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Today's entry will be a menagerie of topics that will change so fast it will BLOW YOUR MIND. Clusters: Round Two. Complete. I came out fully intact with the only casualties being some lack of sleep and a tiny bit of hurt pride. That just happens. Four tests in less than a week is always a humbling...
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8 AM today, I began my second set of clusters with some good, old pathophysiology. I know you're all absolutely enraptured with how us pharmacy students deal with having 4-5 (even 6?) tests at once. Let me explain. Traveling back in time, one would find that I started studying for these tests at...
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For those of us studying veterans, we know what it's like spending long hours parked in a chair with a screen or books in front of us. First, you start getting that tingling feeling in your derriere as your capillaries protest the chair you're sitting in. Not long after, your legs get a little...
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Since my junior year in high school (2005), I have participated in National Novel Writing Month in November. Participants write a 50,000 word story in the 30 days of November (that's about 1,667 words a day) in hopes that the fast-paced deadline will help would-be writers actually complete their...
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At 10:50 AM on this very morning, I completed my first biochemistry exam. Unlike organic chemistry, my soul remained intact when I turned in the scantron, and I think I can go to sleep tonight without weeping about how I forgot all of the step-by-step mechanisms. So all I have left is pathophysiology...
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Usually the subject of my posts are about pharmacy school and how much I'm studying and the sort of things that I'm learning. This post is going to be a bit different, because last night I actually went out and had some fun! We finished up clusters Wednesday morning, and all the pharmacy students...
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Last weekend I was instant messaging my friend Kate, and she mentioned that she had to get studying, and I told her that I had to get back to finishing my pre-lab assignment for this week, which she said "you mean your last labs ever?" It hadn't even occurred to me that this week was our...
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In my past posts I've frequently written about the notorious cluster exams. Every year, pharmacy students schedule their whole lives around clusters. The dates of the exams are released at the beginning of the semester. Usually, we get room assignments along with the times of the tests. However,...
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I've been a bad blogger lately...but now I'm done all my cluster exams and I am almost on spring break! The only thing holding me back from leaving campus and crashing for a long (and desperately needed) nap is an oral presentation that I have to give this afternoon. I prepared the presentation...
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...and finally bought a pair of winter boots! I have discovered that walking around campus in the snow / ice / wet in normal shoes is not a lot of fun. Because I'm commuting this year, I'm actually walking more this year than the frist two years I was on campus, because Schwitzer and Res-Co are...
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Last semester I wrote a post called A Day in the Life of a Pharmacy Student . I quickly found out that a lot of people reading my blog want to know all about being a pharmacy student. Now that next year's incoming freshman have got their acceptance into pharmacy, I decided that I would do another...
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I don't even know where to begin to start explaining how stressful my life has been over the past three weeks. When I left home after Thanksgiving break, I told myself that it wouldn't be long before I was home again. Instead, the time has crawled. I don't think the days could go much slower...
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Sorry for my lack of blog posts lately everyone. I've been ripping my hair out over school. We finished our second set of clusters on Friday, so I've finally got to sit back and relax a bit for the weekend. Why have I been ripping my hair out over cluster you ask? Well, there are a few reasons...
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Mission Accomplished: Cluster Set #1 Complete! I always have a great sense of satisfaction after finishing my final test. Clusters are always so stressful, and it feels like a weight has literally been lifted off your shoulders when it's all over. Now I sit and wait for all the grades to be posted...
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I have flu-like symptoms. Flu-like symptoms are never fun, and usually when I get sick I like to wallow in my misery on my couch at home with my two dogs laying beside me keeping me warm while watching a good movie on TV. That kind of thing works well when you're a little kid. You can even get away...