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Published: 2011-09-25 03:45:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1281; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 4
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Description Oh look, something done in dark lighting that I don't absolutely despise.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure we've all been here at some point in our lives, pulling an all-nighter to study for some test. *coughexceptmeiswearcough*

Anna understands how it feels, don't worry. Medical school is hard.

Still, it's something she's wanted to try for over a hundred years, ever since Johns Hopkins University opened in Baltimore and gained the reputation of the best medical school in the nation. Alas, the school refused to admit women at first. Then, a group of socially-conscious society ladies bribed the president for hundreds of thousands of dollars to allow women to study there. The school accepted the money and subsequently the floodgates opened up for thousands of female students. Oh wait, just kidding. They let in a grand total of four women before spending all the money and closing their doors to women once again. Even if women did get into medical school, they were often considered too weak for the tedious work required and given an inferior quality of education.

Sadly enough, that was something that Anna was used to. During her years as a war nurse, there were lots of disparaging whispers behind her back. "It's too indecent for a girl to be a nurse, no matter who she is," they said. "It's entirely improper. She can't be trusted for anything else, so why should we trust her for this?" Even after she proved herself time after time, people just wouldn't stop talking.

That's the kind of thing you don't forget quickly. As Anna often does, she ended up taking it to heart more than she should have. That's why it took her awhile to start on this journey to achieve her personal dreams. She's not perfect, but she does have very unique experiences that help her along the way. It's a very emotional thing for her. She feels as though it's her duty to learn as much as she can so that people today will never have to know what it's like to lose all their children to disease, have both legs amputated without anesthesia, die of infections treatable with antibiotics, suffer through smallpox or cholera, or die in childbirth.

But yeah, enough with all that.

Crab pajamas. You know you want them.

MD is reading about molecular genetics. Sounds absolutely enthraaaalling. /sarcasm mode

/whatta nerd, Maryland.

And I actually have no clue what medical school actually involves.

TO GOOGLE!
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Comments: 31

BugleMan-Snow [2011-09-28 13:38:39 +0000 UTC]

I love the lighting and the contrast with the colours. Great job!

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boscaresque In reply to BugleMan-Snow [2011-09-28 14:04:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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MoonWalker00 [2011-09-26 16:56:22 +0000 UTC]

Lol. In a way you just drew me. Right now I'm 17 and in pre-med school. Next year are my exams that will decide if i'll get accepted in the University sooooo yeah. I've pretty much had quite a lot of late-nighters The picture is amazing. I really light the colors and especially the DNA.

Umm I can't tell you what med school is like but I ca tell you that when premed students get drunk they start talking science...a lot ( I'm no exception )

Aww I want crab pajamas

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boscaresque In reply to MoonWalker00 [2011-09-26 20:50:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

Hm, so in Bulgaria, how does the school system work? In the US, you have to do a 4-year undergraduate degree before going to medical (or law, or any other kind of graduate program) school, but it seems like there you get to do it sooner? When did you start in pre-med school, like how old were you?

/sorry I'm asking so many questions. haha.

Haha I'm studying pre-law and the same thing happens. Political science students are such partiers. Not me, though...

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MoonWalker00 In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-27 08:01:56 +0000 UTC]

No worries Lets see - we study from first to seventh grade common things - like how to write correctly, math, science ect... Then in eight grade we go to high school and then we chose in what subjects we would like to focus in (in my case biology and chemistry) and then from eleventh trough twelfth grade the school that I'm currently studding in the teachers prepare us specifically and only for the exams (that why they call us pre-med students). But thats for those who want to study medicine tough. Different specialties require different approaches.

The sad thing is that most of the students that graduate here leave the country for better realization.

If you have more questions I'll be happy to answer them And sorry for my bad English.

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boscaresque In reply to MoonWalker00 [2011-09-28 06:53:07 +0000 UTC]

That's really interesting. It seems tough having to choose what you want to do when you're so young, though. I know that when I was in 8th grade I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Heck, even when I was in 12th grade I had no idea. Maybe the American school system encourages indecisiveness? haha.

So once you take the test what do you have to do to actually get to medical school? And how long does it take?

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MoonWalker00 In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-28 12:32:08 +0000 UTC]

It depends of the school you chose to study in. If you know what you want to become you easily go to the school that can help you with that. But if you still haven't decided (or if you chose not to go to a University) you go to a school that studies common thing through 12th grade.

Actually the American system is so much better than ours. Like for instance we don't have periods during school. And in order a class to be formed the students have to minimum 11 people in the group (and very often a group isn't formed). But this is what happens in the big cities. Bulgaria has 5-6 big cities where you can actually study (because only there the school can give you the education you need) I live in a VERY small town called Lom. Each day I travel 80 km by buss to my school, witch really sucks.

In order to in-roll in Med University you have to take a test on biology and a test on chemistry (each test lasts five hours on different dates) Then if your in the 40 people with the highest score your in!(girls and boys are separate in the scoring) You study 6 years then you chose what you want to be - a surgeon, an cardiologist and etc. Then you become a intern, then resident and I'm not sure what's next but in total it's about 10 years (if not more) ะพf studying But don't be fooled. Our hospitals could barely compare to the one you have. Maybe in Sofia (our capitol) the hospitals are actually good - but the one on my home town? Hell, we don't have an ophthalmologist (she comes two times a week from a different city). I'm not complaining or anything - what I'm trying to say is that we have a long way ahead of us. But we're trying, and we're not going to stop trying.

I'm really sorry for the VERY long feedback. I'm really happy that your actually interested!

