So I’ve decided to start a blog

Posted on July 30, 2008 by in Life


Hey everyone,

I’ve wanted to start a blog for the longest time. I feel like I kept a mini-blog with all those random notes I had on my Facebook page, but officially having one is kinda cool now.

So what’s this blog going to be about?

Well, the title gives some of it away, but not all of it. As many of my friends/family know, I will be applying to medical school this fall. So this blog will sort of track my journey through the admissions process.

But more than that, this will be a place for me to share my random wacky thoughts about anything from my radical views on education (and how we shouldn’t do half the things we are currently doing now), to how How I Met Your Mother is easily the best show on television (which you should check out obv).

In addition, I will also sporadically write some articles on various things for students in high school as well as undergraduate science (anything from applying for scholarships to picking universities/colleges). I’ve thought long and hard about many of these tough decisions students have to make, and feel like I have a strong grasp of what’s best to do in a lot of the situations you face as a growing student. I’d like to share everything I’ve ever learned with you. Why? Well I love teaching and mentoring, and I love to write – so I feel like, why not combine two things I really, really love?

Oh yah, should also mention something neat. My older brother, Jerome, will also be blogging here. He will be starting his 1st year of medical school at the University of Toronto this fall. He’ll be sharing his experience with that here, as well as other random junk in his life. I think some of you premed students who want a better idea of what medical school is like will find his posts really interesting.

Anyways, gonna jet now. But if you have any suggestions of topics you’d like me to write about in the future, lemme know!

About Joshua

Joshua Liu is a York University alumni (Bsc 2009) and 4th year medical student at the University of Toronto. Joshua founded SMARTS: Youth Science Canada’s national youth science network and previously sat on Shad Valley’s Board of Directors. Joshua has received numerous scholarships and awards, including the TD Canada Trust Scholarship for Community Leadership and being named as one of Canada’s “Top 20 Under 20″. Most recently, he was the co-lead of a project at UHN’s Centre for Innovation in Complex Care to map out the current state of avoidable hospitalization for complex patients in Ontario.
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