The semester is coming to a close...

Well, it has been a while since I have posted anything. This semester kept me much busier than I originally thought it would. This semester I have also been working on polishing my application. I've been volunteering 3-9 hours a week at the hospital at the cardiac cath lab. Also, I have started doing research at the hospital. It has been going very slowly though due to my semester workload. The paperwork required is ridiculous! I've had my research proposal done for quite a while now, but time hasn't really been on my side lately.

Let's see, what else is new.... I've been exercising more lately. I have dropped about 60lbs so far, that's always a good thing. However, with it being finals week, I have definitely been slacking off.

My grades aren't that bad this semester. I was hoping that it was going to be a 4.0 semester (it would be my first one), but unfortunately i'm getting a B. If I was making grades like this my entire college career I would be happy, but I've had some very B heavy semesters so you'll have to excuse my pessimicism.
My Official A's so far:
Genetics
Scientific Communications
Introduction to Art

I should get an A in precalculus 2, given I don't completely bomb the 4th exam and the final. I'm getting at best a B in Quantitative Analysis because of the lab. The lecture was easy, but the lab was rough. They don't give you enough time and you have to rush through everything while being precise while using their shoddy measuring instruments. Oh well.

My car is still not running, so I've been carless for literally a year now. It may not seem like a big deal, but i'm the type of person that HATES being dependent and being out of control. That's just my personality.

I don't know if it's because of the classes i'm taking, but it seems like the more time i'm in college, the less time i want to spend studying. I came into college swinging but now it seems like i'm wearing down. I really believe it's my classes. They're so boring! My next semester is even more boring! I am going to TA the Histology lab just so I can be involved in something that i'm interested in.

Speaking of next semester, I have my schedule worked out.

At UTC
World Geography TT 10:50-12:05
Intro to Sociology MWF 12:00-12:50
Sociology Lab MW 1:00-1:50
BIOL 498 (Lab TA) TT TBA

At a community college:
Statistics MW 3-5
Calculus 1 MW 5-7

Total hours: 15 hours



Now onto the last topic for the day; Christmas Break

For Christmas ''break'' I will be quite busy. Not really a break for me. I will be working on my research, volunteering 6-8 hours a day 5 days a week, shadowing some doctors (MD and DO), brushing up on Histology, prestudying for Calculus 1, join the freemasons, and some other things that I cannot recall off the top of my head. I have made a list but it's at my apartment right now and I'm at the restaurant next door studying for the Quant final (well I was studying!). My Precalc 2 class doesn't until Dec 17th and my classes start back January 4th.

Well that was a long post, but it had to cover 3-4 months of my hectic life. If you've noticed, I haven't mentioned anything about social activities. Heh. You gotta do what you gotta do.