tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270957742011-09-11T03:22:50.436-05:00My name is Jake Eiler and I will be starting medical school this fall at the University of Minnesota Duluth Medical school. The road to this point has been an interesting one and through the knowledge I have gained I hope to help you pursue your dreams of a professional career. This blog will hopefully give insight into the life of a medical student as well as being able to help you achieve you professional career. Make comments and ask questions as we go, either on here or through my email.Jake Eilerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315977213309107577noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27095774.post-1166633951497727412006-12-20T10:51:00.000-06:002006-12-20T10:59:11.510-06:00

I finished my first semester last week and it is a relief to be on break! It was a lot of work, but yet a lot of fun along the way. It is amazing the amount of information that you can learn over a short amount of time. I actually stopped back at St. Scholastica today to talk to a few old professors about how medical school is going because they are always interested in what we are working on. My

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Well, the first month has flown. We have completed three tests already and have covered a ton of material. It is amazing how much you are capable of learning. Anatomy has to be my favorite so far, working with cadavers and doing dissections. It was definitely a plus to have my Anatomy class at CSS and have early exposure to cadavers. For our other classes too I have felt very well prepared and

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Now that I have really gotten into the swing of things with medical I decided it was time to post something. WOW. Lets just say it feels great to be a medical student, but I feel that it will wear off soon. The first few days you are flying high, just happy to be there and living your dream. Then, the reality of the path ahead starts to set in and you buckle yourself in for quite a ride. My

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Soon you will be walking down these halls at the College of St. Scholastica! Let me know when people are coming for orientations and any questions you may have about that. If people post things you may even make some friends before school starts. Hope to hear from you! And congrats to all you graduates, I am sure you are enjoying it. Take care.

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After being accepted to medical school it feels like a large burden is lifted. The monkey is off my back! I am looking forward to school, although I know it will be a lot of work. I am just now working on getting my immunization records and transcripts sent. I am getting sick of all the transcripts I have sent at this point. Well, I know that I have talked to some people from the email I sent out

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Today was the first day I decided to dedicate to studying for the MCATs and it felt like I was looking for a needle in a haystack. In some ways I think of it like an iceberg, that the amount you see is only a tiny fraction of the whole thing. I studied constantly for three hours reviewing practice lessons and taking practice test sessions (two to be exact) and when I finished I realized I was

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Background: I grew up in the small town of Morris, MN in the southwestern portion of the state. Morris is a small farming community with approximately 5,000 residents. My interest in medicine started in high school as the result of a few key life experiences. First of all, was a personal injury that I suffered and experienced the life of a medical patient in which I started to realize the

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