Why am I a DOCTOR now?

It's been a common question if I meet relatives or outsiders. What doctor are you? A GP (general practitioner)? A specialist? Then why do you choose doctor as your profession? Why? WHY? What is your reason?

Why am I a doctor now???? The story started in year 2008. I was graduated from my senior high school, F.Tandean School, located in a small town close to Medan. Since Tebing Tinggi is a tiny undeveloped town, no wonder if graduants choose to continue their study to a bigger city's university. And here it is, University of Sumatera Utara (USU), so famous around the whole province. Being one of an outstanding state university, it received more than 50.000 applicants every year.

Every year USU offered a free testing entrance to one or two students with extraordinary performances in school. In which that year, I was chosen as one of the lucky student to get free entrance to Industrial Chemistry major.

I couldn't call myself as a lucky one for too long as when I studied at that Science Faculty for several months I started to feel that this wasn't me. It wasn't my place. I COULDN'T be in here any longer.

I studied titration and other analysis skill. I was skillful enough and score high score in every laboratory. But why was I still feel that it isn't right to keep studying here? These are the reasons:

FIRST. The first time I told my teacher I was in Industrial Chemistry diploma major, he asked me why did I choose a diploma major. I deserved a better one.
SECOND. The laboratory assistants were so arrogant. They felt like they were so clever and acted as if they were bosses. Indeed they weren't as great as that. They even made us waited for their signature in our laboratory assignment book for so long. They purposely did it and dragged the time longer, made us cry of depression, and laughed at us. They were really unprofessional. Hey? Where are your brain?
THIRD. One of the assistant who had a delusion of grandiosity told us, the diplomas, "All of you are really lazy and useless. If you are clever enough, prove yourself by retaking the entrance exam next year, and show us that what you can get is not only a diploma, but come to our undergraduate (S1) major." I'm feel like.. what the...It's not like I entered this major because I failed in entrance testing. It was because I got a free entrance and "don't-know-who" told me I couldn't reject the invitation.

After I heard such a front insult towards our major, I really determined myself that next year I would take the national entrance exam. I know he didn't point the words to me, but it was just the same. The major never got any respect from other people.

In year 2009, I started to gather more information about the testing. I even studied and reviewed my school lesson while I was still continuing my days as university student in Industrial Chemistry. I earned a 3.88 GPA in my first semester and I almost stop dreaming to change the major due to the esctacy of getting high GPA.

Around May, I told my mommy I wanted to take an entrance test and I want to choose medicine major (Please note medicine is medical, not pharmacy). You all wouldn't believed me what did she answer. She asked me to stop my nonsense dream. That we didn't even have a single doctor generation, why did I suddenly think of such a nonsense idea. Tell the truth, sure I was so disappointed.

On the same month, I registered for the national exam and choosed Medical Faculty as my first choice and Dentistry Faculty as my second choice. I told my brother and sisters to keep it as a secret to my parents.

The next month, I was so worried because the national exam date hasn't confirm yet and my chemistry class exams were on the same month. I planned to skip my class exams just if the national entrance exam happened to on the same date. Fortunately, the national exam was held one day right after my previous faculty exams ended.

Here is my national entrance card softcopy. I even still keep it as a reminder of how hard I went through in my past.

In short, I passed the exam. I couldn't tell how blessed I was. I was one of the rare lucky applicants that succeed in passing the most TOP faculty in USU.
Right after I knew the results, I told my parents.

Finally they were agree and support me since that time until now. This is WHY and HOW I become a doctor now.

Last but not least, they are still my best supporters till I'm graduated as a DOCTOR last monday, 25 May 2015. And I'm sure they will never stop supporting me until I get my next degree and next and next and forever. I know I'm blessed.

So, have you choose a right major now?

The blessed bunny,
JiaJia


-In regards of all the supports from my parents, family, boyfriend, and all my friends. I thank you so much.-