Contributing Writer
Keck School of Medicine of University of South California
Omeed graduated from UCLA in 2012 with a BS in biology and a minor in political science. He is currently an MD candidate in the Class of 2017 at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He spent a semester studying at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, but grew up in southern California where he has lived his entire life. His personal interests include traveling, snowboarding and playing soccer. He is currently undecided on the medical speciality he wishes to pursue.
42 months. 1260 days. That is how much education is squeezed into the 45 months following that exciting first day when we were full of eagerness and had our white coats donned on us for the first time. There are two winter breaks and two spring breaks that offer much needed respite and shelter from the continuous downpour of medical knowledge being entrusted to us over these 45 months. Two winter breaks, two spring breaks, …
It’s 11 p.m. on a Wednesday night, and you’re finally leaving the library, ready to head home. You aren’t staying late because you have a test or an anatomy practical coming up the next week. Leaving campus late on a weeknight is just a normal day in medical school. It’s what you do to stay away from falling too far behind. It’s what you do so you have some vague idea of what lecture is …
Contributing Writer
Keck School of Medicine of University of South California
Omeed graduated from UCLA in 2012 with a BS in biology and a minor in political science. He is currently an MD candidate in the Class of 2017 at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He spent a semester studying at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, but grew up in southern California where he has lived his entire life. His personal interests include traveling, snowboarding and playing soccer. He is currently undecided on the medical speciality he wishes to pursue.
