Harvard Medical School

1.Harvard Medical School located in  Boston, MA
2.Present evidence that their intellectual and personal credentials are of such quality as to predict success in the study and practice of medicine.
Demonstrate aptitude in the biological and physical sciences during their undergraduate years, but not to the exclusion of the humanities and social sciences.(A study at Harvard Medical School has shown that students are successful in their medical studies regardless of undergraduate concentration, providing that they have had adequate science preparation. Students are urged to strive for a balanced and liberal education rather than specialized training. No preference is given to applicants who have majored in the sciences over those who have majored in the humanities.)
Supplemented their education with at least one year of college or university training in the United States or Canada if they have completed academic work outside the United States or Canada. (Foreign students who do not have a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an institution in the United States or Canada are rarely accepted for admission.)
3.$55,85
4. The degrees offered are

• MD/PhD
• MD/MBA
• MD/MPH
• MD/MPP

5. Areas of study

• Biologic and Translational Research
• Global and Community Health
• Health Care Policy and Health Services
• Medical Humanities

Reflection: I would attend this school because I want to be a surgeon. This school is known for being the top school for surgeons and for other medical jobs.

Freelance #2

Today I'm a bit worried because i have a lot of things to do involving school work. I have a lot of homework to do like chemistry research paper and i have to practice on my pantomime scene for tomorrow. Another thing I'm worried about my dad, which is odd cause i never really worried about him. I think he got hurt while he was working. He works as a delivery man for a company called Action. Sometimes my dad has to carried heavy thing and usually get hurt. It makes sad because I wish i could work to help him out. But my parent dont want me stressing out over schoolwork and actual work

Creative Expressions

Over the weekend, My dad, brother, little cousins, and I went to store where they sell sporting goods. The reason we were there is because my dad was going to buy me a baseball glove, so that i could practice since try-outs are coming up. So my dad didn't want to go a store near my house, so we went to a store near LAX. When we got inside, my dad and i went to the baseball section while my cousins and brother went to the football section. We finally found the glove that I wanted and went to the check out station. Everything was going great until my dad was buying for the glove. The family waiting behind us was making fun of my dad because of his skin color. It made me really angry because he is equal to them and nobody should be made fun of because of their skin color. Then after that we went to Petco to buy my cats treats and it was adoption day at Petco. After petco, My dad and i drop off my cousins and brother at the house. My dad and i went to go practice at the batting cages in South Gate and practice. It was a bit hard to hit the ball because i haven't practice in a while. When i kept missing, i lose a bit of confidence because i know i could of done better. my goal for next weekend is to practice more and get better at batting.

Peak Performance Principles

The Six Attitudes of High Achievers

John R. Noe

1. Make no small plans

 I think it means to be an over achiever. It means to make big goals and to dream big. To aim high and work hard to achieve that goal. Make plans you know you can accomplish. If you make small foolish plans then you don't really achieve anything. If you make small plans you achieve little, if you make big plans than you'll be successful. Make goals or plans that are unbelievable to others. I think its good to have unbelievable dreams because people will think you cant achieve them. When you do achieve them then you cant prove them wrong. The more bigger goals you accomplish, the more you know you are capable of accomplishing. 

''Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.''

 Bo Jackson

2. Do what they fear

  I think this means that to do the things you want to do. To do things that are uncommon and what other people find odd. It means to not let people control your life or follow other people, but be yourself. If you do things that you don't enjoy doing then you'll be unhappy. Don't be afraid. Change is a beautiful thing. It can also mean to overcome a fear. For example, doing a presentation in class, getting rid of that fear help you become a better person. Your fears in life are only as fearful as you constantly interpret them to be.

"I say I am stronger than fear." 

Malala Yousafzai

3. Are willing to prepare 

 This means that people that are ready for something and already knows whats ahead of them. If you preparing to fail, you are going to fail. If you are prepare to succeed, you are going to be successful. Success depends upon previous preparation  For example, athletes does not become winner when they win at the event, but the preparation they dedicated in practicing for it. The successful performance that they prepare themselves for, it is a demonstration of their champion character. Also sometimes life gives us things that we are not expecting to happen, but you have prepare ourselves for it. 

