The change from being an undergraduate student to an incoming postgraduate student is seriously one of the biggest transitions of life, if not the biggest one, at least I think it will be for me.

Being one of the billions of struggling students that have gone through the hardest last four years of their lives, I'm here to say this: coming to the very difficult realization that what comes after college graduation is not at all what you wanted first coming into university is an understatement to say the least. Once the realization has been put forth though, it's fairly easy to not have as much as a fogged view of what's to come and it's easier to put things into perspective.

Coming into my undergraduate career, it was almost a 100% notion that I would be taking all of my undergraduate courses, take my MCATs and then go right into medical school, to whatever medical school would accept me. Due to slight unfortunate events that have set me back, to say the least, it was by far the hardest realizations I've ever had to come upon. To have to sit down and come to terms with the fact that the wishes and wants I had for myself wouldn't be working out so well anymore took a lot of emotional and mental investment but to finally come over this hurdle and come to terms with what the next steps should be for me was an accomplishment in and of itself.

After coming to these realizations, it was crucial for me to be able to also sit down and be able to know what exactly I wanted to do with the next part of my life and it was a sure fire thing that I want to help people. If not via medical school then the next best thing to really help those in need would ultimately be physician assistant school. Contrary to popular belief, PA school being the "next best thing" wasn't the lazy person's guide to going into the medical profession but the pressure and and stress of thinking that I've completely butchered my entire life had eased a little.

Personally, I believe that the next step of our lives after undergrad is invigorating and yes, stressful, but cherishable. Cherishable because the past four years of our lives seem like they've been fast forwarded and with that are the times we did (and didn't) think about what's in store for us in the next chapter of our lives. It's debatable that that was a mistake on our ends; being young, drunk and broke and making mistakes in our undergrad year that will most definitely affect us in our present day.

But without these "mistakes" I believe it would be pretty difficult to make the big leap of faith into the next chapter of our lives.