And so by the time you get past 12th, the spotlight is on you, and everyone's waiting to watch the drama. It makes anyone want to 'screw it' and run away! With all the undue pressure, the enigma of selection process and amidst the great wall of books that surround you, it's easy to fall short on morale.
Correction: It's impossible not to!

So that's where I am right now, low on morale but not given up yet! It's 29 days to freedom and 29 days to prove myself to get into a college. And that's where this blog comes in. I'm working on the psychological part of my mind, I'm telling it that I'm going to get into a good college, and I'm going to become a doctor :P And I'm going to maintain this blog through the times..



I've wanted to write for a while now, and this will be my platform. For the next five years in medical college, I will capture my journey here. From a student who is yet unsure that he will get into college, to a successful doctor, the journey is going to be full of hurdles and adventurous challenges. It's a journey I've started and it's one that I've wanted all my life. Hell yes, this works! I'm motivated. Time for action. Watch this space, it's going to get better! That doctor in the picture is going to get a face soon, and it looks a lot like me ;)

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