Mexico Medical Student |

Well, today was my first day, so I’m officially a medical student now. Since we’re really doing orientation, my first day was taken almost entirely by Powerpoint slides of various topics, as well as some pep talks, etc. We took our class photo today as well, but the genius that planned that one had us all looking into the rising sun at 9:30 AM, so half of the class is squinting and the other half is wearing sunglasses. Lovely.

I never really considered today to be Day #1, since it’s orientation. Classes start next Monday, so I really thought everything was official then. But when they stressed that as of today we were insured, that as far as immigration was concerned (a big deal here), etc. we had begun, it was kind of surreal to fully realize that I’ve arrived, not just physically here at UAG, but academically. My dream of several years has today been converted into reality. They say be careful what you wish for.