Done with Orientation!

It's been a long week, but I'm finally done with my medical school orientation! I forgot how tiring it was to be in a lecture hall for four hours at a time. My legs have never been happier to get a solid stretch. Anyways, I don't have much to say about the orientation itself. I basically just listened to various presentations detailing the history of the school, what to do in Detroit, how to pay off my loans, and other similarly exciting material.

The best parts of orientation for me were when we got to interact with the faculty and older students. It was really interesting to listen to the advice they had to offer. Everyone seems to have a different and unique experience in medical school. Some people study 8-12 hours a day whereas other people can get a way with a couple hours and maintain a normal life. I'm not sure where I will fall on the spectrum, but I'm hoping somewhere closer to the latter.

Another cool part of orientation was when I got to see the cadaver I will be dissecting. In our Gross Anatomy course, we get to dissect a deceased person who has donated his/her body to help educate future medical students. It was definitely a little bit nerve wracking walking into the a room with a bunch of dead bodies, especially knowing that pretty soon I will be dissecting one. However, the more I think about it, the more I'm excited about this opportunity. I've never dissected anything in my life before so I think this opportunity can really further my knowledge of the human body! Sounds pretty nerdy right? Oh well, I'm totally fine with that.

At orientation, we also got our short white coat. For those of you may not know, the short white coat is typically given to physicians in training and the long white coat is for actual doctors. Basically, the short white coat is an initiation of sorts. It didn't really hit me that I was actually on the road to becoming a doctor until I saw my white coat and put it on for the first time. I'm typically not one to display a huge array of emotions in public, so it was definitely hard to remain calm and collected when I was trying on my white coat. Luckily, it fits!

Me in my spiffy white coat.
Hopefully I look like a doctor lol

Anyways, I'm pretty tired at the moment. So much stuff has happened this week and if I were to describe it all this post would be way too long. Maybe I'll write my thoughts down later once I catch up on rest (probably not happening), but we'll see what happens. I start school on Monday and I'm definitely pretty excited! Here's hoping for the best! Thanks for checking in and I'll see you all next time! :D

Andrew