I Shouted At Lady Med and Passed UPCM
After submitting all my requirements to the UP College of Medicine Admissions Office, I walked out with very little hope that I could pass through their first screening. My pediatrician, my cardiologist and a few other doctors that I've talked to were also doubtful. They would tell me that I shouldn’t get my hopes up, since I was a girl and I was only running for cum laude . I guess, by the time we were already hunting for med schools, I've already convinced myself that I’m okay with studying at St. Luke’s College of Medicine. Still, I applied for 5 medical schools that I found fit to my standard of quality education: UPCM (the high and almighty), UERM (also called UPRM), ASMPH (the business oriented education), PLM (UPCM but not UPCM), and SLCM (scholarships for the poor like me). I sat down with my parents at CBTL - Rob Manila to tell them my Plan A, B and C. Plan A was, of course, getting into the high and almighty school and take residency at UP-PGH or at a private ...