I spent literally the entire class period today trying to shorten my resume to two pages. I tried messing with the formatting (margins, line spacing, etc.), but I was only able to get it down from four to three and a half pages. After that, I removed the activities and awards that aren't as important to me, but then my resume was still two and three-quarters pages long.
The struggle is real.
By the end of the class period, I was able to cut it down to almost two pages. There's only about two or three lines of text on the third page, so hopefully with a few more formatting changes I can finally get it down to two pages exactly.
Meanwhile, I'm really not sure if I want to apply to the UT-PACT program anymore... I know I want to be a doctor, obviously (I literally can't see myself doing anything else in the future), but I'm not sure I want to enroll in an accelerated medical program just to get there quicker. At this point, I just want to go to college and have that full college experience. If I do PACT, I'm going to spend almost all my time during the year (summer included) taking exclusively science courses to get those pre-med requirements out of the way in three years. That means I won't get to take classes in a lot of other subjects that interest me, including literature, anthropology, and psychology. It also means I won't have any summers off for those first three years, and that I won't have as much time to participate in things outside of the classroom (like singing in an a cappella group or taking advantage of other non-medicine related opportunities) as I would otherwise.
I really don't mind applying to medical school in four years. Besides, UT Southwestern is great, but how do I know it's the right school for me? I want to have options. I'm going to apply to many of the same places again in four years (Yale, Tufts, etc.) for medical school, so I don't want to commit to a school right now when I have no idea what college will bring. Seriously, I've changed my mind about which college I want to attend so many times in the past four months that there's no doubt I'll change my mind about which medical school I want to attend in the next four years.
Also, UT Dallas... It's really not for me. (Sorry. It's just not. I can't see myself there at all.)
On another note, though, the Pratham post-Readathon congratulations party is this Sunday! I'm super excited to get the chance to see everyone again and catch up with Vineeta after so long. (Also the awards ceremony, but yeah.)
The struggle is real.
By the end of the class period, I was able to cut it down to almost two pages. There's only about two or three lines of text on the third page, so hopefully with a few more formatting changes I can finally get it down to two pages exactly.
Meanwhile, I'm really not sure if I want to apply to the UT-PACT program anymore... I know I want to be a doctor, obviously (I literally can't see myself doing anything else in the future), but I'm not sure I want to enroll in an accelerated medical program just to get there quicker. At this point, I just want to go to college and have that full college experience. If I do PACT, I'm going to spend almost all my time during the year (summer included) taking exclusively science courses to get those pre-med requirements out of the way in three years. That means I won't get to take classes in a lot of other subjects that interest me, including literature, anthropology, and psychology. It also means I won't have any summers off for those first three years, and that I won't have as much time to participate in things outside of the classroom (like singing in an a cappella group or taking advantage of other non-medicine related opportunities) as I would otherwise.
I really don't mind applying to medical school in four years. Besides, UT Southwestern is great, but how do I know it's the right school for me? I want to have options. I'm going to apply to many of the same places again in four years (Yale, Tufts, etc.) for medical school, so I don't want to commit to a school right now when I have no idea what college will bring. Seriously, I've changed my mind about which college I want to attend so many times in the past four months that there's no doubt I'll change my mind about which medical school I want to attend in the next four years.
Also, UT Dallas... It's really not for me. (Sorry. It's just not. I can't see myself there at all.)
On another note, though, the Pratham post-Readathon congratulations party is this Sunday! I'm super excited to get the chance to see everyone again and catch up with Vineeta after so long. (Also the awards ceremony, but yeah.)
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