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

4. Are willing to risk failure.

 I think it means that you willing to risk failures and learn from them. Failure is the root of success because you learn from those mistakes you made and make a better person out of yourself. Also life is full of failures. Youre are supposed to fail sometimes. It part of life and everyone goes through it. The more you fail the more you learn and the more you learn you get smarter. Failure is disappointing, but it better than not trying. If you dont try than you'll never have a satisfied result. Giving up is only way to fail.

“Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.” 

― Salvador Dalí

5. Are teachable

  It means that you can teach others to do good. The unteachable person is to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you. Eventually we are going to makes mistakes and might as well learn from them. In teaching others, we teach ourselves. To stop learning is like to stop growing. Always remain teachable. Everyday we learn something new whether it is small or big. Our job is learn and listen.

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” 

― Meister Eckhart

6. Have heart

 It means to kind to others and treat them with respect.It means to be kind and gentle to each other. It can also mean that you do what you want to do. Listen and follow what your heart is telling you. your heart is free have the courage to follow it.In life no matter if there is messed up people in encounter in my life. I will always have a good heart and no one can change that. No beauty shines brighter than a good heart. Even if the days get colder, always have a good heart. 

“One love, one heart, one destiny.” 

― Bob Marley

Reflection: I try will commit to doing the 6 high achievers. The one i will have a hard time achieving is the number 3 willing to prepare. I have a hard time preparing my self for stuff. For example, study for a quiz or sometimes not bring my textbooks to class. The one have achieved is number 6, have heart. I like to help other people whether it big or small thing. I dont mind people asking me for help.

9 Ways to be Happy and Make Something of your Life

Gordon B. Hinckley

The Nine Ways to Be:

       1. Be Grateful

           

           Being grateful is a small action and doesn't take that much effort. It makes you and other people feel good inside and shows the other person that you appreciate them. Every day we take life for granted because without it we wouldn't experience it and learn from our mistake for we can better our lives. I always been grateful for what my parents have done for me because i know they dont have a lot to give me.

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” 
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

I will apply this to my life by creating more, buying less, getting less mad, giving more. taking less, forgiving more, worrying less, and being more thankful.

2. Be Smart

    I think being isn't only about being smart in school but in outside world. I think it important to take a step back when making decisions right away because those decisions can effect your life in a negative or positive way. We are all human and we all make mistakes which sooner or later we learned from them for we wont make mistakes. I also think it means that to get educated by getting a higher education. Getting a high education can prevent us from getting labor job and getting little pay.

"Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who really believe in what you're doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream. "
     Niklas Zennstrom


3. Be Involved in Good Works

   Being involved in good works means to good things for other people without a receiving something back. Helping out others or being nice to people is being involved in good works. I think also volunteering in places is doing good work. As well as doing or being in involved in a campaign or a organization is doing good. It is good to be in these type of things because it makes feel proud and happy. I believe it makes us a better person and helps inspire other people to follow in your footsteps. To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. It also about what you put out there in the world will effect it positively or negatively.

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” 

― Kahlil Gibran, The Essential Kahlil Gibran

4. Be Clean

     Being clean doesn't always means someone with a good hygiene. It also means to have your body healthy and clean. For example, not drinking or doing drugs is having your body detoxify. Something else is to have a clean record . For example, not getting in trouble with the laws or at school. Another way to be clean is cleaning up the environment. You can volunteer to clean the beach  or when you see a piece of trash on the floor you can pick it up. Lastly, cleaning your mind because it help clear out all the negativity or the stress that you are going through.

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

5. Be True

    Being true means being honest with yourself or with other people. It also means being yourself no matter what. Sometimes being true to yourself means changing your mind and self changes. Just be true to yourself, if you're passionate about something go for it. Don't sacrifice anything, just have fun. The truer you are to yourself , the greater your gifts will manifest themselves. Life is a belt of adjustments, stay true to your self and not go the wrong path of scandals. Look into the situation before jumping into it. I believe that not all of us are the same and we are not made to be replica of each other and that why we have to be different and do what ever your heart wants. Today you are you, that is truer than true. There no one out there alive who is youer that you.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows." 

