Category Archives: School

Ineffable

People amaze me.

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Aesthetic

Today, I spoke with fellow teammates about our community service experience at Eastern High School, here in Washington, DC. The presentations by small groups in our Introduction to Health Care class were not unlike a scientific poster session, with judges and other interested individuals going from room to room to view and hear about our digital posters.

Lightning

The weekend after a big exam is always most enjoyable. I have a chance to catch up on email, projects, and best of all, play with my (new) computer.

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Pro

Four years is a long time in computer years. Now a Macintosh lives a longer average life than its non-Apple counterparts, but four years is definitely old for any computer. If that four year old computer happens to be a laptop, then it is _really_ … Read More

extrinsic_eye

T-minus 38 hours, 23 minutes …

I, for one, revel in the details [of gross anatomy].

I ♥ Google Print

So, the first year med students started a new class a few weeks ago called Clinical Ethics. While some have pronounced their enthusiasm for all-things-philosophical, my reaction was rather muted. Let me expain. I enjoy the occasional heady discussion, but amidst the rigors of gross … Read More

Hell Week

!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/number2.jpg! After countless hours of study, vacillation between trepidation and confidence, the first exam of medical school has come and gone. Going into the exam, I felt that the exam itself was just a mere formality to verify that I had acquired the knowledge of … Read More

Back to Business

Well, finals are finished (all two that I took), and activity has quieted down for me with winter break upon us. I have a medical school interview on the 29th, a bit of work to finish, but overall things are well. Oh, and I got … Read More

Home for the Home Stretch

Well, I’m back in Reno for the last 5 days of this semester. I have just a few more secondaries to complete, two chemical synthesis labs to write up, various semester-end tasks to complete, and the list goes on. The good: * I bought a … Read More

Computer, Begin Recording…

Formal lab writeup: Synthesis, Characterization and Activity of “Grubb’s Catalyst”:http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/grubbs/.