shanstudies

•newly graduatedbioinformatics grad student• •non-traditional premed •

[shanstudies]

Introduction

Hello hello

I've had this blog since high school and never posted personally on it. Now I am just graduating with my master's degree and have recently decided to go back to my original dream and become a non-trad premed.

About Me

Bachelors in the life sciences, masters in bioinformatics (graduating in two weeks about time)

25 yo (yes im old :/)

Hobbies:

Working out, crochet, reading, painting (working out does not include running i HATE running)

I will be beginning my MCAT studying soon and thought it would be fun to participate in the productivity posts and also document my journey.

I'm excited to be posting more and always looking for mutuals!

[inbetweencoffees]

Worked for ~5h so far.

-Summarised 2 novels

-finished notes on economic theories

-currently taking notes on the EUs economic market

(-> ended up with ~7h in total and somehow managed to catch up on everything I didn’t do yesterday??)

[infinite-reads]

Switching it up between hard copies and my laptop for reading papers.

[lacewings]

[contedimontecristo]

07.04.25

Studying, studying and more studying. Can't complain though, what I'm reading is very interesting. I only wish deadlines didn't exist.

[galina]

New year, new book

[academic-vampire]

𝔩𝔢𝔱’𝔰 𝔰𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔰, 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔢𝔱𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔰

[irlangelics]

pretty educated

[academicfever]

99/100

"reprogram your brain for consistency, not intensity"

Log: 17th March

regular housekeeping tasks

research work 2P

read journal papers

evening walk

Cut the dopamine supply. Work in short, controlled bursts (20-30 minutes max) — even when you feel like working longer. Leave tasks unfinished. This forces your brain to stay engaged in the background without burning out. Delay gratification. After each session, step away. Don’t check results or keep pushing. Low-dopamine environment. Limit phone use, social media, and even music that triggers a dopamine spike.

[justalawschoolgirl]

study night + angry boy

[er-cryptid]

Chemistry Notes (December 2021)

Acid-Base Equilibrium Side Ex 1

Acid-Base Equilibrium Side Ex 2

Arrhenius vs Bronsted-Lowry Acids and Bases

Calculating [OH-] with Kw Ex 1

Change in Entropy for a Change of State Ex 1

Classification of Amines

Complex Lewis Structure Formal Charges Ex 3

Constitutional Isomers Ex 1

Finding Percent by Mass Ex 2

Identifying Functional Groups Ex 2

Intermolecular Force of Water

Moles of Product Ex 1

Naming Cycloalkanes Ex 1

Naming Cycloalkanes Ex 9

Nonmetal Listing Order

Order of a Reaction Ex 2

pH from [OH-] Ex 1

Products of an Acid-Base Reaction Ex 1

R,S Naming of Fischer Projection Ex 1

Spin Quantum Number

Stereoisomers with Multiple Chiral Centers Ex 1

Stronger Acidity and Electronegativity Ex 1

Vanadium (III) Oxide

Weaker Acidity and Electronegativity Ex 1

Weaker Acidity and Electronegativity Ex 2

[intersemiotic]

you ask a student in april how they're doing and they'll say "oh i'm fine" but in reality they are treating themselves in such a way that violates the geneva convention on treatment of prisoners

[academia-lucifer]

@academia-lucifer

[mi-studies]

[research life]

Some spring greenery among my study environments🌿🌷🤩🤍📝

[thewhimsicalarchives]

“it'll all be worth it in the end,"

[stillhere-erehllits]

This a a reminder to not fall victim to the sunk-cost fallacy. Just because you invested time and energy into something, does not mean you should indefinitely waste more time and energy on it, if you decide it’s not what you want anymore. This goes for anything, from books, to relationships, to jobs, to hobbies, etc.

If it’s not serving you anymore, move on.

[finnglas]

This is honestly one of the places I find Marie Kondo's advice most helpful. I stop, look at the thing I've spent time and money on only to realize I dislike, and I say, "Thank you for teaching me something about myself and my preferences. I think I've learned this particular lesson and we can part ways now."

And then I don't feel like I "wasted" things or made a mistake. I just tried one path of learning about myself, learned something, and now it's time for a different path. Works a lot better for my brain.

[ekjohnston]

The time Marie Kondo said "you can thank a a shirt you've never worn for teaching you about your taste", thereby making it NOT A WASTE literally rewired my whole brain. Acknowledge the thing and move forward, even if that means leaving the thing behind.

[dionysian-mystery]

Wikipedia / Image from pinterest / Machiavelli / George Santayana / Thucydides / Image from pinterest / Abba - Waterloo / J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan / Fibonacci spiral / Catherynne M. Valente