The woes of bio and chem are nothing to be scoffed at.

The ends justify the means, right? The journey to med school is tedious, stressful and one you’ll never experience anywhere else.

1. Dissections don't so much phase you as they annoy you. Sure, the esophagus of an earthworm (Phylum Annelida, class Oligochaeta) looks brown and mushy, but when am I ever going to need to know this?

2. Switching majors, dropping out and/or pursuing a newfound career in underwater basket weaving is a promising future so often considered. And by often, I mean every week.

3. It's all fun and games until you have to purchase your own scrubs and lab coat.

4. Summers mean lab experience, internships or extra classes.

5. Medical terminology is a foreign language. Replace one or two of those Spanish credits with a pathophysiology course and you'll quickly discover this arduous truth.

6. Friends with non-science majors will never understand your struggle.

7. The eight extra years required to get the white coat have, indeed, dawned on you. And maybe it's tough, but it'll be so, so worth it in the end.

8. Kahawa Café. Coffee. And more importantly, caffeine. Learn to love it because you will need it.

9. No matter how many tasks you cross off that daily to-do list, there's always that feeling in the back of your head that you still forgot something.

10. Ya' boy, Bill Nye, will always be a true thug. For science, of course.

11. Self-diagnosis following an all-nighter always seems like a good idea at the time, until you walk into your microbio test genuinely believing you had some sort of hypersomnia.

12. If you don't low-key feel like Walter White at some point in o-chem lab, you're not doing it right.

13. Ensuring success in the pre-med realm often entails little sleep and lots of late night pizza. In other words, adopting unhealthy habits to ensure a profession in the health field. Oh, the irony of it all.

14. Finalizing that A in a class doesn't seem as intimidating, as you've probably calculated the required exam grade and/or curve to secure your stellar GPA.

15. The ever-lurking predicament of self-doubt is tough to deal with. But then again, it means you care about your future.

16. Junior year can, and will be, surrounded by MCAT prep, hitting the books and, "may the odds be ever in your favor."

17. Despite all of these struggles, you're still in one of the hardest curriculums and haven't given up. The stress may be overwhelming now, but that sweet diploma and white coat only means accomplishment and a bright future ahead. You got this!