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boscaresque In reply to MoonWalker00 [2011-09-29 00:55:17 +0000 UTC]

Hm, that makes sense, I guess. What if you go to one of those specialized schools and then change your mind?

At my college, we have minimum class requirements, too. Most of the time, it's not a problem but sometimes a class I really want to take gets cancelled because of lack of interest. I don't think it's quite the same thing, though.

Only 40 people get in? Or is it 40 each for boys and girls (so 80 total) or is just that they're separate? How many people take these tests? What happens if you're not one of the 40?

It sounds like towns like yours need people like you, then. If everyone moves away, then nothing will ever improve.

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MoonWalker00 In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-29 16:35:08 +0000 UTC]

If you go a specialized school and change your mind you can always transfer (by taking some test that the new school requires)

Totally 80 people get it (40 women and 40 men) If your not excepted you try next year again... About 1000 people each year try to enter med school. But we have total for the whole country 5 Universities that offer med training and you can try and enroll in more that one Uni. For instance I'm going to try and get excepted in 3 of them - and if I make it in them I chose in which one I want to study. But if I get in only one Uni go to the one I'm excepted.

My town is loosing people each year because it is not developing (how can it when people don't come back) But I really like it here. Everyone knows everyone. It's really calm and quiet. The level of crime is very low and we support each other. But the taxes go up every year so most of them go to the big cities where they pay more *shrugs*
I don't want to become a doctor because of the money but because I can't stay still. I would literally go crazy if my job requires me to work behind a desk.

Where are you from?You work as an artist?

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boscaresque In reply to MoonWalker00 [2011-09-29 17:49:27 +0000 UTC]

Ah, it's good that you can change your mind and/or try again.

I guess 80 out of 1000 isn't that few, but still, pretty selective. It's definitely better than here, where tens of thousands of people are applying for a couple hundred places. How many people live in your country total?

Loving your hometown is always a great thing. And you definitely won't stay still being a doctor.

I'm from uh...well, for the moment I go to university in the midwestern U.S. near Chicago. And no, I don't work as an artist. I'm actually studying political science and history. I think I want to be a lawyer someday, so I'm trying to get ready for law school.

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MoonWalker00 In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-29 22:16:44 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it's really hard getting in.

In my country i think that we're about 7.1 million people. But in my home town were are what? 10 000 at most

Lol near Chicago? Every time I hear it's name I get reminded of ER

And being a lawyer sounds awesome. Lol, right now it's friekin' 01:15 in the morning and I have to get up at 06:10. Oh well

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brittykittycoco [2011-09-25 16:09:08 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful. I love the golden outline from the light reflection. Aww MD is pretty even at X:00 in the morning

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boscaresque In reply to brittykittycoco [2011-09-25 22:19:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank youu.

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GryGirl8 [2011-09-25 04:22:12 +0000 UTC]

This is great! I know these types, and this is just perfect.

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boscaresque In reply to GryGirl8 [2011-09-25 04:23:40 +0000 UTC]

Don't we all? haha.

Thanks.

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TopazRaven [2011-09-25 04:15:02 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, you go girl! Study dem molecular genetics!

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boscaresque In reply to TopazRaven [2011-09-25 04:19:24 +0000 UTC]

haha I don't even know if that would actually be a real med school class name. I just wanted something that sounded sufficiently hard.

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TopazRaven In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-25 04:20:49 +0000 UTC]

I don't know a thing about medical school so I can't be of any real advice, it does sound in least like it would be a study topic in one of the classes though.

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Angeliserrare [2011-09-25 04:08:28 +0000 UTC]

Grr! @#$% sexism! Kick that curricula's butt Anna! This is a nice drawing! I love how you managed to incorporate so much symbolism into her clothes. And that use of light and shadow really works well here. Ah, brings back memories of my senior thesis for my Spanish degree. Staying up until 2 AM checking over grammar, finalizing revisions with my school friends and relaxing with mojitos. Stressful, but very worth it!

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boscaresque In reply to Angeliserrare [2011-09-25 04:18:30 +0000 UTC]

It was definitely a different time, that's for sure. Oh Victorians...

I can definitely see myself having many of these nights in the future. haha.

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yesthisismak [2011-09-25 03:56:52 +0000 UTC]

You did great with the lightning. And what song is she listening to on her iPod?

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boscaresque In reply to yesthisismak [2011-09-25 03:59:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. And if she were actually listening to it, it would be this:

[link]

/pirates ftw

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yesthisismak In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-25 14:26:58 +0000 UTC]

That song. It's amazing.

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boscaresque In reply to yesthisismak [2011-09-25 14:35:34 +0000 UTC]

It makes me want to go out and pillage something.

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yesthisismak In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-25 14:44:40 +0000 UTC]

Same. We should do that once there's a zombie apocalypse or something. I'm so weird.

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boscaresque In reply to yesthisismak [2011-09-25 14:45:46 +0000 UTC]

haha we always end up talking about zombies. Love it.

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yesthisismak In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-25 15:00:11 +0000 UTC]

Because zomies are awesome! Save the Twinkies! /if you get this reference I love you./

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boscaresque In reply to yesthisismak [2011-09-25 15:19:51 +0000 UTC]

...I don't get it. OTL

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yesthisismak In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-25 15:30:32 +0000 UTC]

Nooo! Zombieland!

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boscaresque In reply to yesthisismak [2011-09-25 22:15:55 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhh that makes sense.

/is pop-culturally illiterate, lol

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yesthisismak In reply to boscaresque [2011-09-25 23:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh XD
I just thought it was a hillarious movie. And I didn't see it until one day when I was sick and there was nothing better on TV XD

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