Making the decision to do Medicine was a big step for me.

I came from a school where lots of my mates did not even think of going on to do tertiary study so I was a little alone in going to UWA. That was one minor obstacle in my path.

I also had another big one in that I really bombed out of year 12. Luckily for me though, the mob at Centre for Aboriginal Programmes helped me out heaps and I did the Aboriginal Orientation course, which is like repeating year 12 and doing first semester of a uni course.

I still didn't have enough academic background to get into Med so I did a year of Science and then got in. That's the great thing about uni, that you just have to get your foot in the door and then you can do anything you want to do.

There are also heaps of student clubs here that are great fun. I've mainly been involved in SPINRHPEX (a rural med, nursing and dentistry club) and had some awesome times and met some cool characters too.

So far I have had a great time doing the Med course and next year I'll be doing my sixth and final year which I'm really looking forward to. It's been great fun meeting so many different people on my placements all over Perth and WA and I'm getting ready to go to South America for my elective over summer.