So organic chemistry went pretty well, for those of you who don't know. I got a B and an A-, which is straight in line with what I was hoping to get. Now the priorities are 1) finish my AACOMAS application by writing my personal statement and getting those transcripts sent, 2) get a loan secured for the next few months 3) learn EVERYTHING I CAN ABOUT THE MCAT BECAUSE I'M TAKING IT IN A MONTH. (Kaplan is helping that along).

Speaking of which, I'm in a Kaplan MCAT review course. The first step was to take a diagnostic to determine our relative strengths and weaknesses in the sciences. I did substantially better than I was expecting, well within the range of scores I was shooting for on actual test day, which helps relieve quite a bit of pressure.

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Studying with John Prine makes me sad, but it is effective.

Station was empty
Trains were all gone
Reached in my pocket
And waited for dawn

The clock played drums
And I hummed the sax
And the wind whistled down
The railroad tracks
Hey three for a quarter
One for a dime
I'll bet it's tomorrow
By Rocky Mountain time

Walked in the restaurant
For something to do
Waitress yelled at me
And so did the food
And the water tastes funny
When you're far from your home
But it's only the thirsty
That hunger to roam

We'll build us a castle on Main Street
And pretend that we're down on the farm
Hell, we'll hold out as long as we have to
Then we'll twist off each other's arm

Christ I'm so mixed up and lonely
I can't even make friends with my brain
I'm too young to be where I'm going
But I'm too old to go back again