All by Nazli Asardag
The philosopher Albert Camus puts beautifully: “There were no longer any individual destinies, but a collective history that was the plague, and feeling shared by all. The greatest of these were feelings of separation and exile, with all that that involved of fear and rebellion.” This is certainly true for the international students at BL, many of whom are now torn on what is the best thing to do.
No one said Medical School would be easy. We were prepared for this when we decided to come here. All those exams, interviews and work experiences have allowed us to be differentiated from the rest. As a result, we are here. There was a lot of competiton to get into medical school, but success makes us feel like we are ready for what awaits ahead of us. Yet a question that often springs to mind: Are we really ready?
