ASC - A Honest Feedback BUT FIRST.....

[Shannon]

Docji, what happens if you take the exams and fail? Does that mean you cannot take the exams again? How expensive are they to take?

What happens if you pass, but with less than a 90?

I remember when I was in college I had a severe case of "math anxiety", as they called it. It was so bad that if I arrived ONE MINUTE late to class, I couldn't go in. Could not go in.

I ended up having to take Basic College Algebra 4 - yes four times to pass it. I only passed it when I created a subliminal for helping myself be a good student, and my third instructor directed me to my fourth instructor, who specialized in overcoming math anxiety - which I didn't even know I had.

But I kept trying and I eventually passed it.

The point I am making is that you are where you are because it's do time, and some part of you is afraid of that possibility of failure. What if I don't get a score in the 90s? What if I fail?

That sort of thing gets worse as time goes on, because fears grow without logical correction. You haven't taken the exam, so you don't know what's on it or how hard it is. You have potentially unlimited room to imagine it to be impossible.

"No man ever became great, except through many and great mistakes." You don't have to assume failure, but go study seriously, go take it, and if you don't get the score you want - take it again until you do!

By the way, I would say that OGSF may be a better choice than ASC.

You need to pass to get a residency. If you don't get residency you do not get your liscence and you cannot practice and will be in 200k debt for the rest of your life.

If you fail the boards the first time, chances are that you might be decline for a medical lisence the second time, unless you have some good reason why. Medicine is very cut-throat.

That explains the situation better then.

in that case, I have to say that you need to overcome your fears more than anything in order to be successful.

Shannon, wouldn't it be more effective just to "plow through" his fears using maybe improve your grades/study habits and ultra success? Sometimes the best way to deal with the fear is to just go through it.

Or... you could think about making that career sub I suggested, loaded with all the usual healing tings.

If "plowing through" was likely to happen, would he be in this situation? I don't think so. Besides, Improve Grades and Study Habits was designed for use through collegiate levels, but I'm not sure how well it would apply for this.

As for your suggestion, I can only build so fast. This new stuff is monstrous to develop, and until it is, builds are going to be really slow.