Little Big Deal

Both Melanie and Ivy thought that my schedule for the fall was going to be too much. Melanie thought Survey of Clinical Neuro would be really difficult for me without some previous neuro classes and Ivy thought that taking both History and Neuroanatomy at the same time would be excessive memorization. At first I completely dismissed their concerns, I felt like I could handle it and really felt like I had something to prove about not getting into school or that perhaps they wouldn't have been able to handle but I could. And then I caught myself and realized that I didn't have to be better than other people or prove anything. I could take some advice from people who have been through the program and take classes that would be managable especially since I want to train to be a rape advocate this fall and I hope to continue my research at Mt Sinai. I don't have to be doing it all and I thought that I was taking classes that would cover every contigency- staying where I am, getting a masters in Neuropsych and applying elsewhere. I spoke to Ivy today and finally listened to her, I didn't just nod my head and dismiss it as advice that I didn't need. She suggested that I take 3 classes and rock them- she said schools will be more impressed with 3 A then 3 As and one B- in any event, I emailed the head of the masters program and told him that I wanted to switch from Clinical Neuro to stats which I am told is very easy and then I will decide if I want to take stats or just take 3 classes.