Being a health science major comes with its ups and downs. Here's what it's really like, according to someone in the midst of it all:
1. Science is your life. Seriously, everything you do is about science.
Bill Nye the Science Guy up in here.
2. Your friends don't understand what it means to study for a test.
You studied two hours for your Econ test? I studied 28 hours for a quiz I have today.3. Your learn words that you didn't think existed in the English language.
Like pseudohypoparathyroidism. This word shouldn't exist.
4. You love showing people bloody images.
Come on, you don't think that severed leg is AWESOME?!?!
5. You stay up until 4 a.m. studying for an exam and you still only pull a C+.
You solve this issue by drinking lots of wine. Or vodka.
6. You will always pretend to know more than you do.
Yeah, I can totally explain how to treat that abscess on your skin.
7. Your friends make fun of you when you stay in on a Saturday night and study.
Saturday nights are actually very quiet.
8. You are elated when an exam gets pushed back two days.
TWO MORE DAYS OF STUDYING. WOOHOO!
9. You tell people that all of your hard work is going to pay off, when in reality you know you'll be working on Christmas and the Fourth of July.
I WILL be saving lives, however.
10. You are excited to have actual written homework to boost your grade.
OMG, this homework that's worth 0.5 percent of my grade will definitely help me keep my A...not.
11. You watch Grey's Anatomy or House, M.D. mainly to pick out the medical mistakes.
You typically don't "push one of epi" for every medical problem, by the way.
12. Your friends count calories, but you calculate exactly how the fat, carbohydrates and sugars are actually processed in the body.
Who counts calories anymore?
13. People tell you to relax, but how can we relax when people's lives are in our hands?
We have an important task ahead of us.
14. People ask who your good friends are, and your first response is talking about patients.
Friends are few and far between.
15. You are a type A person.
Health Science majors don't take anyone's s**t.
16. You feel an ache in your back, and you immediately think you have cancer.
When in reality you're just stressed about having five tests next week.
17. You envy your friends that have a significant other.
Who has time for that?
18. Coffee makes your entire world go around.
Coffee at 9 p.m.? Of course! I have a test in 2 weeks...
19. Your whole life revolves around the human body, but you wouldn't want to study anything else.
Science IS life.
