I survived the ACAT and the ACS exams. I finished Cell Biology and Immunology. All I have left is a killer calculus exam Monday at 11. . .and I am DONE with this semester!
I spent 6 hours doing calculus today - until I got dizzy and twitchy. :P I think 6 hours in a row is about all of the calculus I can handle!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Finals, Lab Reports, Busy Busy Busy!
Seems like all I am doing these days is working on projects and studying for finals. Last night at 11:30 I finally finished my lab report for Cell and Genetics Lab. Ugh. So glad that is over.
Tomorrow I take the ACAT, Friday I have the ACS final for organic chemistry and Monday is my Calculus final . . . . and then I am DONE! :) WOO HOO!! One more semester down, 3 to go!
The stress is starting to get to me. I have been trying to go running every evening to try to relieve some of that stress, but it isn't working so well. I know that in 6 days that the stress will be a LOT better - but it's surviving these 6 days that is the trick!
On a brighter note - today is Sushi Tuesday - a ritual for me and my friends, and 2 of our professors have agreed to go to lunch with us and eat sushi! Looking forward to a great lunch with my friends - and the last Sushi Tuesday of the semester.
Tomorrow I take the ACAT, Friday I have the ACS final for organic chemistry and Monday is my Calculus final . . . . and then I am DONE! :) WOO HOO!! One more semester down, 3 to go!
The stress is starting to get to me. I have been trying to go running every evening to try to relieve some of that stress, but it isn't working so well. I know that in 6 days that the stress will be a LOT better - but it's surviving these 6 days that is the trick!
On a brighter note - today is Sushi Tuesday - a ritual for me and my friends, and 2 of our professors have agreed to go to lunch with us and eat sushi! Looking forward to a great lunch with my friends - and the last Sushi Tuesday of the semester.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Undergraduate Research Symposium...
I was really nervous about the Undergraduate Research Symposium last night, but now that it is over I am really glad I did it, and REALLY excited to have something else to put on my CV. :) I was there with 2 others who were both listed on my poster, so I didn't have to talk too much if I didn't want to - and I didn't.
I chose to wear heels - not comfortable heels, but HORRIBLE, tortuous heels. I think I have learned a lesson about footwear; I am not a heels person. My feet hurt so bad and it was so uncomfortable. Luckily a sweet friend who was wearing cute flat sandals offered to trade shoes with me! What a nice person!
I chose to wear heels - not comfortable heels, but HORRIBLE, tortuous heels. I think I have learned a lesson about footwear; I am not a heels person. My feet hurt so bad and it was so uncomfortable. Luckily a sweet friend who was wearing cute flat sandals offered to trade shoes with me! What a nice person!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Seminar tomorrow. Organic Test Monday.
Tomorrow my school is hosting a seminar featuring a doctor from LSU Shreveport talking about the application process. I am pretty excited to hear what he has to say about applying to Med School. I have never been so afraid of rejection in my life. What if NONE of the schools I apply to accept me? I don't have a plan B. The only option for me would be to take more classes for another year, retake the MCAT, and apply again next year. Stinks, but it really is my only option.
After the seminar it is off to Borders for another marathon Organic session. Our Organic 2 class will only have 3 tests this semester. After the first 2 I have a B in there. If I don't do well on test 3 I could easily slip to a C- NOT what I want for my grades this semester. After this test, there is only a final and I am DONE with Organic. :) I can't believe this semester is almost over! I am getting so excited.
Anyway- this has been a crazy week and most of my time has been spent hunched over an Organic book. I need a massage. And possibly a tutor. ;)
After the seminar it is off to Borders for another marathon Organic session. Our Organic 2 class will only have 3 tests this semester. After the first 2 I have a B in there. If I don't do well on test 3 I could easily slip to a C- NOT what I want for my grades this semester. After this test, there is only a final and I am DONE with Organic. :) I can't believe this semester is almost over! I am getting so excited.
Anyway- this has been a crazy week and most of my time has been spent hunched over an Organic book. I need a massage. And possibly a tutor. ;)
Monday, April 4, 2011
Hmm.
Planning my schedule for fall, wondering if I should take a biomedical ethics class. Would this be worth my time? I could also potentially add it to my spring semester.
What would be better, biomedical ethics or something like cell physiology or biochem? I feel like I already have a ton of classes like that on my transcript but nothing at all like ethics. Just thinking.
