Deuces Spring 2014!!!

So this semester is FINALLY over and I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo happy! Honestly, I don't think I've worked this hard since I was taking med school courses. Now though, it's time for me to look toward my VERY bright future as things start to fall into place as far as my MD/PhD goals are concerned.

First things first, I will NOT be applying to the joint MD/PhD program this year for a number of reasons, the primary of which is money is just SUPER tight right now. Second, my new department and PI want me to spend ~ 2 years in their department, getting all the preqs for the PhD out of the way, before I go to the med school anyway. In other words, they want me to be sure I'm committed and given my track record in this regard, I can't say I blame them. Third, I AM Still taking the MCAT this year before the exam changes (and because my old scores expire for many schools this year).

So now my unofficial MD/PhD program looks like this:

F2014-S2016, PhD 1, 2

F2016-S2018 MD 1 &2, with PhD research in the summers, though I'm going to be busting my arse to finish the PhD before my clinical years.

F2018-S2020 MD, PhD

And in the Spring of 2020, I'll be the ripe ol' age of 53, LOL!! WOW 53, if someone had said to me that I would be a new MD/PhD in my 50's, I would have laughed! But I'll be the one getting the last laugh here, better to have completed a lifelong goal in one's 50's, than not at all!!!

PS- Because I'm certain I'll have the letters "Dr." in front of my name by 2019, I don't feel especially compelled to change my name from Doc201X!!! ;)

PSS- I finished the semester with 2 A's and 1 B !!!:)