White Coat Ceremony

Okay, no laughing. But you can laugh at the very funny looking dude directly behind me to the right of the photo. He is my class president. Yes, he looks really funny here. That is Dr. Ruth Marie Fincher helping me with my jacket. She ran a marathon last year.
Medical school is going well, keeping me busy. My second test rocked (especially when compared to the first one). I was kind of sad that I could only do average after what I felt was a good deal of work and studying on that first test. On the second one, I did just as much, if not slightly less studying and happened to score a full 10 percentage points over the average (don't worry, Dr. H., there is hope for me yet). I was very happy of hear of the difference in my grade vs. the average, but was confused as to why I did so well on this one versus the last test. Then I remembered that I am an econ major, graduated two years ago, and the first test was on cell biology. Seeing as everybody else in my class was a bio major, they had distinct advantage over me. Sorry if that sounds a little cocky, as it is, but after not getting in to med school until the third try you start to doubt yourself a little. Rocking that test gave me some welcomed vindication.