Met with my advisor today briefly, and I am a senior! Really excited. I could graduate in December, but then I would have to take Gross Anatomy and Med Phys classes at the same time, and that would be tough. Doable, but tough. So I will go ahead and wait to graduate in May, and spread my classes out a little bit more. So excited - not too much longer!
What would be better, biomedical ethics or something like cell physiology or biochem? I feel like I already have a ton of classes like that on my transcript but nothing at all like ethics. Just thinking.
Met with my advisor today briefly, and I am a senior! Really excited. I could graduate in December, but then I would have to take Gross Anatomy and Med Phys classes at the same time, and that would be tough. Doable, but tough. So I will go ahead and wait to graduate in May, and spread my classes out a little bit more. So excited - not too much longer!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
May term, Summer, and Fall Schedules are UP! :)
Pretty excited about the classes I want to take, too. :)
May term I am taking DNA Forensics. Excited about this. Should be an easy A, interesting class, and its only 2 weeks long.
Summer I have Physics 1 and Physics 2.
Fall term I am taking Gross Anatomy, Adolescent Psych, and Quantitative Chemical Analysis (the only class I need to minor in Chem). Why am I excited about this schedule? Because I will have Mondays and Fridays OFF and only have Gross Lab on Wednesdays.
I fell today at school. The ground was wet and I was walking downhill and apparently my foot just slipped. I ripped a big chunk of flesh off my knee - it's cut pretty badly. And then scraped about a foot down right on my shin bone. Ouch. Also mashed my hand, pretty sure it will be bruised tomorrow. :(
So, rough day, but excited about registration now.
April 12 can't come fast enough - there are only 20 slots for undergrads in Gross - hoping I get one of those slots because otherwise I don't know what I will do for fall!
May term I am taking DNA Forensics. Excited about this. Should be an easy A, interesting class, and its only 2 weeks long.
Summer I have Physics 1 and Physics 2.
Fall term I am taking Gross Anatomy, Adolescent Psych, and Quantitative Chemical Analysis (the only class I need to minor in Chem). Why am I excited about this schedule? Because I will have Mondays and Fridays OFF and only have Gross Lab on Wednesdays.
I fell today at school. The ground was wet and I was walking downhill and apparently my foot just slipped. I ripped a big chunk of flesh off my knee - it's cut pretty badly. And then scraped about a foot down right on my shin bone. Ouch. Also mashed my hand, pretty sure it will be bruised tomorrow. :(
So, rough day, but excited about registration now.
April 12 can't come fast enough - there are only 20 slots for undergrads in Gross - hoping I get one of those slots because otherwise I don't know what I will do for fall!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Alpha Epsilon Delta. Midterms. NUTS! :)
I am being inducted into Alpha Epsilon Delta Thursday. They are hosting a banquet afterwards, so I felt that it was pressing for me to find something to wear to this event. Saturday I spent an entire afternoon shopping, trying on dress after dress. I have lost over 30 lbs since December, so not only do I not really have anything appropriate to wear to a banquet, I CERTAINLY don't have anything appropriate that fits me anymore. I am very excited about this banquet, and yet it is bittersweet. I am going alone, because my 8 year old has a soccer game that same night, at the same time. I hate missing their events. :(
Midterm grades were what I expected. Immunology- A. Cell Biology-A Cell and Genetics Lab- A. Organic Chemistry - B. Calculus - B. Not thrilled about the two Bs, but those are both classes that I really tend to struggle in. I was debating about whether or not to drop calculus, but as I am planning on taking Cal-based Physics this summer, I feel that the calculus will be necessary.
School is great. I am so happy right now. I don't know how to explain it, I just have this general sense of happiness and peace. I feel confident that this is the path I want to take. I feel grateful that I have my amazing family and my awesome friends to help me down this path. It's just a general sense of contentment that I have that makes me happy. :) And also a little nuts.
Midterm grades were what I expected. Immunology- A. Cell Biology-A Cell and Genetics Lab- A. Organic Chemistry - B. Calculus - B. Not thrilled about the two Bs, but those are both classes that I really tend to struggle in. I was debating about whether or not to drop calculus, but as I am planning on taking Cal-based Physics this summer, I feel that the calculus will be necessary.
School is great. I am so happy right now. I don't know how to explain it, I just have this general sense of happiness and peace. I feel confident that this is the path I want to take. I feel grateful that I have my amazing family and my awesome friends to help me down this path. It's just a general sense of contentment that I have that makes me happy. :) And also a little nuts.
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