6. Be Positive

   Being Positive means to be always optimistic even on your bad days. Being positive is good thing for your mentally because it makes you worried less and stress less. I think life is too short to be negative all the time and it makes your life more difficult than it already is. Being positive can effect the mood of the you and the people around you. It encourages them to be positive and it makes you feel good. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract greater things in life. Surround yourself with positive people and good thing will come back to you. If you don't have positively in your life, there no hope and you cant improve your goals in life.  When things go bad, don't go with them, Instead think of a way to outlook those problems in a positive way.

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” 
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

7. Be Humble

       Be humble is having or showing modest.It means that you care about other people and you're not selfish. Humble people realize that nobody cares how much they know until those people know how much they’re cared for. Humble people are also not arrogant or prideful. I believe that the humblest tasks get beautify if loving hands do them. Humility is the key to success. Humility people share the credit and wealth, remaining focus and hungry to continue the journey of success. The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

 If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.
-David Duchovny

8. Be Still

    Being still means to be in a state of mind. Being in state of mind where all outside forces are removed. You are in relaxed and peaceful mood when you're being still. Its like being a meditative state. Clearing your mind of things that you been manifested in your life. For example, your friends, family, job, school, money, and material possessions. It can also means to be patience with life. Good or bad things can happen to you sooner or later. Being still doesn't means not to move. It means to move in peace. Time passes so quickly in life. Make time to enjoy yourself and be still.

“Go outside. Don’t tell anyone and don’t bring your phone. Start walking and keep walking until you no longer know the road like the palm of your hand, because we walk the same roads day in and day out, to the bus and back home and we cease to see. We walk in our sleep and teach our muscles to work without thinking and I dare you to walk where you have not yet walked and I dare you to notice. Don’t try to get anything out of it, because you won’t. Don’t try to make use of it, because you can’t. And that’s the point. Just walk, see, sit down if you like. And be. Just be, whatever you are with whatever you have, and realise that that is enough to be happy.
There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.”
― Charlotte Eriksson

9. Be Prayerful

Reflection: I want to commit these 9 ways to my life because I'll feel happier and healthier. For example, I would be more graceful with the smallest things in life. I see a lot of things in the news about the war and the food shortages happening in Syria. In the video about Syria, children around 6 or 7 are picking up bread crumbs off the street and also the lack of medical care they have when they are attacked. It makes me graceful to live in a developed country and I'm graceful for the food i eat everyday. Another way I could applied to my life is being still. I would apply this way because I'm always stressing out and don't have time to relax.



The 9 Ways Concluding words by Gordon B Hinckley

          "There they are, nine Be's which, if observed. will bring handsome dividends to any young man or woman.  They add sparkle to your days and peace to your nights. They will save you from heartache and pain. They will bring purpose into your life and give direction to your energies.
           "They will bring you friends of your own kind. They will protect you from associations that would pull you down and deflect from your course.
           This is the time to be happy. This is the time to feel joy and make friends and enjoy the best this life has to offer. What i have tried to put forth... are Simply a few suggestions, Gained from many years of living , to help you do just that. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you happiness- Things such as popularity and possessions and satisfying your baser desires.
        If today you find yourself only drifting as a leaf in a stream, get hold of yourself and determine you will do better.
      At the railroad crossing, signs of warning were once common. Two cross arms were emblazoned with,"Stop, Look, Listen." They meant that a train could be roaring down the tracks and you had better be alert.
I was riding a train in the Midwest years ago. I looked out the window to my left. A road ran parallel to the tracks. A car with a boy and a girl was speeding down the road a little faster than the train. The car moved ahead until I can no longer see it. Suddenly, the locomotive whistle sounded and the train screeched to a halt as the brakes gripped the wheels. We looked out the window on to the other side. There was a mangled car. Police cars soon converged, followed by the ambulance. The boy and girl were both dead. The road they were traveling crossed the tracks. They did not stop, look, or listen, It all happened in all an instant.

The better way to Be's  is the way of these nine Be's

The years will inevitably pass and pass quickly. Today is your day of resolution. Promise yourself to make something good of your precious life.