As the leaves around these parts are just starting to turn color and nights seem to be getting a bit chillier, it has become aparent that Fall is finally arriving. And with that comes a few other things... hot coffee in the morning... long pants... a retreat from A/C... but mostly SCHOOL!
School School School!
This has been my life for almost a month now. My School schedule is one that requires me to take an exam every other friday. It is a 90% Pass/No Pass system, with an opportunity to get an extra 5% when you retake the test with a designated group, and that 5% comes only if the overall group score is greater than or equal to 95%. (did you catch all that?) If you don't pass on Friday, they give you an option to retake on the following Monday. If still not up to 90%, they give you one more chance: Summer School! (I decided a while back that summer school will not be an option for me... we will see how that goes!)
Ok now envision that, during the two weeks before the first exam, you happen to be downloaded with enough information to take up 3 entire years of undergraduate Chemistry (general chem., Organic chem., and Biochem.) and then you can start to understand what my first exam looked like. Thus, setting the pace for an "exciting" two more years! (the third year is all experiential clerckships)
Now, i fully knew that graduate school was going to be harder than my undergrad, and i also knew that since this school is accelerated (3 yrs instead of 4), it would be even more challenging. What i didn't know is that it would be about 10 times as challenging as i ever imagined. I really have had to change my study habits to better facilitate this style of learning. I don't really call it study habits any more so much as a study theory. Now this study theory has taken time to develop and now i think that i have it. I think that i have finally started to see what the "swing of things" is going to be all about. This new theory can be summed up in a tiny little phrase that goes like this...
"DON'T EVER STOP STUDYING!"
Those of you who may have been interacting with me frequently on Myspace or Facebook may have already noticed a sort of... "absence from all communication" ...this is with my deepest apologies as i have found that i no longer own my own time. My time from here on should be considered "Rationed" so that if it takes me 2 weeks to reply, don't worry! I still like you! You are still my friend! I just suck at having extra time!
Now, you may be wondering where i am finding time to write this blog... well... I am actually astonished, amazed, and feel blessed to say that i finished my test yesterday with a 97.5%, and that means that i have the weekend off. (I also passed the first exam the first time, just in case you were wondering)
This brings me to my goal: I am going to TRY to update this blog more often. This may be in one of three ways.. 1) Every other weekend when i pass my test, 2) When i find that i have finished studying (yeah right, like that will ever happen) and 3) the easy way-- have my wife do it!
So, until next exam,
Chow!
School School School!
This has been my life for almost a month now. My School schedule is one that requires me to take an exam every other friday. It is a 90% Pass/No Pass system, with an opportunity to get an extra 5% when you retake the test with a designated group, and that 5% comes only if the overall group score is greater than or equal to 95%. (did you catch all that?) If you don't pass on Friday, they give you an option to retake on the following Monday. If still not up to 90%, they give you one more chance: Summer School! (I decided a while back that summer school will not be an option for me... we will see how that goes!)
Ok now envision that, during the two weeks before the first exam, you happen to be downloaded with enough information to take up 3 entire years of undergraduate Chemistry (general chem., Organic chem., and Biochem.) and then you can start to understand what my first exam looked like. Thus, setting the pace for an "exciting" two more years! (the third year is all experiential clerckships)
Now, i fully knew that graduate school was going to be harder than my undergrad, and i also knew that since this school is accelerated (3 yrs instead of 4), it would be even more challenging. What i didn't know is that it would be about 10 times as challenging as i ever imagined. I really have had to change my study habits to better facilitate this style of learning. I don't really call it study habits any more so much as a study theory. Now this study theory has taken time to develop and now i think that i have it. I think that i have finally started to see what the "swing of things" is going to be all about. This new theory can be summed up in a tiny little phrase that goes like this...
"DON'T EVER STOP STUDYING!"
Those of you who may have been interacting with me frequently on Myspace or Facebook may have already noticed a sort of... "absence from all communication" ...this is with my deepest apologies as i have found that i no longer own my own time. My time from here on should be considered "Rationed" so that if it takes me 2 weeks to reply, don't worry! I still like you! You are still my friend! I just suck at having extra time!
Now, you may be wondering where i am finding time to write this blog... well... I am actually astonished, amazed, and feel blessed to say that i finished my test yesterday with a 97.5%, and that means that i have the weekend off. (I also passed the first exam the first time, just in case you were wondering)
This brings me to my goal: I am going to TRY to update this blog more often. This may be in one of three ways.. 1) Every other weekend when i pass my test, 2) When i find that i have finished studying (yeah right, like that will ever happen) and 3) the easy way-- have my wife do it!
So, until next exam,
Chow!
