Medical uniform

I am excited for tomorrow for I'll be wearing my medical uniform for the first time in class. We are required to wear our uniform starting this coming first Monday of July, 2011. I will be more inspired to take on the challenges of medical school. So far, I have to admit that my lifestyle changed dramatically. I was looking for challenge and I must have met my match--medical school. I have to answer the why UERMMMC and W-H-Y questions of our college secretary, Grace H. Encelan-Brizuela, MD, MSPH.
1. Why did you choose to enroll in UERMMMC and not in any other school to pursue your dream of becoming a doctor?
a. Why not UP? I reached only until the interview.
b. Why not UST?
- not choosing UST was due to a lack information of that medical school
- UST medical students/alumni seem to have a certain swagger (attitude)
c. Why not PLM? My sister would die first before letting me take medical studies there.
d Why UERMMMC?
- it presented an alternative to UST
- I put UST and UERMMMC on equal footing
- it offered me a US$400 discount for the first semester of my first year (Special Honors Award)
- it was closer to home which means the least amount of adjustment for my family and me; I equated less adjustment with more chances of getting good grades; think of our cat pets in our home
- more lebensraum
- disprove the notion that UERMMMC is suboptimal; if I could top (first place) the Philippine Physician Licensure Examinations, then it would be for the good of my school and of myself
- better with the clinicals
- geared towards working in the United States
2. Why medicine?
- noble profession
- chance to earn big
- for my family: present and future
- seems challenging