and even the spurts aren't that interesting.
Mostly what inspired me to write this post was that my sister started a blog. (congratulations to you, Emmy) And when i tried to follow hers i realized she could then see mine. poop. oh well.
So update on my life:
I took the MCAT a couple weeks ago...It wasn't bad. not terrible, not enjoyable...though the testing center I took it at was really nice. I ended up with extra time at the end of all but one of the sections, and I didn't take my whole break any time so I finished in 5 hours. That's a really long time when you think about it...but ptobably only a few minutes short of what it could have been.
anyways.
I had spent basically 1% of the amount of time I should have spent studying for it. I used the Examkrackers review books, which i really liked...I started physics while I was at school, though i didn't actually get through that much because I have SUCH issues doing things in advance. When I got home, I'd go through spurts of productivity...do a whole Orgo review in one day...then go the rest of the week putting in maybe a half hour total. I am SO bad at time management it kills me.
so...took the MCAT...waiting a month for my scores...which will NOT be announced anywhere...
this semester my goal is to review my notes after class every day. maybe not each day right after class, but within a day or two, before the next lecture...so that when I start studying for things I won't be attempting to completely relearn stuff.
it should be easy-ish because I LOVE my classes this semester (at least...2/3 of them)
I'm FINALLY taking human anatomy and physiology and a lab (unfortunately, no human cadavers are here at Cornell, but we're doing animal organs) and I am IN LOVE with my textbook. amazing, amazing photographs of cadavers and what not. :)
also Histology, which is really interesting and useful for med school as well.
What's really nice about these two is that there is a significant amount of overlap right now...to the point where I could have followed along in Histology with the notes I had taken in anatomy earlier that day and been perfectly on track.
I'm also taking genetics, which isn't as fun...it's ok...but it's required to graduate.
The lab is sort of cool, we're breeding flies with known mutations (known to the professors, not to us) with other flies with known mutations (known to everyone) to try and figure out whether the traits are dominant or recessive, sex-linked our autosomal, etc.
time consuming.
but interesting.
No real update on Africa so far...I have been in email contact with some people but haven't heard back from anyone yet, so i'm just waiting on replies. Hopefully this will all get settled soon so I can stop wondering!
ok. I have to go. ciao.
