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May arrived. The "Dedicated Period." This was the month-long purgatory before the exam where students did nothing but question banks and review. The Kaplan books were now battered. The binding of the Pathology volume was cracked, pages loose and dog-eared.

A score he had once thought impossible. He leaned back against his bed frame, exhaling a breath he felt he’d been holding for six months. He looked over at the pile of blue and white books on his shelf. They were tattered, highlighted, and worn.

Finally, it was Exam Day.

The books began to change from enemies to allies. The margins of the pages filled with scribbles: "HY" (High Yield), "VIMP," and drawings of kidneys that looked like beans.