I appreciate you sharing such an insightful perspective. I survived anorexia and later fell into binge eating after my recovery, so I can absolutely relate to the feeling of being out of control despite thinking you’re capable of resisting the urges. I think eating disorders are comparable to OCD in the sense that they kind of hijack the rational part of the brain. It’s also not surprising that type A, perfectionistic people tend to struggle with them, though it might seem paradoxical to some at first. Those with the most discipline and a strong work ethic may be foreign to the experience of not being able to push through a struggle with hard work alone, but eating disorders are a whole other beast and very difficult to treat for a reason. I hope you’re doing a lot better these days and living your life with more balance and peace. Best of luck to you!
Hey this is awesome, I'm looking at doing similar. I'm curious if you struggle to find freedom camping parks? Also is it okay having a propane heater inside? Wouldn't you need windows open, thus defeating the point
Yes, you do need to have a vent when running it. But I just leave my exhaust fan in the ceiling on, which keeps it warm and safe. I don't struggle finding camping grounds at all!
This is so inspiring. I have a similar story. Unique experiences, a pretty rocky transcript, but a passion for science, snd and a strong desire to be a doctor. Thank you for this video. USC school of medicine is my dream school.
Hii....Can someone working as a registered nurse in the US with a BSC nursing degree in a foreign country get into South Carolina Medical School? (Does South Carolina Medical School accept foreign pre-med degrees?)
Yes, they are all online. You purchase a lab kit from a vender and they send it to you. You then follow the lab instructions and submit photos of your work along with the lab sheet.
Ha what a coincidence. I literally just watched Dr. Gray’s video of you the other day. I was looking for some videos about the program and came across this video. Today I submitted USCSOMG’s secondaries and it’s easily become one of my top choices for a school. I felt like the secondary’s really gave me an opportunity to talk about who I am as a person. Which is something that I didn’t necessarily feel with other secondaries. I’m a nontraditional student who is going through a career change so I had so much to talk about and I’m really hoping to get to the interview stage. I poured my heart into these essays and I really hope USC can see that. Andrew, I wish you luck in your first year, and it’s really cool to see your progress as another nontraditional student. If anything becomes of this application cycle, would you mind if I reach out to you with some questions going into the interview?
that’s amazing to hear! please feel free to reach out to me whenever for any questions at all. i’m always here and best of luck with the application cycle my friend. perhaps i will see you down the line!
Extremely happy and excited for you! Please keep making videos! I look forward to meeting you in person as we go through this journey together! Will will both be physicians in 4 years!
Sure! So although I am an out of state applicant, I have lived here in SC long enough where I will be eligible for in-state tuition rates comes my M1 spring semester. Thereafter, tuition falls to about 50k a year (alot, but much less than the ~ 70k a year I'd be saving at CUSOM). So I will be paying In state money for 3 1/2 years for med school as opposed to CUSOM which is private and doesn't offer lower rates for in state applicants.
I think the ppl that come across your channel are more spiritually inclined - Mcat takers. perhaps the more adhd/neurodivergent types that have never been the best academically and are forced to face this beast from an entirely different angle vs the straight A, typical academic convergent thinkers. (AGAINST ALL ODDS) -Just my opinion THAT journey is DIFFERENT
Meaning of life is looking for meaning of life, without ever finding it, while expanding yourself (well not physically....not gaining weight) and catching elusive glimpses of meaning itself that instantly evaporate as it is the most volatile component that cannot be preserved/canned/caught... Those glimpses change us even though they cannot "stay" with us. I found my peace by being OK with the fact that meaning may turn out to be just our construct, born out of boredom. But since that sounds devastating - I decided to sprinkle some beliefs onto the whole concept, so I try to look for those.... bread crumbs? I try to see a journey itself 🙄 as a meaning that may be truly revealed once I am no longer alive... How depressing 😔
