Post Exam Era

The exam has long been over and the result is out. I know a considerable amount of time has passed since then, but when did I ever post in time, or for that matter, when do I ever post anything!

I passed with an excellent score of 99 on a two-point scale and a pretty average score of 242 on three-point scale. I know, although, they both are the same, only the people who are seriously into this business (read: IMGs who are struggling to get into residencies) can understand the huge difference between the two. I can continue to rant on how difficult it is these days to get an interview and then MATCH, for a visa-requiring person, but I'll leave that aside for the time being.

(For the uninitiated, here is a link to the scoring pattern of USMLE)

But for now, it is time to get ahead and study hard for USMLE Step 2 CK. However, I am tired of studying. It has been a lil' more than 8 years for me, and that is all I am doing (or to be true: worrying about) and I have no idea as to when this will end. You can't blame me for sure!

On a happy note: Clinical subjects are much better to study then the Biochemistry and the Physiology! And on some level, I like Medicine!

Oh! I am free now!

I have been looking forward to these few blissful days for ages, when I'll be done with my USMLE Step 1 and I'll be free, technically. But now I realize, that these days are not exactly 'blissful' and 'happy' as I had imagined them to be. Thinking about how will I fare in Step 1 (that is the tough part, believe me!), how to start preparing for USMLE Step 2 CK, how to plan for my 'future plans' and what not. Please do remember that I particularly excel at planning things, but as I now see it, my ability is at its best when I have a exam ahead. Or maybe, I am so used to taking exams, that I don't know what life is on the other side. My non-medical friends, as you may call them, are earning handsomely and laugh out loud at me, still studying and preparing for the never-ending exams!

I hope to be done with it people, soon!

But for now or maybe in a week, I have to start reading for yet another exam I intend to take soon. Winding it all up in a two to two-and-a-half month time seems a little impractical to me at present, but as usual, do I have a choice?

So the bottom-line is: You don't like when you are studying as you have so much to study and the course never seems to end. You don't like when you don't have to study because at least you had something to do previously! (which you are so much used to) However, you tend to like the time when you have nothing to do and when you wish that it would have been better if you had something, except studying obviously!

PS: Short post which shows that I actually have nothing to do now, and which also shows that I am 'not-much-of-a-blogger'.