Why DevStud? Career: Restart.

JC, my hs semi-grandslam, messaged me last night, asking if i have already applied to any law school. He must have forgotten that I’m lagging behind the batch. Our batchmates are going to law and med schools (congrats to the 5 MaScians– go UP Med) next academic year, and here I am, 2 years behind. I actually don’t mind it, the engineering dudes in UP will still be sweating it out at least for one more year (si Aby nga sshift pa lang next year eh! ). And of course, nandyan ang mga taong delayed. That’s why I’m not that pressured. Slight lang.

I know that no matter what happens, JC is going to med school. Eh first year pa lang kami sabi niya nga magdodoktor siya, kaya lang nung second year, I doubted him. We were dissecting frogs in bio class, eh tapos yung frog niya, ang aga nagising. Insides out yung frog, tapos he was holding it down kasi nagpupumiglas na. Akala ko hihimatayin na siya. Eh he wanted to be a surgeon daw, cardio ata. Ayun, tawa na lang kami.

Pag determinado ang tao, walang mahirap, walang nakakatamad. JC’s that type of student. And I am not. Eh ni wala nga akong concrete plans nung high school eh. But if there’s one thing that I know I really wanted back then, that is to have a career in science. Yun lang ang plano ko.

When I was in second grade, I got a genetic engineering book from a book fair sa school. Uso pa nun yung sustagen, tapos yung scoop iipunin mo, tapos papalitan nila ng books. That genetic engineering book made an impact on me, that by the time I graduated from elementary, I know i wanted to be a genetic engineer. Eh di bongga. For that reason, I took the entrance exam sa MaSci. Naalala ko mas mahigpit dati kaysa sa admission process ngayon, kaya naman bida-bida kami sa lower batches. Kung nung college admission exam season ay may mga dramang “UP or nothing!”, nagdrama akong “MaSci or nothing” dati. Haha. Ambisyosong bata.

However, when I entered MaSci at nakakausap na ako ng mga geeky, I found out na walang specialized genetic engineering institution dito. Sa States pa. Ayun, namatay lang naman ang genetic engineering dream ko. At wala na. And then came the UPCAT, dahil nga ambisyosa ako, I applied for MBB, and then ChemEngg. Kamusta naman ang MBB, quadruple quota ata iyon at di naman ako halimaw, kaya sure out na yun. Ayan, napunta sa ChemEngg.

And three years later, DevStud na ako. Of course, it’s out of my comfort zone. But I promise I’ll apply for law school, no matter what happens. I wanted to make something out of this opportunity. And this time, I won’t settle for less than what I deserve.