# med school (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover med school. Page: Feed: --- ## [out of the frying pan into the fire (or, college to med school)](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire-or-college-to-med-school/) _2026-08-08 · valentine · valentine's days_ I finally graduated from college! Surviving my degree was the main motivation behind starting this blog: I've always been one to write about my experiences, but I needed somewhere to put it, where I could pick it back up any time I wanted. I didn't want to be hyperaware of any potential audience, but I appreciated the assurance that there were people out there, an email away, in case I ever wanted… ## [I bring a clear plastic envelope to my exams](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/i-bring-a-clear-plastic-envelope-to-my-exams/) _2026-08-06 · valentine · valentine's days_ It's the rule, outlined in several pages of exam guidelines. I've never had to do it before; I've never been in a school so strict. I guess they have to be, when we're only a few short years away from holding people's lives in our hands. The upperclassmen say you can't have pouches inside, either, and so I scatter my belongings inside, little pieces of myself on full view for everyone to see. I… ## [to the silent mentors](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/to-the-silent-mentors/) _2026-07-23 · valentine · valentine's days_ They left your rings on. Did you know that? I don't know how long you've been here, but however long it's been, they've left your fingers alone. I saw it. Don't worry. I didn't touch them. Today we did the anterior upper limb, so all of you were face up, with your muscles and your blood vessels and your nerves all bared for future living bodies I'll hold in my hands and you'll never get to see. I… ## [first week of med school done!](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/first-week-of-med-school-done/) _2026-07-04 · valentine · valentine's days_ Saturday night, lying in bed, because of course I got sick the moment I had some room to breathe. Sorry if this post is all over the place! I'm fresh off my first week of med school, and it's still a little surreal to call myself a med student. I feel like I don't deserve it yet. I haven't said the words "I'm a med student" out loud, ever. And aren't we first years supposed to be really proud of… ## [something sleeping in the soul](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/something-sleeping-in-the-soul/) _2026-06-23 · valentine · valentine's days_ Lately I've been feeling like some part of me is trapped in ice, or stuck at the bottom of a lake. Unreachable, like crossing into the part of my hometown where there's never any phone service. It makes me feel like I don't have all of myself at my disposal right now. (Do we ever?) It's a late night at home, real home, though for me this isn't really late . I'm listening to classical music,… ## [do i clench my fists?](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/do-i-clench-my-fists/) _2026-06-17 · valentine · valentine's days_ I have one watch that ticks louder than the rest, a soft pink piece given to me a few years ago. It's not my daily watch, but I use it enough for it to earn a place on my desk instead of in the jewelry box. In the quiet hours, when I'm alone with my thoughts, I hear it: nothing else in the world, just me and the time passing me by. It's half past midnight. I think a lot about time passing these… ## [i miss who i used to be (reprise)](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/i-miss-who-i-used-to-be-reprise/) _2026-06-14 · valentine · valentine's days_ Sunday night, alone in my head. I'm in one of those moods: melancholic, missing something I'm never going to get back. The last time I wrote about it was two years ago, but I guess we're back here again. It's time to leave again. Soon I have to pack up my college life and move on. To be honest, I'm downright terrified of entering med school. Everyone says awful things about it—the workload, the… ## [i'm about to finish college](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/im-about-to-finish-college/) _2026-05-30 · valentine · valentine's days_ Isn't it crazy to think that after all this time on the blog, the college tag is finally going to retire? Every morning I wake up in my college apartment with the acute knowledge that my days here are numbered, finite, dwindling, whatever you want to call them. I went apartment hunting with my mother yesterday for med school housing since I'll be moving to a new city. All the agents and front… ## [music diary 03: fall out boy, ninajirachi, noah kahan](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/music-diary-03-fall-out-boy-ninajirachi-noah-kahan/) _2026-05-27 · valentine · valentine's days_ I missed talking about music! fall out boy...again Okay, I know I wrote about them the last time I did one of these posts, but they just never get old for me. In my quest to finish college I put myself in danger of never listening to American Beauty/American Psycho ever again, just from the sheer amount of times I played it again and again and again (and you can get what you want but it's never… ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/T8yu4xgyjYI4) _2026-05-27 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [two years of blogging](https://valentine.bearblog.dev/two-years-of-blogging/) _2026-05-25 · valentine · valentine's days_ Still here! Just busy. For the past few months I've only posted once a month, and it's honestly weird to not be blogging as much. I didn't plan on being practically gone for so long, but I've been finishing up college, and dealing with all the ups and downs that come with all that. I'm 99% done with this chapter of my life—all grades are in, and now it's just one more presentation and all the…