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Life Update:

I realize I never posted this but I graduated last spring and have generally just been working and figuring out what to do with my life for the last year.

Turns out the research life is definitely my future, and I have big news…

I got accepted to a PhD program!! I’m currently in the middle of the application cycle so I’m not sure what program I’ll end up in, but I was so worried I wouldn’t get accepted at all so having one of my top choice programs as an option is amazing.

Anyways, time to bring this blog out of retirement for real this time. See you in the summer when I make my way back to the life of a student.

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2/25/21

Back to the grind again. My virology class is taking up a lot more time than I thought because our professor is basically forcing us to transcribe his lectures for exam questions. I fell behind in my other classes because of this class, so now I’m playing catch up again.

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On the bright side, I’m also in a ceramics class and I’m almost done with my first project! It just needs one last firing, but so far it looks pretty good. We’ll see how the glazing turns out though.

I hope everyone is doing well this semester! We’re almost halfway through, and I know virtual learning sucks but we can get through this!

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I think the most frustrating thing is that I put in the study time and I thought I understood the material because I understood the lectures and the assignments, but then the exam roles around and I literally fail it. Like 60%, big fat F. So now I have to choose between keeping the class because I want to learn the material in later modules and risking my gpa, or dropping the class to save my grades and not getting to learn any of the material I actually took the class to learn. Oh and don’t forget the fact that there are no refunds anymore so I literally payed for this class and I won’t get anything out of it.

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1/30/2020

Happy Thursday! Today I had microbiology lab, and we were testing some cultures that we grew last week. So far I think I really love this laboratory course. It’s difficult sometimes, but the results are so cool to look at!

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2/18/21

Just like me, winter procrastinated and came in with a snowstorm at the very end. It’s been a cold few weeks here, but honestly I feel like I’ve been so much more productive this semester. I started taking care of my mental and physical health again, and it’s honestly showed in the academic areas of my life. Here’s to catching up halfway through the semester so we can finish strong!

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9/14/20

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I posted anything on here, I’m really not superb at staying active with original content. However, I just got these two new notebooks and they’re putting me in such an autumn mood!! 🍂

As for my academic life, I am finally taking classes that focus on just Microbiology! This semester I have to say my favorite thing to learn about is immunology and pathogenesis. 🦠

It’s also so interesting to be in classes that focus on microbes during the pandemic, because my professors bring up COVID-19 at least once a week to talk about how it relates to the material we are learning. It’s amazing to have my course material be actually relavent to the real world again.

How are people handling attending classes mostly from home? I know for me I tend to learn better in classroom settings, but I’m actually not as disorganized as I thought I’d be so I definitely think that has something to do with me being interested in the material I’m learning. Honestly, the worst part is just feeling isolated and having nowhere to go to study outside my home. But I was expecting at least half of that considering all of my college friends have graduated and entered masters programs or professional school or the work force.

Final question for anyone in a masters or PhD program right now: how did you know when you were ready to commit to a program and a specific area of research? Because I’d honestly love to learn more about immunobiology and genetics from a deeper perspective than offered in undergraduate courses, but I’m not sure if I want to actually have a specialized research focus within those subjects or if I just want to gain a more in-depth broad understanding... of that makes sense.

Anyways, I hope everyone’s hanging in there! Hopefully I’ll be back with more content soon!

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2/11/20

Hello again!! The last three weeks have been so hectic 😭 I’ve had a midterm at least once a week on top of huge projects and presentations. I’m so tired haha. I did manage to get brunch with a friend though amidst all of that, and my crepes were so fluffy~ I did have to spend 8 hours in the library yesterday cramming for my exam today though, which wasn’t as fun...

Wish me luck tonight as I try to conquer Biochem!

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60 Days of Productivity - Day 3

Another day of nomenclature. There are so many rules for naming organic molecules and it’s a bit hard to get down. I also had to take an IR spectroscopy quiz for my lab class today. On the bright side, I still have some stress relief tea and it has cute motivational messages on the tea bags! It’s the little things that help haha