Become a Doctor

Today was my first day of shadowing an Orthopedic surgeon, and it was awesome. This is really want to I do.

So I’m going into my sophomore year at Carleton University. I did my freshman year at Wesleyan and hated it. So far, I have my one year of general chemistry out of the way with a grade of B+ in the first semester and a B in the second semester, so I’m going to have to really try to get those grades up. I got an A+ in the lab, though, which I think reflects that I really understand the information, but I think the tests were designed to trip people up. The test averages were usually in the D range, so I’m sure I’m not the only one who felt that. They just required certain information that first year students can’t intuit.
For my first trimester at Carleton, I’m signed up for an American Lit class to start to fulfill my english requirement (plus I might major in english) and I’ve also signed up for Organic Chemistry. I’m kind of nervous about the O-chem, but hopefully I’ll be able to study with the other students and we’ll be able to master it together. I’m also taking spanish, which I think is an important thing for doctors to know.