PANCE Prep
I am happy to report that I officially got my "C" last week. PA-C that is, after stumbling through a five hour, life-changing exam. A few weeks ago I was really feeling fine about it until my neighbor said "Oh you're test is soon? Pretty cool as it's like the culmination of two years work right?" I left the conversation wide-eyed thinking, yes, two years of work. Although that isn't so accurate. Really, it's been like three years of taking prerequisites, re-teaching myself chemistry, saving money, boosting my resume, applying, being rejected, applying again, waiting to start, then 26 months of studying and scraping by, moving twice, working all of the holidays, first days, feeling intimidated, scrubbing in, fitting in, moving on, conferences, studying, studying, studying. As I walked away and all of this sank in, I started to panic, and panic studying gets me nowhere. What did I do with the last few months? Why did I re-w...