The BIG Decision - The Conclusion

Jerome L — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:12:54 +0100

Hey Guys,

So it is final! I am officially in WB-F (Wightman-Berris Academy, rotation F)!

In the 2nd year class at UofT medicine, the whole academy/rotation schedule ranking process has come under heavy fire because MANY people got choices low on their ranking. More than one friend of mine got their 12th choice out of 18 choices, and I heard that one person in our class actually got their 16th choice!

So you might be asking, what happened?

Why GPA Should Matter and Learning the Way You Learn Best

Joshua Liu — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:10:34 +0100

This past Monday I took my Metabolism and Nutrition mid-term (I think I passed...) As usual (and as expected) the weekend was a major cram session, and I finally turned into bed at 4 am (where I proceeded to roll around in bed with my mind constructing random thoughts about hypokalemia which made no sense whatsoever). Basically my whole weekend was spent between phases of studying and whining about studying.

In undergrad, I usually only spent one or two days studying for a Read More...

What's up with premed altruism and nobility?

Joshua Liu — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:23:01 +0100

As I have mentioned many times before, I feel like our education system was developed with altruism and nobility at its core. I have seen it all the way from elementary school to undergraduate university (though obviously much less so at higher levels at education). While I think it’s nice that we’re taught to do “good” things, I think it is very problematic when this obsession with an ideal world clouds our ability to think rationally and critically. One of the most cRead More...

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The BIG Decision - The Conclusion

Why GPA Should Matter and Learning the Way You Learn Best

What's up with premed altruism and nobility?