January 2019

Happy New Year! It’s been a while since you have heard from me. I hope you enjoyed your Christmas and New Year’s. For me, winter break was very enjoyable, as I was able to go back home and catch up with family and friends.

I have to admit that I was still in winter break mode for the first week of the new semester, but I am now back to my normal routine as the first month of the spring semester comes to an end. Speaking of the spring semester, this semester is going to be pretty intense and stressful for all of us in the Pharmacology program. This March we have the NBME shelf exam, which will be a big portion of our Medical Pharmacology grade. Also, for most of us, we will begin studying for the MCAT. If that wasn’t enough, on top of our Medical Pharmacology and Principles of Pharmacology classes, we have four electives this year. Our four electives this semester consist of Neuropharmacology, Cellular Control Mechanisms, Environmental Signaling, and Endocrine Pharmacology. We also have to prepare 4 presentations for our classes this semester. So as you can see, I wasn’t exaggerating when I said this semester will be challenging.

For community service, before I went back home for the winter break, I was able to continue to work at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. There was a lot more people in the store than normal, since it was getting close to the holidays, but I was able to help all the customers in need. Overall, it was another great experience working with all the staff and interacting with the customers.

December + January hours: 9

Spring Semester hours: 9

Cumulative 2018-2019 hours: 34