Pre-med syndrome

Well, I am a thoroughbred pre-med. Since this is only the second entry in my blog, I'll give a little context for my ramblings. I enrolled at Universtity of Oregon in 1999 as a French major. Fall of 2001 saw me declaring a double major in history. I decided to double since I had a passion for both subjects. In December 2001 I left on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. For two years i served in the Canada Montreal Mission. While on a mission, I decided taht medicine was the carreer path I chose. After lots of meditation and rumination, I decided that I wanted to spend the rest of my professional life helping others. So, upon my return to UO in dec 2003, I finished my double major. In summer 2004, I started my pre-med classes. This brings me to my current situation.
I am in my third term of pre-med classes. I am in gen chem, cel bio I, calc I, chem lab. Currently i am a slave to my GPA.
before my mission, i didn't work very hard at school, consequently i now have to get very high grades to drag my overall GPA into a more competitive level. I'm tired of the competition already. I"m not aware of any great internecine rivalry among my fellow pre-meds, save only my own obsessive drive to get A's. I really don't like sweating every single missed point. It really detracts from my ability to learn the material for its own intrinisc merit.