Posts under ‘Nevis Days’

~ Taken from Google Images
Despite only getting a 16 on my MCAT (which is terrible by the way, 45 is a perfect score) and leaving Creighton with only a 3.2 GPA I still some how managed to make it through the basic science portion of medical school.  How did I get into medical school you […]

~ USMLE prep books with a few others sprinkled in   1-6-10
Well the biggest test of my life is over and I never thought it was going to be.  It was a long road from April and the comprehensive basic science exam on Nevis to the Step 1 one week ago today.  It was one […]

~ Chicken Parm from A Man, A Can, A Microwave

~Cheesy Quesadilla from Betty Crocker Cooking Basics
Well, yesterday was a much lighter day in the kitchen than it usually is.  For lunch we had the Chicken Parm.  It was a reminder back to my days on Nevis when I would go over to one of my […]

~ Mount Nevis in mid April 2009
Well my time on Nevis has finally come to a close.  I was there for 20 months with a two and a half month break and then one last flight there and back for the second exit exam.  Twenty months in a foreign country, I never thought that would […]

~ Photo of Ed, Ali, and myself at Graduation
Well, I am finally back.  I know most of you probably did not miss me.  I must say however that I missed you immensely.  I was saddened by the fact that I had to give up a few things to get all of the studying time in […]

~ Jen and I in St. Kitts after Med 3     August-2008
The ICM shelf went off without a hitch on Tuesday and we were even in the new building.  It was a fairly straight-forward test as far as medical school tests go.  It was all about the diagnosis.  In fact, sometimes on the “what should you say […]

~ Georgia at the Window    3-08-09
Well after careful consideration on Pilots and Paws and after reading a site that they gave me, I have decided it is a no go.  The site talks about all these hoops that people have to jump through now to get pets into the US.  I have decided that the […]

~ Paul and myself practicing for the CSA exam  3-11-09
 CSA was on Saturday and it was very nerve racking.  We were in a tiny pre-med classroom all dressed up just waiting for the next time Dr. Butcher came in and said “Alright, now I need….”  Everyone seemed pretty nervous, some people even had 107 page […]